Is It Worth It To Buy A Pokémon Trainer's Toolkit? A PKMNTCG Product Review

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[@TolarianCommunityCollege]

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[@aidensypolt]

i have 2 champion path elite traner box

[@sirqcumber5088]

I like how this video is unintentionally a complaint about MTG's sealed products.

[@dancingowlbear]

Nothing unintentional about it. It seems clear to me that the Professor makes these videos to show the bizarre disparity in how these two games treat their player base, and I am sure he genuinely enjoys the game. The Pokemon TCG is pretty great!

[@TolarianCommunityCollege]

Every video about Pokemon TCG is on some level a complaint about MTG.

[@norushoutcast]

Considering that the early Pokemon TCG product is handled by WoTC, there's a universe out there where WoTC still handle them and Pokemon card would rise to above 100 usd range because they would never reprint a staples rodent card

[@Aedi]

@@TolarianCommunityCollege Spoken like a true mtg player,the only time not to complain about wotc is when you're getting annoyed someone else is complaining about wotc.

[@gnarly814]

This isnt unintentional

[@triplea9870]

I think another key point about this product is that ALL of the cards included will survive the next rotation so it retains future value.

[@Sykdude]

I don't play pokemon tcg, but I like when you review their stuff. It gives me context on the facepalm stuff WotC does.

[@ashenwuss1651]

I haven't minded Pokemon cards in so long. Many years, in fact. I clicked on this video to support Prof and then to compare it to WotC lol.

[@kellymicheal7256]

Yeah, especially this gives a lot of staples in standard for new players

[@diamonddudeygo]

​@@vegas_party_animal7737 There is exactly 1 tournament legal card in the whole Pokémon TCG that is worth a lot of money, and that's Tropical Beach, which is a 2011 and 2012 Worlds promo that goes for like $500. They banned it from Expanded in Japan and if they follow suit in the rest of the world, the most expensive Expanded-legal cards are Computer Search (a $60 card you only need 1 of because you cannot run more than 1 Ace Spec card in the same deck), Dowsing Machine (same deal but $30) and then there's some 12 to 15 dollar cards. Most Expanded decks are about 150 to 200 USD. For the price of Modern Jund you can build a full gauntlet of the best Expanded decks that don't run Beach.

[@dominicsevilla1189]

This comment

[@noahz42]

If it makes you feel worse, they also printed and sold a mostly complete competitive deck for $25 a month or two ago

[@AsterDXZ]

Pokémon Players: Price of meta cards is too high! Pokémon Company: if the price is too high then it is our responsibility to make sure everybody is able to play at the same level MTG Players: Prices are too high! Wizards of the Coast: Lmao, don’t play those cards then stupid

[@codynathanson1367]

"these card's are not for you"

[@xuerebmelinda7373]

Mtg needs the same attitude as pokemon. I love pokemon and mtg. I really love those pokemon full arts and I own a few of them and some old school cards as well.

[@Renegadetothe64th]

Somebody show this to wizards lmao

[@Atron420]

Yeah honestly I wish WotC copied more things from Pokemon TCG. They seem to do a lot better than them

[@KRBadonkadonk]

Wizards: Then it's our responsibility to make sure everybody is able to play at the same level. That'll be $200 for one copy of each.

[@TheAngryRedBird]

Wow, it's almost like you *can* make a product for everyone that includes powerful and needed reprints 🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔

[@crazykhespar8487]

Its almost like WOTC watching the secondary market is resulting in not reprinting needed items hmm unlike here where they remove barriers wherever they can, and reduce the gambling aspect of packs... hmmm

[@dracul115]

Justin Litwiller you hix

[@Mr_Myst13]

Wait they could do that?!?!?!?!?! WHAT?!?!?!?!

[@Bananasforthesoul]

Crazy that wizards will only do reprints in sets. Minus a very few products that are only at high end prices. Yugioh dominates in reprinting playable cards as promos, and Pokémon has been catching on too.

