A rarely mentioned topic on our site is the TCG-side of Pokémon, but I think it’s more than worth talking about occasionally. Pokémon recently announced details about the English release of the X&Y TCG expansion which will be coming on February 5, 2014. Fairy-type has been added to the cards, as well as a new Mega Pokémon mechanic.
Personally, I’ve always been more of a “collector” type when it comes to the Pokémon TCG. My three sisters never had any interest in battling when I was younger so even if I had made a competitive deck there wouldn’t have been any way for me to test it out. Luckily, children growing up in this online era have the Pokémon TCG Online game in case they have no interested siblings or nearby events. I don’t have much time for it, but I do really enjoy the TCGO game so if you haven’t checked it out I recommend that you do!
Looking forward to reading the comments about what you’re doing TCG-wise right now 🙂
<3 pokejungle
ps- After I wake up (almost 11PM in Tokyo right now… I’m sick and tired) I plan to post an article about… POKEMON Z. Can’t wait to hear your thoughts!
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Ok guys here’s the thing: i got 2 Strikes from trying to get the Tyranitarite so Plzz can 1
of you can trade me anything for a Tyranitarite for my Gyarados which
is at lvl 100 and has a high Attack.
You’re not making any sense lol
Gyarados’s Atk is at 321.
Ok whatever, I dont care about Gyrados, what is it you want?
Btw 321 isn’t as good as you think…
so you got two strikes for trying to request a trade for tyranitarite? so to remedy this, you decided to request a trade for tyranitarite? this makes no goddamn sense at all
Ikr
2 strikes? o.o what do you mean by that?
Are you in some kind of rush?
Yes,yes i am.
Do you want a T-tar mega stone?
Yes:)
Sorry But I need Mine :'(
T-T
Earthen, Im ready for the pokemon I wanted
Did you guys see the shiny update…
HOW COME I CAN’T FIND A SHINY USING MASUDA METHOD!!!!! UGGGGHHHH
What update?
Serebii- As of Pokémon X & Y, it is a 1 in 4,096 chance of finding a shiny Pokémon.
Serebii-However, in Generation V, it is boosted even further from 1 in 8,192 to 1 in 1,365.3. Generation VI has increased the likelihood even further, with the rate being reduced even further.
No he meant that there is MORE CHANCES to get a Shiny
What do you mean?
are you talking about the trading method based on masuda?
So i am talking about the masuda method by breeding
I think so. I found a video that explain how to get shiny pokemons for sure 100%. but I havent try it yet. I do not even know if I will.
basically, you get a number and you make it mach with the pokemon number by trading the egg with the person with the same number, then that person hatches the egg and gets a shiny for sure.
you watch verlisify too!?
no, i think it was other guy on youtube. but is the same things i guess.
oh ok, I guess someone else on youtube was gonna figure it out too
yes, and what do you think about it?
interesting, im not a shiny hunter myself but im glad they’re trying to make shiny hunting less tedious for those who do
me too. I am not in to collect every shyni, but I would like to have one or two of my favorite pokemon.
I don’t get it?
do you know if I am alloud to post links to videos here?
if so, I will post it.
Yea you can
ok, i do not remember witch video i watch. I found this other one thanks to FairlyPsychc
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tA4Z0vBZwUI&feature=c4-overview&list=UUKOnM_lSgM8vlw9MTM2J7Hw
So, what do you think?
Junichi Masuda hate us
its that time! “Let your mind Exel!” heres today’s question: that first playthrough of a region… nothing quite beats the experience with that first team! tell me, which game had your favorite first playhtrough team, and what was the team?
Emerald because that game is the first game that a new how to read easily, so i actually understood a story, plus the pokemon were cool
as much as I was disappointed in Black, it had my favorite first team! they were monsters!
Serperior
Conkledurr
Swanna
Chandelure
Excadrill
Reuniclus
Pokemon Emerald, ahh first game, first team
Sceptile, Shiftry, Banette, Walrein, Solrock, Absol
3 of my favorite hoenn pokemon… sceptile banette and walrein, you sure know how its done!
I kinda just picked whatever looked cool to me (sadly masquerain, milotic, and mawile weren’t very available options at the time)
I know, poor masquerain, really wanted one for my mono bug run, but it didn’t turn out that way!
he’s definitely going on one of the teams I make, perhaps an entire team of baton passers 😀
I want to try it, but i had emerald…
Black got me back to the game so I had samurott,chandelure,elecktross,zoroark,haxurous,bisharp
I never did get that zoroark, so I used reuniclus instead. not a bad trade, but I feel zoroark woulda been better, that’s what I originally wanted!
