Yugi rarities be like: Rare Super rare Ultra rare Secret rare Ultimate rare Ghost rare ... Gold rare Secret gold rare The other gold rare The other other gold rare Gold rare but darker Gold rare but 3d ... ... The very shiny and most expensive one but we forgot to name until after release
Over Magic's history? No, that shit is new. Sure, there's always been random promos like judge promos, player rewards cards, a few came with books or comics. However, what came in packs was simple. Commons, Uncommons, Rares, and Mythics, sometimes you get a foil. I hate how complicated it's gotten. Every set has like three different versions of every card. There's been some really cool showcase frame cards, but it's a hassle looking up card prices now.
A slight thing that you didnt mention was the code card can tell you if you got a higher rarity. The code cards come in 2 colors. Pure green means you got a regular rare in the pack, but the reverse slot can still have something else. If you get a code card that is green and white like what is shown in the video, your rare is going to be a holo rare or better. Again, this does not effect the reverse holo spot and it doesnt affect the code card pulls on PTCGO as far as im aware.
The green code card have thicker cardstock to offset the lighter weight of the non holo rares. This is to make weighting the packs harder so people can't just use a digital scale on a store and take out all the packs having a holo or higher rarity.
Thank God I'm not the only one. When they first announced I IMMEDIATELY was like "Imagine. I LOST MY V CARD. WHERE IS IT?! I JUST HAD IT!!" like come on lol
Not gonna lie, i thought this wouldve been an excuse to jab at wotc that other tcgs feed into their online game by including a digital booster pack in EVERY booster pack
adding those extra digital booster packs at the end, really costs Pokemon an arm and a leg. It's probably why they are going bankrupt. If only they copied WOTC and screwed customers whenever they got the chance their company might be doing better.
Many Magic the Gathering players ask: Why does Pokemon get all the cool card variants, done correctly & offered in a reasonably way? AND RARES IN THE MIDDLE TO PROTECT THEM!!
I think why Prof hasn't done that is just because he plays both. With Yu-Gi-Oh the conversation lead to both sides learning more about the other but here Prof wouldn't have many questions to ask.
@@MakeVarahHappen That's definitely true, but I believe it would be an interesting episode either way. I feel he plays Magic more so he could still get some insight while being able to offer his own as a (possibly) regular player as well. Honestly I know very little about Pokemon so there may be less to discuss than I realize.
@@bobdole8830 I mean, being aimed at children doesn't mean it can't be complex at higher levels. There's a reason adults like playing it. Yu-Gi-Oh is also aimed at children.
From what I've seen, the secondary market really isn't as big as it is for MtG as they usually try to flood the market when a tournament staple gets too expensive.
Kinda thought the reason was super obvious, to be honest. Putting a card that can sometimes be worth hundreds of dollars at the back of a pack only protected by a thin layer of foil wrapper seems like a terrible idea. Wait PLEASE tell me MTG doesn't leave them at the back.
I would love to see a video about common deck archetypes and what kinds of effects to look for to make them work. In MTG terms, what are the "draft archetypes" and what types do them well? What are the type combos that synergize well, etc.
Do you play Pokémon Prof? Would you consider expanding into box openings or deck techs as you do for Magic? Either way, love the content as always, thanks for doing what you do!
The Amazing Rares literally only just showed up in the last set (which is currently rather hard to get because the print run was unreasonably limited) so it's not that surprising that you wouldn't know about them.
As a former player, pretty high. Almost no commons and uncommons are playable aside from trainers and the odd uncommon, but almost as if the pokemon company knows this, the good uncommons have a lower pull rate (for example max elixir, vs seeker, dark patch from what I know) and since almost all the playable standard decks use mostly ex, hx, and V cards, most of the pack is completely useless. Also, from my experience you get about 6 or 7 per booster box, meaning about 1 in 5 packs for a playable card. On top of this, the best cards out of those ex, gx, and V cards are usualle distributed at a lower rate than the bad ones (for example shaymin ex and tapu lele gx before the tin release) the only good thing I can say about the pokemon tcg is they they release many special tins and boxes giving reprints to more played cards so they are easier to get, but they are usually in a $20 or $25 product containing some packs, which are mostly full of worthless and mostly unplayable cards unless you get lucky. I dont know what they have done, if anything, to change any of these problems over the past 2 years since i quit, but from this video it seems to be the same shenanigans
But alot of kids who collect and play for fun, don't follow the rules and just make whatever kind of decks they feel like. All TCG are the same, if your deck building, buy singles. If your collecting, buy singles. I 100% agree though, these are more addictive then "Scratch Tickets" If you have money or a credit card, and a personality which will cause you to buy more packs than you can afford. Yes these are a super addictive drug. But if your a kid who's parents but you the odd pack, and you trade cards with your friends at school and just mess around, nothing wrong with that. Sorry about the long "Reply" I'm going to bed now Cheers
Note that this guide only applies to regions with yellow-bordered cards (North America, Europe, Australia, South Korea, Malaysia). Grey-bordered regions (Japan, Taiwan, Indonesia, Thailand) have different set name, set symbol, rarity symbol, amount of cards in a pack, and pull rate.
