My thoughts and ideas on changes for a future update on Pokemon TCG Pocket

Since EX is very rare to come by in packs, duplicates should be allowed for deck strategies, but if it’s mewtwo EXes, then only one should be allowed.

It’s such a pain to be crushed by the common, unimaginative deck.

If deck size should be increased, then the point requirement to win should be four points, not three.
I just wish they could put more foreign language cards in Wonder Picks (I’m a collector) and I don’t have an issue with the recharge limit on that, but you should also be able to put custom amounts of Pack Hourglasses to reduce by one hour, like in wonder picks.

Why didn’t they think of that?

For points 1 and 2, I think that is unlikely to change. In fact, I think it is more likely thst they will become less frequent to encourage more people to subscribe to the premium pass and pay for refills. It is possible that they will add a more expensive pass tier.

With regards to your third point, many things are premium and desirable because they are rare and hard to obtain. However good you think the special series looks, you know the amount of effort (or money) it took to unlock them if you saw someone using them. They become a status symbol.

That said, I think a lot of the prices are absurdly high. It is possible they might tweak the prices or add other ways to unlock them in the future.

For your fourth point, balancing the first turn advantage is a pervasive problem in many games. Even in chess white has a slight advantage. For this game, they seem to have overcompensated to such a degree that going second seems more desirable.

I don't know what else you could really do, though. I think letting players attach energy on the first turn would revert the advantage back to the first turn player. Not letting that player draw for turn, maybe?

On your sixth point I actually agree. ex, V-Max, etc. have all been absurd power creep and often make basic Pokémon more desirable than evolved Pokémon. Limiting them to one per deck would reduce their consistency and encourage players to rely more on regular Pokémon.

I doubt they would do that, though. In the physical TCG ex cards are very desirable and do not have such a limit. I think they want to match the TCG rules as much as possible, and requiring multiple copies of a card per deck encourages people to open more packs.

I don't think increasing the deck size is a good idea. Eventually you just turn the game into the regular TCG. Smaller decks (alongside a smaller bench and a consistent, endless energy source) are the game's unique selling points.

I wouldn't object to events that let you play with larger decks. Events offer lots of possibilities for playing with tweaked rule sets. You could have singleton deck events. No Supporter card events. No ex card events. And so forth...

1st: The pack opening system is fine as is. Within 5 days I had 4 Mewtwo ex's. All 3 different variations, that's a lot of opening for free to get that.

2nd: Wonder pick is fine timing wise because they need people to spend money. If they could decrease the cost though by allowing us to unpick the rarest card that would be awesome. I don't want to spend 3 points trying to get my first Geodude because there is a full art Porygon, I have 3 already.

3rd: Special accessories are ridiculously expensive. Even with spending money you have to spend a TON just for a shiny coin. Pass

4th: I agree. Going first allows you to show off your entire active and bench, no energy no attacking, no point in using a red card if you have it (your opponent only has 3 cards, why would you do that). Second let's you not only get the first energy, attack first, Sabrina out their line up, but also red card your opponent who now probably has a huge hand because they used proffesor oak and PokeBall items. I don't know how it would change the game but something needs to change. Going first decreases your winning plain and simple.

5th: I somewhat agree, on one hand there are non ex versions of every ex pokemon so having just one doesn't cramp the two "basic" two "stage 1" (even two "stage 2") meta. On the other hand most players can have two ex's so not like you're at a disadvantage because of it. It would be interesting to see how that might change up decks.

6th: I agree with the second post. No need to change something because you don't like it. Besides Arboc already has that ability. Every other pokemon that stops players from attacking (sleep, paralyze, dig (kind of)) makes you flip for it. So it's unique to them.

7th: I literally landed on this post because I searched if they were going to change the deck size. I don't know to what number but I agree with you. If they allowed 30 cards and 3 items (trainers excluded) each deck, I think it would be a ton more fun. I so want to build decks with pokemon that synergize with each other but this 20 limit, (and the kinda forced two two meta mentioned earlier), only allows like two different Pokemon (and their evolutions) per deck. Yes I know I don't have to do the two two meta but it's kinda forced. First out the gate to get big damage almost always wins unless you're a using grass deck with Erika. Can't do that with only 1 line of evolutions in your deck. 30 cards allows that. Imagine a liligant feeding your Venusaur energy while a Butterfree heals on the bench. Good luck doing that with 20 cards. (There are plenty other examples this is just getting long)

8th: Not before my Aron evolution line lol. Seriously though, I know they are focusing on the original Pokemon more so first (so the energy should match those), but there's a lack in steel Pokemon. I'd rather steel not be introduced at all until you can actually have more variety.

Side note: alot of dissecting and debate going on but I do love the game. For what it is right now I am extremely happy, and like everything it needs time to grow and change, buffs and nerfs. It's never perfect out of the gate. I think whoever worked on this game should feel extremely proud. I stopped playing Pokemon and collecting cards after all the crazy giga max and this and that rules, just way too much. This game makes me feel like a kid again opening up a base set pack that I bought for $4 with my allowance. Rules are simple enough and the Pokemon aren't excessive while still bringing in multiple generations. Great job!!! 10/10

Who are you asking? The majority of players(readers) are playing too. They want you to use decks that are fun to play against. Maybe some people, even, only care about winning against you so what better way then for you not to run that deck.