Emerald team was
Sceptile
Gardevoir
Swellow
Hariyama
Aggron
Absol
I went though that game with that exact team before!
😀 we think a like
my swallow was shiny, it woulda been pelliper otherwise! :3
Lucky you had a shiny like Winona from the anime
its great how the anime really shows how rare shinies really are. heck, ash still only has one! maybe he’ll get another this gen. but I still hate him.
Ash is just really annoying.
OMG Winona has a RAYQUAZA in PWT
Black 2 Probably, even though I somehow couldn’t like the game as much as I expected to like it, probably because of the same region again…
Team was:
Excadrill
Samurott
Crobat
Lucario
Ampharos
Darmanitan
Yes! Finally the TCG gets some appreciation! Anyway, I went to the Legendary Treasures prerelease and got a Full Art Meloetta EX, the Full Art Secret Rare Radiant Collection Reshiram, and a White Kyurem EX. I have 23 EXs, 7 Secret rares, 2 full Legends, Full Art Reshiram and Zekrom, 10 Lv.Xs, 7 Primes, 5 Arceus, 5 AceSpec, and a Mow Rotom.
I really want to collect these cards… pokemon cards are so beautiful compared to other cards
I suggest starting with Legendary Treasures. You get at least 1 Ultra Rare for every 5 packs you open.
is that a b/w? I wanted to get boxes of the region base sets, I really enjoyed the artwork of diamond and pearl base set, heartgold and soulsilver base set, and black and white base set. (I could have completely gotten the names of these wrong.)
Yeah, it’s BW. It’s the newest yet. The Reshiram that’s the picture for this article is the art for one of the packs.
I really don’t see the appeal to shofu, he’s good at pokemon, there’s no denying that, but so are a lot of poketubers, he doesn’t really bring anything new to the table.
This is genius.
Shiny Beldum, why you hate me so much?
:OOOO DON’T KILL EITT!!
(You probably already know that XD) How many Pokeballs do you have left? I’ll give you a Capture Power!
I’m using masuda method, i have 3 boxes full of beldum and no shiny
Lol
HAHAHAHAHA, i used Masuda Method for Shiny Noibat boxes 6-30, but everyone seems to have better luck than me good luck
i spent 6 months trying to get a shiny trapinch in pokemon white
I did that to, but for a shiny tepig
Oh wow, I failed big time XD
Feels so weird going back to 2D
I just got my event shiny Giratina lol
sooo what did i miss
Im ready to trade
I need a break from being sucked into Nigel Thornberry Videos
Lol WTF
once you start…YOU CAN’T STOP!
the X button was made for a reason 🙂
LOLOLOL
I can’t more my arm, it’s frozen in fear!
nothing, really, I think the chat died when I came XD
Hate dead chats lol
I was wondering, who else is trying to complete the national pokedex?
I allready complete the kalos pokedex, and I feel impossible to complete the national one.
national isn’t possible to complete right now, until pokemon bank comes out, I don’t exactly feel motivated to catch all 719 pokemon anyway
I haven´t try to complete any pokedex before, but I got excited with this one. but when I think about the national one I feel frustrated, I think I want´to be able to completed in a long time.
I honestly really want to complete the national in this game for the first time. I’m up for the challenge.
If I success, it will be my first time too. but I feel almost impossible to do it…
I’m just gonna transfer most from my black 2 when pokemon bank comes out, because I have almost all of the pokemon in that game lol
that is great. you have more chances than i do.
I will have to trade most of them. I do not have a black or white vertion.
I own a soul silver vertion. and I have played the others but I do not have them any more 🙁
That sucks… Just try to GTS when Pokemon Bank comes out!
PWT leaders are hackers, Fantina has a Giratina-O without a Griseous Orb…
ok i’m ready!
so what are you going to trade me?
Do you strictly want something?
I’ll take whatever but tell me if you have anything i’d like
(what i’m really hunting is a Thick Fat Piloswine
Ok I’ll check for any grounds
Palpitoad?
Sweet i’ve been looking a Palpitoad
Its from your safari 😛
Really?
I thought i gave Phanpys, Dugtrios and Gastrodons?
