Miamisportsfan45
Active Member
This is just a topic that I've been debating with myself. Wondering what everyone elses' take is on it. For the players that haven't been around for very long, it may not seem like a large deal but for us players that have been playing and following the TCG over the course of time, we may see this differently. It seems as if the TCG has been growing a lot lately, which isn't a bad thing by any means but over the course of the years, it seems that what looked to be a lot at one point in time has now become to us as low standard or low priority to what appears to be a lot now. A while back, we had Charizard with 120HP as a stage 2 and a powerful attack for around 100-120 damage at a much higher drawback.
Now, it seems that 120 HP isn't enough and we're looking at basics with more HP than that. I remember seeing Wailord for the first time as it was growing and thought that was a lot - especially at a stage one. Though, now it seems like even that looks low or even normal which shouldn't be the case at all. So basically, what the point is that I guess I'm getting at is: "Do you think inflation is taking over our TCG metagame?" and "Do you see how over the years it's been increasing and rising to much higher values?"
In addition to this, energy used to be run much more within a deck. Now we're looking at half of those energy required to a deck, or less than that even.
Obviously, it's taken about 10+ years now before it actually has taken a noticeable toll on us as players, so it doesn't look as if it's that large of a deal. But within 10 more years is it a possibility that if the TCG remains to be around as we all hope it does, are we to be looking at Pokemon with commonly around 250 HP or more? Just some things I thought I'd bring up and discuss. It seems as if inflation has been taking place within our TCG and I'm just interested in hearing the thoughts of others.
~MSF
Now, it seems that 120 HP isn't enough and we're looking at basics with more HP than that. I remember seeing Wailord for the first time as it was growing and thought that was a lot - especially at a stage one. Though, now it seems like even that looks low or even normal which shouldn't be the case at all. So basically, what the point is that I guess I'm getting at is: "Do you think inflation is taking over our TCG metagame?" and "Do you see how over the years it's been increasing and rising to much higher values?"
In addition to this, energy used to be run much more within a deck. Now we're looking at half of those energy required to a deck, or less than that even.
Obviously, it's taken about 10+ years now before it actually has taken a noticeable toll on us as players, so it doesn't look as if it's that large of a deal. But within 10 more years is it a possibility that if the TCG remains to be around as we all hope it does, are we to be looking at Pokemon with commonly around 250 HP or more? Just some things I thought I'd bring up and discuss. It seems as if inflation has been taking place within our TCG and I'm just interested in hearing the thoughts of others.
~MSF
