I can't get into Pocket. I like opening packs, so I do the free ones every day. But the gameplay just isn't there for me. Snap just has the gameplay on lock for me.
Lol I love the “Gonna cave in” for Gorr’s week. I’ve definitely been having a ton of fun with him. Honestly not super interested in the cards for the Rivals season. Probably going to wait for the Dark Avengers season to roll caches.
@DrStryde I know myself, lol. I did cave and the gorr video is dropping tomorrow. It was easy when I realized how disinterested I was in December and was looking mainly towards Jan cards.
You can take a look at flesh and blood. Doesn’t have an official digital client, because the game is intended to be played “in flesh and blood”, but there’s an unofficial one
As a tribunal player I was thinking of adding Galacta and Luna Snow into the tribunal deck. Luna Snow can provide early energy and Galacta can buff cards like Iron Man, Mystique, or even Onslaught.
@CheesePriest0189 Oh that would be a really great add in to tribunal! I didn't even think of buffing cards like ironman. My cave man brain just focused in on surfer, lol.
Nice video Dare. Your "negative ranting" video did score up there ! Lol. Maybe it will reach the right people. As far as cards go I want the Peni Parker and Luna Snow. Doctor doom 2099 looks nice as well. I'm on the fence with the other ones.
I got lucky and pulled Legion and Gorr with my first 2 keys. I looked online for good Legion combos and most are saying Storm/Magik. I have Storm but I think these recomendations were before the change to her being a 4 cost. And I don't have Magik. I'm only CL 1600, could you please recommend me some cards that Legion pairs well with?
@@elpaco25 Legion spends a lot of time in meta decks and he's also just a fun card. It's not so much that he pairs well with a particular card as much as there's often at least one location that is bad for your opponent's deck or one location that they're able to leverage better than you. If you change all the locations, you can either kill their momentum or end their game straight out. He's unique in that he can change locations you can't get a card to. There are also plenty of locations where everything turns into chaos when you drop a Legion. All Rickety Bridges or all Sinister London get interesting quick.
Bruce Banner will resurge the High Evolutionary archetype and combine it with probably SunSpot, She-Hulk, Infinaut, or even energy gain cards such as the new Luna Snow could see some play. Debrii to destroy some ice might be a good field control card which could also play into a buff deck with Marvel Boy.
Now that you've mentioned that you're open to suggestions, I have one for you: Slay the Spire 2. The first game was highly acclaimed on Steam and has very, very addictive gameplay. Thanks to its nature as a deck-building game, you can make incredible combos that would be prohibited in other card games. The second part promises to be even better than the first and you have the guarantee that the game is managed by a team of developers who have put a lot of love into their game and listen to the player community. Slay the Spire 2. I recommend it.
@miguelarrocha2703 I played the first one a little bit and completely forgot the sequel was coming out! Doesn't come out till early next year, right? I will have to keep it on my radar!
Bruce banner will probably sinergize very will with high evo so if you pull for him it's not a bad hit considering half of the base high evo deck is built of of you skipping some energy
I imagine it will likely be like when arishem generates a high evo card with high evo no effect sadly, but a 2/12 in a deck that's designed to skip energy is not bad Misty Knight, Cyclops and OG Hulk all still get buffs from skipping energy plus you can add Sunspot and she Hulk to take extra advantage of that. Having Bruce in the same week and high evo was a good idea, I think, because that's a natural home for him, I'm sure. 😂😅
I'm not big on Pocket either, but I like collecting the artsy cards. I was going to skip Gorr but caved and so far I don't think I'll regret it. I'm a baby snapper so I'm missing a lot of cards that are needed to make good decks .I'm definitely going for Doom 2099 too
Ooof, i hope that the deadpool diner charitable people extend to my region (Austria, so not sure if that falls under germany, or EU in general), cause judging by the played decks, snapping and emoting behaviour and such, i am in a very sweaty people region and have not encountered 1 "You win this" game yet, still stuck at 5 Mil
@TyrantTiger85 ah that sucks, I just hope someone starts helping people in the Diner here, cause I dont really see me reaching even eitri, especially since I am also at rank 97 finally after 2 weeks of bumbling around 90-95, so I want to focus on getting my first infinite rank
@MrStatistx @D4REPlays some hope for us noobies out there, I ran into two different guys back to back in the Holiday Baked Ham where I was grinding and they snapped down to me 327.68k ×2 not a lot but at this stage it means everything!! I appreciate those guys so much... I'm hoping the high CL players fan out from the lower end stages so us lower CL players can battle it out instead so we can progress... 🙏🤞
Back when i was trying to complete series 3 i bought variants of cards i didn't have. I thought it completed my collection until i rolled the "dupes" in the caches 😂 The cards i bought were Mr. negative and Thor. Somehow i never pulled Thor for the longest time.
