Pokémon TCG: Sword and Shield—Brilliant Stars

Question about the kalos starters set contents.

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Lol, we have 10 damage counter, 50 damage counter, and now I see 100, cause you know, big basics.

Must....Calm...Down....This travesty isn't exlusive to TPCi... Must remember that WOTC did something just as dumb.... ahem, theme decks to intro packs.

Well, we'll see how much of a snooze fest these decks play out in comparison to theme decks. I have a feeling that the theme decks before HS Undaunted were pretty boring, but then the ones after HS Undaunted were more fun, and it seems this one, due to the lack of a second powerful pokemon, and more than 2 lines that could evolve, makes this even more boring than pre HS undaunted theme decks. I thought I have this feeling before. It must be awesome theme decks to boring intro packs that WOTC did with MTG.

I think that TPCi should have built these decks with a 60 card deck in mind, not 2 30 card decks and smash them together. It doesn't work that way. 30 card decks were meant to be quick, and as such don't have a lot of pokemon that could evolve. 30 card decks also have only 1 ace pokemon. 60 card decks on the other hand, to make it fun, must have more pokemon that could evolve, and more than 1 ace pokemon.

Man, this much complaining is probably the same amount I did when WOTC changed theme decks into intro packs.
 
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Here's to hoping Pidgeot is in the first XY set. I would love to see some new trainers though. No need for trainers to exist with the same effects.
 
That Bulbapedia page just confuses me of the numbering even more. Is it supposed to be like this:

Japanese: Both Girl and Boy share their numbering, but each deck has a few exclusive cards so you need both to complete it
English: Each deck is its own numbering set
 
Furn said:
That Bulbapedia page just confuses me of the numbering even more. Is it supposed to be like this:

Japanese: Both Girl and Boy share their numbering, but each deck has a few exclusive cards so you need both to complete it
English: Each deck is its own numbering set
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I think what they are trying to say is each deck draws from a pool of cards specific to the kalos starter sets, rather than take cards from other sets like Legendary Treasures, which they should have done. As we can see, it is x2 xy beginning set, and it is a super bad idea to do such a thing.

Here is what I see with theme decks and the Japanese beginning sets.

The theme decks are 60 cards, but they contain more than 2 pokemon that could evolve. They also include alternate ace pokemon that a new player could use, to hold interest longer.

The Japanese beginning sets only contain 2 pokemon that could evolve and only one ace pokemon. Typically these kinds of decks would be boring, but it counteracted by the fact that this is a 30 card deck, and games go on much faster.

The Kalos starter set removes what's good about the theme decks, and removes what's good about the Japanese beginning sets. We now have a boring deck, and have to sit through the game longer.

At least I know what will not happen with these decks, people buying them up just for one card, maybe except chespin deck because of the fairy energy.
 
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Furn said:
That Bulbapedia page just confuses me of the numbering even more. Is it supposed to be like this:

Japanese: Both Girl and Boy share their numbering, but each deck has a few exclusive cards so you need both to complete it
English: Each deck is its own numbering set
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Looks like Japan

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Could have replaced Weedle and Pansage with Tangela and Tangrowth from Legendary Treasures

Could have replaced Slugma and what I think could be Pansear with Vulpix and Ninetales from Legendary Treasures.

Could have replaced Panpour and the remaining water pokemon with Magikarp and Gyarados from Legendary Treasures.

The cards that were replaced could have been part of the February XY set instead.

6 of the energies could have been another pokemon line and trainer cards, such as energy search.
 
signofzeta said:
Could have replaced Weedle and Pansage with Tangela and Tangrowth from Legendary Treasures

Could have replaced Slugma and what I think could be Pansear with Vulpix and Ninetales from Legendary Treasures.

Could have replaced Panpour and the remaining water pokemon with Magikarp and Gyarados from Legendary Treasures.

The cards that were replaced could have been part of the February XY set instead.