As a collector who started with Base set, then transitioned to MTG in the 00s, I have been shocked by the overall quality of Pokemon cards compared to MTG. "Foil Etched" is a selling point for the new MTG set, but it is a sad treatment next to the foiling on Pokemon cards.
Compare Pokemon cards from the Wizards Era, to the modern Pokemon Company era. I was stunned to learn that there's actually a significant difference in card quality. Wizards used a slightly worse quality of cardboard compared to the nice glossy ones we have now. What's even more confusing, is that Japanese cards from these early sets also used higher quality card stock. I wonder if those early Pokemon cards used the same cardboard as the Magic cards of that era, or did they just use a cheaper cardboard?
So... the actual rarities the Pokémon TCG has now are far, far sillier than anything that the various parodies of card games ever came up with back in the day. I mean... would you have believed somebody who told you back in 1999 that there'd be such a thing as "Rainbow Rare" or "AMAZING RARE" cards? Or would you assume it was in the same category as playground/internet-forum rumors as "Mew is under the truck," "Bill's secret garden," or "beat the Elite Four [arbitrarily large amount] times in a row and you can get Pikablu?"
Didn't used to have too many. Common, rare, super rare, ultra rare, ultimate rare, and secret rare. Though they did add gold rare, I never saw anything besides those when I played like 7 years ago. EDIT: Oh yeah, and Ghost Rare, but that was a very very very rare thing.
one thing that he didnt mention, even for people who dont play the tcgo, the qr code is still useful to them as if you look at the front part of the qr code before you look at what is in ur pack, you may find it odd that sometimes that color is green, and sometimes its white, these actually have a purpose, white means that there is something higher than a basic rare in the pack, while green means that there is only a rare in the pack, kinda helps to not get your hopes up, or may excite you further if you get a white one edit: forgot to mention one thing, this is entirely randomize when you do use the qr online, so even if you got a white card and use the qr code online, you may end up with just a regular rare, but that only applies to online.
I moved from MTG products to Pokemon products in 2020. Liked them as a kid, and dont agree with Wizards greed and price hiked/rushed products like Secret Lairs and ultra-mega-premium-ultimate edition boxes.
It's been a while since I last played, but that 'fairy is retired' took me by surprise. What energy do fairy pokemon use now? I mostly use fairy and psychic pokemon.
All cards linked to the fairy type itself aren't being printed anymore. Fairy Pokémon will now be printed as psychic type instead and there was a bit of a general rebalance to accommodate that. You can still play with your fairy type energy and Pokémon in any formats for which their sets are valid.
Something not covered here, up until Vivid Voltage, you knew if you had a Holo Rare or better in a pack if the PTCGO code was white, this is because the white codes are thinner, balancing the weight of the slightly heavier holo card making packs difficult to weigh, and because the holo rare is in the middle, you cant really rub the packs to see if its a textured Ultra Rare Card either. Inversely a green code meant you got a regular rare in the rare slot because the green code is thicker. there are however exceptions such as holiday sets like Shining Legends, Hidden Fates, and Champion's Path, Which have no booster boxes or consistent pull rates but always come with white codes. Furthermore Vivid Voltage has the new Amazing Rares which can come in a the reverse slot, even if you get a green code, so at least with that set, you still might get something good if the code is green.
I found that out for myself when I purchased a single Vivid Voltage pack from my Walgreens (with a green code card) and pulled an amazing rare Zamazenta.
Can you slip more game recommendations into the mtg videos as well? I'm enjoying these reminders that I can play things other than mtg, especially as more sets come out and wotc doesn't change bad habits
Nice to see you stepping over into other card games from time to time, Prof. Have to admit, I've been out of Pokemon since Sun/Moon ended and boy is that a lot of rarities that take up just the rare slot. It's too bad that opening packs can feel like a real hit or miss depending on whether you open up the higher rarities or not.