@tempire3523 I did this for a couple of cards as well. One of the first was Mystique and I'm so glad I did because I didn't pull her until mid 4k collection level.
I see your points, but I think your over thinking it about Gorr. The advantage Gorr had is his consistency. Will he better or worse in certain metas? Yes. However, useful most of time because reval cards are in most decks.
I have way too less keys than you and I have less care for them, lol, it's a game, try to enjoy what you have, you can get 1 or 2 keys a week, so keeping 2 knowing that next week is a bad one would be enough, maybe keeping 6 if you are sure there will be 2 great weeks to open, I wanted to open next week to get x-23 that I don't have her but you and other content creators are making me doubt it so I'll open for gorr this week, let next one still and be ready when ravona comes, i don't have her and she`s good help to gorr, great video man!
@ yessir! The client is for the watered down version “fusion world” but once you master the basics, masters is where it’s at! A ton of interaction and room to grow!
@Tyler7P7 I played it when it first released briefly and hopped back in a couple of days ago and not going to lie the UI alone is somewhat daunting, lol. Will have to watch some videos on where to start.
If I knew Peni Parker would have been released, I would have dropped keys on Arana and Madam Web. This is such an L for Second Dinner not informing their players.
Legion and Gorr are great. Havoc is a skip. I cannot wait to kill those Ice Cubes for Luna Snow users with my Red Guardian (this works the other way around too you know xd)
It's sad Legends of Runeterra folded and went full pve. That was by far my favorite digital card game and the most generous one on the market for free-to-play players.
Just remember. Negative content will usually get the most engagement. Its the world we live in (also the snap community seems especially entitled and whiney). That being said, negative content isnt sustainable, you eventually dissuade your own audience from playing the very game you are making content about and the people enjoying the game move away due to the toxicity. Mention issues and talk about proposed fixes, then keep it moving.
I think this will be my last month unless they change. I might play in passing but no more money. I am looking forward to Doom. Gorr is gonna get nerfed. I got lucky and pulled him with one key and he got me king eitri in an afternoon.
Personally I'm planning on skipping this week and the first two of the next season, which at least allows me to save up some keys. I managed to get X-23 from the 4th cache slot last week, and that's the only card of those 9 that I'm interested in (besides Gorr). I feel pretty much the same with week 3; Doom 2099 sounds interesting and I want Hit Monkey (though I'm not interested in Meik). Week 5 I'm mostly interested in High Evo, I've heard good things about Ravonna, and I'm curious to see if Bruce Banner is good or not. Rocket and Groot sounds great for Surfer, and I definitely want to get that card, plus Blob sounds good to have, I just hope to avoid Selene because I heard she sucks.
Gorr is OP and it will be nerfed... He is not worth it, even if you do not have the support cards. Crap support cards. Luna snow is worth it, especially if you do not have the support cards. Lady deathstrike is heavily under rated, while X-23 is mandatory in destroy decks and in some weird hybrid decks. Penny parker is not that good. You also got the effect wrong in your video. Sasquatch is niche at most. Gladiator is a good card and he can see a lot of play especially in the upcoming weeks. Doom 99 is a must have card. Hit monkey is a must have card. Miek is meh card. Bruce banner is meh... Ravona is ravona , therefore a niche card... High Evo is under powered and under performing now. Blob and Selene are meh... RRGR is even more crap, but they will probably be buffed.
Pocket sucks. Not interesting to watch or to play for me. Those playing are serious die hard fans who'll play anything pokemon. The rest are coping 😂 bc snap is kinda messing around right now
Don't do MTG Online, go for Magic Arena, it's my #1 card game right now. Also playing daily MS, of course, Hearthstone and Clash Royale. Sometimes I go back to Faeria, Duelyst and Runterra. Brawl Stars is my guilty pleasure.
