Trading Card Games are Failing.

[@all-in4it]

All I can say for everyone who collects pokemon. Play the game! Cards being cheap is honestly the greatest thing to happen to the pokemon Tcg community cards being more accessible = more players can play the game.

[@DrChickenz]

exactly, it isnt so bad, as long as your still happy to collect what you love, and i gotta say since 151, they have been doing a better job with sets, even the newest holiday set!

[@all-in4it]

@@DrChickenz yeah for real man and I am even speaking this from the heart of competitive player like me.

[@all-in4it]

@@DrChickenz also I went to a prerelease for temporal forces and the hit rates are way different now!

[@DrChickenz]

they are definitely improving since the first few sets of 2023@@all-in4it

[@haruhisuzumiya6650]

Play both Yu-Gi-Oh and Pokémon Interested to see TCG Pocket

[@audrisampson]

A lot of those things can be avoided if your enjoying the game by playing the cards.

[@DrChickenz]

so true, play and collect what you love and you cant go wrong, it does still hurt to see though all the issues in the hobbies and games we love, but as the cycle goes

[@Semystic]

I played duel links for a while after not playing since I was a kid. It was pretty cool. Then master duel came out and I got a taste of how the real game works. I played for a few month before I was just straight up sick of the long ass turns and basically trying to prevent your opponent from even playing with negates. Pokemon on the other hand, I enjoyed for the most part ever since I got my first pokemon card as a kid. My only problem (well its my problem not the game problem) is format rotations. I make a deck I'm proud of and does pretty well, then it's rotated out then I gotta start over. I was never one to play meta decks unless what I wanted to play happened to be meta, which is rare ofc lol. So it takes me a long time to find something interesting I want to play. But the game has always been fun to me, especially the prerelease tournaments. Hearing collectors complaining about rare cards being too easy to find is hilarious. Yeah the value drops, but thats not the point. It makes it easier to collect, easier for players to find the cards they need. Collect them or play with them ffs.

[@DrChickenz]

yugioh has definitely changed! and wish it was more accessible for new and us older players! and it is crazy how some of the scarlet and violet sets are looked at so terribly by collectors, especially with having the MOST beautiful card artworks we have ever seen in the pokemon tcg history

[@animationtime7265]

Ain't it odd that magic was barely mentioned in this video?

[@nmr7203]

No.

[@all-in4it]

No because Magic already has a huge cult. They could literally release the worst set ever and you know that everybody would be heading to their local game stores just to buy 5 booster boxes

[@supremacyecg6815]

@@all-in4it Marvel? UB Legal?

[@vascanatomy9443]

In my opinion, this is what makes "Altered TCG" so compelling. For a lot of reasons, it breaks the common mold of trading card games. The additional digital cards and ability to print more copies on demand is extremely compelling and helps with costs significantly.

[@DrChickenz]

it will be truly interesting to see if any of these new and innovating tcgs like you mentioned will be able to break the mold and establish a place in the current tcg space!

[@metallicflare1]

It’s 50% off at my LGS already

[@NolaoNolas]

pokemon tcg is in a fine game state with a variety of functional accessible decks.. people complaining about cardboard getting cheaper must be completely out of their minds. collectors ruin the game, and most of them are not even OG collectors but these bullshit ''''''investors'''''' led by logan paul and the likes of him.. their only hobbie is to spend money

[@gragigi7055]

This is just anecdotal but I've also noticed a severe downtrend in yugioh recently. Soooo many people are quitting and selling their collections currently. Staples are too expensive, "rare" cards aren't rare anymore because of the overabundance of different prints and people just don't seem to have much fun playing the game anymore. I've also stopped playing locals and just collect a little bit. It's acutally the first time in like 10+ years where I thinking about quitting entirely.

