pokemon tcg online info

[lucario aura wielder]

random codes in bw boosters
http://www.pokemontcg.com/forums/announcements/topics/booster-pack-code-redemption-and-tcg-online-closed-beta-april-26-2011

[mysterioustrainer]

Sounds tasty. A good way to practice I predict.

[bullados]

I wonder how this will work...

[HypnosProjectHQ]

Sounds interesting to say the least. I wonder how many will make their way into boxes. I guess we will be finding out soon enough!

[Pablo]

Wow I wonder how many codes there will be. This might definitely change my mind on buying a BW booster box or not.

[baby mario]

They are inside the packs with the cards. 1 per booster.

Looks like the codes are unique.

[bullados]

Every pack? Or only a few?

[baby mario]

One in every single pack.

Buy a pack in real life. Get a free virtual pack online.

[Spidy]

One in every single pack.

Buy a pack in real life. Get a free virtual pack online.

sadly this doesnt look like the case

Soon booster packs for Black & White will be available in stores and some of them have codes that grant users access to the closed beta for the multi-player version of the Pokémon TCG Online.
taken directly out of the announcement

key word bolded and underlined

[baby mario]

Every single pack opened by my family at 2 PRs had a code in it.

That's 40 packs, 40 codes. Ok that doesn't prove that every one will have it, but I didn't see anyone not get a code.

Believe me or not, your choice.

For anyone who is interested, here is a scan of the front and back (http://www.flickr.com/photos/45652011@N07/5640980951/).

Yeah go ahead, the first one to enter it gets to steal my code.

[NoPoke]

that is for the beta.

In the case of the UK all the beta boosters were sent to pre-release organisers. Every pack in every box has the extra card with the beta access code.

I was told that this was part of the one and only beta print run and the one and only shipment of beta boosters into the UK. Normal retail boosters will not have the extra card.

Come September when the online game goes live for everyone I expect all boosters to have a code card. But I have not been told anything official so take it as a guess. My guess is that all boosters for B&W2 will have a code card.

[sToRm07]

Every single pack opened by my family at 2 PRs had a code in it.

That's 40 packs, 40 codes. Ok that doesn't prove that every one will have it, but I didn't see anyone not get a code.

Believe me or not, your choice.

For anyone who is interested, here is a scan of the front and back (http://www.flickr.com/photos/45652011@N07/5640980951/).

Yeah go ahead, the first one to enter it gets to steal my code.

ah crap, i was too late! lol

[bullados]

That looks exactly like the card in the PCDs.

[NoPoke]

bullados : check the fronts. Online tcg it says. [the code side is the same.]

[Spidy]

Every single pack opened by my family at 2 PRs had a code in it.

That's 40 packs, 40 codes. Ok that doesn't prove that every one will have it, but I didn't see anyone not get a code.

Believe me or not, your choice.

For anyone who is interested, here is a scan of the front and back (http://www.flickr.com/photos/45652011@N07/5640980951/).

Yeah go ahead, the first one to enter it gets to steal my code.

wow
maybe they are in every code if you got that many


also the codes wont work till the 26th
so its the first one after then :p

[lucario aura wielder]

would you be able to get the codes if you have pr after set comes out?

[ExoByte]

random codes in bw boosters
http://www.pokemontcg.com/forums/announcements/topics/booster-pack-code-redemption-and-tcg-online-closed-beta-april-26-2011

That post has been updated to give more of the story. If you see the mark, the booster has a code in it.

[sentimentGX4]

You guys are misinterpreting the statement completely.

Soon booster packs for Black & White will be available in stores and some of them have codes* that grant users access to the closed beta for the multi-player version of the Pokémon TCG Online.*specially marked booster packs.Obviously every one of your boosters had codes Baby Mario. You bought a "specially marked" coded booster box!

What will likely happen is that Nintendo will release some booster packs with codes and some without codes. The ones with codes will be more expensive than the ones without.

I would not pay more than a $1 premium for a coded booster over an ordinary booster.

[Amt]

You guys are misinterpreting the statement completely.

Obviously your every one of your boosters had codes Baby Mario. You bought a "specially marked" coded booster box!

What will likely happen is that Nintendo will release some booster packs with codes and some without codes. The ones with codes will be more expensive than the ones without.

I would not pay more than a $1 premium for a coded booster over an ordinary booster.

Pretty sure they updated the original post or whatever on the Pokemon site, probably after baby mario had posted.

