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Introduce Pauper Format?

Sarutaru
Sarutaru Member Posts: 27 ✭
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in General Pokémon TCG LIVE Discussion #1

There simply are not enough ways to play this game. Right now you have a choice between facing a Lugia Vstar deck in competitive or swinging over to casual Standard to face a Lugia Vstar deck.

Is there any reason there is no pauper format available (Ie a game mode where only common and uncommon cards are allowed, excluding rares and promos)?

It would be a simple way to provide at least some variety without introducing any new game breaking bugs (since the only thing that would change would be what cards are allowed on the format, which should be already have some way of functioning since that's the only difference between Standard and Expanded anyway).

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  • TechHog
    TechHog Member Posts: 2,900 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    #2

    There is a reason: there's no official "pauper" format. And any change can introduce game-breaking bugs or else we wouldn't be here.

  • Sarutaru
    Sarutaru Member Posts: 27 ✭
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    #3

    Good. I'm glad no change is possible so long as it requires something to change.

  • jon11w
    jon11w Member Posts: 165 ✭✭✭
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    #4

    There's potential for GLC to be added, but they need to fix standard first, let alone implement expanded.

    But I agree - not enough ways to interact with the game. Even having a collection viewer would be a nice way to spend time in the app.

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