Poke Trainer J
New Member
Yeah I don't know If I'm alone on this but HGSS-On has proven to me to be one of the most frustrating and annoying formats I've ever played in mainly because of Yanmega Prime and Donphan Prime. So what's really wrong with this format?
Everything.
There are too few good decks that are playable, too few really good Trainers, Supporters, and Stadiums in the current Modified card pool (we have Collector, Catcher, Communication, and Junk Arm) and you basically either have to play a good deck or everyone laughs at you. Now unless Noble Victories actually gives us alot more deck choices to choose from (which judging from the spoilers I saw on PokeBeach there's not a whole lot) instead of things that would be good except they keep getting killed by Donphan's or Yanmega, heck even Zekrom, the Pokemon TCG won't be fun anymore. Heck it's already gotten there with the B/W 1st Turn Rules.
Why does TPCi refuse to print cards to counter against Donphan Prime or even Yanmega Prime? Tornadus counters Donphan but what about Yanmega other than Zekrom and Magnezone? Not a whole lot is there? I'm running a deck that "supposedly" needs $160 of a playset of cards in the deck guess what it is? Yes it's Yanmega Prime. The price tag on that bug is ridiculous especially with that upset from Canadian Nationals this year. Why should players have to spend $40 a piece on it when it should be $15 or $20 especially in this horrible economy. I'm trying to save money for other stuff that's not the Pokemon TCG but it's getting hard right now. I need to get a new pair of glasses, get more dental fillings, and get new clothes. But no, I can't unfortunately. >_>
There's hardly any good enough cards in the current card pool for certain Rogue decks to become playable and even If they are playable most likely they are kept secret on various websites like on SixPrizes and other sites. I know there's like 9-10 playable decks in the current HGSS-On format If not more. Part of the problem is that some of these cards cost an arm and a leg to get ahold of when they shouldn't be the most expensive being like I said earlier Yanmega Prime and of course Tropical Beach which is "somewhat" reasonable considering it's a playable Worlds Promo so it's value is going to go up quite a bit. So yeah I'm struggling but it's hard.
Everything.
There are too few good decks that are playable, too few really good Trainers, Supporters, and Stadiums in the current Modified card pool (we have Collector, Catcher, Communication, and Junk Arm) and you basically either have to play a good deck or everyone laughs at you. Now unless Noble Victories actually gives us alot more deck choices to choose from (which judging from the spoilers I saw on PokeBeach there's not a whole lot) instead of things that would be good except they keep getting killed by Donphan's or Yanmega, heck even Zekrom, the Pokemon TCG won't be fun anymore. Heck it's already gotten there with the B/W 1st Turn Rules.
Why does TPCi refuse to print cards to counter against Donphan Prime or even Yanmega Prime? Tornadus counters Donphan but what about Yanmega other than Zekrom and Magnezone? Not a whole lot is there? I'm running a deck that "supposedly" needs $160 of a playset of cards in the deck guess what it is? Yes it's Yanmega Prime. The price tag on that bug is ridiculous especially with that upset from Canadian Nationals this year. Why should players have to spend $40 a piece on it when it should be $15 or $20 especially in this horrible economy. I'm trying to save money for other stuff that's not the Pokemon TCG but it's getting hard right now. I need to get a new pair of glasses, get more dental fillings, and get new clothes. But no, I can't unfortunately. >_>
There's hardly any good enough cards in the current card pool for certain Rogue decks to become playable and even If they are playable most likely they are kept secret on various websites like on SixPrizes and other sites. I know there's like 9-10 playable decks in the current HGSS-On format If not more. Part of the problem is that some of these cards cost an arm and a leg to get ahold of when they shouldn't be the most expensive being like I said earlier Yanmega Prime and of course Tropical Beach which is "somewhat" reasonable considering it's a playable Worlds Promo so it's value is going to go up quite a bit. So yeah I'm struggling but it's hard.