[@JohnnyExtremer]

@@notquiteordinary the deddenne before the tool kit were $30. Getting 2 of them plus staple cards as well as packs for $30 is a good value. It's what made me get back into the game. I don't want to dump a lot of money into a card game.

[@CalastantNight]

I (used to) work at a convention center. I've worked so many MtG, YGO, and Pokemon tournaments. I can tell you Prof. without a shadow of a doubt, that the Pokemon TCG treats their players the best. Free packs, people of all ages (I've seen GRANDPARENTS come to cheer for their GRANDCHILDREN playing in the junior league), packs for good sportsmanship, the most friendly judges I've had the joy to talk with, judges who knew many of their players by name, so many players who used to be kids and grew up playing in the junior league and were now playing in the master league... It made me want to play the game. It made me want to bring MY kids. They have something special happening that MtG and YGO are nowhere near.

[@Darkersneasel]

As an avid Pokemon player and judge, I have to agree. The community is the best part of the game and the rest of the game is already great.

[@odioalospoopers]

Thanks for reminding me how shitty the local pokemon community was

[@Commander_Skullblade]

As a Magic player, I would like to know why WotC doesn't give us this much value in their toolkits. I mean, card sleeves? In a TCG product? That's unheard of to me.

[@Joolenplus]

Magic is the only card game that doesn't do something like this eventually. It's a good and bad thing, magic is the only game that has things retain value but the prices keep players out of the game

[@DerpyLaron]

@@Joolenplus dude I don't give a flying fuck about the value. The cards will have value either way as old Pokémon cards show. They had literal had a reprint set of the equivalent to alpha and nope it didn't tank the prices. WotC is just a bunch of wankers

[@austinh1805]

Card sleeves in an mtg product happened once. They came in the modern event deck, and the sleeves were garbage. I ended up throwing most of mine out.

[@tempestandacomputer6951]

@@DerpyLaron Players don't like to care about value, but without it the economy fails unfortunately.

[@Valtharr]

@@tempestandacomputer6951 Pokémon TCG makes more money than MtG

[@mysterioso2006]

This video inspired me to look at the prices of top-competitive decks for this game. Imagine my utter shock when I learned that the deck that won the 2020 World Championship costs 170 dollars!

[@John-lf3iu]

Many Magic: The Gathering Players ask “should they start playing Pokemon instead?”

[@haksi1170]

Of course! Pokemon is the far superior game.

[@fgregerfeaxcwfeffece]

@@haksi1170 Sadly, i liked the idea of MtG but WotC treats it as an investment good which as we see is in direct conflict to the game part. The difference on how reprints are handled almost causes physical pain.

[@odioalospoopers]

No. The game is too RNG based and while there's variety of good decks, they usually can resolve the game in very few turns and there's barely any interaction between boards. The online is objectively great tho

[@impendio]

This.

[@RoyInverse]

They should for sure, i tried it for a while and top8d a regional in like 2 months, comunity was a lot better, but then i stopped having time so i had to drop it.

[@IshoPlays]

I do play Pokemon and Magic. I love how Pokemon gives you so much more than Magic does in most cases. Just them adding a code to redeem online makes me want to but packs more often. Thank you Professor for what you do, I enjoy seeing content for both Magic and Pokemon.

[@saidin0142]

And with decks alike, when I was a child the Ocg came out and they immediately started giving the codes for every product, and I was so damn happy to be able to play my giratina deck against millions of other people (expecially since I live quite far from the nearest centre) while still having the physical one

[@nosrin1988]

I cant help but feel that every time hes saying "key card" hes basically saying fetchlands. XD

[@sagnid]

I'm a simple man, I see Pokémon , I smash that like button. It's even a better value when you consider, all of these cards survive into the 2021 standard rotation in August. So not only did Pokémon give us a product seemingly designed to work with the Pikarom league battle box(One of the best decks currently), they made sure the card list would be valid for at least a year in standard play.

[@haruhisuzumiya6650]

i smashed 2 battle league for pikarom is insane

[@zavex4512]

When you’re so early that you don’t see any comments about the lack of fetchlands.

