Pokemon equivalent?
The Blind Eternities forum
Posted on Jan. 29, 2016, 4:50 p.m. by shinobigarth
So some guys at my LGS started screwing around with Pokemon decks in between Magic rounds recently and we're sort of starting to run a few Pokemon events now.
Anyone know of a good site similar to here but for Pokemon? One that would display the total cost for the deck according to TCG or whatever?
Serendipitous_Hummingbird says... #3
-succeeds in being an asshole despite best efforts-
To answer your question, I don't know. This site was created and is maintained by fans and users. I doubt that there is an equivalent for Pokemon because the fan base is so much smaller and the peak of its popularity was in a different era of internet
January 29, 2016 6:30 p.m.
GoldGhost012 says... #4
Try this. Dunno if it has all the features you're looking for, but it's a start at least.
January 29, 2016 7:56 p.m. Edited.
Part of the issue is that the competitive league for Pokemon has seriously dropped off in the last decade or more. The market has also dropped off severely too. It's mostly a collector's fad now for little kids and reminiscent teens.
My LGS got into Pokemon just recently, but that's only because we opened up a temporary satellite store at our local mall. Most of the people who come up are surprisingly looking for Pokemon.
Most of those people are kids shorter than 5 feet. I'll be there tomorrow and I'll probably talk to a lot of kids about our recently bought collections of pokemon that they don't care about because everything we've bought from collections is first through third generation stuff. Stuff that they don't care about because they only care about the new set. The only real interest in the classic cards is from the reminiscent teens whose eyes catch sight of a stack of foil hitmonchan or flying pikachu.
Competitive pokemon doesn't see the love it used to, and back when it did see lots of love (when I was a little kid), netdecking wasn't as big a concept either.
I can't tell you anything for sure, but from what I've gathered in my last two years of LGS working and talking to hundreds of players from Pokemon, YGO, MTG, and the like (most all of which have abandoned the others for MTG), Pokemon has pretty much died off as a competitive game.
I don't know any resources, but I was just expressing why I made the remark I did earlier.
More power to you for bringing it back in your area though.
January 29, 2016 10:31 p.m.
shinobigarth says... #6
yeah i realize its died out as a TCG, they don't need to care as much about the TCG aspect what with all the money the video games make. i just assumed there would be some site that was similar to T/O somewhere on the net but if not, it is what it is.
more or less just another game to mess around with as far as I'm concerned. obviously not putting as much money into it as Magic. i'll probably just talk to the owner of my LGS and have him recommend some good cheap cards.
January 29, 2016 10:41 p.m. Edited.
Serendipitous_Hummingbird says... #7
TMBRLZ sorry for calling you an asshole. That was a very well written and kind explanation of the situation.
January 29, 2016 11:13 p.m.
No worries bro. You were somewhat correct in your original statement. But you can see why I view Pokemon and YGO as somewhat a joking matter. Although as far as the games go I hold far more respect for Pokemon for both the world it resembles and the competitive structure of the game.
January 31, 2016 12:29 p.m.
shinobigarth says... #9
agreed. they can't hold a candle to Magic of course. Yugioh especially. I've watched how to play videos and seen people play and its so needlessly complicated. like why in the world you start with 6000 life i think it is, and the creatures/monsters do attacks of 1000 or more damage. WTF is the point of that? did Konami want it to feel more impressive than Magic, like their creatures are more powerful or something? thats the only explanation i can think of.
same goes for the TCG Force of Will. talk about an ugly love child of Magic and YGO. that game looks even more ridiculous. both of those 2 you almost have to have a calculator handy to figure out damage.
January 31, 2016 1:20 p.m. Edited.
FAMOUSWATERMELON says... #10
Well the Pokemon trading cards can't. But let me know when MTG has a couple of (fun and developed) games available for multiple consoles, and then we can start comparing :)
TMBRLZ says... #2
-tries not to make sarcastic comments-
January 29, 2016 5:01 p.m.