Try out Marvel Contest of Champions! 10 years strong and not going anywhere. Lots of collection aspect and many different mods to play. Tap tap swipe game! Not pay to win
Gorr has my attention but next month is too good for me so he is getting passed for now Luna Snow is one i will probably try to get because all the cards seem good X-23 and Lady Deathstrike for discard/destroy. Peni would be a pass but Gladiator is a card i need Sasquatch is whatever but i am a base card completionist. Doom 2099 has my attention but the cards around him are uninteresting to me. Bruce Banner would be a pass but High Evoluntery has my attention so maybe. Rocket and Groot are a pass for me. Also trying to keep in mind the month after that has some good cards like Moonstone.
@Wileack Lol, I have heard that Arena can be pricey. Monetization isn't entirely my issue and doesn't scare me away from Arena as long as it makes sense.
I would not recommend making content for Pokemon TCG Pocket. The cards look very nice and the feeling of opening packs is great, but a content creator could make like a few minutes of footage each day opening your three packs. The competitive side of it is also ABYSMAL, because it’s way too fast and oriented to going second. There’s also Misty which can make the game last 1-3 turns, which is not fun to watch whether you’re doing it or having an opponent do it. Deck variety is horrible, because there are very strong incentives to only use one color and to minimize the number of Pokemon you have in your deck. The large majority of the Pokemon are completely worthless (RIP Woolo line). There are some good ones mixed in, but it’s not engaging at all outside opening packs, which you can’t save up and open all at once, unless you whale up on it. I love Pokemon, and leaving this game was painful, but I’m glad I did.
I can't get into Pocket. I like opening packs, so I do the free ones every day. But the gameplay just isn't there for me. Snap just has the gameplay on lock for me.
@MakoTrevelyan This is my sentiment exactly.
I completely agree. If marvel snap had the card acquisition system of pocket it would literally be cocaine on a screen lmao
@@MakoTrevelyan all pocket had to do was have at least the flashy animations of snap and it would've been keppers for snap.
100% this.
I feel the same way I’m just a collector on that 1.
Second dinner knew what they were doing with the Doom week
The Doom week?
@kevscollectibels Did you not watch the video?
@@DarthEqualizer I did but i do not get second dinner and Doom weeks connection
@@kevscollectibelsSecond Dinner put trash cards the week Doom 2099 is coming out
@DarthEqualizer Oh for sure.
Negativity sells sadly. What you said last video was important but I do in fact watch you for your positive attitude
I will still buy season passes because I love playing the game simple as that for me. It easily gives me $15 worth of entertainment every month.
13:35 Wrong text on Peni Parker. it confuse me for a minute🤣
@ridhwan521 I had one job.... sorry about that.
I love that you’re still enthusiastic about getting new(old) cards. Keep it up🎉
Legion is a great card it can win games all by itself and Gorr is the new stat stick
Gorr is insane.
Lol I love the “Gonna cave in” for Gorr’s week. I’ve definitely been having a ton of fun with him. Honestly not super interested in the cards for the Rivals season. Probably going to wait for the Dark Avengers season to roll caches.
@DrStryde I know myself, lol. I did cave and the gorr video is dropping tomorrow. It was easy when I realized how disinterested I was in December and was looking mainly towards Jan cards.
Gorr is amazing card it looks like December isn't my month. So I'll be saving money and keys and coins
You can take a look at flesh and blood. Doesn’t have an official digital client, because the game is intended to be played “in flesh and blood”, but there’s an unofficial one
Gorr is worth it. He's busted in a Mr. Negative deck.
Everyone is using the same team
As a tribunal player I was thinking of adding Galacta and Luna Snow into the tribunal deck. Luna Snow can provide early energy and Galacta can buff cards like Iron Man, Mystique, or even Onslaught.
@CheesePriest0189 Oh that would be a really great add in to tribunal! I didn't even think of buffing cards like ironman. My cave man brain just focused in on surfer, lol.
Shun of the Dead= For the greater good.
Marvel Snap = We hear you.
Great vid, I got wrongfully reasoned out of not picking up Ajax, too.
oh, and GOOD LORD WHAT THE HELL IS THAT SASQUATCH VARIANT?!
Spectrum Doom would be fun budget deck I think
@methanesulfonic yeah it will. I was thinking onslaught but spectrum would be a big power swing.
Nice video Dare. Your "negative ranting" video did score up there ! Lol. Maybe it will reach the right people. As far as cards go I want the Peni Parker and Luna Snow. Doctor doom 2099 looks nice as well. I'm on the fence with the other ones.