[@huantian]

When they start printing fetch energies.

[@Aedi]

@@huantian They show up not long after your comment :p

[@UncleHoole]

I don't play anymore, but it's always heartening how the Pokemon TCG makes an effort to balance card prices and increase accessibility. Loved this video

[@knoxcarter4852]

While I’m exclusively a MTG player, my little brother is really fond Pokémon. I loved showing a video from one of my favorite KZbinrs to him. Thanks Prof!

[@sidasmad2389]

That was so devious, I love how you turned the Dedenne sideways and it was straight. I forgot what straight cardboard looks like.

[@RisottoNero-z1w]

Feels like Pokemons prints cards for PLAYERS instead of INVESTORS.

[@susmagician3683]

I guess it depends. On one hand I have to say most of it is for the game but on the other hand there are cards for collectors such as full arts and rainbow cards that are for rarity then competitive play as there is a cheaper alternative for that. Not to mention charizard cards which are mostly for the fact it's charizard not that it is a good card competitively for the most part. Then there are cards for jokes in some sets like the secret rares in xy evolutions. I think it is a nice balance

[@kenerickelijalim5268]

Well it is called trading card "game", not trading card "investment item"

[@Skelyboss]

@@kenerickelijalim5268 though "trading card" is

[@NokturnalMTG]

Love the review just got one for my nephew. I'm an old school magic and Pokemon collector so it's good we have your videos Prof! I can't keep up with so many products these days 🤣

[@sanguinettevibrella]

I love how WotC's already awful practices are even more blatantly backwards the second you look at any of their competitors

[@odioalospoopers]

Which ones are still strong out there besides the somehow worse yugioh and pokemon?

[@Valtharr]

@@odioalospoopers Pokémon's better than MtG

[@Stinkoman87]

@@odioalospoopers Yugioh at least made a precon box of a bunch of tournament staples, all foil, some with alternate art. Magic would never do that.

[@huyvuminh1048]

@@odioalospoopers pkm have higher market share what is your point? yugioh also having an explosion in player a base pre-covid.

[@MGX93dot]

@@huyvuminh1048 He's one of those dumb shit Magic players that can't handle any other TCG being popular besides Magic.

[@PGFXKiu]

As a competitive Pokemon TCG player I 100% agree. This product has everything you need, and if possible I recommend picking up 2. You get a full playset of all currently available staples in the meta. It's amazing. I'll also go on the record and say it even if I get flamed: Wizards Of The Coast could definitely take notes from a product like this.

[@TheEmeraldboy100]

No Steam Siege boosters in an official bundle? What kind of sorcery is this?!

[@Realdagdag]

they may be running out of that set finally

[@jeremylin6952]

I’m happy they are also out of fates collide. Hopefully evolutions is soon

[@Darkersneasel]

Honestly if they had 4 Steam Siege/Evolutions packs I'd still buy 4 of these things. Really really good value regardless.

[@riqo456]

More Pokemon content please! I primarily subscribed for the product reviews and since I don't really play much MTG, besides having drafted a couple of times, Pokemon content would be neat!

[@ty_sylicus]

I still LOVE the holo full art cards in this game. I also continue to laugh at the "Professor Oak" Support card (Discard hand, draw 7) being printed over and over with a new name.

[@xXEPIKgamerXx]

Yep they officially changed it to Professors Research: Subtitle so it'll be easier in the future to use your old card whereas right now all the old professors in expanded do the same thing but cant be used interchangeably or mixed in a single deck.

