I Didn’t Expect Pokémon TCG Pocket to Be This Good

[@itswavelengths]

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[@mayonaise0]

already full inbox 😔

[@FranXiT]

Bro, you really gotta give Pokémon Sleep a second chance! It's WAY less complicated than it sounds. You just put the phone next to you, sleep, and in the morning you catch a few mons. That's about it. It's extremely enjoyable.

[@itswavelengths]

i will do it!

[@shllybkwrm]

Okay but you do have to leave the phone screen on with the game running, right?

[@dizzykitteh]

​@@shllybkwrm it turns off the screen while you sleep, actually! it doesn't use a lot a power.

[@shllybkwrm]

@@dizzykitteh oh ok, I was under the impression that it just turned the screen black without turning it off, which isn't great to leave all night

[@Callisto-Ex]

@@shllybkwrm in addition to using the pokemon go plus + as an option, they've added smart watch support so you can also track via that instead of leaving your phone screen on. Although as another person replied to you, it does put the screen off in a power saving mode. I never had issues before when using just screen, but now I use the go plus +

[@ChaloopaJoe]

ive been so addicted to it since release! oddly satisfying making a deck that I myself collected and using it in a battle!

[@iirsmv]

So for Pokémon Live and Arena, both games actually heavily discourage amassing a huge collection. The main PVP modes draw from a rotating collection of the most recent sets, so even if you start today, you’re never more than a year or so behind someone who’s been playing the whole time. Magic also has Draft and Limited formats that will help you build a collection and keep you on an even playing field until you’re ready to move on, and is very generous with packs and crafting materials.

[@feefore1605]

I will say that the wonder picks aren’t 5 random cards from their collections. It’s from the last pack that they opened.

[@itswavelengths]

ahh good to know!

[@MaelZack]

@@itswavelengthsthat is not completely correct cause wonder picks don’t have 3 gold star and crown cards in it.

[@MaelZack]

No cause if it was it would have gold 3 star and crown cards which they don’t have in wonder picks

[@feefore1605]

@ the packs with 3 star and crown cards just won’t show up in wonderpick. It still is packs other players get. God packs players get that don’t have 3 star and crowns definitely show up.

[@CapybaraLord75]

​@@MaelZackThey do, I did one with an ex full art

[@SummonerL]

This channel is so underrated. Big fan of ITA as well. Keep up the great work!

[@itswavelengths]

ahh thanks for watching (AND listening!!) supper appreciate it 💕

[@AoiNoxy]

I am at the same position as you, I am a big fan of pokemon since I was a child, but the tcg has always seem confusing to me, now with pocket I find myself having a great time and I am starting to get why people play and collect pokemon cards, I am having a lot of fun! now everytime I see the notification of the pack ready I drop everything to open a pack hahaha

[@internetguy7319]

The ranked system isn't whack, there is *no* ranked system. It's going to be added in a future update (not a rushed thing, they didn't plan to have a ranked mode until feedback)

[@ruimedina49]

Oh I'm early, so just wanted to tell you how much your videos are good for me, they're just chill and relaxed, even visually, but never boring or irrelevant. As someone that needed to slow down, thank you so much! Keep up the awesome work!

[@itswavelengths]

ahh so nice, thank you! i’m glad you’re enjoying them

[@maxwelldavenport822]

Just got recommended this video, I first thought this was one of those videos with tons of views from a medium-sized channel just because of how quality this review is. Was pleasantly suprised. Subscribed!

[@itswavelengths]

yo thanks!

[@Callisto-Ex]

Leaks about Lumiose city in ZA seem wild, if any of those come to be true Z-A is gunna be a fantastic game. (Also it's pronounced like Grandiose. Lu-mee-os) I also second giving sleep another chance, you can use your smartwatch to track so you don't need to leave your phone on, and if you approach it casually as just seeing some new little dudes every morning and catching some once in a while its a great game. I've played since launch and just feel happy seeing my little buddies every morning.

[@mayonaise0]

dude glad to see how much your channel has grown ❤

[@PerryProject_]

FYI pokemon TCG Live gives you what they think are the best decks/cards (from recent tournaments), you will have trouble amassing a large collection like you mentioned but you shouldnt have any issues getting cards to play a meta relevant deck at the start. Also there's ZERO micro transactions, they dont even let you buy cosmetics which is refreshing

[@isafarooq1721]

I was obsessed with the Pokemon TCG on the Gameboy, played it so many times. I was hoping for another TCG game on every new Nintendo console, and I'm glad I finally got one even if it's simplified and on the phone

[@JoelBenji]

I'm really enjoying the game so far. Honestly not that big of a Pokemon player so this has been a real surprise that I'm playing this pretty much every moment I can haha just downloaded it to see what the hype was about and now I'm genuinely hooked..