The week of Bruce Banner imma use Shan Chi and Fenrir to make sure that card emerger gets played
Just realized that Peni Parker is pretty good for Wiccan curve
Omg i didnt think of that
Shes gonna be good in this Wiccan Gorr deck I'm running. She takes Mirage's spot
@@HeroicJei cool, i tried making a completely new list though for her and galacta, with multiple man and galactus, i cant wait to try it out
@JamesJohnsonQ Oh that is a great idea!
Gore and legion are both strong. If you don’t have legion, good week for keys, especially given how weak December is looking
I realized yesterday that i somehow got Legion at some point and totally forgot/missed. Any deck recommendations for him?
I got lucky and pulled Legion and Gorr with my first 2 keys. I looked online for good Legion combos and most are saying Storm/Magik. I have Storm but I think these recomendations were before the change to her being a 4 cost. And I don't have Magik. I'm only CL 1600, could you please recommend me some cards that Legion pairs well with?
@@elpaco25 Legion spends a lot of time in meta decks and he's also just a fun card.
It's not so much that he pairs well with a particular card as much as there's often at least one location that is bad for your opponent's deck or one location that they're able to leverage better than you. If you change all the locations, you can either kill their momentum or end their game straight out.
He's unique in that he can change locations you can't get a card to.
There are also plenty of locations where everything turns into chaos when you drop a Legion. All Rickety Bridges or all Sinister London get interesting quick.
Bruce Banner will resurge the High Evolutionary archetype and combine it with probably SunSpot, She-Hulk, Infinaut, or even energy gain cards such as the new Luna Snow could see some play. Debrii to destroy some ice might be a good field control card which could also play into a buff deck with Marvel Boy.
@zantetsukensdao3823 He will definitely be good in High Evo. I really want to know if he will get the text change for High Evo when he is summoned.
Arishem is a must have.
Now that you've mentioned that you're open to suggestions, I have one for you: Slay the Spire 2.
The first game was highly acclaimed on Steam and has very, very addictive gameplay. Thanks to its nature as a deck-building game, you can make incredible combos that would be prohibited in other card games.
The second part promises to be even better than the first and you have the guarantee that the game is managed by a team of developers who have put a lot of love into their game and listen to the player community.
Slay the Spire 2. I recommend it.
@miguelarrocha2703 I played the first one a little bit and completely forgot the sequel was coming out! Doesn't come out till early next year, right? I will have to keep it on my radar!
Bruce banner will probably sinergize very will with high evo so if you pull for him it's not a bad hit considering half of the base high evo deck is built of of you skipping some energy
@StrawhatMonster I'm really curious if the hulk that pops up gets the high evo text.
I imagine it will likely be like when arishem generates a high evo card with high evo no effect sadly, but a 2/12 in a deck that's designed to skip energy is not bad Misty Knight, Cyclops and OG Hulk all still get buffs from skipping energy plus you can add Sunspot and she Hulk to take extra advantage of that. Having Bruce in the same week and high evo was a good idea, I think, because that's a natural home for him, I'm sure. 😂😅
That is the best week for a new, new players to use all their keys on. Being you can get High Evo, and Bruce Banner that week.
Gorr is so good I would guarantee will be nerfed to some extent.
Got 17 keys. Boutta have 3 after December
@LilBoTeeth That's a stockpile!
I'm down with you on everything except i have high evo. 🙌
I'm not big on Pocket either, but I like collecting the artsy cards. I was going to skip Gorr but caved and so far I don't think I'll regret it. I'm a baby snapper so I'm missing a lot of cards that are needed to make good decks .I'm definitely going for Doom 2099 too
@mysticaledenflower4330 Same. I actually almost have the full collection because I started in early access but wish I enjoyed the battles more.
Ooof, i hope that the deadpool diner charitable people extend to my region (Austria, so not sure if that falls under germany, or EU in general), cause judging by the played decks, snapping and emoting behaviour and such, i am in a very sweaty people region and have not encountered 1 "You win this" game yet, still stuck at 5 Mil
No it's the same everywhere unfortunately.. I have people 15k+ CL emoting, taunting and snapping on me constantly and I'm only just breaking 2500 CL..
@TyrantTiger85 ah that sucks, I just hope someone starts helping people in the Diner here, cause I dont really see me reaching even eitri, especially since I am also at rank 97 finally after 2 weeks of bumbling around 90-95, so I want to focus on getting my first infinite rank
@MrStatistx @TyrantTiger85 I have noticed an increased level of toxicity as well over any other mode.