Oh no not yours, maybe it was some other ground safari :/
Too many friends firstworldproblems :/
I have some thick fat swinub if you want
O_O finally!
the long search is over
Good lol, your ign is Ian right?
Ign?
In-Game-Name
my in game name is my name
IAN
Btw Do you have one w/ Poison Heal?
No i don’t sorry to say, was kinda hard to flush a good one out…
i’ll see if i can kind something of value
No, its ok, btw were they from Friend safari?
i don’t even think you can get Gligars from safari
WUT? :O, then where did ya get em from?
I just found one in the wild and bred them until i good the right nature and ability
Now I’m 1 step closer to becoming Ash Ketchum…
care to explain?
Gliscor lol
A step closer to never age never beat the elite four and have al level 100 pikachu easily beaten by a level 1 magikarp?
XDDDD
Ugh. Monday.
Ugh vacations
ugh. Braggers.
The evilest of weekdays
And most un-isparational and depressing.
the day committed to make fun of jamaican accents
WTF man
Wut?
MONday
Oh. XD
Witch one is better, Moltres, Articuno or Zapdos?
Zapdos by far…
ARTICUNO NUMBER ONE
#TEAMARCTICUNO!
#ARTICUNONUMEROUNO
Stealth rocks
Reasons Why Zapdos(For Special Sweeper)
1: Highest Sp.Atk of the trio(Tied w/ Moltres
2: Fastest of the trio
3: No 4x Rock Weakness
Looking at the 3ds screen from a few feet away, wich makes the color funny. I thought someone had Wonder Traded me a shiny Ditto. I jump forward. Nope. Life is cruel.
idk youtubers are asholes, there are some spanish ones who just bring s*it onto good videogames (Like Pokemon x and y) and get so many likes…
You mean youtubers in general? Cuz I’m starting a pokemon one, so that kinda hurt . .
No, you’re cool, its the newer ones that are the best actually 🙂
Well thanks! It’s places like these that inspire me and let me know people might actually care the slightest bit. 🙂 Even though I’m younger than most here, and my voice hasn’t even started maturing yet, I can talk the right way for videos if I try.
Its ok, many people like JWittz started out young, you should be fine too!
He was my inspiration to start. I’ve always wondered, how young did he start?
Around 14-16 I think, that’s probably what he said in his Draw my Life Video…
Well then, I’m getting my start even earlier than him.
Please don’t tell me you’re under 10…
Nah, man.
Lol you’re cool now XD
I’ve always been pretty cool. I live in snowpoint. XD
Some*
YouTube allows jackoffs like ShaneDawson, Smosh, Tobuscus, iJustine, and Onision to make loads of cash off of being even bigger wastes of space than they already were
But those are my favorite youtubers lol. Except Onision.
well, here’s a wakeup call, ShaneDawson panders to his preteen audience by putting false thumbnails (usually ones with boobs or a hot chick) and by acting like he cares what his audience thinks to make sure his always most talked about. Smosh already showed signs of money whorism when they made their gaming channel at the exact same time when gaming channels started to peak in popularity but when they exploited charity foundations to cover up there scam iPhone game, I instantly hated these asses. Tobuscus is basically the youtube love child of RayWilliamJohnson and iJustine. iJustine has 5-6 channels that are not funny, informational, or even remotely good, also she exploits off of tragedy which I absolutely have no respect for. I don’t think I need to explain why Onision sucks.
Who the F does Shane think he is?
apparently, a youtube sensation that should be hailed by everyone
He’s freaking disgusting…
People have different opinions. I just watch them because I don’t have anything better to do lol.
P.S.: THAT WAS DEEP LIKE DANG
wow is that true @ smosh? i had a feeling but.. wow o.o major fail ._.
people like markiplier seems very truthful and honest though. you should see him xD his voice, i swear, sounds like it came from a commercial LOL
yes, as soon as people started to notice how scammy their iphone game was (the campaign used gave the money to smosh whether or not the goal was reached which means once you donate, no refunds) they made a second video saying they would donate any of the remaining money to charity, they basically used charity organizations to keep them from not looking like shameless assholes
I used to be subscribed to all of Toby’s channels, but I unsubscribed because of all the stupid stuff he posts now. Even on his gaming channel all he plays is Happy Wheels and Minecraft over and over and over
LOL it’s funny because im sub’d to all of those except ijustine … eh, im bored on youtube, anything can amuse me D:
but there are some good game youtubers, like game grumps, videogamedunkey, and penguinz0 <3 [and more but those are my fav]
Me and my friends are making a gaming channel together called the bugles (idk why)
awesome! do you have a link to the acc or any vids up? o:
They have about 2 minecraft ones, but I’m not in them yet. Do you want a link?
sure id still like a link so i could sub c:
Cool! were not popular yet though. Sorry though its got the same error code as pipaleax said. Just look up this exact thing one youtube: TheBuglesGaming
aw xD alright ill search
Nice you like Minecraft too!
same c:!