[@ConfusedApe]

TCG live is actually pretty fun as a late entrance casual

[@DOCTOR.DEADHEAD]

As someone who enjoys the world of pokemon but not so much the games anymore, the solo battles are kinda refreshing. Being limited to the cards you're given adds a challenging edge that has made me actually have to sit and think about my strategy. For once I actually hope that we're drip fed cards very slowly, because once they drop Unova packs my bank account might be cooked.

[@mcgoo721]

Its been a lot of fun. Theres not a ton of content yet but its kept me busy. I dont look up meta decks and exploits because 1) i think its just lame and not very fun and 2) its stretching out the content some by building fun jank. I was looking for a game with a little bit of strategy but quicker than MTG. The card art is cool and opening packs gets addicting.

[@sharkfindog]

was wondering if i should download the game or not, and your video came in the recommended! wonderful video!!

[@vitalepitts]

I think this year of MTG arena has been particularly approachable, there's a new core set coming in a few days that seems like the perfect onramp if you want another shot at the original TCG.

[@rex_melynas]

Pokemon TCG Pocket is all fun and happy memories until your opponent first turn KO you with Articuno EX and misty

[@nyeonii]

If they want to make money they need to make the premium pass more worthwhile. Right now it doesn’t feel worth it, basically just an extra pack per day and access to a premium shop. The premium pass in Sleep feels way more valuable as you’re constantly getting extra items and points and stuff to accelerate the progression. If the pass in pocket reduced the pack timers or gave you bonus hourglasses every day, that would be much more valuable I think.

[@Renegadetothe64th]

It’s technically a pretty good deal. If you get 1 free pack a day for 30 days that’s 30 free packs for 10 dollars. 1 pack is the equivalent of 6 gold. If you buy 10 dollars worth of gold that’s 25 gold, which will get you 4 packs. So the premium pass is giving you 26 free packs over the course of one month. But I do agree that it really doesn’t feel worth it at first glance.

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[@itswavelengths]

all-timer

[@yagagang1854]

First time viewer but man youre kinda inspiring me. Just pick up a mic and talk about a topic and pit together some good editing and whatever else the video needs. My dream on youtube is to just make video and have a small community of people enjoy them and care. Keep it up brother and continue to grow. Im gonna touch you btw

[@umbralflow6883]

I dont play the TCG but I love the pocket version. But that had me thinking. Could TCG player mimic this playstyle by removing the energy card from their decks and making a new zone where they could have a 40-60 energy deck to place, that they pull from right after they draw from the normal deck. I dont know how that would playout but if someone could try and do that and tell me how the feel of the game would be that be nice.

[@itswavelengths]

i was also thinking about this! i think the TCG Pocket ruleset could be used in physical play and would be a really interesting experience

[@SomeNinety._.]

Its really fun, i dont think it will live up to GO but it is really good

[@uglymousanova]

8:25 my thoughts on all KZbin vids. It doesn’t affect you at all to like every video you watch and it helps the creator. 😊😊

[@therealtijuanaman]

It's not too late to play TCG live. Just run the Charizard ex deck and once you're more comfortable, branch out into other decks

[@Accidental.Creation]

Legends of Runeterra, successful? Bro, I wish, lmao. New PvP content is gone and we won't even have voice lines for new PvE cards anymore.

[@kayanono]

1:33 AN HOUR? i feel like thats a bit overblown as someone who has been playing for years haha

[@RiverHawthorn-i4j]

I have a samsung galaxy tab A. Do I need to get a newer phone or tablet to play this game?

[@ashdog9235]

I rerolled my save 5 times and got 2 normal mewtwo ex + 3 ⭐️ mewtwo ex so it’s absolutely possible to do all of the battle stuff f2p even if you got a worse start. Last battle went up against a deck with 2 crown mewtwos

[@NewMateo]

I got back into pokemon go and it still rocks. Esp if you live in a city and there is meetup groups.

[@baddragonite]

I've been playing it for a few days and I unfortunately can't really see myself playing it long-term. The rewards are kinda just terrible after the initial downpour of them. Like if you win a battle you get 15 exp and maybe a thanks from the opponent. If you win 15,000 battles you get 100 dust for making your card shiny, of which you easily get more than that just opening dupes. It's way too monetization funnely

[@Osjey]

Last time I checked you get 2 packs a day for free, what are you talking about?

[@GreaterSociety]

Bro thats what i been saying. Day 1 i saw people whining that its not good thats its fir babies. I stg this game was amazing

[@Osjey]

12:10 it's confusing on purpose so that the player just gives up and buys pokegold since pokegold can unlock everything in the game. Buying is kept simple where as free2play is made complicated and tedious.