[@DrChickenz]

It really is sad, with so so many ser releases and most of them seeming fine but just nothing special, mixed with how expensive it is still to play somehow, when yugioh are releasing set 24/7 I do hope to see a return to more simple times in yugioh not only for the game but releases so we have things, sets, and decks to actually look forward too, not playing catch up the whole year

[@UmDevoto]

I know a channel that keeps making a "yugioh is bad now" video every month since 2020, so yes, There is a downtrend but because you guys love to click on these clickbait videos to rant because procrastinating meanwhile ranting/rambling on the internet seems fun to these "men" nowadays

[@DrChickenz]

honestly i can only speak for myself, but i love yugioh and pokemon, and it does hurt to see when the games current state isnt in the best of places, however will always collect what i love regardless, but do hope one way or another, whether talking, making these videos, and getting to understand the fanbases opinion is important for not just me as a creator and fan, but for konami, pokemon and all the big companies to hear and see to make future improvements@@UmDevoto

[@nmr7203]

Can we stop calling Yugioh complex. Complex and being complicated are not the same things. Chess is complex, Yugioh is just nonsense.

[@matthewrodgers740]

You’re right because chess is a game of real skill and not paid to win and that game came out in 1500 and they have never changed the rules or added pieces or changed moves and people still play that game to this day where these modern gaming morons with ADD and autism get bored unless the companies keep changing her adding to the game what a joke

[@Broly4President2024]

Higher pull rates in Pokemon equals more fun for kids and if you can keep the kids entertained in your product for a longer period of time you stand to have a better longevity. Out with the old in with the new. People who purchased strictly for value so they can flip singles I feel are the only ones angered by the higher pull rates. I know I will be getting some chase cards from the newer sets for my personal collection as long as people keep selling them at bargain prices.

[@antsonfire408]

Unpopular opinion: modern pokemon making pulls easier should be normalized in other card games. Reasons: 1 prevent people from gambling and inflated the price of desired cards. 2 tcg is VERY expensive, we should be able to almost complete a set with 1 booster box. 3 the hobby is very toxic already, we need to root out the people who are only in it for the money. People shouldnt be expected to make profit from each set. If the set is not profitable, it shouldnt mean it's a failure. TCG should be purely for enjoyment, not profit. Man children has ruined the hobby.

[@DrChickenz]

Completely agree, only point however is when it gets to the stage of a set being so bad stores lose money for just buying it (aka yugioh 2023), everyone loses, ass stores stop selling those card games, due to constant lose, players/collectors lose cheap ways to get singles from stores that crack cases, inturn making everyone lose! I think pokemon have hit it perfectly with there illustration rares being good for collectors and the regular full arts being for players, and now with yugioh following suit with there rarity collection having multiple rarities if every card, makes it so everyone's happy, which is crazy because you should just collect what you love, but aye such as the way of tcgs and there cycles

[@banihex]

I tried to get into Yugioh last year, total beginner. Went to a local right next to me, some were nice, but many were just straight up unfun, 1 was trying to take some valuable cards I opened for nothing, pressuring me, it was just a really off putting experience.

[@DrChickenz]

It is crazy, honestly things have gotten way too complicated and without an anime to follow that everyone loves, people have no reason to come back

[@SkillZoneAi]

Am an indie dev currently making a TCG ( i'm sick of the current ones ) , its designed from the start to not have any power creep ( 0 ), its truly a shame that these companies are just using us to buy there bad products

[@DrChickenz]

It is a shame, but also a tough one as how do u get ppl to buy new sets without introducing new cool artworks or new cool mechanics

[@SkillZoneAi]

@@DrChickenz in my game All the cards are free to use by every one , my source of income is the ability to but a pack that could give u skins for ur card there is a lot of rarities , this way the player can focus on finding a combo that works rather than finding the card itself , also cool mechanics can be balanced sometimes mor isnt better , there is soo much u can without falling to power creep

[@alexaschendel3749]

I dunno, as someone who enjoys buying pokemon singles and also building decks I'm having a great time right now, because everything is so cheap! Sure, maybe hits are easier to get? But I don't see why that's a bad thing. Sounds to me like you can get cool cards for cheap. That's good for consumers, right?