Minecraft is amazing! But pixelmon is better!
I’ve tried Pixelmon, But I’m gonna stick with feed the beast for now…
I hate when youtubers make false statements about pokemon, like their moves and what they are. I honestly scream at my phone when that happens thinking they can hear me.
It all started one day when a neighborhood friend appeared and showed me a Pokemon card. I was baffled by all of these different creatures! So baffled that I persuaded my dad to take me to Walmart to buy my first Pokemon Cards. Before that, my friend gave me my first official Pokemon Card. An Unown J (as shown in one of the pictures below). Inside of that tin mentioned earlier I found an Infernape Lv. X, Charizard (Electric/Steel), etc. My friend was interested in that Infernape Lv. X and he got it. I knew he took it. He invented lies like “Oh my cousin has it and he broke it.” Didn’t believe a single word. He didn’t want to budge so I had to resort to calling my dad so I could get it back. Turns out, it was indeed in his possession. Lets just say he wasn’t a good role model. Eventually, he moved away and I haven’t seen him since.
Anyway, thanks to him, I slowly started collecting cards and all of a sudden, I found out about the games. Pokemon Diamond/Pearl was out at the time and was the only one left used at GameStop. Pokemon Pearl was my first Pokemon game ever and I have been hooked ever since. Here are the best cards I have at the moment and the rest not shown (a ton) is behind all of those good cards and in tins.
http://imgur.com/YjJh5fg
http://imgur.com/jL90zAF
http://imgur.com/DXnwgZx
http://imgur.com/wiuguiz
http://imgur.com/eiHoKq8
http://imgur.com/nVY86l1
http://imgur.com/LgB9iuy
neat
And to think i only have 3 cards
When you have been collecting since 2007, you gather up a lot XD
IN MA COUNTRY THEY DONT SELL EM
Oh : How about Amazon?
I got a suitcase and giant sandwich baggies filled with doubles
That was a very nice story 🙂 well besides the part of getting your card taken that sucks
Just tell me when you’re ready @Earthen Warrior
and your name is…
Muhammad
i don’t think i actually have you…
4038-5998-9262
We’re acquaintances, so i will add you right after
ok so what do you want?
an Adamant Rhyhorn?
Anything is fine thanks
THANK YOU SO MUCH
alrighty time to get me a powerful Mamoswine!
No problem 🙂 I use mamoswine too, and they’re great
I forgot, my fc is 4382 2036 2285
Its youtube trolling me?
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A team of highly trained monkeys has been dispatched to deal with this situation.
If you see them, show them this information:
(There its a super long code and i dont want to put it)
Yeah they do that with errors now lol
But its true….
I want those monkeys then.
Dude, highly trained monkeys? That awesome!
They are Optimus Primapes
LOL gotta love dem monkeys
Same thing just happened to me
Say guys i just made a 375 combo in head it with Fletchling:)
so how does the whole hidden ability breeding thing work
to i need them to hold an Item or just breed normally?
Because swinub is male, you have to breed it with ditto
duh
Then breed normally. You don’t need an item
Um theres a 60% chance it will pass down if its a female
i’ll burn that bridge when i cross it
Theres 20% chance from a male, I think
*looks at rhyperior avatar* No, you’ll break that bridge when you cross it.
LOLOLOL
Then i hope it’s not over a canyon or a river…
How do u upload a photo to the web
Are you serious? Kesus please help him.
KESUS HELPED ME
All Is saved
magic
Look
where?
Reload
ok
LOLWUT?
And it was all true
The Optimus Primeapes are coming
I knew it the planet of the apes was true all of this time
I got the same error just now
Super monkeys
This is why we can’t have nice things..
What is a good goodra nickname?
Jelly?
I was thinking jell-o
Close enough
Jello
that’s what I was thinking.
Blobular
Jellybelly?
Yeah that’s good!
I want to hug my Goodra…