10 things Pokemon TCG Pocket NEEDS to not suck

Here are 10 things I thing Pokemon TCG Pocket needs to not suck on release and to get people building new decks and unlocking cards fast. Se my last video on If pokemon Pocket TCG a scam, will it be any good? Is it different to the regular Pokemon TCG? This is a response to a comment on my last video I was wrong about Pokemon TCG Pocket- it will suck? Next time I'll talk about the best card in Pokemon Pocket TCG

[benhoward]

Honestly, I'd love to have more card game rpgs, like those Gameboy Yugioh games but with the actual card game's mechanics. Sacred Cards and Reshef of Destruction were really cool but not quite where they needed to be. I know TCG Pocket won't be anything like that, but it would still be cool.

[froopyart]

Dude, I have never been able to get into the TCG, mainly because of the costs involved, but I am getting pretty darn excited about Pocket. I play Snap and appreciate that I can be pretty good without spending any monies and am hopeful this will be similar.

[joshuasims]

Promotional art at 10:21 shows you trading an English card for a Korean card. I really hope this means you can trade for, collect and use cards in different languages, and they stay in that language in your binder display. Anyway, the microtransactions are a real shame. Most important feature: win packs by winning games, vs CPU or PVP, whatever, some way to win cards through engagement. If they want to offer a season pass, even 10-20 bucks a month, to increase pack access instead of selling by the pack, I think that would be much better too.

[PokePortalNews]

Great video Toby! Very much agree that there needs to be a campaign, or PvE of some kind! Love that about Duel Links & Hearthstone!
(6:35 Just a little note on those similarities. Hearthstone's Lead Designer, Ben Brode, left and formed his own company to make Marvel Snap! He also worked on the paper version of the World of Warcraft TCG that was the predecessor to Hearthstone! He's very passionate about card games in general, there are some pretty funny videos of him playing Magic the Gathering if you're ever bored lol)

TCG Live has you go down by a certain number of ranks for seasonal resets. If you were Arceus rank, you'd be at like the bottom of masterball rank after the season swaps. I like this approach as to going back down to 0, can help prevent people who are really good from like absolutely stomping through beginners at the beginning of every season.

[Shiny_Luxray]

I literally agree with everything you said in the video, great job. You made a bunch of good points

[CrazyCobraCC]

Binders are confirmed, according to the article on the App Store. 10:24

[GatorEXTCG]

“A Pokémon TCG Pocket Waiting Room” 😂 That describes the feeing well. It’s really fun, reminds me of the lead up to Pokémon Go. Your second to last point of giving something like different eras is kind of like what I was thinking of with having holiday related events. I doubt we’ll have something for Halloween with the game launching on the 30th, but I think giving a little visual overhaul with some special cards would be great. I’m kind of thinking of how the physical TCG does the Trick-Or-Trade Boosters and the Advent Calendars, but those just have a little stamp on already existing cards. Imagine an interactive card with a little holiday scene!

[kDragon]

Definitely agree with everything in your suggestions. To make it the best you need to have something for everyone.
A solo campaign like duel links would be very cool. Especially for someone not interested in competitive play.
Marvel Snap has one of the best on ramp for beginners. I really like the way it keeps you engaged and you ladder to unlock cards. You keep playing to progress. Chasing the carrot. It gets the end game wrong but the early game is so fun.
Another thing that you didn't mention but it is one of coolest things that Marvel Snap has is the card customization. Since Pocket's focus is collection this should be something that is very necessary. Unique Card backs for your decks and unique card flair effects like stars, confetti like snap.
Makes you want to look and spend time looking at your cards.
The point you made about digital is so true. It should lean in into the digital since it is not tied to the physical. A few people complain that is it just a dumbed down version. But if it owns and leans into the digital, the tcg people feel like they have a reason to play this version as well.
I am looking forward to play Pocket regardless but if it implements some of these things it will make it so good.

[KingNidoYT]

Imagine if every card has a 1 in 4096 chance of the Pokémon in the artwork being Shiny.

Or in the case of Shiny cards, their regular colour.

[HammyAndSammy]

Maybe they can make the Binder a story book for those cards with connected stories 🥹

[johnlesterilog]

I think there shoukd also be in-store QR Codes for rare but free cards that people can collect by going to specific stores so it develops more interaction publicly as well.

[narutotntfgaming]

Characters that have thier own decks would be cool like Yu-Gi-Oh

[MrXhukari]

See, I'm actually very hesitant of them adding the sort of randomness Hearthstone has. Now its possible they'll keep it reined in and stuff. I'm just getting terrible flashbacks of Discover cards finding other Discover cards. If they were to add some digital only stuff, I think it would be better to take inspiration from Magic Arena, with stuff like Perpetual, etc. Now Perpetual has its own problems of course, but the concept is cool.

[timwoods]

Everybody, we gotta get the Chillin' Metapod card so we can get the expanded art of Toby's room! 😂😂😂😂

[Xexolth]

Packs only could work if the trade function works amazingly. Could be just like the good days when your friend had the machop you need so you trade off one of your bellsprouts and both people are happy. It would however be a very slow deck building process. Im so happy to not have an energy card system. Why cant magic learn from this and re work their system too.

[grizzlycharizard]

Who knows, TCG Pocket might be the Marvel Snap of Pokemon TCG Online.

[Xuhtig]

I'd like it to collect like marvel snap. Not necessarily play like it but I like the collection aspect.

[TheKayasto]

i imagine only thing money will help you with gameplay wise is collecting new cards. otherwise will all be cosmetic or be consumables you can buy to upgrade cards

[JstnRbnsn]

Duel Links is amazing, I hope TCG Pocket is like that in certain ways

[typemasters]

There is evidence of random card generation
There is a pokeball card with the effect “pull 1 random Pokemon card”