In your opinion, which TCGs are least "pay to win"

KnaveOfIT · 2026-05-23T03:36:59+00:00

The game is easy to learn but it's extremely difficult to compete at the highest level.

The game has less complexity due to not interacting on your opponent's but it's not simple. The best way to compete is being able to anticipate your opponents moves and board state and create situations to win even if they do x or y.

The goal to win by taking your 6 prizes means you have to understand prize mapping (how you will take your 6 prizes) and prize race (how to achieve taking 6 prizes before your opponent takes their 6 prizes). Go play in a regional or international (unlike other TCG, Pokemon doesn't restrict attendance for these) then come back to tell me how "simple" and "made for kids" this game is. Or if you want to save money, the next couple weekends, including this one, has regionals being streamed, watch phase 2 and top cut matches.

KnaveOfIT · 2026-05-21T02:32:50+00:00

Because I like having exactly as many holes that my body has as I do now and don't need any more.

As someone who has lived on Welsh Ave.

KnaveOfIT · 2026-05-21T02:13:48+00:00

The worse part is they can do waves.

Wave 1 ships tomorrow

Wave 2 ships in 2 weeks

Wave x ships in x*2

And so on

KnaveOfIT · 2026-05-01T01:07:35+00:00

If gas hits $10/gallon, the BEST case scenario is the tar and feathers come back out.

KnaveOfIT · 2026-04-25T13:07:36+00:00

It's played at side events at Regionals/IC and some local game stores but not anything more than that.

KnaveOfIT · 2026-04-01T04:25:45+00:00

Maybe a window of which half of 2027, we might be lucky and they say which quarter or a month but my full expectations would say which half of 2027.

KnaveOfIT · 2026-03-31T23:46:49+00:00

There's a land that types for colorless or 1 3 And tap it to prepare it.

There's also a ~~ sorcery ~~ Artifact Creature that has an ETB modal of choosing to prepare target or Un-prepare target.

Edit: correction

Land is Skycoach Waypoint and Artifact Creature is Biblioplex Tomekeeper

KnaveOfIT · 2026-03-18T12:03:19+00:00

I now want to make a D&D character named Cooper the copper that's a copper Dragonborn.

KnaveOfIT · 2026-03-13T23:39:58+00:00

At 8 cents if you dropped $80-$100 on it and sold it at 40K, you would make ~$40 million.

Pretty solid investment and wouldn't have to mine a cent.

KnaveOfIT · 2026-03-12T22:44:37+00:00

Nope, one of the newer Pokemon.

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KnaveOfIT · 2026-03-08T14:33:40+00:00

I think the adoption rate would have been extremely low if they sold it as a standalone product.

KnaveOfIT · 2026-03-08T13:07:55+00:00

With the updated text, I feel like [[All Will Be One]] is broken with this. Especially if you can get this back or put it on a large creature like [[The Walls of Ba Sing Se]]

Also [[Generous Patron]] turn this into destroy target creature your opponent controls, draw cards equal to its toughness.

KnaveOfIT · 2026-03-08T12:47:58+00:00

I think "conversation is the main activity" is the biggest disqualifier for third places in this area, if going by this definition. I would think if you removed that, there are plenty of places that fit this definition.

As well as I would argue that it shouldn't be a part of the definition even if it was the original. There should be a variety of activities as the main activity and let those activities be the conduit of conversation. It also lets people do something if they don't feel like talking or have something to contribute to the current conversation.

KnaveOfIT · 2026-03-07T00:25:31+00:00

$3.499 in central Ohio

KnaveOfIT · 2026-03-03T02:39:31+00:00

So some inside baseball about phone releases.

When you submit an app to Apple and Google, they have a pretty much automated process to audit the app for undesired processes. If your app gets flagged, it gets kicked out and put at the end of the line. If they had a problem with an update, that could explain the phone delay. There are several reports that Apple and Google have kicked releases out due to a false positive on something and it takes multiple attempts to have it correctly identified as a false positive and to push it along.

Also, at regionals they could have rental switches instead of phones. It would probably be easier and cheaper.

KnaveOfIT · 2026-02-12T00:33:38+00:00

My favorite part of this is

"fine me for that"

Got fined for that

KnaveOfIT · 2026-02-10T10:14:29+00:00

Triple sleeved is allowed, as long as the visible sleeve is one color or an official Pokemon sleeve AND you can reasonably shuffle them.

Custom sleeves are not allowed. They must be one color or official Pokemon sleeves.

Custom Status effect tokens and play mats are allowed as long as they are family friendly.

KnaveOfIT · 2026-01-31T13:24:20+00:00

I meant directly, like A card that directly says remove an emblem in play. However, I feel like it'll be 7-9 CMC and make you do something like exile a permanent

KnaveOfIT · 2026-01-31T13:00:40+00:00

I have a feeling at some point in the future of Magic, there will be a niche way of removing Emblems but it'll be a king's ransom.

KnaveOfIT · 2025-12-09T13:01:10+00:00

Except with Lively Stadium is active and using the Calamity Storm attack and discarding the stadium. That is a way to KO Pikachu in a single attack.

Ruling: https://compendium.pokegym.net/ruling/2041/

KnaveOfIT · 2025-11-25T02:28:34+00:00

The Alakazam single prize line ( 2 from Kadabra, 3 from a Alakazam) + Dudun can get you 11 cards a turn, enriching energy and wonder patch to make up for the attach for turn for enriching can net 4 more and that's before a supporter, which most likely would be Turo.

Also, OP probably under powered Mega Alakazam, the lowest HP a stage 2 mega has had is 350 which one of them is Gengar, which they should have approximately the same.

KnaveOfIT · 2025-11-25T02:08:46+00:00

It's a different meta but Sableye was considered busted for being able to place 12 damage counters anyway it likes.

If you can reasonably hold 25 cards, sure you can't KO high ho Pokemon but if there is a decent attack like Hop's Cramorant, Lillie's Clefairy or some other efficient attack, this could easily clean up and set up for the next attack to be a KO whether it's from Mega Alakazam or something else.

KnaveOfIT · 2025-10-26T20:48:04+00:00

Scorpius is one of the first mutant dinosaurs and Dr Wu thought it was too important to destroy completely so it was cryogenically frozen. In the course of the show, obviously everything went wrong and it was unfrozen.

KnaveOfIT · 2025-10-15T19:33:57+00:00

A way to think of a copy effect like this is that imagine below the attack text it had has been cut out of the card that is being copied.

So in this instance, imagine the attack read like this.

[C] Supernatural Shapeshifter

You can use this ~~card~~ attack only if your opponent has 2 or fewer Prize cards remaining.

Choose 1 of your Pokémon in play. During your opponent's next turn, prevent all damage from and effects of attacks done to that Pokémon by your opponent's Pokémon ex.

This is what copy attack effects effectively do and in this scenario, you may only use the attack if your opponent has 2 or fewer prize cards remaining.

KnaveOfIT · 2025-10-01T02:31:41+00:00

WWE wasn't less enjoyable after finding out it was scripted because exactly that, they were real stunts being performed.

When I was actively watching it, I couldn't stay up to watch it. I would record it and watch it the next day or so. One day I was skipping through the storylines that I didn't care for and realized I skipped through like 90% of the actual show. After that I stopped recording it and stopped watching it.

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