[@machdude3366]

From this we have the disparity of: Functional Reprint for Chase meta cards: Building goals for players instead of having them case random cards. Basic playsets of required secondary cards: Making sure that when they play, even at mid levels, their decks function as they are supposed to. Supplies for a supplement: The expectation for this product is to be paired with another or have a preexisting concept of a deck. Unlike the MTG setup where the cards you get in them are kind of random, the core concept of the cards included in the toolkit are largely universal and gives you the resources to build. Though the MTG set does this too, a lot of the toolkit cards are jank. Cross platform usability: Oh, the days when we could redeem stuff. I stopped playing MTG arena and I don't plan to go back because I'm not invested enough to make it worth my while. But the inclusion of codes in this way? Yeah. Wizards definitely doesn't seem to understand that this sells a lot more packs. It costs nothing to do this and yet it is what feeds the popularity. Basic Tools: Probably the point that never ceases to amaze me- LOOK AT ALL THE STUFF THAT THEY GIVE YOU. I mean, the prof complains about quality, but it's enough to literally take the stuff, sleeve it up at a local LGS and just PLAY right there. You can buy more sleeves on site and generally have the desire to BUY MORE.

[@jyomi7506]

I just wanted to say that my friends and I have switched over to the Pokemon TCG Online and are having a blast with it! Thanks for the recommendation!

[@gnomersy1087]

Me: *Looks at this.* *Looks at Secret Lair Fetchlands* *Looks at this.* "Maybe I should quit MTG." ... WotC: *Surprised Pikachu face*

[@Darkersneasel]

If you enjoy MTG stay with it. But Pokemon does offer a lot of fun at a VERY affordable price compared to other TCGs. They definitely treat their playerbase better for sure.

[@brittanynguyen3794]

I’m thinking that to, but my tcg community is FULL of mtg players. I’m thinking of buying everyone theme decks hoping they’ll get into the game.

[@GreenGearStudio]

It's a special day when the prof makes one of his amazing videos on Pokémon

[@jmbalandran]

Thank you for doing pokemon content! I play Magic and Pokemon. Wish Magic will give us more online codes on physical products.

[@O5IR15]

This is an awesome product! The price you used for the Dedenne GX is a bit misleading though. If you look to just before this product was announced, the price of those Dedenne GX was $30+ EACH. Which would make a single copy the price of this kit. That isn't even factoring that Boss' Orders was $10 or more before this kit as well. This is one of the best things to come to the TCG in a long time.

[@bertycx]

To Magic players unfamiliar with Pokemon TCG, before the contents were announced, here were the prices: ~$30 x 2 Dedenne GX ~$10 x 2 Boss's Orders ~$5 x 2 Professor's Research ~$5 x 2 Marnie Which means you'd have had to pay $100 for just these 8 cards. Now you get so much more for $30. Insane value.

[@bilbo100989]

Me: Totally needs to happen in MTG. Wotc: Never happening, kid. We like $$$$$$

[@Ranakel]

Wow, a TCG with an MSRP, imagine that

[@jaydenyamada2916]

Just real quick, compare this to a deck builders toolkit. 5 packs, a land pack (essentially), 2 questing beasts, other assorted goodies and all of it available on arena. Also, what is everyone's thoughts on "each booster has an online code"?

[@ArchangelJaceAscended]

At first I was like, what MTG product is that? I'd buy it! Wait, no this is what WotC SHOULD do in comparison to this product. They would also need to add a bunch of double copies of some of the best common/uncommon staples as well. How about 2x Wilderness Reclamation, 2x Omen of the Sea, 2x Ajani's Pridemate, 2x Growth Spiral, 2x Cultivate, 2x Lightning Bolt (then reprint it in a Standard legal set because it's not THAT busted in Standard and every other attempt at copying it is poor in comparison), etc. But then I guess if you have Lightning Bolt, no one would play all of the other variations on it, except maybe Scorching Dragonfire, but then they should just roll back to Incinerate. I also compare this to Magic Fest in a box and I'm like...for less money you get way more copies of useful cards rather than alt art/foil versions of just a few staples. But then again, MFiaB DOES include a playmat. But I'm actually gad that this product wasn't bumped up to $50+ just to include a playmat. My kids use my MTG playmats and the oldest does have his own Pikachu playmat. so they didn't really NEED that. This product is so much more about accessibility and way less about bling.

