Magic the Gathering Player Plays Pokemon TCG for a Week, Changes Life

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I still love Magic: the Gathering, and that's partially thanks to the Pokemon tcg. From a Magic player's perspective, it is absolutely wild, and I'd like to tell you about my journey.
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@michaellebovitz2414 10 ай бұрын

This came at exactly the right time for me. My son is 6 and learning to truly read and I thought Pokémon would be a good way to motivate him and HOOOOOOOOOOLY SMOKES I was, as a magic player, completely flabbergasted. My flabber? Gasted. I had so much fun and he had so much fun and together we had the most fun and now he can read. And man. Seeing how Pokémon TCG works now was just bonkers.

@putonghua73 10 ай бұрын

Same here. My son just turned 7 and bought him Pokémon Battle Academy at Christmas. He loves collecting cards for his binder, and has Pokémon plushies, and the early reader books. Best of all, for not much cost when compared to MtG MtG is the superior game IMO and it isn't close. However, MtG is far too complex to teach my son, and the card quality is terrible compared to Pokémon. My son recently pulled a full-art rainbow foil and it's a thing of beauty. WotC foils are more like pringles. Also, free digital code in every Pokémon pack so that you can also have a digital version without double dipping. Aside from the core gameplay, WotC and Papa Hasbro have made MtG such a poor experience on every level due to greed, sucking up as much money from their player- base until they hit lint

@xilencered7788 10 ай бұрын

Good to hear 👍 I hope I have a similar bonding experience with my kids when they are older. I enjoyed teaching my older niece and nephews, and it is a bridge to learning problem solving and critical thinking. My niece won her first Prerelease event and her confidence went up 100%

@ItsSpecialHands 10 ай бұрын

This is actually kind of a tame standard compared to the wild west says of the early game, particularly around Gym I/II

@gentrelane 10 ай бұрын

Great way to help your son learn to read. I definitely believe that my childhood Pokémon obsession helped me become a better reader.

@michaellebovitz2414 10 ай бұрын

@@gentrelane Don't know if you have kids but if you do, and they're learning to read, and they like Pokemon, it's the perfect motivation. Get two decks (there's a bunch of two deck combos available at stores sold together, meant to be good matches for each other) and do a quick survey of the important words (for example; deck, search, shuffle, discard, energy, etc. etc.) and gather those words into a list. review those words with the kiddo, make them read each word AND THEN spell it. Then time them for one minute and give them a card or candy or whatever if they read a bunch and then if they read more than they read yesterday and so on and so on. If they finish the list in under a minute, have them start at the top and repeat. Do that for about a week and then they'll be ready to play. Takes 5-10 minutes a day and it's super fun.

@Purplecliffe 9 ай бұрын

nobody is too old for pokemon cards :)

@shinylugia 4 ай бұрын

PURPLECLIFFE???

@SicklyNickable 10 ай бұрын

I had the opposite experience of you, playing Pokémon mostly then coming to Magic. I’ve never seen anyone come to Pokemon and describe the game perfectly like you did. I’m really glad you enjoyed the game. Hope all is well.

@hugoguerreiro1078 10 ай бұрын

I don't know, I feel like my pokemon experience was trying to play a dragonite deck and actually evolving my pokemon like an idiot and then having to face nothing but arceus dialga palkia tag. It wasn't fun.

@SicklyNickable 10 ай бұрын

@@hugoguerreiro1078 Yeah its not unfortunate, but I’ve had a similar experience with every card game. You try to homebrew something and learn that it doesn’t work and try again. Its true of all card games. Eventually you learn what makes good decks good and apply the same concepts in every game, so that even if your deck isn’t top tier, its still functional

@hugoguerreiro1078 10 ай бұрын

@@SicklyNickable I din't really have this experience in other card games though. Or when it happened it was addressed by a banlist. It seemed like the only viable cards in pokemon were the special mons that gave the opponent 2 or 3 prizes on KO (which is horrible balance because there is no drawback when you only have 1 prize left), and even then more than half the people were using the exact same deck. Maybe I just tried it at the wrong time and arceus tag got banned, but I don't see such a massive difference between the top deck and rogue decks in other card games. Not to mention that pokemon's appeal used to be.the variety of pokemon. When the only viable ones are those that got those special cards the game loses its appeal to me.