@MrStatistx @D4REPlays some hope for us noobies out there, I ran into two different guys back to back in the Holiday Baked Ham where I was grinding and they snapped down to me 327.68k ×2 not a lot but at this stage it means everything!! I appreciate those guys so much... I'm hoping the high CL players fan out from the lower end stages so us lower CL players can battle it out instead so we can progress... 🙏🤞
Gladiator is great. It's a really fun card. Would recommend. Especially with your love of surfer.
@seanmahoney6835 I'm torn on him because I really want him.
You absolutely need legion, he's a very fun card
Don't let arishem get to uuuuuuuu
@zruyt-s8e I've held out this long!
hey man idk if youll read this but u make consistently really good thumbnails 👍
@sliver7961 I read every comment and Thank you! I weirdly enjoy making them so glad to hear they are good!
Back when i was trying to complete series 3 i bought variants of cards i didn't have. I thought it completed my collection until i rolled the "dupes" in the caches 😂
The cards i bought were Mr. negative and Thor. Somehow i never pulled Thor for the longest time.
@tempire3523 I did this for a couple of cards as well. One of the first was Mystique and I'm so glad I did because I didn't pull her until mid 4k collection level.
@D4REPlays omg that's waaaaay to long bro, glad she finally decided to show herself 😂😂😂
I see your points, but I think your over thinking it about Gorr. The advantage Gorr had is his consistency. Will he better or worse in certain metas? Yes. However, useful most of time because reval cards are in most decks.
I have way too less keys than you and I have less care for them, lol, it's a game, try to enjoy what you have, you can get 1 or 2 keys a week, so keeping 2 knowing that next week is a bad one would be enough, maybe keeping 6 if you are sure there will be 2 great weeks to open, I wanted to open next week to get x-23 that I don't have her but you and other content creators are making me doubt it so I'll open for gorr this week, let next one still and be ready when ravona comes, i don't have her and she`s good help to gorr, great video man!
PSA DONT GO FOR GORR. He is great but he has so many variants he more than likely will show up A LOT in 2025 caches
If you enjoy physical games, DBSCG masters is a BLAST. so fun, great mechanics and incredible art.
@matthewmannning5368 Always been a big DB fan so this looks cool! Also looks like there is a digital client!
@ yessir! The client is for the watered down version “fusion world” but once you master the basics, masters is where it’s at! A ton of interaction and room to grow!
He is really really strong
hey, what cuppon do you have for the 1$ season pass?
@tomerbublil6816 If you have a samsung phone you can get a coupon in the galaxy store!
I'd be interested in some MTG Arena content. I've been thinking about jumping back into it myself
@Tyler7P7 I played it when it first released briefly and hopped back in a couple of days ago and not going to lie the UI alone is somewhat daunting, lol. Will have to watch some videos on where to start.
@@D4REPlays ya thats fair
Gorr is amazing card
Just start putting series 4 in caches I’m not asking for much
I want broce but i already have hig evolutionary 🤔
Peni Parker in my surfer deck 😅
Im doing peni and grocket tokens, January all new cards then skip feb (whatever that might be)
If I knew Peni Parker would have been released, I would have dropped keys on Arana and Madam Web. This is such an L for Second Dinner not informing their players.
Legion and Gorr are great. Havoc is a skip. I cannot wait to kill those Ice Cubes for Luna Snow users with my Red Guardian (this works the other way around too you know xd)
I was going for gorr and got Havoc, I hate card acquisition, and I have no resources. The reason I want Gorr is because I love mr.negative
@hawkeyes2814 I hate that. He's so good in negative so hopefully you can get him still.
It's sad Legends of Runeterra folded and went full pve. That was by far my favorite digital card game and the most generous one on the market for free-to-play players.
@Khay-77 I'm disappointed I didn't play it during it's peak. It looked like such a fun game.
Just remember. Negative content will usually get the most engagement. Its the world we live in (also the snap community seems especially entitled and whiney). That being said, negative content isnt sustainable, you eventually dissuade your own audience from playing the very game you are making content about and the people enjoying the game move away due to the toxicity.
Mention issues and talk about proposed fixes, then keep it moving.
@Tonytaru Agreed. It's not really my style and would have a hard time consistently being negative.
I think this will be my last month unless they change. I might play in passing but no more money. I am looking forward to Doom. Gorr is gonna get nerfed. I got lucky and pulled him with one key and he got me king eitri in an afternoon.