9:19 Gee guys, do you think there's enough Charizard cards? :/ But gee Professor, why did they get rid of Fairy types? And what happened to Dragon types? What if I or a friend already has a deck featuring these types, are we no longer allowed to use them?
This only means aren't going to have fairy types for the time being. To simply pokemon types I believe and to make it easier for Pokemon to hit for weakness. They might return in a few years. All this means is that fairy types wouldn't be printed in the near future. This doesn't mean fairy types are banned. You can still use them until they rotate out of the game.
So What Do I Do With These Holo Vmaxes I Have? My Nephew Told Me To Hold Them There’s Alot , I Put Them In A Card Book But Sometimes They Get Tampered With By His Baby Brother.
Ø555Ø Me: How many version are they? Pokemon: Common, Uncommon, Rare...... and MORE. Skyrim: Base game, Legendary, Special, WII U..... and MORE! Maybe PS5 version too.
The Indonesian version has them more convoluted but the rarity are easily coded. C-U-R for Common to Rare. RR for Foil GX/V. RR for Foil VMAX, UR for full art secret rare (non rainbow) and HR for rainbow version. And the booster are much cheaper (but has less cards) here. For 1.2 bucks you get 1 boosterpack. For 20 bucks, the whole buxk which guaranteed at least 1 HR/Ultra Rare and 4 ish Foil GX/V
Pokémon booster packs have just six cards in Brazil. Why such difference? 😱😱 Brazilian Vivid Voltage unboxing: th-cam.com/video/DR56v7LW4rk/w-d-xo.html
Actually, wizards of the coast used to do that ridiculous load of bullshit where rare cards were also foil as well(though the Japanese sets only had holo rares).. This was done in the fossil, jungle and team rocket sets where holo could also come as a non holo.. I just wish they would have odds for the rarer cards.. WOTC was 1 premium every 33 cards(or 1 in 3 packs, you would usually see 12-18 holos in a 36 pack box)..
So... common - basic, uncommon - stage 1, rare - stage 2? Holo rare can be any of common, uncommon and rare, but with holo? Still confused!!! And as I can see, they changed boosters in summer 2023?
Wait...does that mean.... *looks up Groudon I pulled from one of my final packs years ago* I pulled an Ultra Rare! I never understood how the extra special rarities worked, but knew my Groudon star was special. One of my coolest cards! *checks card listing again* ...and apparently it's worth a lot to other people, as well. O.o But I like him. I wonder if I can use him in a Magic deck somehow!
Hey Prof, do you know what the best websites to buy pokemontcg cards are? I frequently use TCG and CardKingdom for mtg, and am just looking for the Pokémon equivalent. Thank you for all your wonderful videos over the years!
I returned to PTCGO, the newest theme decks are pretty good and fun to play, they're a little inconsistent, but learn sequencing is cool. If was not for commander (and my friends not playing pokemon tcg), I would swap Magic to pokemon tcg gladly.... and I like shorts, they're comfy and easy to wear.
Easy: garbage. All the value in Pokemon lies in lottery cards. Normal rares are literally worthless, reverse holos are worthless, foil cards are bulk at best, only the 1 in 6 boosterpack cards are worth a few bucks and the actual expensive ones are 1 in 36 packs and even most of those won't make you brake even. Looking how bad the secondary market for Pokemon is, I fear for the future of magic with all the dumb bling...
I can’t wait until sword and shield is over I desperately want Pokémon to go back to EX cards no more GX cards and V/VMAX cards. Also bring back gold stars ⭐️ or mega Pokémon evolutions
you can homebrew some stuff thats fun. i have a full playset of everything from phantom force to lost thunder and have multiple playsets of all meta/decent supporters and items so we have a multiplayer almost draft where you make your deck and grab the energy/special energy you need (all cards are in the same sleeve so its just make it and play) and then do a free for all with up to 4 people. We also have a pre draft ban so if anyone struggles super badly against something or thinks something is too strong they can ban a certain pokemon from being played.
They did back in the EX(small ex) and Pearl era, but it wasn't very popular. You can find info about it below. You could modify it to match the modern era if you want to. jklaczpokemon.wordpress.com/ex-decks/
Physical booster pack contains code to redeem an electronic booster in an online client of the card game?! Rares and foils are sandwiched between cards to be in the middle of the pack for protection?! Never knew such great ideas could come from a trading card game company! (Seriously though, WotC step the fuck up...)