[@Anticoleccionista]

For costumers, yes. But people who look for "investment" see this a a bad thing

[@CryptidKeeperTCG]

Pokémon got too expensive, I’m really enjoying Metazoo now that it’s so cheap

[@DrChickenz]

it is a shame, even though pokemon has gotten a lot better the last year with sets if your playing, glad to hear though even with all the metazoo **** that your enjoying it!!

[@CryptidKeeperTCG]

@@DrChickenzI don’t play either game. Just enjoy ripping packs and collecting shiny cardboard

[@kuanlengtan2684]

hmm all i can say is long term fans are here to stay and we will get through it together!

[@DrChickenz]

exactly! there may be problems, but the people who play and collect what they love will stay, and the cycle will go on!

[@hannahosb5132]

I play yugioh magic and pokemon, I've stopped playing yugioh recently since it's too expensive and hard to play and I only played because I loved playing with my group. Magic I'm enjoying the complexity and casual play since precons work ok. Pokemon is so accessible in comparison, you can pay anywhere from 60-1000 on a deck depending on you budget and it will function the same

[@DrChickenz]

aye do hope to see you always keep that spark! even if there are some issues like with yugioh being too fast! gotta keep the passion for what we love!

[@StevenNeoSayBin]

its a cycle that we are going through as always. all i know is that whatever TCG remains after this round of changes will be stronger and better (most of the time haha) we will probably see a lot of the newer TCG to slowly go away, leaving only the ones supported and loved by the community

[@DrChickenz]

exactly broski, couldnt of said it better my self!! it does suck to see sometimes the current state, but also do know it will change with time, and we will be here through it all pushing it on!

[@J-roll1]

Before watching Yu-Gi-Oh is too quick, cardfight vanguard the promo cards for meta deck's or non meta deck's is too expensive and the pull rates are BAD Pokémon the pull rates used to far too ridiculous and now products are too expensive One piece need more product This is on the games I have played

[@DrChickenz]

it is sad, but i guess games do need to change, lets just hope they keep changing and for the better!

[@matthewrodgers740]

Everything that has the beginning has an end

[@DrChickenz]

this is true! only things that last forever are taxes and my unibrow

[@nmr7203]

3:25 Why is this being said like it's a good thing. Just make lower rarity versions of the cards for gods sake lol

[@banihex]

Digimon is a lot of fun, and then Bandai did their Bandai thing over the last year….

[@DrChickenz]

Didn't even realize, Digimon gone down the drain too?!

[@magin144]

I feel like these companies of the tcg and ocg, are full of people that doesnt care for the game, just money now.

[@DrChickenz]

truly! it is tough, but do miss the love and magic they used to put into sets, these days i only feel that from pokemon with certain sets

[@xiaoyababy]

insightful video as always. luckily i believe that our Pokemon and Yugioh are here to stay. too big to fail

[@DrChickenz]

true true! way to many die hard fans like us for it to go anywhere XD

[@grenvallion]

pokemon is more of a collectible only thing. Ive hardly ever met anyone who collects pokemon cards but doesnt actually play pokemon. Even growing up in the early 2000's. Everyone had pokemon cards. No one actually played it though. Everyone just put them in binders and collected them and that was all there was to it.

[@zeanone9257]

Seems like a you problem

[@tysnow9524]

Oh and a big f you to konami for reprinting the staple cards in phantom rage 3 times from 2020-2023 dragging the ev of the box down to 50$ from 95$ (on an already heavily printed set) if you think konami gives an f they don't and haven't cared for a very long time.

[@Shun_k9896]

dude tcg is rising nowadays. just look at the profit in jp

[@DrChickenz]

Pokemon is doing crazy good compared to months ago with the tcg pre 151

[@bobbybero7452]

But will yugioh change?

[@DrChickenz]

we will see as either way still and always will love the game, just could be better...

[@TrickyPanda65]

Pokemon is not fun to open anymore because my favorite youtuber said so 😭.

[@DrChickenz]

Is is some bullshit as I think pokemon is the most fun to open of all the card games at the moment, they have hit it on the head with their sets

[@daviddomingo425]

one piece is fun and collectable

[@Sugafr33]

Got my hands on op06 box today for 144. Last time I paid 120 for op04 and 140 for op05 before it went dumb dumb.

