This Card Changed The Pokémon TCG Forever

The Pokemon Trading Card Game's history is rich with flavorful design, iconic characters from the franchise, and incredible stories about decks and cards. In today's video I cover the prize card mechanic of the pokemon TCG and the ways it has been altered for better or for worse since 1999.

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[vexel]

Seems to me that tag team pokemon were designed solely to prepare for the arrival of VMAXs. They needed a way to power creep into 300+ hp behemoths without it being so sudden.

[cchoate]

Every time I see ADP in expanded, I roll my eyes so much they might get stuck. The entire GX tag team was such a bad direction. Very glad we are heading back to the older ex mechanic. After we get rid of VSTAR and VMAX in a future rotation, I hope power levels reset to something sustainable.

[YukichiReikyu]

When ADP released, I had been playing Yugioh for close to a decade at that point and thought I could stomach any kind of powercreep. After playing against it for a month, in both Standard and Expanded, I realized that I was wrong. ADP is the kind of card they should use in game design classes as an example of what NOT to do.

[OverChainz]

I was playing Blacephalon GX in standard at the time this came out, the power creep was definitely felt when this monstrosity could take 3 prize cards from a fragile 180 HP lolipop

[legoferrari]

My favourite special gimmick cards were the Legends from HGSS; two-card mons that were overwhelmingly powerful but needed a lot of either time or resource invested to get both parts out; otherwise you'd be bricked if you have only one of the two parts. That sort of risk-reward element is missing with basic EX/GX/V mons since their nature as a single-card basic means it's too easy to summon a massive beatstick.

[edsylan]

TPC designing ADP: you know this cool and complex mechanic (GX attack) that rewards player for knowing when to use it for early advantage, when to hold it for late game scenarios and when to use it with a different pokemon? What if the mascot of the last main set throws all that out of the window and instead tries to turbo out the same gx attack as soon as possible?
TPC designing Lugia: you know this cool and complex mechanic (Vstar power) that rewards players for knowing when to use it for early advantage, when to hold it for late game scenarios and when to use it with a different pokemon? What if the mascot of the last main set throws all that out of the window and instead tries to turbo out the same Vstar power as soon as possible?

[lasercraft]

I think the biggest issue with this is it literally only takes _two_ energy. I remember when a single 130 power attack (with no extra effects) costed 4. Now you just need 2 to completely alter the way the game is played.

[TLTheLegend]

IMO tag team should actually require you to have the cards that make up the tag team. For example Celebi & Venusaur tag team should require you to have a celebi and a venusaur (whether in your hand, bench, or active slot) and then discard those cards in order to play the tag team to your bench.

[BrandoMan]

Excellent video. As someone who started competitive at the beginning of SWSH, it's been nice seeing the TCG recover and getting to play what most people won't recall to as the worst meta ever.

[sterlingtucker]

Gotta love how no matter the format zachian is just the most broken pokémon ever made

[shuckletcg]

Nice breakdown! I quit playing PTCGO when Tag Teams were introduced and didn't return until SwSh when they were beginning to phase out. Seems like all TCGs push a bit too hard sometimes and then course-correct later.

[keylimepython]

From a gameplay perspective, probably a bad idea.

From a lore perspective, its the creators of the multiverse. It should be OP.

[MrHappyChappyX]

I am GOBSMACKED that ADP was prinited, and then Zacian V came along to bring it to astronomical levels! 4 generations apart from one another!

I have stated I came into the TCG realm recently and Zacian V (on PTCGLive) is extremely common. Little did I know the history bestowed before it, and how energy acceleration was changed forever through things such as Lugia Archeops, Mew Vmax Genesect... Absolutely incredible work, thank you for everything

[meeleeman]

Wait, so you're telling me the god, the creator of space and the creator of time on the one card is broken? UNACCEPTABLE!

[lkmdude]

I feel like from the break on rotation to when tag teams released was the healthiest the game has been in a long time.
While GX's were skipped over in this video they were really good for the game. I feel like for a brief year the tcg was able to recapture the feel of the gen 3 era.

[MrHappyChappyX]

I have left a few comments today, I feel as though I am learning the history of PTCG and many of the reasons why the game is where it is at today. The game is nowhere near as convoluted as Yu-Gi-Oh current formats which I also didn't play for decades, but the multiple prize card rules took a while to wrap my head around. Thank you for this informative content Celio, your scripts and editing ae outstanding!

I can't remember the last time I watched youtube videos in full screen xD

[deathvai]

5:40 as a yugioh player this sentence actually made me laugh out loud. Good vid. Ive only played pokemon TCG for about 6 hours but i enjoyed the video. 😊

[hikershay]

if we compare Miraidon with Zacian V, we will notice the power creep from ADP not quite recovering
game needs a great reset like the old Gen 2 e-cards to wipe 300hp out of existence, though what they seem to be trying to do now is to redefine the power ceiling with 300hp stage 2 2-prizers
whatever they do, please don't print 3-prizers anymore, basic 3-prizers are criminal

[lucasdunk]

Probably didn’t matter, but let’s not forget that it had a weakness to fairy, and then the very next set the type was removed from the TCG

[drblader]

I remember that time well! playing the standard format was hell for any casual player and worse than that at this time there was almost no way to cauterize this sick duo!