6 of the energies could have been another pokemon line and trainer cards, such as energy search.
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Except no. This could not have happened. These decks are an international release. Legendary Treasures is not being released in the European languages (as far as we can tell. They've already announced XY for February in French, and have no signs of BW11 at all.) They weren't about to release 6 cards out of a set of 140 (and only have those 6 cards available in other languages) just because some people didn't think the decks were good enough. People complained for an international release for the TCG, without actually considering what it entailed. That's what we're getting. To be unhappy about it now is ridiculous. The Japanese decks have always been about 10 Pokémon, without very much of a competitive idea in mind. That fact seems to have been forgotten while people were spending all of their time blindly complaining about how Japan gets Catcher in theme decks while we don't, and saying how an international release would be the greatest thing ever to happen.

That being said, we did get our Catcher in another theme deck: Fennekin Deck has Catcher, Froakie Deck has Crushing Hammer.
 
Ok, new question. We have the regular version, and the deluxe version.

Has anyone in North America seen the regular version?
Has anyone in North America seen the deluxe version?

Has anyone in Europe seen the regular version?
Has anyone in Europe seen the deluxe version?

I ask this, because I sort of want the regular version, and I live in the North America region, but I don't want to try to get the regular version when it doesn't exist in North America. I also want to confirm from you guys if the deluxe version is only sold in North America, and the regular version is only sold in Europe?
 
I checked a canadian distributor and an american distributor, and it seems that they don't have the regular version. I really want to confirm from the people living in North America if the regular version exists there.

And who wants TPCi to have deluxe versions of the theme decks from this point forward? For example, XY theme deck deluxe version, or XY2 theme deck deluxe version etc.

Deluxe versions in this case would have a booster pack from that set, heck, make it 2 boosters and have it cost $14.99, and have the entire evolutionary chain holo.
 
signofzeta said:
Deluxe versions in this case would have a booster pack from that set, heck, make it 2 boosters and have it cost $14.99, and have the entire evolutionary chain holo.
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I would absolutely buy those! But the thing is, the current pricing and contents are there to make it more accessible to kids who maybe don't have the extra few bucks of pocket money to buy the deluxe decks. I'm not too fond of having too many holos. We only get one alternate holo per theme deck currently with the other version of the card being non-holo. Would they do the same with the other cards so that the basic evolution would have a single holo and 3 normals? Plus those cards are usually displayed in a window on the box, outside of the deck box. If all 3 are displayed then the box would have to be bigger. I don't mind if they eventually do go for it, but I prefer the current box size and they would likely price it more than $14.99 taking previous products into consideration.
 
mahius said:
I would absolutely buy those! But the thing is, the current pricing and contents are there to make it more accessible to kids who maybe don't have the extra few bucks of pocket money to buy the deluxe decks. I'm not too fond of having too many holos. We only get one alternate holo per theme deck currently with the other version of the card being non-holo. Would they do the same with the other cards so that the basic evolution would have a single holo and 3 normals? Plus those cards are usually displayed in a window on the box, outside of the deck box. If all 3 are displayed then the box would have to be bigger. I don't mind if they eventually do go for it, but I prefer the current box size and they would likely price it more than $14.99 taking previous products into consideration.
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The current deluxe deck packaging size isn't that big, and adding an extra booster might incrase the width of the box by a bit, but won't increase the price. Here is what I found out. I seriously don't think that the deluxe decks should cost $15. Heck even some stores agree, and prices them below MSRP. MTG sells their intro packs, with 2 boosters included, for $15. Pokemon used to sell the HS Undaunted, HS Triumphant, and Call of Legends theme decks, which include a booster, for $13.

So what makes TPCi think that the deluxe decks, which contain only one booster, cost as much as a MTG intro pack with 2 boosters, and $2 more than a theme deck with one booster that they sold in the past?

I still think TPCi should continue this trend and create a deluxe version along with the regular version, with the entire evolutionary chain holo in the deluxe version.

I also think TPCi should start doing a "wild card" precon or perhaps a side precon set that is released stand alone every year. Examples of this may be 2 player trainer kits, all holo deck like the red genesect collection, maybe have a set of "epic collection" decks which have a EX card as the cover card, and also contains pokemon from a variety of sets, rather than one set. They even could do a vs set as well.
 
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