@SicklyNickable 10 ай бұрын

@@hugoguerreiro1078 You’re right, generally multi prize decks are stronger (they are generally the chase cards, just like how rares and mythics are typically the stronger cards in MTG). That being said, there is almost always at least one if not more than one single prize deck that is strong if not top tier

@nsipep 10 ай бұрын

@@hugoguerreiro1078 yeah sadly stage 2 decks are really hard to play against the more optimized multi prices. They are trying to being them back tho

@rudeoldguy 10 ай бұрын

Seeing those old pokemon arts hit me in the nostalgia so hard. It's difficult for me to ever get back into the pokemon TCG since I always feel really melancholy when looking at them now after my mom sold my collection in a garage sale back in the 90s (which included a couple Charizards that today would sell for a lot)

@RealGuitarG 10 ай бұрын

Yknow, if it makes you feel any better,, alot of those old charizards, from the base set are really only worth a couple hundred bucks, most in fact, Unless you have a very specific, shadowless variant of the first edition card. And even THAT card isnt worth the millions people think it is. A couple of celebrities, namely one of the paul brothers, and i think the rapper logic. WAY over payed for a couple of them during covid and sent everyones perception of value through the roof. So its probably not quite as depressing as you think. You maybe lost out on $300

@JStack 10 ай бұрын

Let it go brother lol

@shytendeakatamanoir9740 10 ай бұрын

@@RealGuitarGIt's not about money, though. I'd never sell my cards (It's just the basic set + a few promo for the 1st movies). Instead I gave a few of them to my nephew who collects them. It allows them to get a new life with someone who will appreciate them, so it's worth it

@splitthesoulgaming7431 10 ай бұрын

I love that you ventured into Pokemon even just for a week. I'm surprised you didn't mention the main differences between arena and ptcgo - gathering cards is much easier. And in real life you can build top meta decks for $50-100

@R8Spike 10 ай бұрын

yeah 3rd and 4th place on the last internation championship (not worlds just a big event) are both under $50

@Sam-lr9oi 10 ай бұрын

@@R8Spike and not NAIC winning, but people are still saying Gardevoir ex is best deck in format, and that's literally $30

@Aka-Spade 10 ай бұрын

I didn't have to pay much for my Gardevoir ex deck, I pre-planned it before the SV English set released, so I was able to buy a lot of the singles for way cheaper than they are now, like Gardevoir with Shining Arcana.

@Sam-lr9oi 10 ай бұрын

@@Aka-Spade so being a very new player, a couple months ago I was just buying boosters if I saw them at checkout lines, and I'm at Rite Aid and go "eh sure I'll buy this Deoxys V battle deck, I don't own a full 60 yet." And lo and behold I get home and see that the 2 Shining Arcana Gardevoir in it basically cover the price of the deck with their value lol so that's how I decided to go for Gardevoir ex as my first standard deck

@chazzitz-wh4ly 10 ай бұрын

Pokémon’s lower entry cost to get into makes it more accessible to new players, and they have better intro sets like their stadium box. Also, the digital card code is just a bonus, you get to buildup a physical and digital collection for double the fun.

@FreePokemonGiveaway 10 ай бұрын

I’m a Pokémon player by default but a good late friend of mine taught me magic before he passed and I will always keep it near and dear to my heart. He was playing since the old days like yourself and I actually ended up inheriting his entire collection. I love how both games are so vastly different, it is a breath of fresh air whenever I jump on arena. He was trying to teach me commander but we never really got the chance. I just play standard when I do and I love both games. He would have absolutely loved this video, so thank you for some great content and I’ll be sure to sub and check out more. Here’s to you Ryan, I love you brother and I’ll miss you till the day I die.

@glenseaman5057 10 ай бұрын

If you liked standard, you should look into Gym Leader Challenge! It’s Pokémon’s version of commander and it’s an absolute blast to play

@clutchgameplays6571 10 ай бұрын

I have a strong bond to GLC because it originates from one of my LGS’s

@stuartreid3540 10 ай бұрын

to be honest, I don't play standard pokemon at all any more because GLC is so much fun. The games never play out the same way twice

@ericdundas9768 10 ай бұрын

Baxcalibur is also super playable in water glc decks

@djinn.b9492 9 ай бұрын

Ya but commander sucks

@xcyphs 9 ай бұрын

@@clutchgameplays6571you live in Ohio?

@Beesson6606 9 ай бұрын

That first Farfetch'd you showed is illustrated by the incredible Tomokazu Komiya. He's one of the oldest and most prolific artists in Pokemon and is one of my personal favorites. I have a massive 12-pocket binder with every card he's illustrated that I add to with each new set. I'm glad to see more people appreciate his work.

