Summary
- New Pokemon Trading Card Game Pocket expansion shakes up meta with fresh cards like Mew ex and Tauros.
- Steel- and Dragon-type deck builders were left disappointed with the lack of new cards in the Mythical Island expansion.
- Water, Grass, Fire, Fighting, Psychic, and Dark decks see significant potential upgrades, leaving almost every deck type enhanced except Steel and Dragon.
Pokemon Trading Card Game Pocket’s Mythical Island has added a bunch of new cards that serve to shake up the meta, which fans have already suggested is going stale. The likes of Mew ex, Aerodactyl ex, and Tauros are prime examples of the cards set to help keep the game fresh.
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However, while there’s a little of something to enhance almost every deck type within the game, Steel- and Dragon-type deck builders have been left disappointed with the lack of cards added for their typings.
Pokemon Trading Card Game Pocket Adds One Dragon-Type, No Steel-Type Cards In Mythical Island Expansion
Most deck typings got some major enhancements this time around:
- Water decks, which focused heavily on Starmie ex, Articuno ex, and Misty, got the new Vaporeon card.
- Grass decks were blessed with Celebi ex and Serperior.
- Fire decks got a better version of the popular Rapidash card.
- Fighting decks got Marshadow and Aerodactyl ex.
- There is some utility for the new Florges and Sigilyph card in Psychic decks. The same goes for Scolipede in Dark decks.
- Tauros and Mew ex fit into almost any deck.
It’s a relative feast for deck builders. Unless you want to build a deck with Steel- or Dragon-type cards, that is.
Steel decks, which aren’t particularly common in the battling meta, are built around Meltan and Melmetal. The decks are fine, but without further reinforcement, they are likely to flounder. Unfortunately, with no additional Steel-type cards added in Mythical Island, that looks set to be the case.
Dragon-type decks are slightly different. With no specialized Dragon-type energy, they tend to be part of a hybrid deck— Dragonite is the perfect example of this. Much like Steel-type fans, though, Dragon-type users are out of luck as only a new Drudiggon card was added, and it is not great.
With these two types left in the dark, it will be interesting to see if things are course-corrected with the next expansion.
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.