@horror2705 Well congrats on the one key pull! Yeah we will have to see what they say after the holiday weekend.
I know you like card games, but have you tried Monster Hunter?
@LordStrom1 Played a ton of World but haven't touched anything since.
I would say that if it fits ur play style pick it up.
Personally I'm planning on skipping this week and the first two of the next season, which at least allows me to save up some keys. I managed to get X-23 from the 4th cache slot last week, and that's the only card of those 9 that I'm interested in (besides Gorr). I feel pretty much the same with week 3; Doom 2099 sounds interesting and I want Hit Monkey (though I'm not interested in Meik). Week 5 I'm mostly interested in High Evo, I've heard good things about Ravonna, and I'm curious to see if Bruce Banner is good or not. Rocket and Groot sounds great for Surfer, and I definitely want to get that card, plus Blob sounds good to have, I just hope to avoid Selene because I heard she sucks.
Gorr is OP and it will be nerfed... He is not worth it, even if you do not have the support cards. Crap support cards.
Luna snow is worth it, especially if you do not have the support cards. Lady deathstrike is heavily under rated, while X-23 is mandatory in destroy decks and in some weird hybrid decks.
Penny parker is not that good. You also got the effect wrong in your video. Sasquatch is niche at most. Gladiator is a good card and he can see a lot of play especially in the upcoming weeks.
Doom 99 is a must have card. Hit monkey is a must have card. Miek is meh card.
Bruce banner is meh... Ravona is ravona , therefore a niche card... High Evo is under powered and under performing now.
Blob and Selene are meh... RRGR is even more crap, but they will probably be buffed.
Good takes but i think for the new cards you are underestimating peni, grocket, and banner. But we shall see
Pocket sucks. Not interesting to watch or to play for me. Those playing are serious die hard fans who'll play anything pokemon.
The rest are coping 😂 bc snap is kinda messing around right now
@ColHozeh I can see how people enjoy it but I agree. Even as a long time pokemon fan the gameplay is lacking for me.
@D4REPlays yessir
Don't do MTG Online, go for Magic Arena, it's my #1 card game right now. Also playing daily MS, of course, Hearthstone and Clash Royale.
Sometimes I go back to Faeria, Duelyst and Runterra. Brawl Stars is my guilty pleasure.
@PavelPerez Sorry I meant Magic Arena! I didn't realize they were still supporting both. May try out all of them to see what draws me in.
Get Gorr, Peni and Doom, everything else is skippable
High Evo isn't as strong as he used to be. He should be a series 4.
@RenegadeSpider Since he's considered a big bad I don't think he will ever drop, which is the same for Kang.
@@D4REPlays unfortunately true.
I will not use any keys this month.
Gore will get nerfed keep younmoney
Try out Marvel Contest of Champions! 10 years strong and not going anywhere. Lots of collection aspect and many different mods to play. Tap tap swipe game! Not pay to win
Gorr has my attention but next month is too good for me so he is getting passed for now Luna Snow is one i will probably try to get because all the cards seem good X-23 and Lady Deathstrike for discard/destroy. Peni would be a pass but Gladiator is a card i need Sasquatch is whatever but i am a base card completionist. Doom 2099 has my attention but the cards around him are uninteresting to me. Bruce Banner would be a pass but High Evoluntery has my attention so maybe. Rocket and Groot are a pass for me. Also trying to keep in mind the month after that has some good cards like Moonstone.
If you think monetization is aggressive on snap, stay away of magic arena😅
@Wileack Lol, I have heard that Arena can be pricey. Monetization isn't entirely my issue and doesn't scare me away from Arena as long as it makes sense.
I would not recommend making content for Pokemon TCG Pocket.
The cards look very nice and the feeling of opening packs is great, but a content creator could make like a few minutes of footage each day opening your three packs. The competitive side of it is also ABYSMAL, because it’s way too fast and oriented to going second. There’s also Misty which can make the game last 1-3 turns, which is not fun to watch whether you’re doing it or having an opponent do it.
Deck variety is horrible, because there are very strong incentives to only use one color and to minimize the number of Pokemon you have in your deck. The large majority of the Pokemon are completely worthless (RIP Woolo line). There are some good ones mixed in, but it’s not engaging at all outside opening packs, which you can’t save up and open all at once, unless you whale up on it.
I love Pokemon, and leaving this game was painful, but I’m glad I did.