Key Takeaways
- Players in Pokemon TCG Pocket are creating unique competitive formats to enhance gameplay variety.
- A player used a deck with only Caterpie and managed to avoid losing in a surprising way.
- Finding an opponent willing to allow a draw was crucial for the Caterpie-only deck to achieve its goal of survival.
It’s been a month since Pokemon Trading Card Game Pocket launched, and players are already finding their own ways to entertain themselves in the game.
Multiple competitive formats have been created by users, designed to avoid battling the same decks over and over, tons of research has been undertaken, and players are using unusual decks to try and score victories.
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The latest deck, shared on the Pokemon TCG Pocket subreddit, has a different goal. It’s not trying to win a match; it merely wants to survive.
Player Draws Pokemon TCG Pocket Battle Using A Single Caterpie
Reddit user Jumbunckley set themselves a goal within Pokemon Trading Card Game Pocket: don’t lose a match where your deck comprises of a single Caterpie, something they finally managed to achieve.
After what seems like a considerable amount of time, Jum ran into another TCG Pocket Player, Okuyasu, who showed mercy on the little bug.
Competing in the random match format, Okuyasu stalled the game for 30 turns without attacking the Caterpie. Despite setting up their side of the table with two Gengar ex, with a combined seven Psychic energies, and two Swoobat, with six combined Psychic energies, Okuyasu resisted the urge to decimate Jum’s Caterpie, which itself had 14 Grass energies attached to it.
This show of remorse ran down the game’s maximum turn limit, ending in a stalemate giving Caterpie its first draw, which is ultimately a win in Jum’s book.
Finding an amicable opposition would always be key to Jumbunckley’s goal, as they would never win a match otherwise, given that Caterpie can’t actually deal any damage. But, as unexciting as it may seem to the standard person, Jum completed their survival challenge and took “Caterpie on his eternal journey of finding a friend” along the way.
Experience the fun of collecting Pokémon Trading Card Game (TCG) cards with Pokémon Trading Card Game Pocket, an upcoming game for iOS and Android devices from Creatures Inc., the original developers of the Pokémon TCG, and DeNA Co., Ltd.
In this game, you will be able to open two booster packs every day at no cost. You can collect digital cards featuring nostalgic artwork from the past as well as brand-new cards that are exclusive to Pokémon Trading Card Game Pocket.
Be on the lookout for new “immersive cards,” which will make you feel as though you’ve leapt into the world of the card’s illustration.