[@hgmd3284]

i miss minecraft earth.

[@The_MEMEphis]

I Played all throughout the beta and I found the card battling to be very stale My problem is all the types essentially play the same they only exist to give type advantage which has a mechanic kind of sucks since the best way to play this game is with a single type deck and so depending on whether you have a type disadvantage or not that basically determines the game assuming you know how to play your deck also there's not a lot of interactivity in this game I feel like I think that'll change in time when more pokémon have bench abilities but right now it's all just one-on-one interactions I'm hoping they find a way to add depth to this game in the future but as of right now I just think there's way too much simplicity to the point that it makes the games kind of boring and generic every single time you basically follow the same pattern every game and your opponent doesn't have a whole lot of way to interfere with your plans or change them and there's no environmentally interactivity

[@The_MEMEphis]

Also I really don't like card power being attached to multiple raritys of a single card it's just artificially makes the game more pay to win or you just have to hope you're really lucky and get a 4 diamond rarity card or higher to build out your deck most strategy hard games especially digital have moved away from that when people get a card they all get mechanically the same card in other games and there can be multiple designs that are cosmetic for the same card without making some versions worse

[@bacchic6676]

This is so hype

[@MattHorton]

TCG Live ain't that bad. You can play it completely free and be up to speed quick. Glad you're liking Pocket! It's not my favorite, but the collecting is much better.

[@thebeanz7838]

Am I the only one insanely disappointed by the lack of PvE content?

[@AdrianBigyes]

tbf, tcg pocket is not like your average adventure rpg gacha game.

[@simonshura9144]

Thankfully im not a card collector anymore 😂 im also playing gacha games already lol

[@StrawHatNick56]

uhhhh idk what you're talking about. i had a working competitive deck with a tournament decklist in TCG Live in about 50 minutes for $0. sounds like you didn't even try and you just assumed it would take months lol if anything, pocket is so slow that it makes it impossible to make and try out multiple decks

[@YupItsJordan]

You good?

[@StrawHatNick56]

@@YupItsJordan i mean bro is just saying that tcg live takes forever to make a deck and that's just not true in the slightest.

[@vitalepitts]

@@StrawHatNick56 yeah I agree I was kinda shocked when I installed it earlier this year and it just came with a dozen free decks with EX cards

[@JPN-k6c]

don't wanna piss on anyone's parade but the game really isn't THAT great. it's casual fun for now, nothing more. after grinding out your CPU challenges on day one and spending all of your currency on opening more packs, you've basically run completely out of steam. at that point, real battles are your only option to acquire more resources to open more packs but it's definitely painful. I'm pretty happy with my collection so far and I've made a quite consistent dragonite deck that gives me a decent winrate, but I can see others not being as fortunate with their pulls. the card crafting is pretty expensive as well so you are reliant on pulling at least some key cards for your deck of choice. "noob decks" are pretty rare in pvp, you see a lot of 2+ ex card decks. and you really have to wonder, how do people already have such complete decks within the first few days of the game's release? I mean it's obvious, this game is a mobile game and of course there will be an option to pay for packs. it sucks but can't really complain since the game is free and this is common practice these days. this would be much less of a problem though if there was at least something meaningful to do after completing the challenges, from a f2p perspective at least. 15 exp per win is a joke, even if you have a really good winrate, because that's all you can do right now to slowly have a handful more resources trickle in as you levelup. the game might improve over time in that regard, i.e. giving us more things to do. for starters, a real ranked format would be cool, in order to not immediately be paired up against players that have a perfect netdeck. but it sucks that they haven't put in the effort to offer that at the game's release. the game seems promising but if they don't give us new features quickly, the playerbase could fall off substantially as people will have a bitter taste of this game in their mouth, regardless of how good it might perhaps become eventually. not that it would matter to the pokemon franchise however, as long as there are a few whales that will continue to swipe their credit card, the game will stay alive. oh and the price increase of hourglasses on day motherfucking 2 is beyond shameless. but oh well, people won't care enough to boycott so might as well keep playing.

[@thebmxreviewer]

ptcg live is way better. This "quicker" battle system sucks

[@rexanael243]

I have played a decent amount of PTCGL and hard disagree. Pocket brings back the Pokémon part. PTCG is trainers and some Pokémon. In pocket it matters what attacks your basics have before they evolve to Stage 2. In PTCG you just search and tutor your entire deck to get your big attackers and then cheat energy. It completely skips the build up and goes straight to end game. I like that I sometimes get my final KO with a gastly in pocket 😂

[@DataDietz]

Pocket is superior. Seethe more

[@kevinvwonderen]

Really glad your channel got recommended to me a few weeks ago! 🫶🏻 Thanks for all the vids and sharing the love for gaming, it’s really contagious!