Pokemon TCG Pocket Beginners Guide *EVERYTHING You Need To Know!*

[@spragelsPocket]

Hope it was helpful! See you at the global launch

[@user-nt3cn2qr1o]

@@spragelsPocket can't wait to get the dopamine hit opening all those starter packs

[@Jrssnjr]

You're the best Jake, thanks!🙌

[@ArianesDrawingPH]

Thanks Jake the Cowboy!! Yeehaaw!!

[@Magneto8768]

How to use shinedust !?

[@chambergames6451]

@@spragelsPocket your a snowflake and you don't offer consistency with your videos you often say o we will discuss resetting your account after this and then go onto another topic this may work for your brainrot subscriber's but not for the smart ones that leave a like

[@joelmartinez2896]

Btw, when pulling a pack, it’s been proven that it doesn’t matter which pack you pick, you will get the generated Pokémon for all packs available. In other words, no, each pack in the carousel is not a different set of cards, all cards you get are already generated when you hit open pack.

[@atreyachaganti-ml7vk]

Really? I thought each pack had different cards.

[@joelmartinez2896]

@ I thought so too. But there’s a KZbinr that debunked that. They used the coding for the game as reference and as soon as you click open pack, it already has your cards picked for you. The carousel is more of an animation thing because it’s already picked for you

[@wit1493]

@@joelmartinez2896 if you wouldn’t mind what’s the KZbinr who made that video? I’d like to watch it myself

[@joelmartinez2896]

@ I mean this was over 3 weeks ago, just search up Pokémon pocket pack opening debunk and it should pop up

[@Bald-bin-ich-ein-Schmetterling]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/m5Skp4yEiNeAZ7M the proof

[@kyllernotkiller]

Professor Oak, the new pot of greed Edit: why did people take this comment so seriously? It was meant as a joke because they had the same effect of drawing 2 cards

[@SlammieDee]

I SUMMON PROFESSOR'S RESEARCH! THEN I PLAY PROFESSOR'S RESEARCH! "That's not how you play.." YES IT IS AND NOW I PLAY PROFESSOR'S RESEARCH!

[@DarKit-hu7yr]

Professor Oak, the Pocket Bill

[@PokePecha]

hahaha yugioh reference

[@traincore1955]

Yep

[@francescoparazzini5291]

@@kyllernotkiller coming from the irl version drawing two is so underwhelming for a professor research ahaha

[@A-lik]

3:25 When I used to work retail, we kept Pokémon and other trading cards in a locked display case. An employee had to take the cards from the case too the register. Retail is soul crushing, but one thing I always did enjoy was fanning out all the card packs and asking the kid (or sometimes adult) to choose the packs they wanted, rather than just grabbing the first one and saying "here's your pack." It was never store policy, but that's the only way you can do it. That, and it prevents the customer from coming back and saying "YOU GAVE ME THE PACK WITH THE JUNK CARDS!" Nope, you picked the pack, and that's how it should be! :)

[@Jesse-lv2yo]

I looooved when people at the store did this. Thank you for your service.

[@emiliorojas5010]

I'm from Chile, in a local family store near home, an old lady sells stationery articles and also Pokemon cards. She always does this, I'm shure his nephew told her to 😂. One time I pulled a 2 gold star rare from her store, it was crazy. Sadly is that golden Charizard of obsidian flames that lost value, but a cool card anyways.

[@ayeshafareedsyed8560]

@@A-lik you just wrote my childhood down

[@DrippyWaffler]

@@Jesse-lv2yo unironically retail workers are some of the most deserving of that statement. The world wouldn't run without them

[@R1ver7th]

honestly im super excited to take this game slowly. enjoy the journey, see the cool hits, watch my account progress over time, yanno? build up the currencies and then spend them on a really cool thing to keep forever! get flairs for my favorite cards! i hope this is a maxable f2p game (i.e. you can obtain cards faster than they're released) but even if its not itll still be fun.

[@SnapshotRC]

@@R1ver7th i am in the same boat. Just excited to have to opportunity to play something like this.