I don't know if you'll ever do this Professor, but would like to see game play from Pokemon or Magic. You might need a bigger budget though. I don't know. If it isn't an inconvenience, then maybe?
I might be over the line a bit, but I think that this here is a missed opportunity to both start the video with a "Galarian Community College" logo and to wear a lab coat - after all you're The Professor, and most - if not all - professors in the world of Pokemon wear their lab coats. :P
Now I just have this giddy image of Prof trying to explain the rarities in a Yugioh pack.
Ikr? That would be like 45 min alone just doing the rarities
@@xSkye629x You could say the same about all of the different promos, foils and frames over Magic's history.
That would feel like a podcast episode with how many rarities they have
Yugi rarities be like:
Rare
Super rare
Ultra rare
Secret rare
Ultimate rare
Ghost rare
...
Gold rare
Secret gold rare
The other gold rare
The other other gold rare
Gold rare but darker
Gold rare but 3d
...
...
The very shiny and most expensive one but we forgot to name until after release
Over Magic's history? No, that shit is new. Sure, there's always been random promos like judge promos, player rewards cards, a few came with books or comics. However, what came in packs was simple. Commons, Uncommons, Rares, and Mythics, sometimes you get a foil. I hate how complicated it's gotten. Every set has like three different versions of every card. There's been some really cool showcase frame cards, but it's a hassle looking up card prices now.
"we know what the rarities are." All viewers say to themselves. "No we don't, I am so confused."
Imagine if MTG had the print quality of pokemon, textured rares for commander? that don't bend overtime??
Pokemon's is better, but not by as much as you might think.
Etched foils from Commander Legends
A slight thing that you didnt mention was the code card can tell you if you got a higher rarity.
The code cards come in 2 colors. Pure green means you got a regular rare in the pack, but the reverse slot can still have something else. If you get a code card that is green and white like what is shown in the video, your rare is going to be a holo rare or better. Again, this does not effect the reverse holo spot and it doesnt affect the code card pulls on PTCGO as far as im aware.
The green code card have thicker cardstock to offset the lighter weight of the non holo rares. This is to make weighting the packs harder so people can't just use a digital scale on a store and take out all the packs having a holo or higher rarity.
Really wish magic was as liberal with rare cards and online codes as the PTCG is.
a tcg that doesn't gate full art foils into $15+ premium packs?!
Prof, please use Bulbasaur on the next pokemon video, he's way more adorable than Charmander.
Many magic the gathering players ask the question, what is a rainbow rare?
If this isn’t a joke, I can tell ya real quick
Edit: nvm
@@DylanCEdh it is a joke and I know what it is.
A box topper?
Gold. bahahah!
Is that like foil etched or something?
Even after all this time I still feel weird saying "V Card"
Generally, you can call it a "Pokemon V"
e.g. "I opened 2 Pokemon V"
lol
Thank God I'm not the only one. When they first announced I IMMEDIATELY was like "Imagine. I LOST MY V CARD. WHERE IS IT?! I JUST HAD IT!!" like come on lol
“Dude I have 3 V cards!” 😂
"Redeem online for a digital pack" now doesn't that sound nice
Huh?
Not gonna lie, i thought this wouldve been an excuse to jab at wotc that other tcgs feed into their online game by including a digital booster pack in EVERY booster pack
Less an excuse, more of a reason
adding those extra digital booster packs at the end, really costs Pokemon an arm and a leg.
It's probably why they are going bankrupt.
If only they copied WOTC and screwed customers whenever they got the chance their company might be doing better.
@@CaptainJackedPickle Pokémon going bankrupt?😂😂😂😂😂where did you here that from?
Professor subtly telling us to play something else while Magic is in chaos.
I'm waiting for the Digimon TCG myself
He did it before with his great video about Legends of Runeterra (which is the game I went to after I got tired of Arena's BS)
Same. For now I play the Digimon video games
Honestly this video makes Pokemon sound much more confusing and chaotic
@@FPRobber not really. He just explained the many types of rare type cards in pokemon.
@@FPRobber In the end, the rarity doesn't matter as long as you just get the cards you want.
Meanwhile, MtG has Rares, Mythic Rares, Foil Rares, Curled Foil Rare and everyone's favorite - the Curled Foil Mythic Rare.
I once had a friend claim to have opened a Reverse Curled Foil Mythic Rare.
So this is why we got 50 versions of Teferi?
Many Magic the Gathering players ask: Why does Pokemon get all the cool card variants, done correctly & offered in a reasonably way? AND RARES IN THE MIDDLE TO PROTECT THEM!!
