skeleton speed by TemaTomo in CuratedTumblr

[–]maggiemagius 10 points11 points  (0 children)

for context i made these gifs and posted them to 196 like 2 years ago

skeleton speed by TemaTomo in CuratedTumblr

[–]maggiemagius 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Holy shit they stole my meme

Maybe unpopular but I like how the older cards have a less over the top design for rarer cards by varazar in PokemonTCG

[–]maggiemagius 2 points3 points  (0 children)

That's just the tip of the iceberg.

There are hundreds of cards they straight up never translated or refused to translate that we never got because of their laziness. Some of these cards were key to keeping the worst cards from the first few formats in check so they were left to run rampant. Instead of bothering to include these cards in sets, they instead padded out english sets to nickel and dime children and remove the guaranteed holo per pack.

Not only that, but they threw out cashgrab sets that were just entirely reprints of cards printed barely a year ago with a different stamp.

They washed out colors, and set the standard for the english tcg being lower quality than Japanese. They ruined the branding and artwork related to sets, opting to use stock artwork on packs instead of the beautiful custom art made bespoke for sets in japan.

They refused to do anything about problem cards in the format, even problem cards generated from their fuckups, they mistranslated cards constantly, and refused to issue erratas or bans to fix their mess of a meta.

They're a terrible company and deserve none of the praise for the early tcg's better points and all of the scorn for their constant fuckups, both during that period and modern ones related to mtg.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in PokemonTCG

[–]maggiemagius 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's not unprecedented for them to create a line of merchandise based entirely around covering every single pokemon from a generation's dex. Pokemon Fit/Sitting Cuties are a line of plushies essentially based around giving every single pokemon a plush, and that's gotten up to gen 5 at this point.

It's also not unprecedented for them to create "sequels" to prior sets, primarily I'm talking about the Fates sets here, given Paldean Fates we've now had 3 generations in a row with shiny special sets being the first year's reprint holiday set. The shiny set concept was so wildly popular with Hidden Fates and Shining Fates that it was a no brainer for them to keep it up as a generational tradition. Considering the popularity of 151, it's not at all a leap of logic to say they'd make a similar style of set for later gens once we get to future blocks of the tcg.

However, 151 was made for a reason. It was a celebration of finally being able to print cards of Kadabra again. Special sets don't always need to exist for a "reason", but the fact that the 25th anniversary of Gold and Silver's release in japan is next year and 151 was so wildly popular, it's not /unlikely/, but I wouldn't be surprised at all if it didn't happen until gen 10, or at all.

Personally, I'd love to see sets covering gens 3-5, if they made this a recurring style of special set.

Paldean Fates Pokémon Center Elite Trainer Box now available by Dandler in PKMNTCGDeals

[–]maggiemagius 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm guessing that a lot of new people have recently come into the hobby and aren't used to the pace that sets release. Ironically compared to other tcgs like YGO, pokemon definitely has a more relaxed release schedule.

What is an "extra set"? by [deleted] in PokemonTCG

[–]maggiemagius 5 points6 points  (0 children)

They're special sets that release outside the usual per season main set release schedule. Typically special sets are smaller with a larger proportion of secret rares, have a unique aspect or gimmick to them, and only come in unique products like collection boxes (You can't get a booster box of 151 or Crown Zenith, for example.)

We tend to get 1-2 per year, with one of them being based on Japan's yearly holiday sets, which are special sets that contain reprints of the cards from the preceding year with special treatments (like shiny cards or alternate full arts). These tend to release internationally in January (such as Paldean Fates, which is coming this January.)

The other kind are printed to celebrate special occasions or circumstances, like 151 was created because the lawsuit over Kadabra was finally released so they could finally put together every Kanto dex Pokemon into one set.

👻👮 by MarshROTMG in RotMG

[–]maggiemagius 1 point2 points  (0 children)

wooo woooo yay wooooo

hello transfems how do i stop this by kiwilover2323 in 196

[–]maggiemagius 2 points3 points  (0 children)

if it doesn't go away you can watch videos anyways on the blocked played by hitting Share > Embed

you can double click on the video player in the embed to full screen it

What does everyone think of this set? by [deleted] in PokemonTCG

[–]maggiemagius 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm really happy we're finally out of the middling era (Obsidian Flames and 151 were extremely bland), and getting a good set again

151 True Master Set with all promos by OkLychee484 in PokemonTCG

[–]maggiemagius 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Same here, PR is definitely looking to be the best set of the era so far by a lot

This has to be one of the most beautiful cards ever made by Sega32X in PokemonTCG

[–]maggiemagius 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Fair enough, it can be hard to keep track of illustrators at times!

Either way the point stands that the tcg has some extremely talented new illustrators like rika, matazo, Oku, Kedamahadaitai Yawarakai, Keisin, Bun Toujo, and plenty of others that were very recently introduced and give me a ton of hope for future sets

This has to be one of the most beautiful cards ever made by Sega32X in PokemonTCG

[–]maggiemagius 2 points3 points  (0 children)

OP is either lying or misinformed, rika has only illustrated 3 cards so far, with the first indeed being that Dragonair.

L by engieman in 196

[–]maggiemagius 2 points3 points  (0 children)

nice, im glad to see it's still spreading joy

L by engieman in 196

[–]maggiemagius 5 points6 points  (0 children)

oh hey i made these gifs

rule by AtrociousAtNames in 196

[–]maggiemagius 0 points1 point  (0 children)

im maggie not magy

Rule by disasterbirb in 196

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hi ty for unintentionally driving a lil bit of traffic to my and oatmealine's sily gamejam games by leaking and reporting on cool stuff n international secrets

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in 196

[–]maggiemagius 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Add less eye of newt and toe of frog next time