[@shamtactics4712]

MTG has a lot to learn from Pokémon products. Especially having arena codes with the cards would be a phenomenal addition

[@danielkeyes3931]

I have played MTG 100 times more than PTCG, but love to see reviews of Pokemon product since the wife and I collect Pokemon cards.

[@JoelRiter]

There are three reasons I’m a ptcg player and not mtg or yugioh (though I appreciate all tabletop games to some degree). The first being the community. The PTCG community (in my experience) has been the warmest and most welcome gaming community thus far. The trainer toolkit is second. Well, it represents my second reason which is the price. A tier 1 deck can be priced under a hundred and a lower tier or rogue deck can be as cheap as 30. WotC might have better prize support, but I rather be able to actually play competitively if I choose without going broke. Finally, I just enjoy PTCG more then other games. It’s, to myself, the best balance between being complex and just being fun.

[@anlize3422]

I have two pokémon decks I use to play with my friends whey they pop up here. The entire product came with makers, a playmat and a can to store the cards. Such quality.

[@ArchangelJaceAscended]

Hi. I play Magic. I like Magic but I'm finding myself unable to justify buying many of their sealed products. My kids play Pokemon. I watched this video and I decided that it was well worth it to buy 2 of these from my LGS yesterday, which was the day I watched the video. I have 2 stepsons and a daughter, who all play. This was an amazing product for them because the things they need the most to build decks are energy and trainers. They have Pokemon. However, the included Dedenne cards were just an added bonus. And the fact that they had exactly 2 copies of the trainer/special energy cards, as well as 2 Dedenne was perfect. My stepsons were able to evenly split those cards and each got 2 packs from their box. The packs didn't offer much for them, at least until we grab a couple of Sword and Shield starters, but everything else was exactly what they needed and it was "fair" because they each got one copy of the special cards. I suggested that the Energy go into a common pool of energy to pull from whenever they need some for their decks. The 2nd box? That's for me and my daughter to split. to be "fair" she'll the exact same cards as the boys plus 2 packs. I'll get the other half of the box, which I'll generously share as needed. I do play with them but I don't really have my own decks right now. I just kinda play with theirs. eventually I'll build my own. I like how kids can just play this game without worrying about being competitive. So thank you, Professor. I enjoy your Magic videos, but this is the first product I've seen where I said "I have to get this now!". It was well worth it. There's so much value from the perspective of "my kids just need the cards to play." It's good that it stresses energy and trainers because I think a lot of kids just want to throw a bunch of Pokemon in a deck and call it a day. But while helping them build their decks, I was like, "You're going to need Energy and trainers too!" This product helped fill that gap. The other stuff was just icing. My youngest stepson needed the sleeves because the older one already had sleeves from a bundle he got a while back. But I have to agree that those sleeves are terrible. Some of them were cut differently so they were shorter than the others. I'll just have to get them some Ultra Pros so they have decent sleeves. But yeah for me, this was an A++ product overall even without the sleeves. My only other complaint was that it didn't come with 2 6-sided dice so each could have one but that was super minor because they CAN share the dice and status markers.

[@jek__]

Energy sure is prettier now I find myself reading these cards as though they were magic cards. It seems really useful to have names for abilities on cards, not just keywords, this allows the ability to be referenced without saying stuff like "when etb do X, effects triggered by entering the battlefield from cards named can't be triggered more than once per turn" Though, from my overly methodical programmery mindset, it does read better than "you cant use more than 1 ability each turn" Honestly I feel like the pokemon market is somewhat healthier just because kids are less likely to obsess, and adults are more prone to repeated hyper-spending. Kids are more flippant and have more things to do, a less established life and so are more relatively comfortable changing their path, and because of that, wizards has a much harder time making money selling overpriced fetishes, so they need to make sure prices are fair to get a reasonable return. The lesson here is that adults should be more like kids in a lot of ways :P This is crazy, a card needs a reprint, they make a box with the reprint at the same price as the cards, the price of the cards drops, and the box with the reprints is still worth more than the card cost. What is this world I have stumbled upon

[@staticaster1309]

I love the Pokemon TCG, I especially like how the online client has a Theme Deck format so that beginning players can compete for packs in events by just buying a deck. Don't got the 500 coins, but got some bucks to spare? Just pick it up on various online sites that are selling the code for said theme deck, or just buy it in one of your LGS's. I really wish WOTC would make a theme deck format for Planeswalker Decks too. It is just a lot of fun. But nowp, why increase sales, right?