[@elSteeler]

yeah the reason i dropped Unite is that the roster ceased being maxable.

[@stew8fpv]

@@R1ver7th lol

[@AnotherAyushRaj]

I have a question. Do they buff/nerf cards in this game? I got pretty annoyed playing Marvel Snap where they nerfed shit out of my fav cards. I regret buying battle pass om that game

[@R1ver7th]

@AnotherAyushRaj no idea but I'd say likely not. it's closer to a gatcha game than a deckbuilder, and I don't know a single gatcha game that nerfs characters. also, MTG arena doesn't nerf cards and that's the only other example of a paper tcg made online that I know of

[@dewbuon]

For those just discovering spragels, congratulations! He makes some of the best guides out there. S tier content creator. Stick around!

[@Hopps515]

@@dewbuon 3 minutes in and I don’t doubt that

[@TheAveryZay]

Eh, not bad per say but i really don't like how he yaps for runtime. A lot of this video just feels like filler talk.

[@crowzet0]

Nah I'm good

[@nikunjkhangwal]

He's targeted towards kids more, not suited for everyone.

[@TheAveryZay]

@nikunjkhangwal he isnt on youtube kids wym

[@travismcconnell760]

Hey man, just wanted to say that your best tip ever, is actually the best tip ever. It's something that absolutely gets overlooked in any game. Nice video.

[@spragelsPocket]

Glad you liked it!

[@sebastiandunning9236]

Completely agree! Lately I've been playing MTG and kind of got sucked into the whole meta deck thing (pretty much since I started playing it), but some of my favorite TCG memories are still with that betaed Japanese game I played for 2 weeks that didn't have any influencers talking about it, any tier lists or deck lists, and it was all just about finding your own decks. Man, it was just so exciting and addictive trying to test and find out the best decks and your favorite cards along with everyone else, and the sheer satisfaction of jumping up the ranks once I found an amazing deck to play with. Nothing really compares to that nowadays (at least that I could find). It still saddens me that they ended up making that game Japanese-only after the beta period 😢 But yeah, so I'm absolutely planning on doing some basic research on what the best cards to reroll for are, and then just making my own decks and exploring my favorite cards. At least for the first few weeks before I get sucked into meta decks again lol

[@sircharlietheragdollcat3334]

@@sebastiandunning9236 Do you still remember the name of that game?

[@sebastiandunning9236]

@@sircharlietheragdollcat3334 No, it was a while ago... They had a 2 week beta on the play store, but I guess it wasn't popular enough or something, so after the beta they took some time to refactor the code and then re-launched the game in Japan, in Japanese only. OH I found it! Duels Ex Machina was the English name!

[@sebastiandunning9236]

@@sircharlietheragdollcat3334 yep! Duels x Machina. It was a DeNA game actually! Had to go back to my emails to find it lol

[@TopThrillNagster]

I really wish I had seen this before I started. I learned a lot of this naturally, but to confirm it is really nice. Only four minutes in and already subscribed. Very well done on the video can’t wait to finish this one and watch some more!

[@gdiogoagenciadigital]

I wish they had filters for each pack type(Pikachu/Charizard /Mewtwo). So you could easily see the cards missing for each of them.

[@jasonandrews1770]

Ideally theyd put a precentage on each pack so you can see how complete the set is for u

[@kingsam2866]

There is a filter option to select booster.

[@gdiogoagenciadigital]

@@kingsam2866 but not to see cards of each pack type, just genetic apex, or whatever it's called

[@kingsam2866]

@@gdiogoagenciadigital if you select the deck box icon and then filter by booster, it shows you what number of cards you have per booster pack.

[@EnterCombie]

That ending saying to enjoy the experience yourself for the first time I couldn't agree more. That being said, this video was so informative, new sub here.

[@syllo-sg3mx]

I hope the trade feature is similar to the global trade system used in the main series games, where you can request certain mons in exchange. being able to search by type, name, ex, special illustration, etc

[@eyeofthetyger8504]

If it's anything like in Online, It'll be interesting to get back to my flipping tricks to get rich again. But, I don't think Pokémon is gonna make that mistake again (buy one pack to essentially get all the packs and Pokémon only gets the money off the one pack).