[Jason]

I never got any in mine here in australia :(

[PokePop]

Distribution of the packs with the codes seems to have been very limited.
Count yourself lucky if you got them.

Question for those that did: Does the online pack match the contents of the pack that they were in?

[Diaz]

^ I don't think they'll know until the 26th when they can redeem the codes.

[NoPoke]

I'll eat my hat if the online code matches the contents of the booster.

I expect the code to open a random virtual booster from the same set. I'd like for the random virtual booster to be drawn from your very own virtual box and then case rather than just a random booster that is similar to a real booster.

For anyone who wonders why this matters then search for the "Coupon Collector Problem". With the recent outbreak of stats and math on the gym this math would apply to random virtual boosters.

[iLifeless]

I've got no codes in my boosterbox packs :(

[EricDent]

Sounds interesting, hope I can grab some at the "after-release" on May 1. I call it an "after" since the set is supposed to come out before our "pre-release".

[baby mario]

I checked and it tells you on the box if you get codes (front, bottom left).

'Each booster pack contains 1 code card. This card gives you preview access to the Pokemon TCG online'.

So, if you are lucky enough to get those boxes . . . you get the codes in every pack.

[Bleak]

Just got back from the pre-release and didn't get any.

Still have 10 packs to open, though, and they may be from a different box, so I'll update this if we do get them.

EDIT: No packs with the codes :/ Maybe we'll find some at our local Target or something. Bummer.

[sdrawkcab]

Yup, didnt get any codes here in Canada =(

[TheDarkTwins]

All the boxes I got had the code it in. My question is once the game actually gets out of beta, if I put in one of the "beta cards" will I get a booster pack or will I just get a response that tells me that I can't use the card anymore even if the card hasn't been used yet?

Drew

[NoPoke]

Tthe intention is that the beta codes will unlock a pack for the beta test and that the codes will still have value once the beta is completed.

If the beta needs to be reset then the used beta codes will all be reset to available and can be reentered. Which means that you may get something really good in the reset pack or may get something worse. But then it is a beta release to test the online game so that is to be expected.

Each code = one pack, as it is a beta there is no guarantee that you keep exactly what you unlock only that you will get to keep one pack for each code.

[sdp]

Mexico pre-release none had any code (well out of the 16 packs total of me and the only other person there), maybe the first printings didn't have the code and it was added at the last second.

[lucario aura wielder]

I checked and it tells you on the box if you get codes (front, bottom left).

'Each booster pack contains 1 code card. This card gives you preview access to the Pokemon TCG online'.

So, if you are lucky enough to get those boxes . . . you get the codes in every pack.

do you have a pic of this?

[CMsvW]

The packs at the prerelease tourny I went to had no codes in them, but the card shop I went to that had the boosters for sell early had codes in them.

[JohnnyBlaze]

At our prerelease we opened 282 Booster packs and not 1 of them had code cards in them. What gives?

[espeon200]

At our prerelease we opened 282 Booster packs and not 1 of them had code cards in them. What gives?

I checked and it tells you on the box if you get codes (front, bottom left).

'Each booster pack contains 1 code card. This card gives you preview access to the Pokemon TCG online'.

So, if you are lucky enough to get those boxes . . . you get the codes in every pack.

Seventeen!1!1!1!1

[Raen]

Quick question: Has anyone gotten any tins/box sets yet? I'm curious if the packs in those have codes or not.

[CMsvW]

Got some Blister packs today. Didn't have them :(

[baby mario]

They are not going to be in tins or blisters.

The codes are only in boxes from a Beta run. Those boxes tell you on the front that every pack has a code.

[DrewDioxin]

I can confirm the tins, victini boxes, and mini promo sets do not have codes.

I'm curious where one gets the beta code boxes then?

[Raen]

Ugh, this is going to prove difficult to find codes for beta, and I desperately want in. I wish they had included some in blisters and tins, at very least. Now I have to travel a ways to a card shop and hunt for beta codes.

[Prime]

There are sites on the net selling the cards.

[lucario aura wielder]

the beta is intresting but you start with bad cards.

[losjackal]

There are sites on the net selling the cards.

For how much? Links would be good.

[Qwachansey]

Gotta say the beta looks good. Nice that you start with 20 packs! :)

[Voltorb]

For how much? Links would be good.