Idea for an Untitled Podcast episode: get a big Pokemon TH-camr on to talk about the differences between it and Magic, like the episode with Yugioh
I think why Prof hasn't done that is just because he plays both. With Yu-Gi-Oh the conversation lead to both sides learning more about the other but here Prof wouldn't have many questions to ask.
@@MakeVarahHappen That's definitely true, but I believe it would be an interesting episode either way. I feel he plays Magic more so he could still get some insight while being able to offer his own as a (possibly) regular player as well. Honestly I know very little about Pokemon so there may be less to discuss than I realize.
even if the yugioh episode didnt cover things in deph a still would like a pokemon episode.
@@MakeVarahHappen also there isn't much to ask, Pokemon is a really simplistic game aimed at young children
@@bobdole8830 I mean, being aimed at children doesn't mean it can't be complex at higher levels. There's a reason adults like playing it. Yu-Gi-Oh is also aimed at children.
Was anyone else fully expecting Prof to say something like “But you don’t need to know this, just buy singles!” at the end of the pack?
Yeah, let some other idiot buy the pack and waste their money.
From what I've seen, the secondary market really isn't as big as it is for MtG as they usually try to flood the market when a tournament staple gets too expensive.
You gain the online pack as well, making buying Pokémon packs more sensible than buying mtg packs.
The reason the rare is in the middle of the pack was fascinating to learn.
i thought the same thing i always thought it was odd they wernt at the back and now i know theres an actual reason for it
Kinda thought the reason was super obvious, to be honest. Putting a card that can sometimes be worth hundreds of dollars at the back of a pack only protected by a thin layer of foil wrapper seems like a terrible idea.
Wait PLEASE tell me MTG doesn't leave them at the back.
I always thought it was to prevent people from easily just removing it from a pack by grabbing the last card in there
@@CaptainScarLeg there's 1-2 cards behind it
Yeah ikr, it’s a pretty obvious reason that flew over my head completely
I would love to see a video about common deck archetypes and what kinds of effects to look for to make them work. In MTG terms, what are the "draft archetypes" and what types do them well? What are the type combos that synergize well, etc.
Do you play Pokémon Prof? Would you consider expanding into box openings or deck techs as you do for Magic? Either way, love the content as always, thanks for doing what you do!
Excellent summary! I didn't know about the Amazing Rares. Btw the card trick changes in older sets, mostly due to the missing energy card.
The Amazing Rares literally only just showed up in the last set (which is currently rather hard to get because the print run was unreasonably limited) so it's not that surprising that you wouldn't know about them.
So how high is this on the EXPLOITOMETER Prof?
As a former player, pretty high. Almost no commons and uncommons are playable aside from trainers and the odd uncommon, but almost as if the pokemon company knows this, the good uncommons have a lower pull rate (for example max elixir, vs seeker, dark patch from what I know) and since almost all the playable standard decks use mostly ex, hx, and V cards, most of the pack is completely useless. Also, from my experience you get about 6 or 7 per booster box, meaning about 1 in 5 packs for a playable card. On top of this, the best cards out of those ex, gx, and V cards are usualle distributed at a lower rate than the bad ones (for example shaymin ex and tapu lele gx before the tin release) the only good thing I can say about the pokemon tcg is they they release many special tins and boxes giving reprints to more played cards so they are easier to get, but they are usually in a $20 or $25 product containing some packs, which are mostly full of worthless and mostly unplayable cards unless you get lucky. I dont know what they have done, if anything, to change any of these problems over the past 2 years since i quit, but from this video it seems to be the same shenanigans
But alot of kids who collect and play for fun, don't follow the rules and just make whatever kind of decks they feel like.
All TCG are the same, if your deck building, buy singles.
If your collecting, buy singles.
I 100% agree though, these are more addictive then "Scratch Tickets"
If you have money or a credit card, and a personality which will cause you to buy more packs than you can afford.
Yes these are a super addictive drug.
But if your a kid who's parents but you the odd pack, and you trade cards with your friends at school and just mess around, nothing wrong with that.
Sorry about the long "Reply" I'm going to bed now
Cheers
Thank you for the plethora of videos Professor! Looking forward to this one!
Fellow MTG and Pokemon enthusiast.
Hope you enjoy it!
It was great, professor, as always!
Thank you for the entertainment and knowledge shared in these trying times! :)
Note that this guide only applies to regions with yellow-bordered cards (North America, Europe, Australia, South Korea, Malaysia). Grey-bordered regions (Japan, Taiwan, Indonesia, Thailand) have different set name, set symbol, rarity symbol, amount of cards in a pack, and pull rate.
