Pokémon TCG Pocket Just Changed Everything With New Mew Set

Today is Cat Day! That could be a thing, right? Let’s all talk until it happens? No? oh. Okay, but you should still open it Pokémon TCG Pocket This morning, as it just added its first batch of new cards since launch. they will mess everything up.

Another reason why you should make this a priority is because – for the first time since launch –pocket Be generous with those bag hourglasses. You’ll find 12 free gifts “from the development team” in the “Gifts” tab, which is enough to buy a whole pack. Then, while the game is completely unannounced and unhidden (a recurring issue), there’s a bunch of new single-player level-up combat challenges to complete, with each stage also offering five hourglasses.

So, what do we have here? Mainly these The Mysterious Island Pack we learned about last week. This is physical Pokémon card game They’ll be called “special sets,” but what’s here is the “themed booster pack,” a smaller 86-card set (68 new cards, 18 secret rares) that’s released in between full sets. It’s Mew themed, but introduces a bunch of new cards that seem intentionally designed to mess with the current meta. Thank God.

Expect to see a ton of Vaporeon and Misty decks popping up, but also a slew of people disrupting previous decks with Pigeot ex and Tauros. What I’m most excited about, however, is being able to try out the plethora of new possibilities for draft decks, combining Serperior and Exeggutor. We have a complete guide to these new cards.

These 18 secret rarities also offer some stunning pieces of art waiting to be discovered. My son has somehow fallen in love with the alternative art of Marshado and Sarandit, although we all mostly chased the amazing snakes. There are also cute alternatives to Mew ex, Celebi ex, and the most stunning lithograph style rendering of Aerodactyl ex. Again, painfully enough, these are not real-world cards that can be added to a binder.

You’ll also want to delve into the offline challenges because, as mentioned earlier, there’s an hourglass on the mountain. Click Combat, Solo, Advanced Combat, then click the little “Expand” button in the upper right corner, and you’ll be able to choose from a range of unlocked new challenges to surround yourself with newer cards. The same goes for expert solo battles. Why is it hidden like this? Why isn’t it mentioned in the news updates? I wish I knew. But once done, this still allows you to open more packages.

It seems that the new package surprised not only players, but also the app designers, as the user interface became even worse as a result. If you want to check out your Myth Island collection, you have no choice but to scroll down on your Genetic Apex cards to find their special slot between GA’s Secret Rares and Promo-A cards. If you don’t toggle the switch at the top to show the missing card spaces, they won’t even be given their own delineated section! It’s like the developers set out to do something completely opposite of any player’s expectations or desires.

Although it’s only after you’ve fiddled with it that things start to feel slightly more sensible on the home screen. When you open the app for the first time today, you’ll only see a Mythic Island pack as an option, and may be concerned that Genetic Apex has suddenly disappeared. Not so, but you need to click on this pack (because god forbid this app Set options to perform actions unrelated to opening the package Anywhere on the screen other than opening the bag), and then there’s the faint button in the lower right corner that says “Choose another booster pack.” Do this, select a GA package and when you return to the main screen you will Now You can choose one of them. Well done, everyone!

While much of this may be poorly implemented, it’s still a real pleasure to see the addition of Mythic Island, especially considering how many packs of hourglasses are up for grabs in the (buried) new challenges. It’s fun to open a bunch of packs in a day, especially when gathering the basics can lead to some major updates to your deck.

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