It looks like the following site has it:
www.blowoutcards.com (http://www.blowoutcards.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=20_93&products_id=5452)

If you enlarge the picture it states that there is a card included for each pack for the TCG Online. I pre-ordered a box from the site last week, I am unsure if the ones I pre-ordered will contain the code. I'll let you guys know when I receive it.

[ACPokeDadFL]

Distribution of the packs with the codes seems to have been very limited.
Count yourself lucky if you got them.

Question for those that did: Does the online pack match the contents of the pack that they were in?

The codes are released only in specially marked booster boxes. From what I have seen (and given the
cards opened), they are NOT in the tins (Reshiram and Zekrom), special boxes (Victini) or peg packs.

The shrink wrap on the boxes references the code info on it, as does the boxes themselves. However,
not every booster box appears to have it. However, every pack in the specially marked boxes has the
code.

The code does NOT unlock the identical pack. It unlocks a virtual pack you can choose
from the HG-SS series of sets, as well as the B&W set.

Pokepop, this forum does not allow for pictures to be attached, but I put up pictures of the selection
screen and the sample B&W pack I opened (for which I was quite happy) on the Pokemon OP forum.

In addition, I have seen a number of boxes listed on EBay that are selling the boxes with the codes.

Austin Chick
New Tampa Pokemon League
League Organizer and Pokemon Professor

[JohnnyBlaze]

Do we know that if these codes are for beta only and will reset once the game goes live?

[espeon200]

Do we know that if these codes are for beta only and will reset once the game goes live?

From what I've read around different places, the cards you get in the beta will be wiped when the beta ends, but you'll get an equivalent number of packs to the number of codes you've entered at that time. I don't know if you'll get the extra packs for participating in the beta or if there will be any other perks associated with participating.

[JohnnyBlaze]

So theoretically could you save these code cards and use them once the online game goes live? Or do you have to use these cards during Beta to get those extra effects after the wipe?

[espeon200]

That I have no idea about. The post on pokemontcg.com (http://www.pokemontcg.com/forums/announcements/topics/booster-pack-code-redemption-and-tcg-online-closed-beta-april-26-2011) doesn't say, and nothing I've read anywhere else says so. I'd be willing to bet they work afterwards. I think it's the prototype for how TPCi is going to handle the online game here in the future. They release some packs with codes and others without. I'm thinking the packs with codes may sell for a premium amount, though that is nothing but speculation at this point.

[sdrawkcab]

Johnny from my understanding, once the wipe occurs you will lose your entire collection, however your account will be credited with new packs equivilant to the amount you have already redeemed.

[TheDancingPeanut]

That I have no idea about. The post on pokemontcg.com (http://www.pokemontcg.com/forums/announcements/topics/booster-pack-code-redemption-and-tcg-online-closed-beta-april-26-2011) doesn't say, and nothing I've read anywhere else says so. I'd be willing to bet they work afterwards. I think it's the prototype for how TPCi is going to handle the online game here in the future. They release some packs with codes and others without. I'm thinking the packs with codes may sell for a premium amount, though that is nothing but speculation at this point.

I doubt that. They'll either be in every pack, or they'll be randomly inserted.

[lucario aura wielder]

only in boxes marked with the online logo are codes i saw it in person bottom left hand corner of a box.

[doomsday24]

The back of each pack with a code in it is marked just like the front of the box.

[Voltorb]

Just got the box today from blowout cards and all the packs are marked in the back like in the front of the box. The UPC on the back of the pack is 0820650106750 . The regular packs that do not contain the card has a UPC 0820650106132.

[Pajamas]

When you go to make a trade offer, where does the list of suggested names come from? I see three names I recognize from the 'Gym, but they aren't people I know IRL.

[lucario aura wielder]

for trading you can only trade with people who are online at the same time as you and if you have a offer with someone whos not online you have to wait til your both online in order to get your cards

[Tamoo]

Just a note, when you attach a rescue energy to a pokemon, only the highest stage of evolution comes back to your hand when knocked out.

[PokePop]

Just a note, when you attach a rescue energy to a pokemon, only the highest stage of evolution comes back to your hand when knocked out.

You mean in the online beta?

That's an issue to bring up!

[mikeg542]

I now am the proud owner of 216 codes.

I love it!

[Prime]

I was disappointed in the 15-odd boosters I got after putting in codes. Most was just garbage, and I found out real quickly why I buy singles online. It's hard to form decent evolution lines and get multiples of cards without buying singles (or trading).

Trading in beta seems iffy. Why put so much effort to trade when your collection is going to get wiped and reset when it goes live?