South America is also yellow bordered
Many magic the gathering players ask the question: why am i watching a pokemon video?
Tbh I could use a video like this for MTG lately...
As a collector who started with Base set, then transitioned to MTG in the 00s, I have been shocked by the overall quality of Pokemon cards compared to MTG. "Foil Etched" is a selling point for the new MTG set, but it is a sad treatment next to the foiling on Pokemon cards.
Compare Pokemon cards from the Wizards Era, to the modern Pokemon Company era. I was stunned to learn that there's actually a significant difference in card quality. Wizards used a slightly worse quality of cardboard compared to the nice glossy ones we have now. What's even more confusing, is that Japanese cards from these early sets also used higher quality card stock. I wonder if those early Pokemon cards used the same cardboard as the Magic cards of that era, or did they just use a cheaper cardboard?
This reminds me of when I was first learning about all the new rarities when I got into the game with Ultra Prism.
So... the actual rarities the Pokémon TCG has now are far, far sillier than anything that the various parodies of card games ever came up with back in the day.
I mean... would you have believed somebody who told you back in 1999 that there'd be such a thing as "Rainbow Rare" or "AMAZING RARE" cards? Or would you assume it was in the same category as playground/internet-forum rumors as "Mew is under the truck," "Bill's secret garden," or "beat the Elite Four [arbitrarily large amount] times in a row and you can get Pikablu?"
Many magic the gathering players ask the question: how come Pokémon foils look ten times better than magic foils and do not curl like cinnamon sticks?
If you want a lot of rarities, look at Yu-Gi-Oh
Didn't used to have too many. Common, rare, super rare, ultra rare, ultimate rare, and secret rare. Though they did add gold rare, I never saw anything besides those when I played like 7 years ago. EDIT: Oh yeah, and Ghost Rare, but that was a very very very rare thing.
@@NecromancyForKids there are also prismatic secret rare, gold premium, also a silver-looking rarity only avaliable on the NKRT deck...
Great to see you expanding your content range.
one thing that he didnt mention, even for people who dont play the tcgo, the qr code is still useful to them as if you look at the front part of the qr code before you look at what is in ur pack, you may find it odd that sometimes that color is green, and sometimes its white, these actually have a purpose, white means that there is something higher than a basic rare in the pack, while green means that there is only a rare in the pack, kinda helps to not get your hopes up, or may excite you further if you get a white one
edit: forgot to mention one thing, this is entirely randomize when you do use the qr online, so even if you got a white card and use the qr code online, you may end up with just a regular rare, but that only applies to online.
I moved from MTG products to Pokemon products in 2020. Liked them as a kid, and dont agree with Wizards greed and price hiked/rushed products like Secret Lairs and ultra-mega-premium-ultimate edition boxes.
Professor, have you check out the Digimon TCG game? it's gonna come out this Friday 11/27. They also put a tutorial app on either Ios/Android store.
Me: Sweet prof uploaded a new video!
Me: *watches and has no idea about pokemon TCG* Cool!
It's not hard to figure it out
Maxmoefoe "and I took that personally"
Please explain the rarity of a magic the gathering cards and booster packs
Great video! Pokemon certainly has a ton of rares lol.
Ah, rainbow rares, wotc wishes they could harvest this rare.
It's been a while since I last played, but that 'fairy is retired' took me by surprise. What energy do fairy pokemon use now? I mostly use fairy and psychic pokemon.
All cards linked to the fairy type itself aren't being printed anymore. Fairy Pokémon will now be printed as psychic type instead and there was a bit of a general rebalance to accommodate that.
You can still play with your fairy type energy and Pokémon in any formats for which their sets are valid.
Something not covered here, up until Vivid Voltage, you knew if you had a Holo Rare or better in a pack if the PTCGO code was white, this is because the white codes are thinner, balancing the weight of the slightly heavier holo card making packs difficult to weigh, and because the holo rare is in the middle, you cant really rub the packs to see if its a textured Ultra Rare Card either. Inversely a green code meant you got a regular rare in the rare slot because the green code is thicker.
there are however exceptions such as holiday sets like Shining Legends, Hidden Fates, and Champion's Path, Which have no booster boxes or consistent pull rates but always come with white codes. Furthermore Vivid Voltage has the new Amazing Rares which can come in a the reverse slot, even if you get a green code, so at least with that set, you still might get something good if the code is green.