[@crispisan3570]

Btw a trick I use, is using a sleeve and cover it upside down so not even air comes in from a binder sleeve

[@Frizbgolfer121]

I’m headed online to purchase thus right now! Thanks for the recommendation!

[@6149583]

Cool that you don’t only review MTG products 👍🏼👍🏼

[@Kwickstryke]

Great video. Always nice to see different products reviewed outside of mtg. I feel like it helps keep the content from going stale.

[@joshgraunke3492]

Leaving WOTC behind for pokemon, gonna make this my first product! thanks Prof!

[@irismarin8613]

Welcome to the world of Pokemon friend, I hope you enjoy your stay

[@AbsoluteBreezy]

So happy to see Pokemon tcg content again, Prof

[@Tryo707]

I have never played Pokemon and was lost easily and frequently in this review, however I watched the whole thing just because I like Prof. Met him a few times, good dude. Turned out we both taught at the same Junior College, a few years removed from each other.

[@ManuYoCom]

Wow, the prof made a new pokemon video in such a long time that I thought he wasn't doing pokemon vids anymore. Is this a way to throw some shade to Wotc for not reprinting meta useful cards to drop its prices?

[@nosrin1988]

This video is full of shade on wotc and i love it.

[@sherekhangamedev]

It would be great to have starter kits like this in value and content on MTG. I'll quit Pokémon TCG many years ago, but for me was fun to some extend to collect, more than playing.

[@MGX93dot]

Pleased to see you cover this, I was thinking about buying it on pay day coming soon but wanted a review (got one faved from last night to view but frankly this is all I need to see now).

[@evileyeball]

Back in my day We played pokemon TCG with 52 cards in them... 52 cards, 4 Bill and 4 Professor Oak, I mean who doesn't want to have a playset of Ancestral Recall and a Playset of Wheel of Fortune in every deck.

[@ghostanbu1099]

Great to see more Pokemon Tcg content on the channel

[@FrazzaJazz]

Holy shit he actually made a Pokémon video again. I hope this keeps up

[@rabidclean]

I think it’s worth mentioning that the Dedenne GX are alternate arts that haven’t yet been printed outside of Japan. I’ve actually been waiting for these for a while!

[@ShadowLynx777]

Professor: *shows straight foil* WofC: But that's impossible!

[@herbertwalter8693]

So the myths are true!

[@jamiechesnut6110]

I bought one of these for myself and honestly it's one of the best products to buy to start playing the game. If you buy 2 you really have everything you need to build any deck and just spend about $50 for any deck. So you can build any tier 1 deck pretty much you want for around $100. A very great product I would reccomend to any Pokemon player

[@seeteufel_snake8603]

I would love to see more pokemon from you. Maybe an Deckprofile or an deckbuilding guide.

[@xXEPIKgamerXx]

Part of the reason TCPi can do this is because for the most part they make the valuable rarest chase cards optional cosmetic versions of cards that are otherwise easy to get rather than must have cards with no other versions in the pack. For any outliers they have products like this to bring the price down to reasonable levels of $5-20. That way everyone can play but opening packs can still be fun as anything with any real value retains it despite some drops. drafting is fun too even if less complicated than drafting MTG.

[@RoyInverse]

At the start i was triggered by the "Dedenna" pronuntiation, but by the end you actually saw the card and fixed it to Dedenne so we good.