[@cabanvillanueva]

@@syllo-sg3mx worse case scenario is that everyone will ask for a Mewtwo card XD

[@flashrunner2689]

@@eyeofthetyger8504 I know it’s kind of funny to say this but in blox fruits when you trade you can only trade a valuable item with something else that is relative in value to that item. So it’s trash for trash and gold for gold. If the item value gap is too big it won’t let the trade go through, this, plus another method would probably be the most viable.

[@Asakedia]

You have everything in this guide. Don't let the length scare you. Just take notes and breaks. You can always come back and look at the timestamps/chapters too. 10/10 video Jake, loved to watch it even as an experienced TCG player 🫶

[@luxgooze917]

Resume? (Of the key points that I should do)

[@Asakedia]

@@luxgooze917 i apologize for not understanding your question, could you elaborate?

[@andresvillamilduenas2095]

😂 it's like 2 different species talking each other 😂

[@Asakedia]

@andresvillamilduenas2095 lmao i can see why 😹

[@robertsnitchler3016]

I do like how streamlined the battle is. Energy's being a separate deck is something that the physical T.C.G could really benefit from

[@Moon-eu8pt]

When starting I was confused with all the different currencies but after a day or two it all made sense. Fun game you really don’t need to spend money been playing for almost a week and have a good fire type deck wins a lot

[@sniperpaintcorrection]

Not a cosmetic person but the coins look great . Looking forward to collecting some nice ones.

[@mostawesomestnamever]

As a previous fan from pokemon unite, I'm stoked both to see how good this game is, and also that you are leading the charge in disseminating vital information.

[@drewgonzalez3617]

15:08 *Fun story about about the Wonder pick*: A few day ago I came across for the 1st time ever a "use 4 wonder picks" and in that 5 choice of cards was a RAINBOW edge (not sure what its actually called) MOLTRES EX card. Went with my gut "pick" & pulled that dope card on my 1st try. Cheered so loud I thing I woke up the neighborhood. Haha True story! It is now my favorite card in my card deck.

[@stonedscenekid]

Pairs well with charizard

[@Kholdstare4]

The intro is so good

[@spragelsPocket]

told you

[@Svenn_]

43:12 Fun fact about the pokeball card, since it works by searching through your deck, it will also shuffle the deck after it's played. This is different from the professor since he will draw from the top of the deck so there's no need to shuffle. If you have a way of looking at your next card(s) like porygon or the pokedex item, you can use a pokeball card to reroll your next cards before you play a professor card if they're bad.

[@fenceju76]

Sometimes there are bent packs. The Japanese community seems to believe that these may have higher chances of pulling rare cards. Don't know if it's true.

[@poowet1311]

@fenceju76 nah. The bent up packs gave me commons. I just spin the packs then click on one. Ive gotten more EXs that way.

[@justinyassin4780]

So far, 90% of the bent packs I've opened had some good stuff in it.

[@ant21089ram]

Can confirm, most of the time if I see a bent pack, 8/10 times it’s a rare of some form. Low rare (holographic) to high (I got a super rare moltres from this pack)

[@anthonyjoy9719]

It's not, also the packs are all the same once you go to choose them in the carasoul. Wonder pick is truly random though

[@mxstrikk]

Can confirm: bent pack method does not work

[@shannonashleigh]

This is very informative, I can see myself creating binders and wanting to collect the full set. Not sure I’ll love battling as much as I currently don’t play the game but who knows I might enjoy it! 😊 thanks for the video!! 🎉

[@JayQuest69]

It's very easy and accessible. Give it a try 🤗

[@fallguybuddy2654]

Watched all of it! Thanks Spragels, looking forward to more Pocket content in the future.

[@spragelsPocket]

Nice!

[@avishek3030]

Best Beginner guide so far, you covered everything

[@spragelsPocket]

Glad you think so!

