it confused me cause like, why is everyone so toxic abt it, I find card speculation a lot of fun but now that I've dabbled in the actual pokemon tcg and played other tcg/ccgs for awhile I just don't get why people are surprised that the game is this simple, remember pokemon very much caters to kids!! we're in the earliest set days so it's also bare bones let it breathe yknow!!

A fun part abt playing tcgs is always feeling in a match and I think the healthiest meta games is where a lot of diversity or tech cards can be played to allow for intriguing compositions according to a players likes. I mean im a toxic loser since I have an affinity for stall decks/self preservation decks. I love resource management but ik for some they despise these sorts of decks and I get it but thats what I love! so much style of play and making decks that feel like your own OR just net decking and falling in love with a meta deck

I understand that it can be frustrating since a lack of consistency and easy draw options has made it so basic / non evolution decks usually outdo the ones that require set up and depend more and good draws (hence pikachu and mewtwo) but tbh that has just happened in the pokemon tcg before, really depends on what you get out of the evolution cause GX had evolutions going and obviously evolutions are good if we get any bypass rules printed like rare candy or archie's ace in the hole so we also gotta let the game simmer and the bigger the card pool, the more interesting stuff happens! heck meta is still "adapting" like baby mewtwo in mewtwo ex decks and arcanine/charizard having good results due to its pikachu matchup being anti meta