[@theshinxhunter]

This product singlehandedly convinced me to quit buying standard legal MTG products and get back into the Pokémon TCG. I was basically waiting for Pokémon to reprinted Dedene to get back in, and here it is, as a two-Of! On top of a pile of much-needed energy cards (as a returning player, I got rid of most of mine when I left the game] AND two of basically every staple, rotation-proof trainer being played a competitive list at the moment, PLUS tournament legal dice and condition markers. It was the perfect product to compel me to jump off MTG’s slowly-sinking ship.

[@Atron420]

I liked the jab at mtg's deck builder toolkit "is not a watered-down item with weak cards for new players to use in a sandbox"

[@senoreverything6366]

The fact that this man can keep up with TWO TCGs this well is extremely impressive.

[@ZALHERA666]

Imagine WotC reprinting something like this

[@Lasagnadestroyer]

Dont give them ideas!

[@TheEmeraldboy100]

It'll be sold out in minutes by scalpers and will be sold by LGSes twice the MSRP (if there are any)

[@michaelogara9056]

WotC would, but sell it as a limited time deal and for 50-60$

[@ZALHERA666]

@@TheEmeraldboy100 I firmly believe scalpers exist and LGS jack up prices because the supply doesn't match the demand. That just means WotC isn't printing enough to maintain the low prices, and can simply print more and flood the supply to screw over scalpers and give LGSs no excuse to gouge prices.

[@somejerk5662]

With different art, in a limited run, for more than the card already costs?

[@Alikaoz]

Ah, a Pokémon review, it's been a while. Neat

[@ghostsword6554]

I am mostly on this channel for the MTG content, but wanted to see hear the Professor talk for a bit.... it is, however, a shocking difference to how MTG does things

[@LDavidism]

Love this channel! Would love to see more Pokémon TCG content. Keep up the excellent work Professor and thank you for what you create.

[@motherofcards293]

I used to play Pokemon over a decade ago. This video made me want to purchase this product! It's nice to see that products like these exist nowadays. If only MTG had cheap, value packed products like this that isn't priced based on secondary market prices.

[@golconda2]

I've put my MtG buying on (extended?) hold & because of this video, I bought a Trainer's Toolkit along with the 2 pack of "Let's Play" decks (Pikachu & Eevee). I'm having a blast online and really love the fact that you can redeem the codes for cards & even entire decks!

[@BlueFlewFedUQueen]

Never even played MtG, but I'm always here anyway for the accessories and Pokemon reviews. This product is phenomenal value and it really shows how TPCi is focused on making the game as accessible as possible for everyone. We've had tons of highly competitive reprints in sealed products over the past few years. The Reshizard/Pikarom and Rayquaza/Necrozma battle decks were huge, we got tins for Zacian V almost right away, last year we got all the great Tag Team GX tins, and Tapu Lele-GX got several box reprints even if it was right near the end of its rotation. Even the trashiest of theme decks still contain staple trainers that make them a decent starting point for any new player. The Japanese market is crazy generous to its players too, but that's a whole other beast entirely. Also seconding that the sleeves in this particular product aren't the same as Pokemon's usual crap sleeves! They're still not *great*, but they're significantly better than the Elite Trainer Box sleeves and hopefully they'll continue to improve on the design. Right now I'd say they're at least playable sleeves that look nice, something you can use while trying out the game before investing in more long-term sleeves.

[@Yu-xq7dw]

You make me want to get back into Pokemon TCG, Professor! Great review, as usual.

[@ytsejam58]

It makes me happy to hear you enthusiastically talk about Pokemon. I was big into pokemon before i dug really deep into Magic Arena and in turn Standard. Also, I found a really good Gardevoir deck to play that is very competative and personally fun for my play style, and I haven't found a want to play any other kind of deck. I do wish to build some old decks from back in 1999 but for now I'm still building my current magic decks.

[@kingsnogaryen6292]

That BoltundV pull was just as amazing as the entire toolkit....

[@muchmoonies]

Prof throwing shade at Deck Builders Toolkits

[@Zspear234]

This video inspired me to get back into the game!

[@galahadtg7884]

I personally dont play pokemon tcg anymore but this does look like a strong tool to help new and seasoned players

[@BlueSapphyre]

Twi_ RoX totally. The pikarom theme deck + this tool kit is like 95% competitive level.

