Coming with HeartGold and SoulSilver came its TCG. With this it it brought Primes and Legends but disposed of the Level Xs. Sum may say this is a rash decision as it removes "Super cards" e.g. EX and Lv. X meaning there are none of them. Prime Pokemon have standard attacks and HP and so do Legends. Legends are rare but you must get both halves of it to play it in a game of cards. So was it a bad idea to remove Level Xs?
Goodbye to Level X
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I preferred the Level X's over the primes...
IMO it wasn't a good idea. Primes are just some weird idea of a card that has nothing special to it and is just a little rarer and a little better than most other cards. Legends were a cool idea though, but Level X has a nice idea to it. In the games you could level up a pokemon and get new attacks and more HP. Same thing here. But I honestly think you should be able to use Rare Candy to level up, but that would wreck the game.
I personally think the Lv. X mechanic is one of the best mechanics that Pokemon has ever utilized...the EX's were ok, but really they were just (somewhat) super beefed up pokemon that gave 2 prizes when KO'd...Primes aren't much different, except for not giving up the 2 prizes...the Legend mechanic is ok, but really I think they're more collector's items than anything, however, the future may change that...but in either case, I still think the Lv. X mechanic is better
sad to see it not have a longer run
sad to see it not have a longer run
I did prefer lv. X's to primes, but it was a good idea to change things up.
Level X cards were not a good idea at all really in my opinion. Ex cards, and Primes are the best. Even though they need to make some really good primes soon. Ex days were the BEST, it was really balanced, and you did not run Claydol, Uxie, and other pokemon draw power. You ran supporter power which was the best. Ex cards were better than Primes, and Lv. X cards by far. Ex cards were really broken and you could come up with any kind of stratgey to a deck involving the ex's and it would be good. Ex days were the best pokemon days in my life, and will most likely always will. Not that primes are that bad, but they are not broken like ex cards were which was amazing. They are kind of bad, and only some have potental. The game went more quicker too the fact that you got two prizes for knocking one out. It really never went into time, but it was never really that quick ethier. Their was really no such thing as a donk, because it barely ever happened. It was much more slower than this format is, which was a good thing, because it wasn't like base set times where it was attach an energy, and pass turn, for like 2-3 turns. It was 2 turns and you'd be pretty much good. While you are pumping up a guy on the bench. I also wish they'd bring back Boost energy, because that was a really fun, and kinda good card, depending on what kind of deck you are using.