[@Hellebore-waves]

17 minutes in, I'm not even done but you already won a new subscriber! (I'm so hyped for release tomorrow)

[@danielfaz5780]

@@Hellebore-waves It depends where do you live. Because it may launch at 29th October at 8 p.m PDT.

[@Hellebore-waves]

@@danielfaz5780 I'm in France so for me it's like midnight so I'll be sleeping so playing on the 30th

[@Jesse-lv2yo]

I've gotten really lucky with pulls so far. Not enough to make any fully-loaded EX deck but my Pidgeot / Gren deck has been super fun in the interim. Infinite Sabrina / Giovanni combos that attack the whole mat. No bench is safe!

[@Xparkman30]

The pack you get is generated the moment you click open 1 pack pucking any of those 10 doesnt change what you got.

[@OriginalRyan]

The solo battles have me rage sometimes, but it's SO rewarding when you complete it. I just finished the Mythical Expert battles & the Aerodactyl battles were brutal!

[@ffiiyyaahh5418]

13:50 Actually you can get a pack in different language. Just change your language in setting when you open a pack . You'll have cards in that language. Just remember the steps when you change the language. I hope I knew this before! Charizard ex in japanese would be cool.

[@reubenhugo6450]

Downloading this right now… heard about this coming out ages ago but completely forgot thank you

[@ellisbrundrett2563]

A question I have regarding energy. Is it totally random which energy you pull each turn, or if my deck is weighted more towards water types, but has a few electric types in it, do I have a higher chance of pulling water energy

[@GiLeo]

Bro you genuinely a goat KZbinr I hope your Chanel keeps growing cuz u deserve it thanks for the guide and that final tip is so real ❤

[@Arvizu09]

Dude I love that you’re making pocket content now! It was neat running into you in a ranked game on unite and kicking pokeass lol

[@werguns2670]

i just noticed, it happened to me twice, if you open a pack sometimes there's a small glitter that'll burst pop out indicating that there's a special card included.

[@ALV5252]

Oooohhhhh new channel! 🎉🎉🎉

[@LLJVBass]

0:19 Thanks for keeping it real there. Sick of generic KZbinrs

[@MikeyyPokemon]

Thanks so much for this! I'm really excited to build both digital and physical collections

[@spragelsPocket]

You're so welcome!

[@NAPLEGROVE]

Subbed as I found you thanks to this, kids are awesome and helpful, thank you!

[@masaoni9534]

Hi. I play Pokemon go and have heard some positive news about the tcg pocket. I stumbled across your video and decided to watch it to the end ( an important part of the KZbin algorithm) and I downloaded the game and plan on giving it a try. Looks like a great game. Thanks for the in-depth look into the game

[@HPengui]

awesome! thanks for sharing definitely one of the best guide i have seen so far ❤ counting down to global launch from Singapore 😂 subscribed!

[@spragelsPocket]

Thank you!

[@DanielFPaulo]

Thank you for putting this together, amazing job. Do you think it's possible to play this format on paper (like using real cards)?

[@gmagz0647]

This game is awesome, perfect for me since I don’t have the funds right now (full time student) to buy real cards. Pokémon TCG was always the best way to play Pokémon in my humble opinion.

[@davidcaravella2748]

Great guide, thank you for putting this together. Excited for global launch!

[@spragelsPocket]

Glad you liked it!

[@teebox5578]

I have been following your channel for about a month now. Thanks for taking the time to make this video and thanks for all your pocket content. I can't wait to play this game.

[@PsychoPenguin1919]

great video, really helped a TCG newbie get started! Thanks!

[@And1DJ]

Thanks for the Guide! Very Helpful to get started and get a overall overview of the mechanics :) keep it up / Greetings from Germany! :)

[@haydenschaff8179]

I got the app like 2 hours after global launch, found some of your videos a day later, and subscribed 5 minutes in. I really appreciate everything I’ve seen from you so far!