I found that out for myself when I purchased a single Vivid Voltage pack from my Walgreens (with a green code card) and pulled an amazing rare Zamazenta.
I love how you're dressed! From an art teacher..
Suddenly and quite by accident I now own a few Pokémon cards, this has helped / confused immeasurably.
As a pokemon card and magic collector, MaxMoeFoePokemon is my go to pokemon guy. Watching him open his packs of pokemon cards are pretty entertaining.
Many magic the gathering players ask the question: What tcg won’t completely advantage of me?
Can you slip more game recommendations into the mtg videos as well? I'm enjoying these reminders that I can play things other than mtg, especially as more sets come out and wotc doesn't change bad habits
I wanna go back to four rarities now. I'll never complain about a chase mythic again.
Nice to see you stepping over into other card games from time to time, Prof. Have to admit, I've been out of Pokemon since Sun/Moon ended and boy is that a lot of rarities that take up just the rare slot. It's too bad that opening packs can feel like a real hit or miss depending on whether you open up the higher rarities or not.
9:19 Gee guys, do you think there's enough Charizard cards? :/
But gee Professor, why did they get rid of Fairy types? And what happened to Dragon types? What if I or a friend already has a deck featuring these types, are we no longer allowed to use them?
This only means aren't going to have fairy types for the time being. To simply pokemon types I believe and to make it easier for Pokemon to hit for weakness. They might return in a few years. All this means is that fairy types wouldn't be printed in the near future. This doesn't mean fairy types are banned. You can still use them until they rotate out of the game.
@@Rixizu Thanks! Does that apply to Dragon types too?
love that gay pride Nessa
Or the tree elf nissa
This was a highly informative video especially for someone just figuring out all the things for Pokémon pack openings. Thank you!
Thanks really helped me out 👍
I had no idea they retired Fairy type!
I have opened tons of packs, but you really go all out in this video and hit it all. Amazing job!
Good explanation, but I could have done without the déjà vu
I think you misplaced the 1:00 explanation which also comes at 4:55
Thank you professor! I swear you can read my mind, I was just about to look up this question and thought I better check with the prof. First!
Love the rarity explanation. Escpecially with how many rarities we have in Magic anymore. Pokemon keeps it simple.
So What Do I Do With These Holo Vmaxes I Have? My Nephew Told Me To Hold Them There’s Alot , I Put Them In A Card Book But Sometimes They Get Tampered With By His Baby Brother.
really like the way u say 'Pokemon' professor
Very awesome and a very well put together video. Very informative. Thanks for the awesome video!
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Me: How many version are they?
Pokemon: Common, Uncommon, Rare...... and MORE.
Skyrim: Base game, Legendary, Special, WII U..... and MORE! Maybe PS5 version too.
The Indonesian version has them more convoluted but the rarity are easily coded. C-U-R for Common to Rare. RR for Foil GX/V. RR for Foil VMAX, UR for full art secret rare (non rainbow) and HR for rainbow version. And the booster are much cheaper (but has less cards) here. For 1.2 bucks you get 1 boosterpack. For 20 bucks, the whole buxk which guaranteed at least 1 HR/Ultra Rare and 4 ish Foil GX/V
Thanks for the video. You should do one of these for yu-gi-oh with Paul from APS.
Pokémon booster packs have just six cards in Brazil. Why such difference? 😱😱
Brazilian Vivid Voltage unboxing:
th-cam.com/video/DR56v7LW4rk/w-d-xo.html
Actually, wizards of the coast used to do that ridiculous load of bullshit where rare cards were also foil as well(though the Japanese sets only had holo rares).. This was done in the fossil, jungle and team rocket sets where holo could also come as a non holo.. I just wish they would have odds for the rarer cards.. WOTC was 1 premium every 33 cards(or 1 in 3 packs, you would usually see 12-18 holos in a 36 pack box)..
*Let your kids play with magic...not just any magic but BLACK MAGIC!!!* HOW SMART IS THAT!!!???!!!
So... common - basic, uncommon - stage 1, rare - stage 2? Holo rare can be any of common, uncommon and rare, but with holo? Still confused!!! And as I can see, they changed boosters in summer 2023?
Wait...does that mean....
*looks up Groudon I pulled from one of my final packs years ago*
I pulled an Ultra Rare! I never understood how the extra special rarities worked, but knew my Groudon star was special. One of my coolest cards!
*checks card listing again*
...and apparently it's worth a lot to other people, as well. O.o
But I like him. I wonder if I can use him in a Magic deck somehow!
