Are TCG Pocket's BENT PACKS Better?

Pokemon TCG Pocket has a rumor about bent corners on packs. Let's test it

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[xenoran]

I don't realize how much I associate someone's appearance with their facial hair until it changes

[Drakull_Art]

this is the new "hold down + smashing B helps capturing pokemon"

[Evans_Pokestop]

It’s actually if it’s crimpled but you’re also in the southern hemisphere during a full moon. Try again with those conditions

[grunkleg.]

90% of all TCG Pocket pack openers stop before they pull an ultra rare card

[Dale_Gribble]

“Mew under the truck”
“Holding B will make the Pokémon stay in the ball more often”
“ the bent corners on a pack mean better odds at a rare card”

[Jamez]

Short version: No, it doesn't affect it

[traviswangsgaard]

4:16 one of the most genuine "What the F***" I've ever heard 😂

[a-cygnus]

I just spin the carousel of packs, and whatever it lands on, that's what I open.

[Osirus]

I tested this way more than I should have and had pretty similar results to you. Lots of hits that made me think it was real but just as many if not more that had nothing at all. Head over heart on this one saying its a bust

[atomic_hok]

"they can't watch this video" sent me 😂

[BubuuDuduu]

I’m a believer that the individual packs to select make no difference. It just adds fun and makes you feel as though you have a choice. Whatever you pick is already predetermined from the moment you select to open a pack

[AzureAlufei]

The answer: No all just neat cosmetics. And that's it, just rumors.

[sylveon]

I really dont think its real because in countries that you have to specifically list the odds for the game to even be legal. If they had different odds it would HAVE to be listed or they risk the app getting banned

[frozen_car]

Yeah, it's simply Confirmation Bias. I also did some testing of my own (with around 20 packs). Most of them didn't have any EX.

[hoopoloatucd]

Oml. The Amish catching strays from AJP was not on my bingo card. Good lord that was funny.

[captain_blackwool]

Reading through the offering rates section and i think it is showing that cards are generated after selecting the pack. The exact wording is "Pack selection is the first selection process that is carried out. In pack selection a pack to be opened will be selected so that step 2, card selection can occur." and a bit after "after the pack to be opened is decided in step 1 (pack selection) step 2 is carried out (card selection)" so it seems like the whole wheel for choosing packs does absolutely nothing as the cards aren't even chosen until after you've chosen a pack.

[lukasmihara]

This looks like "there's a Mew under the truck" all over again 🙂

It probably won't hurt choosing the packs with the bent corners - as the chance for good cards is likely the same as in other packs - but unless some comparative study with a good sample size has been done, I have my doubts.

[stormborn]

For all we know, all of those packs might just contain the same cards and the carousel is just made for flair to give the illusion of choice. The true gacha mechanic kicks at the moment you click "open a pack".

Or maybe not. 🤷🏼‍♂️

[RC_Tech]

I found out about this rumor last night and 0 rares in 12 packs

[millycat]

4:58 my first pack doing this had 2 EX cards in it! And since then I’ve gotten a new card almost every time including some of my best. BUT I don’t think this is real. This game is just generous at times. A friend who doesn’t do this gets EX cards more than I do. But with nothing better to do I sometimes waste my time looking for a bent pack.