[@ccggenius]

I'm so glad I made the decision to invest in sleeve covers a while ago. it's about the same cost as using inner sleeves, but I no longer need to care about the quality of the art sleeves, I can just pick the ones I like.

[@garethm9523]

I always love these type of product reviews. Have you ever considered having a discussion with people from other tcg/ccg's and having a discussion about sealed products and their values and how each company could learn from each other?

[@ribbit8999]

I struggled very hard to find this product in my area and most stores were sold out or never got any of them in stock but luckily the Pokémon center website is selling them so I was able buy mine and I am very happy with this product.

[@danialdean1971]

So many things pokemon due in terms of theie sealed products just knocks it out of the park, they just printed their equivalent to the Challenger Decks in the aptly named league battle decks more specially the PikaRom deck which is literally missed maybe 3-5 cards to be the full version... great time to enter the game. Couldn’t be easier

[@tunafishboi4236]

Enjoying your content! My son just got into Pokemon and trying to build his collection, this might be worthwhile for the utility. Lucky for me i already loved Pokemon but never actually played TCG! I feel like a kid all over again learning to play and build decks. Thanks for the helpful info.

[@kyriearashi]

Professor: *posts a Pokémon tcg review* Me: It’s been 3000 years...

[@fattymcshrimp1014]

I've missed your pokemon videos! Love the subtle jabs, but also happy you're reviewing other product again!

[@CutieLucyTwitch]

I had to watch this twice to fully understand how much more Pokemon cares about player wallets than Wizards

[@erif1179]

Was just gonna watch the video and leave a comment to help boost your video in the algorithm. Now I'm probably gonna proxy up some Pokémon decks and try to con my friends into playing tonight. Thanks, professor.

[@BlainmanG12]

This is why I'm buying Pokemon products and have become a fan. Wizards have been greedy for too long and Pokemon takes care of their players. Wizards needs see what Pokemon is doing and follow.

[@saiyangoomba1244]

God imagine if MTG had products like this 2 Random Fetch/Shocks and 50 $1-4 format staples AND packs

[@jedboss4465]

These pokemon videos really point out how ridiculously wizards treat mtg players

[@marioguy119]

Just wanted to drop in and say this video pushed me into making this my first purchase as a paper Pokemon TGC player, and I'm happy for it, you really do get a lot out of it (I wish the sleeves were less sharp on the corners though, otherwise I'd find them acceptable)

[@xileets]

so, you're telling me, ThePkMnCompany helps water-down the secondary market for standard play, while WotC takes advantage of it?

[@KirboWurbo]

whats WotC

[@arilenn3293]

@@KirboWurbo Wizard Of The Coast. They're a game company that runs Magic the gathering.

[@mikotagayuna8494]

This is the strangest Secret Lair yet.

[@Rathial]

I like how he pulled triple the MSRP from this product with just the boltund V full art and the 100% included items

[@Aquazeem]

I looked to this channel just a few months ago when getting into the ptcg, I'm glad I got to get one of these as well! It's so worth it!!

[@satmat2561]

Prof please make more Pokémon TCG content. There is little to no up to date PTCG content.

[@kalosprismatic]

Dang. It's got some good stuff. I might have to get back into Pokemon..

[@thektorMK1]

when he turned the foil sideways and it wasn't warped those were shots fired pew pew brrrat brratt

[@ryankim1999]

And as a current player of MTG, YGO, and Pokémon TCG, I love seeing reviews of non MTG products by the professor

[@haksi1170]

Its such a good product. Pokemon keeps staples available for players. Just look at the actual League Battle Decks or the Zacian Tins. Most of the good Cards get reprinted in a special box or Tin. Just imagine a world were WotC do this, maybe for fetch lands.

[@alexlozano5021]

Hey it's been awhile. Nice to see the Pokemon reviews coming again.

[@ohnosmoarlulcatz]

If only other TCGs would do this too