Sometimes I play with LonelyNess and we talk in #stark and then lots of people are like OH WOW I REMEMBER THIS and we have a good time.
Most people seem to be only really familiar with the first three sets (base, jungle, fossil), myself included. Can't blame them, since that's what the GBC game was all about. That was fun...and still is. Who doesn't remember any of this?
- Your first deck sucks dick. No more than 2 of the same card, at least 3 different energy types but low supply on any of them, and they all have stupid jokes, like that GB only Meowth that does 20 damage to a random Pokemon, or base set Gastly, or Devolution Spray.
- Enemy Horsea and Fossil Magmar Smokescreen makes you flip tails quite a lot.
- Any deck with Scyther, Electabuzz, Hitmonlee, Hitmonchan, etc is scary.
- The 3-prize battle in the Water gym with the Wigglytuff deck is scary too.
- You just won your second medal and you exit the top room all happy and then suddenly your rival attacks! Whenever he did that I would always be like WAIT FUCK I DID NOT GET TO HEAL YET
- The Final Four with their silly legendary cards. A Moltres that gets energy from your deck, a Zapdos that kills random Pokemon, sometimes yours, an Articuno that paralyzes your active by benching itself, and a Dragonite that heals everything. So inbalanced.
- Your rival never battles you after you beat the Final Four :(
Of course now they're all jokes because we know how to play, but back then man...
Anyway as a trading card game it's very silly, with all the coinflips and reliance on drawing the right thing. But it's fun anyway. In the most basic setting, I don't think there's anything I like playing with more than a good old Wigglytuff deck. I've tried all kinds of stall, I've tried Haymaker, Rain Dance, Energy Trans...but this really works the best for me.
Most people seem to be only really familiar with the first three sets (base, jungle, fossil), myself included. Can't blame them, since that's what the GBC game was all about. That was fun...and still is. Who doesn't remember any of this?
- Your first deck sucks dick. No more than 2 of the same card, at least 3 different energy types but low supply on any of them, and they all have stupid jokes, like that GB only Meowth that does 20 damage to a random Pokemon, or base set Gastly, or Devolution Spray.
- Enemy Horsea and Fossil Magmar Smokescreen makes you flip tails quite a lot.
- Any deck with Scyther, Electabuzz, Hitmonlee, Hitmonchan, etc is scary.
- The 3-prize battle in the Water gym with the Wigglytuff deck is scary too.
- You just won your second medal and you exit the top room all happy and then suddenly your rival attacks! Whenever he did that I would always be like WAIT FUCK I DID NOT GET TO HEAL YET
- The Final Four with their silly legendary cards. A Moltres that gets energy from your deck, a Zapdos that kills random Pokemon, sometimes yours, an Articuno that paralyzes your active by benching itself, and a Dragonite that heals everything. So inbalanced.
- Your rival never battles you after you beat the Final Four :(
Of course now they're all jokes because we know how to play, but back then man...
Anyway as a trading card game it's very silly, with all the coinflips and reliance on drawing the right thing. But it's fun anyway. In the most basic setting, I don't think there's anything I like playing with more than a good old Wigglytuff deck. I've tried all kinds of stall, I've tried Haymaker, Rain Dance, Energy Trans...but this really works the best for me.