this video is annoying as it broad strokes too much stuff or it feels like it leaves out a lot. Like he did bare minimum research and didn’t talk to any actively competitive players.
the cards they rotated out (all the cards from BlackWhite Block and XY Block) are for Expanded Format which was around 1% of the player base. That extremely small percentage was *kinda* growing thanks to a community made format called Gym League Challenge but it still didn’t matter much. Expanded also isn’t supported by Pokemon TCG anymore so there was no reason to keep the option around.
Setting up online tournaments has been harder but quickly figured out.
the economy is better off as you can just upgrade the rarity of your cards with relative ease. You upgrade the rarities through a currency system that’s easy to acquire at a very fast rate.
Everyone HATED the economy cultivated through Online because it was just ridiculously unbalanced due to how unbalanced the codes Pokémon distributed were among other factors. Pokemon Online made getting the game next to impossible because of it.
Also with every new physical set that comes out the app give you *tons* of free cards and pre-constructed decks. Most of which are just a few cards away from being tier 1 meta decks and feature meta cards from the newest set.
The battle passes are beyond easy to clear. You can get to that months max rank in less than a week if you play consistently. The premium battle passes aren’t hard to unlock either. You’re always getting the various forms of currency needed to unlock things. Whether playing or redeeming codes.
The new app has destroyed any barrier of entry the game had due to the above mentioned.
the app has gotten better with every update. It still has a lot of issues but what app doesnt. It still feels barebones in terms of different ways to play as there were varied tournament modes in Online but it’ll get there, I’m sure. And if it doesn’t? Alright.
Most competitive players like myself use online for play testing.
Also Pokemon isn’t even remotely coin flippy. People always discredit Pokemon for being ‘easy’ but it isn’t.
I’ve seen so many people over the years (I’ve played Pokemon TCG since the very first set) from other games like YGO and MTG say Pokemon will be too easy for them only to get washed in Pokemon every event they go to. Even after grinding for months.
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