Hey Prof, do you know what the best websites to buy pokemontcg cards are? I frequently use TCG and CardKingdom for mtg, and am just looking for the Pokémon equivalent. Thank you for all your wonderful videos over the years!
I returned to PTCGO, the newest theme decks are pretty good and fun to play, they're a little inconsistent, but learn sequencing is cool. If was not for commander (and my friends not playing pokemon tcg), I would swap Magic to pokemon tcg gladly.... and I like shorts, they're comfy and easy to wear.
Easy: garbage. All the value in Pokemon lies in lottery cards. Normal rares are literally worthless, reverse holos are worthless, foil cards are bulk at best, only the 1 in 6 boosterpack cards are worth a few bucks and the actual expensive ones are 1 in 36 packs and even most of those won't make you brake even. Looking how bad the secondary market for Pokemon is, I fear for the future of magic with all the dumb bling...
I can’t wait until sword and shield is over I desperately want Pokémon to go back to EX cards no more GX cards and V/VMAX cards.
Also bring back gold stars ⭐️ or mega Pokémon evolutions
My problem with Pokemon is that it doesn’t have a good multiplayer format :c
you can homebrew some stuff thats fun. i have a full playset of everything from phantom force to lost thunder and have multiple playsets of all meta/decent supporters and items so we have a multiplayer almost draft where you make your deck and grab the energy/special energy you need (all cards are in the same sleeve so its just make it and play) and then do a free for all with up to 4 people. We also have a pre draft ban so if anyone struggles super badly against something or thinks something is too strong they can ban a certain pokemon from being played.
They did back in the EX(small ex) and Pearl era, but it wasn't very popular. You can find info about it below. You could modify it to match the modern era if you want to.
jklaczpokemon.wordpress.com/ex-decks/
Physical booster pack contains code to redeem an electronic booster in an online client of the card game?!
Rares and foils are sandwiched between cards to be in the middle of the pack for protection?!
Never knew such great ideas could come from a trading card game company!
(Seriously though, WotC step the fuck up...)
Keep the Pokemon TCG content coming, please!
I don't know if you'll ever do this Professor, but would like to see game play from Pokemon or Magic. You might need a bigger budget though. I don't know. If it isn't an inconvenience, then maybe?
I hope you do the digimon tcg at some point. It would be an interesting video to watch
I might be over the line a bit, but I think that this here is a missed opportunity to both start the video with a "Galarian Community College" logo and to wear a lab coat - after all you're The Professor, and most - if not all - professors in the world of Pokemon wear their lab coats. :P
In my humble experience, it’s 1/4 packs having a holo rare and every 10the pack a full art something, maybe I’m just unlucky
Many magic the gathering players ask the question, Why we dont have Rainbow Rare Jace, The Mind Sculptor?
I havent collected pokemon carda in a while, there are EX, GX, V, Vmax, break. Is there any other type im missing?
Thank you, my nephew is crazy about Pokemon and this has helped me understand what to look out for
yay more pokemon. can you talk about how to qualify for worlds and Pokemon Play! points
Jeez this is complicated as fuck. Glad magic keeps it simple (though they're trending away from that :/)
what the heck is going on...
oh yeah, artificial price inflation and money making but not in video games for once but in real life. thanks capitalism
Any chance for a Pokemon Battle Academy review, thinking about picking it up for the kids.
It's like watching Yu-Gi-Oh explaination video but I actually understand this
well imagine what is going in a new collector's head: I... I... I think I would just stick to Digimon.
Have I got this right? Some rares you can only find if you buy boxes and not just booster packs?
Character cards are just SR 1 prize cards from Cosmic Eclipse. I got 4 SR wishiwashi.
Honestly you'll be lucky if you pull any 2 foils :/ or anything playeble for a deck you wanna build or just a pokemon you like
8:18 You mean "change the order of cards, so the content made for TH-cam is longer and thus better for the algorithm and monetization".
Curse the charazard fan Boys. Its annoying how any set with charizard sells out & usually increases in price
Before watching this video this ad played about something helping grow your balls
A rainbow where is a any Pokémon card that is rainbow and it that’s probably full art that’s what it is
One tends to forget pokemon players also have problems. I didn't understand shit about these rarities.
13 Mins of Pure Shadows Super Rare Awesomeness!
Gotta love that here in Brazil the card packs come with 6 instead of 11 cards... 😠
Hiiii i wanted to know what we should do with booster pack cards. Can we add them to our tcg cards please bro reply