[@LeCabinetAlchimique]

I cant wait to play this game. Since the closure of tcg online I have been yearning for a good tcg game to play on the go since tcg live is...not very good XD. I just hope code redemption will come to this game so I can use my addiction in physical and digital form XD

[@Crushanator1]

Code redemption is the thing I am MOST hoping for

[@darryl_young]

Awesome guide. Thanks, man. Much appreciated.

[@Rob-fi2pe]

I'm so hyped. This is such a great guide. Thanks Jake!

[@Aventurine4lyfe]

Just started instantly went for Arcanine ❤️

[@Doubleohcasper]

Great channel brother! Keep it going my G 🍻

[@ashking4434]

Been playing for 15 mins and I’m really happy I decided to do some research before going crazy far into game

[@demontamerbf18]

Thanks for this! I'm so glad I watched this even though I've been playing the game since launch because I completely forgot about the other tutorial steps, the optional ones, so I was missing on a few free rewards.

[@rafaelsassi]

The final tip gave me goosebumps! U're the best, man! Greetings from Brazil

[@eternity449]

I'm so nervous playing this game LOL I wish to be over this phase sooner rather than later. Just imagining someone strategizing against me, or even reading my own strategy, my heart pounds!!

[@electric_dream_machine]

I finally learned pokemon tcg thanks to this game!

[@bigfoot5725]

icl with the wonder picks so far, I've always picked the 4th card (bottom left) and the one time I picked the 5th one, the 4th one was the arcane ex I wanted for my challenges, so ima just stick to 4th card from now on

[@awi11o]

This is insane for a free game, I love this so much

[@Jrssnjr]

Great video, thanks for hyping up the release even more for me. And truly ending with the best tip there is

[@zeesweezy9533]

Very well said at the end! I'm very excited to see where the pocket community goes

[@BoneHeadPlaysGames]

A good tip I have found is if you plan on evolving pokemon you don't need multiple of the final form. Two ratata and only one radicate for example. If you have three step evolution you can maybe have 3 charmander 2 charmelon and one Charizard and one Charizard ex

[@stonedscenekid]

Can only play 2 charmander. Doesn’t allow a third.

[@malignentsin]

Great stuff, Blastoise is my favorite, personally every time I get him in play, I win the game. The problem is Warturtle. It just dies to too many things and doesn't provide enough counter pressure.

[@elvismoisesgalvezmartinez7588]

Blastoise no es fuerte actualmente. No te hagas ilusiones

[@drewk5981]

This must have taken so long to create!! Thanks, I'm now going to play this game.

[@davidsdurions]

Super appreciate this guide spragels. Hope to see you in game soon!

[@fluffinhiem5686]

i very much liked the *best tip lol. Nice job !

[@Jiyuu69]

For wonderpicks, I usually pick where the card was positioned because sometimes they don't get shuffled and stay where they are.

[@duck490]

yes.. 20 percent of the time.

[@TecnoSmurf]

You hyped me Up pretty good. Cant wait for tomorrow

[@Tabankaman]

My friend showed me that if you turn the packs at the side and it is slightly twisted and thicker... means it's a good pull.

[@CAW139]

I'm excited, haven't watched much Spragels content since I got burnt out on United but I'm back and all-in on Pocket now. I've missed enjoying the content cowboy's content

[@adamluthfie7]

For someone who play yugioh master duel, im hype to try pokemon tcg. They say pokemon TCG is quite balance comparecto yugioh.

[@jordankalt]

I greatly appreciated this video. I've only played in one tournament formatted this way so far and was at a loss for how to handle this. Really love the depth you discuss in videos like these--hope there will be more!

[@jeb.c.1063]

Bruh I clicked coz I thought you were Mogwai discussing pokemon pocket, and I was not disappointed 🙌

[@nidaime619]

Just watched this video, got on the game, and immediately got Mewtwo EX! Spragels ftw!!