[Tamoo]

You mean in the online beta?

That's an issue to bring up!

Yeah in the beta, I was quite surprised when it happened lol as you can imagine, proved quite the strategy ruiner

[waynegg]

It would be nice, if for the beta version only, all the cards were available so it could be properly tested. It's hard to test when you can't even build a half way decent deck.

Biggie, can this happen?

[Raen]

I have to agree with waynegg. Also with Prime, when it comes to trading. Trading does not really feel worth it when you know you can lose all your cards anytime, potentially.

[Ice'Cold]

I was disappointed in the 15-odd boosters I got after putting in codes. Most was just garbage, and I found out real quickly why I buy singles online. It's hard to form decent evolution lines and get multiples of cards without buying singles (or trading).

Trading in beta seems iffy. Why put so much effort to trade when your collection is going to get wiped and reset when it goes live?

I got the same thing! I ended up making some janky ampharos deck with raichu, jolteon, and blissey with a 1-1 slowking line. At least good supporters run in healthy amounts because of the theme decks.

[Pablo]

The program is incredible, but at least in Safari with my new model MacBook Pro seems to run a bit choppy, which seems ironic since I can run Starcraft 2 no problem.

I haven't been able to play a game and have only completed one trade so far, but hopefully as time goes on everything gets sorted out.

[mikeg542]

For those complaining, you have been invited into a closed beta with prior knowledge of database wipes. You are not expected to build up a tier 1 deck and be playing competitive pokemon. You are expected to build what you can with what you have to test the game and find bugs and issues and have suggestions to make the game as best it can be.

[TheDancingPeanut]

Where do we got o report bugs? I find that I cannot access the deck builder in any browser.

[doomsday24]

The deck builder says coming soon for me. As well as the online part. Keeps switching back and forth from coming soon and available (even if it doesn't always want to load up).

[DrewDioxin]

Entered my box worth of codes last night. The deck builder is working but I can;t get matches to come up. lots of sorting options which are great. The pulls did kind of suck, I have 2 pieces of deo/ray bottom but no top, and a couple other legend pieces. Like above I pulled like 4 ampharos prime?! and the evo lines are kind of wonky. But i built a mewtrick deck. It will let you max out cards you don;t have but without the ability to make matches I can;t tell if you can build a deck with "proxies" or not.

edit: Just found out the answer. You can build lists but not play a deck you don'tt own cards for. bummer

[waynegg]

The program is incredible, but at least in Safari with my new model MacBook Pro seems to run a bit choppy, which seems ironic since I can run Starcraft 2 no problem.

I haven't been able to play a game and have only completed one trade so far, but hopefully as time goes on everything gets sorted out.

Get FF for MAC, it runs these types of simulators smoothly and it's free.

---------- Post added 05/01/2011 at 11:20 AM ----------

For those complaining, you have been invited into a closed beta with prior knowledge of database wipes. You are not expected to build up a tier 1 deck and be playing competitive pokemon. You are expected to build what you can with what you have to test the game and find bugs and issues and have suggestions to make the game as best it can be.

Yes, but if we can't access most of the cards in order to build the types of decks the system is going to have to handle running bug free, how can that be considered a "good" beta test of anything?

Where do we got o report bugs? I find that I cannot access the deck builder in any browser.

Right here (http://support.pokemon.com/ics/support/default.asp?deptID=15227).

[metagross]

Im not sure if it belongs here or somewhere else or whether its a known information, but our LD just informed us yesterday that all the boxes they got are without the online codes. Does this apply to all of Europe? Its kind of a bummer since I really wanted to participate in this beta.

[lucario aura wielder]

in europe you could only get ode frpm pr

[baby mario]

^ Not true.

I know of at least one UK site which is selling boxes with the codes.

[Dual_Draw]

Was unable to start a Multiplayer game. It said matchmaking wasn't preforming properly, just wondering when that will be dealt with.

[SD PokeMom]

Was unable to start a Multiplayer game. It said matchmaking wasn't preforming properly, just wondering when that will be dealt with.
why are you posting questions like that here, instead on in the online beta forums where they can be seen and handled by the people running the beta?

the OP and TCG online staff are completely different, and as far as i know NO ONE from TCG online reads or posts to the 'gym...so the ONLY way to get online TCG issues to the people who can actually do something about them is to follow the closed beta instructions and open a support ticket/post to the online tcg forums.

'mom