Wonder pick suggestions

Inddie

I can't speak for everyone but I personally find wonder pick very unsatisfying. Desired cards rarely appear and when they do you have to spend hourglass or have saved up tokens over multiple days in order to TRY to get the card, but the 1 in 5 chance makes it unlikely, resulting in spending a lot of time or currency to get a card you didn't want. I have some suggestions for possible ways to motivate this what I don't think are unbalanced:

Retries

Some sort of mechanic that admitted for additional attempts at the same group of cards. Such as an increased token cost or materially regenerating number of retries daily/weekly. It could also maybe feature the original 5 (or 4) cards sans the one you acquired on the previous attempt to slightly increase odds. I think the additional currency cost offsets the imbalance of increased odds of getting desired cards. Same with limiting the number of retries in a given time span.

Favorites

I think a mechanic that increases the likelihood of a desired card even popping up in wonder pick at all would be much appreciated. Something to the effect of favoring cards on a player's wishlist, or perhaps favoring cards missing from a given pack's collection. As it stands the vast majority of wonder pick options are the newest released packs. Additionally with every new set released it further lowers the odds you will get a selection from a pack you want. Wonder pick is basically unhelpful in acquiring any cards not present in the latest packs. I think favoring wishlist cards, or maybe a favorited pack could go along way towards making wonder pick more satisfying and useful for all players and not just the ones who are up to date and are only after the newest cards.

Mod_MrsSparkle

Hi @Inddie! Thank you for posting in the community - we're glad you joined us. 😊

Thank you for sharing your suggestions— I can see how this would be helpful. While I will pass this along to our team, in the future, you are always welcome to contact our support team at this link with further ideas for TCG Pocket.

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DoubleCure

Yes, or when pulling a duplicate card, they could give a measly compensation like a single shop ticket or an hourglass so it wouldn't feel as disappointing.