PROMO Reissue Event 2025 Feedback

Hello! I wanted to voice some of my personal thoughts on the recent "PROMO Reissue Event 2025"- both the good and bad.

First off, I think I speak for a lot of people when I say I'm very thankful that I didn't COMPLETELY miss out on the earlier promos. My first drop event was the Cresselia ex one, and seeing that gaping hole at the start of the promo card dex was beginning to nag at me. With that said, I do think there could be a few tweaks to the formula for the next time to make an even better experience.

To start, some background- I had saved up over 100 Event Hourglasses over the past year for no reason in particular. I figured now was as good a time as any to cash in, since I don't know if these cards will ever come back. I managed to burn through ALL of them trying to get 4 of every card (to exchange for flairs and whatnot)- and I still ended up about 3 cards short. Now, I can't help but wonder how a player who started even a few months later than me would have done trying to complete their collection, let alone getting 2 of every card for any future decks. I only had to worry about three previous events, whereas a later player might have to juggle two or three TIMES that. If the purpose of this kind of event is to allow players who missed some events to catch up, then I think there either needs to be more chances (via more time or stamina) or less randomness.

Now, the event shop ticket seems like a great way to do this! Unfortunately, for some reason we only get ONE. I would somewhat understand (albeit begrudgingly) getting three, but just a single ticket seems crazy. If it were up to me, I'd implement pack points for promo packs too, if only for this event. That way, you have SOME control over the cards you get, and even if you end up with- I don't know, let's say something random like 19 Turtwigs trying to get a fourth Cresselia ex, they aren't a complete waste.

The Wonder Pick side of this event is going a bit smoother, in my opinion- if only because for some reason it lasts a few extra days. However, my main problem (apart from- again, a single ticket for some inexplicable reason) is the way the picks are chosen. I feel like every time I check my Wonder Picks, its all cards I have plenty of, and barely ever the six or so I actually need. I don't really have a solution for this, its just a lot more underwhelming and annoying than the Drop Event side of things.

I believe that's mostly it. I have some thoughts about the special Mass Outbreak flairs and how difficult it is to get flairs for specific promo cards (I still feel like flairs should be for each TYPE of card rather than each card individually) but I want to keep this fairly on-message and its pretty long already.

Thank you for reading, and I hope you'll keep improving PTCGP.

P.S. I wish I knew that if you're in the middle of a Drop Event battle when the period ends, you don't get the pack, even if you win. I ended up wasting a non-paid Poké Gold on that, and now the stamina sits unused…