The cover was made using canva and bitmoj, the pictures in this post were taken directly from the game by me.
Against all odds, I think I'm a little more hooked on Pokémon TCGP than I thought when I first downloaded it a few weeks ago, and despite the fact that the title developed by Creatures Inc. has several structural problems that are difficult to ignore (As well as a nature that requires us to pay absurd amounts of real money to complete each collection, unless we are very lucky), the truth is that as the weeks have gone by I have begun to understand a little better what is the best way to approach each game session, something that was partly reinforced with the recent release of the first expansion "Mythical Island", characterized by adding more than 80 cards to the original set "Genetic Apex".
Although I'm pretty close to completing the standard cards in both sets (I'm at 207/226 in Genetic Apex and 65/68 in Mythical Island), statistically it's unlikely that I'll be able to complete them unless I keep opening a huge amount of packs, however, I've taken advantage of this situation to focus more on other aspects of the game such as the combat mode, as well as the magic choices section (in which we can win a random card among 5 available options in exchange for a pair of magic hourglasses).
Regarding Mythical Island (in which I'm only missing 3) I'm a bit sorry that the cards I'm missing are an EX version (Aerodactyl, Gyarados), which means that to unlock them by exchanging points for opening packs I need approximately 500 for each one, while for the other (Vaporean) I need 150 and at the moment I only have 115 accumulated. Personally, I feel like this is one of the things that should be adjusted first in a later update, by readjusting the price of the cards to make them a little more accessible.
In Genetic Apex things are a little more complicated, since I'm missing 19 cards but they are spread out in three different packs (Pikachu, Charizard and Mewtwo) and we have the same problem of redeeming booster points.
Before a new expansion is announced (or failing that a new set) I hope to have enough time to complete one of the two collections, but it's clear that the numbers are against me, and it's difficult to define if it's better to keep trying to finish it, or failing that, if I should start saving up watches to complete the new collection when it inevitably comes out.
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I am close to completing the Mythical Island as well. Interesting, I have 65/68 as well. But I got all the rare ones so it won't take that long for me. But in the Genetic Apex I am a bit behind and only have 183/226. This is going to take a long time for me.
If you already the got the rare ones is relatively easy 😭 that's great! I guess that my only option so far is to keep open packages
I am hooked to this game! A new set is supposed to come out soon, at the start of February, I believe. Trading is also rumored to be implemented in January but nothing official yet. There will certainly be limits to trading but that will help complete collections, at least the regular cards. The 3 stars and crown rares that can't appear in the wonder picks I also doubt they'll be available for trade.
I hope they know how to implement the trading system well, although yes, it will probably be quite limited. I'm looking forward to seeing what the next set will be, apparently it will be just as big as Genetic Apex