[@ST3P-101]

Thanks for your great content! Very helpful ❤

[@BigMacEEYUP]

While it is true that you can never know for certain which of the 5 cards you get form any given wonderpick, a 20% chance to obtain that really rare card is the best shot you get aside from spending pack points. the chance to pull a 2 Diamonds card from Genetic Apex is 2.571%, while the pullrates of the 1-3 Stars to Crown rares range from 0.321% to 0.013. Compair that to the 20% in the Wonderpick, where you know you have a shot for the specific card every time and it becomes clear that it is always worth trying for the 3 cost picks aside from maybe the occasional 1 cost just to not lose out on the resource when it is all filled up.

[@ssjblckgohn1569]

Tomorrow is the day🙌

[@chetanrover598]

W Vid. So far from what I have got to know about rerolling, I dont think I will. I will stick to whatever cards I get.

[@ibrakadabra65]

Okay, deff subbing! Awesome channel. Suggesting to my community.

[@FrenchGoddy]

just got the game like a week or 2 ago, for me personally when i’m pulling packs i always look at all the packs and if i see one that’s facing the wrong way i ALWAYS pick it cos so far i think i’ve pulled something rare out of all of them

[@bubuxviv]

best beginner vdo in internet

[@spragelsPocket]

Appreciate it!

[@RexamCoding]

This is a very well made guide. Thank you.

[@spragelsPocket]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@chazclark86]

Awesome video bro, I learned something haha! I had misread that Koga card, now I know what its actual use is 🤣 damn 😓 thanks for the video

[@Ma5t3rKush89]

I pulled Mewtwo ex from a regular pack. I didnt know it was super rare pull but i guessed it was due to the animation that plays

[@dementedp]

I pulled my first Crown card in my first 10 pulls so I’m happy with my account. Not to mention the EX card I was looking for. :)

[@benjaminriley96]

Love the video! Really appreciate the end saying to enjoy it for the first time! Got me to sub! 🤙🏼 Excited that I found ya to follow along on your Pokemon Journey!

[@heathmaloney3602]

Great video, I wish i had of seen this earlier

[@Nitemarstate]

Dang it why didn’t I watch this first!!! arcanine is my favorite pokemon X_X

[@Katie-hj5eb]

I was able to beat all the 3 star or less solo challenges with a blaine deck: - 2 vulpix - 2 ninetales - 2 magmae - 2 ponyta - 2 rapidash - 2 blaine - 2 x speed - 2 professor oak - 2 pokeball - 1 giovanni - 1 sabrina

[@ricardoraulroblesrivera7315]

So helpful! Thank you!

[@Augasma]

Great video, informative and to the point. Thank you.

[@xXKIKOXx0]

The last tip was the best one :)

[@drewwootten6770]

Wow, watching this really makes me realize how lucky I was to get the black mewtwo in my like 5th pack. Screen recorded the sick animation too.

[@linkpwnsevery1]

There's actually a way to find more rare cards on the booster pack pick. Sometimes, there's one pack that has a wavy upper part, and it's has a higher% it can be a rare+.

[@ilovestattrak]

not true unfortunately bro

[@linkpwnsevery1]

@ilovestattrak if it works for me then it works. I still getting cards I don't get from this way. So...yeah. even got the mewtwo that escaped from the chamber.

[@cerato_yt5282]

Hey thanks for this video, I have a question though. What's progression going to look like during mid game after you've done the advanced and beginner missions? I've been playing for some days and I've noticed I don't really have much to do but battle for barely to no rewards. Is there no way to grind out packs? Are there no better missions for mid game to end game? I know this is supposed to be a casual slow passed game but is there anyway to to just get closer to pulling more frequently? Even if it's by a small amount?

[@dustinkingsbury5554]

This is very helpful, thank you

[@DevDreCW]

I really hope they add a ton more cards, it's kind of a sad number right now and the Meta is very basic because we have so little to work with. I found out most of my deck's build is just 'the build' that many people are using because we dont have enough interesting cards or supports

[@rocketfish7408]

Thank you we need to make it normal to give thanks at every opportunity !

[@PhoHmooAmerica]

Awesome video. Thanks for the content

[@joellowyy2]

Thanks!

[@spragelsPocket]

very welcome

[@combxt2044]

just now watching the videos haha i didnt reroll sadly but i did all the solo challenges and now im waiting for more content.