@SeaFan1310 10 ай бұрын

Amazing video, your order was great, getting cards just because they look cool is a fantastic reason to get cards. Love seeing your take on Pokémon, the game that started and is still a mainstay of my TCG journey

@JarisJ_ 9 ай бұрын

This dude is extremely likable never heard of him or the channel but at the 3:55 mark I was invested.

@jameshenry9919 8 ай бұрын

Me too. It's like listening to Penn Gilette talk about TCG's.

@DarkeLourd 10 ай бұрын

I love how a lot of those nostalgia reprints are powered up from their original counterparts but Haymaker all-star Electabuzz is almost identical save for the resistance to a type that didn't exist when it was first printed. Same for the unkillable wall Chansey.

@brandonwhawk 10 ай бұрын

This is a great analysis of Pokemon & MTG. I've played MTG off & on since the late 90s & then a few years ago got into Pokemon because of my oldest daughter's interest. We play together regularly & it's been fun to see the similarities & differences & having to think about strategies & logistics across the games. It's great to see the love of both games on display here, so thanks, Dev!

@infernotitan1158 10 ай бұрын

When you mentioned United Wings at the end of the video I got really excited because I actually decided to learn Pokémon recently myself, just because I was interested, and the deck I learned on was United Wings. My friend had described it as "Ikoria standard era Zenith Flare, except your creature's attack is the Zenith Flare"

@N8Maple01 10 ай бұрын

This video was a lot of fun. I especially enjoyed the "coffee break" segment. (You might be able to post those as their own video.) And the $10 of Pokémon cards that made you happy also made me happy. Thank you for sharing another piece of your joy with us.😊

@goosel9347 10 ай бұрын

Thanks for the vid, Dev. I enjoyed this venture into Pokemon and would definitely watch a channel where you review new Pokemon sets! Appreciate you, dude, always glad to see new videos by you in my feed, keep rocking!

@gabrielfiala 10 ай бұрын

This was really fun! I would highly enjoy some more Pokemon videos! Keep up the great work!

@kyles.5569 10 ай бұрын

That waves of nostalgia that hit me during the coffe break along with ur commentary nearly broke me. Thank you Dev. P.S. that intro with the little history then the beat drop was fire

@cristianjordan6357 10 ай бұрын

Dev spittin as always. I just quit Magic a few months ago and found my way back to PTCG and love it. I hope to see you on the ladder, broski

@TepesEdi 9 ай бұрын

I just stumbled upon this channel and the title got me I'll admit, but I watched the entire thing and I was shocked at how witty and well spoken the host was. Definitely a sub from me...time to go down the rabbit hole with his other videos

@fa-tre2869 10 ай бұрын

I got into the Pokémon TCG with my kid and that’s actually what drew me into MTG. Enjoy playing both and think there room to enjoy both. Like you said, life is too short to it do what you enjoy.

@GLamb3895 10 ай бұрын

I found your channel WAYYYYYY back with your Gnarls Barkley Roottrapper elf deck from Origins Standard. So proud of how far this channel has come, great job man! I don't play magic nearly as much, usually prereleases and some EDH with my coveted Korvold deck. Been playing pokemon for a bit and your takes are spot on

@bragesb 10 ай бұрын

Man, that card haul gave me such a nostalgia dose! I recognized almost every single one of those cards. Brb, going to go dig up the old collection now

@magicalmovies4363 10 ай бұрын

Great video. I'm a former judge and MTG player (though haven't been playing for about 18 months) and were introduced to playing Pokemon by a freind several years ago. We always had some great games and your video really reminds of those times. I'm currently not really a part of game community, as I've been pursuing other interests (filmmaking), but you video made me recognise Pokemon a potential. (Like you, I also played Pokemon games years before the freind introduced me to the game, and had a handful of cards.)

@LegalEagle3223 10 ай бұрын

Dev, I found your channel when my cousin introduced me to MTG while I was in law school, and it became an escape for me from my studies and some of the most stressful times in my life. I love your genuine love for the game, and how you speak about it with such passion and enthusiasm. Thanks for all you do, and thanks for drawing so many of us into this game. Much love!!

@toothycookie 10 ай бұрын

I'm really happy I found this video. You are so honest and sincere about your hobby, and it really shows how games positively impact you and your mental health, and your passion for wanting to share that love with others is incredibly inspiring. I used to be a Pokemon Professor for TCPI back in 2017-2019, and I was a judge of some few TCG events in my area. I still play it now, and I've played it since base set in 98 or so. Sometimes I quit, but I always end up coming back because the game is just legitimately great fun, with incredible artwork and simple mechanics with complex mastery. TCG Live has made playing extremely affordable too, so my lower income doesn't gatekeep me from enjoying the game while also building my skill. