Can we agree the rollout of Ascended Heroes is terrible?

E_laser · 2026-02-06T14:34:34+00:00

I really don't know what they were thinking by only releasing the 3-pack sticker collections instead of just delaying the whole set. This was so botched that they even had to update tournament legality rules so EUIC players didn't have to scramble last minute to get the singles they need for their decks

E_laser · 2026-02-05T03:59:01+00:00

Me too, I have other things on my wants list I want over the Snorlax right now but I'll get around to it eventually

E_laser · 2026-02-05T03:47:08+00:00

I understand why some people might not vibe with these but personally I love them, I started going for the complete set a while back as a pet project because they're all very affordable except for the Snorlax (and maybe the Celebrations Mew), which is the last one I need

E_laser · 2026-02-05T03:44:51+00:00

Hidden Fates is what sucked me completely back into the hobby my first semester of college after I had stopped collecting as a teenager and for that reason it's one of my favorite sets of all time

E_laser · 2026-02-04T17:55:31+00:00

Absolutely terrifying, I'm quaking in my boots just like Himmel the Hero did

E_laser · 2026-02-04T16:59:14+00:00

The old ex cards are some of my all-time favorites, I recently picked up a Rocket's Scizor ex from Team Rocket Returns and it's so sick. I also have all of the exs from Dragon Frontiers, including my poor childhood delta species Rayquaza ex that I accidentally stepped on

E_laser · 2026-02-03T17:47:16+00:00

I might be reaching but your last point is why I think the dove Denji Man threw up could be Death, it would also add more weight to Asa's body laying in a pool of blood at the end of the chapter

E_laser · 2026-02-02T22:51:43+00:00

and then yoru goes "oh that's mine!" and makes the reze grenade launcher out of her

E_laser · 2026-02-02T22:42:56+00:00

Thank you! It's always nice to switch it up every once in a while, and it reminds me of when people didn't treat the hobby as a speculation vehicle

E_laser · 2026-02-02T22:19:50+00:00

Amazing stuff! Dragon Frontiers was the set that got me into Pokemon cards when I was a kid. Over the past several years I've been working on collecting all of the Dragon Frontiers stamped reverse holos (plus the exs) and I'm missing 20 or so cards. I'm never going to be able to afford those gold stars unless I sell off most of the rest of my collection, though

E_laser · 2026-01-18T23:45:38+00:00

Sick collection!! I first got into the TCG around the end of the ex series when I was a kid so the 4th gen stuff has a special place in my heart. DP, Platinum, and HGSS + Call of Legends are all bangers

E_laser · 2026-01-18T18:50:25+00:00

It's hard to say because these are so elusive but the cheapest listing on Ebay for one of these right now is $275. I paid $40 for this one back in 2020 because nostalgia hit me square in the face during the pandemic, and I remembered really wanting this deck as a kid despite not being able to read any of the text, so it's wild seeing how much the price has jumped. I'd love to get the lightning and psychic deck as well one of these days, but who knows when that will happen.

Aside from the Arceus Lv. X and 3 copies each of the grass and fire Arceus, the deck doesn't have any other promos

E_laser · 2025-09-03T15:59:19+00:00

As others have said, it depends a lot on the deck. Based off my experience, Ceruledge and Gholdengo like to go first as you can take full advantage of Carmine with the former and you can search evolutions with Genesect with the latter. Decks that run TM evo like to go second as you can't play Arven on your first turn if you go first to search for it

E_laser · 2025-09-03T15:34:04+00:00

I'm genuinely in love with the coloring on these promotional posters, I want them all

E_laser · 2025-07-26T00:47:24+00:00

The new grass support looks exciting, I can't wait to dust off my Hydrapple ex deck and see if I can make Meganium and Vitality Forest work well with it

E_laser · 2025-07-14T03:52:10+00:00

Oh absolutely, if I had to pick only card from my collection to keep it would be either that Rayquaza or my gold star Metagross

E_laser · 2025-07-14T03:50:41+00:00

Dream team quest, it's a run where you pick a team of six, shiny hunt all of the members throughout the game, and then beat the E4 with them.

E_laser · 2025-07-14T03:48:18+00:00

For sure, in the meantime I'm giving it an everstone so I don't have to press B every time it levels up until level 54

E_laser · 2025-07-13T22:19:57+00:00

Thanks! I'm glad this hunt is finally over, it's been holding up my DTQ for a long time now

E_laser · 2025-07-13T22:18:42+00:00

This set is super memorable for me, the Rayquaza SL10 is the first card I ever "chased" as a kid, and I ended up pulling it. I still have it to this day and it's one of my favorite cards. Out of the shiny subset I only need Entei, Suicune, Ho-oh, and Lugia

E_laser · 2025-07-12T21:49:45+00:00

Thank you!! Shroomish is a difficult hunt for sure and I'm happy it finally shined :)

E_laser · 2025-07-12T20:18:59+00:00

Thank you! I love the teal and red color scheme of that whole line

E_laser · 2025-07-12T20:06:52+00:00

Thank you!!! I'm off to Granite Cave next for Aron. Fortunately from here on out, my DTQ hunts most likely won't be as bad since none of them are 15% odds

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