[@hawksprizepicks6570]

FYI Pokémon has never been more popular now then ever! Playing wise 😂 I’m glad these sellers and collectors r kicking rocks 😂 I will keep buying the cards I need for my decks

[@luissanchezpalacios7698]

Lol such hypocracy from collectors (its too hard to get a card i wont play and then its too easy to find i wont play either 😂😂😂)

[@DrChickenz]

this is true but also when realistically does a card game and its prices get to a stage of being unhealthy? when stores close due to no profits on modern sets? when players have to spend 1k for a playable deck? because thats all happening in yugioh right now

[@Jok3rsFaVor]

Thankfully that original YuGiOh story/TCG section kind of ended back in the day, what remains today is the accepted ashes of a once fun/playable game... PoKeMoN was never fun/playable.. Thought that one was infantile and unrelated to the playstyle of the universe too, better for solely collecting... and unfortunately the last set I liked was Evolutions... So i guess my time there is pretty nill neow... *Sigh* Tragic thing with MetaZoo.. I can no longer thing of a TCG that uses physical artwork vs. mostly if not solely digital, not to mention that classic card design compared to the fad of full arts these days... Aside from just lightly stepping into some fun indie games like Chronicles of Arcane the whole TCG-Obsession and it being the forefront of my hobbies is pretty much done... for better or worse... The excessive hustle-culture, scalping, and constant 'value' talk really strayed the hobby from its Artistic roots.. Such a shame... Funny world we live in.. 🃏

[@ozzypuff8957]

Good, I hope pokemon "investing" dies, so we can atually play the game at good prices

[@DrChickenz]

True even though 90% of ppl that buy pokemon are collectors so taking out collector or investing could be a big whewww

[@ozzypuff8957]

@@DrChickenzeven collecting is fine, I mainy mean people who buy like 20 copies to sell in the future, then just have a couple dozens guys like that to mess up the pricess for everyone else

[@atmaant9534]

Tcg's are dead. There's too many cards. MTG is a great example on how to ruin your tcg company, poop out cards so fast that nobody cares anymore.

[@DrChickenz]

it is truly sad and the only one that seems to be keep on turning is pokemon, however who knows how long that will last until people decide otherwise

[@solidraven6986]

Solution: buy 10 jeweled lotus and watch the money stack up hehehe

[@shadykitty7493]

there the DEF of pay to win XD

[@DrChickenz]

unfortunately, creating decks shouldnt be about pay to win, but about strategy

[@SingKoonChoo]

#drchickenz wow and yikes this is bad

[@DrChickenz]

Do hope to see yugioh return to more simple and cheaper times

[@SingKoonChoo]

wow. card games are getting bad

[@DrChickenz]

I sucks broski, it's hard to get hyped over current yugioh tbh

[@Chosenleaf11]

All these players complaining about the game being so called “bad” when you have to evolve with the game or just don’t play.😂 being fast paced is something that it’s almost Always been. Swear ppl are being Karen’s and cards like sp little knight is sooo bad it’s not a must play 🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️

[@Semystic]

Why did you like your own comment?

[@Chosenleaf11]

@@Semystic I didn’t

[@DrChickenz]

this is true, but also yugioh has alienated a lot of new players, kids, and old school yugioh fans by creating such a faced paced game, sure evolution is necessary! but am also hearing problems from the people that love current yugiohs gameplay, how expensive it is. and i know problems will always exist, but i think its important to get all types of fans/players opinions, as well as let konami konami/pokemon know so they evolutions can go in the right direction for all of us!

[@Chosenleaf11]

@@DrChickenz problem is if they try to fix it for new players they’ll end up screwing it up worse for the rest of us.they need to find a neutral solution for everyone

[@kindlingking]

​@@Chosenleaf11they should make soft reboot via alternative formats imo.

[@BowmansWorld]

Magic is better than all these trash tcgs.

[@DrChickenz]

You betcha!

[@matthewrodgers740]

Better for collecting and retaining money value other than that, you’re just gatekeeping