I agree. i do go for getting cards early and the trade/sell value of some of the cards will be great. Before the set releases. Besides, my local stores at pre-release time give out 3 participation packs and prizing depending on how well you do (and how many attend). Basically, players would be getting 7-12 packs (includes the 4 from the kit) of the new set early. And don't forget, that packs recieved from a pre-release have a better pull ratio than the packs after the official release date IMO.
Prerelease Kits To Be Sold in Stores: 'Build & Battle' Kits!
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One more thing. These won't be pre-release kits. They would be more along the lines of a Deck Building Kit "with an official promo card inside". When these boxes get shelved on May 4th. I don't think we should be labeling them as Pre-release kits. They will probably have the same contents as a pre-release one, but "Deck Construction kit" is what they will probably be called.
I feel that this product and what it is aimed for is useless without basic energy included in it. Instead of making a product that is useless without basic energy, and a product that is only basic energy, why didn't they combine the two, and release a MTG Deckbuilder's toolkit equivalent for the Pokemon TCG?
You know, I was looking forward to this and holding mini-tournaments with my own friends and family, but now that I think about it, my local game store will probably capitalize on the demand and grossly overprice this product, so I won't end up buying it anyways...
Organizers can run limited format tournaments much more easily if these are going to be available. Some venues have a market for those kinds of events, they've just been very difficult to pull off outside of a prerelease event because of the guidelines.
I agree. Even though this means that I can get one, it still felt special when I watched someone get one. But now it's not really special. Still, I'm probably gonna get this because I'm desperate for Ultra Necrozma GX
I 100% agree on this, it would be an awesome starting point for new players for sure
Yeah totally. I don't like spending hundreds of dollars on competitive decks but still enjoy competitive irl Pokemon. Pre-releases were perfect for this but they're expensive, and no offense, but the main reason I stopped going was 1) lack of time and 2) I don't really like the people in my local Pokemon TCG community (VGC is better but not by much).
This is my chance to have fun with my friends and family once in a while, on my own time, with people I actually like, in places that are more comfortable and better-smelling. As long as it's reasonably priced ($20-22 CAD) I'm looking forward to playing with these!
It would be kind of nice to not have to go to a pre-release to get one though.
Hmm... I could see Pokemon doing that!
Hmm. Not sure if this is why, but the place I go for pre-release had HALF the normal number of players this time. It's not like there aren't good cards in this set so I have to imagine that these kits being offered at GS are a big part of the reason.
Numbers have been way low this go around in this state. Cant' say if it's the cards or the sheer amount of pre-release events that are actually happening.
Definitely less here in the UK too, our events are normally sold out in my town. Out of 4 Prerelease events only the first was sold out and the other 3 barely had 50% attendance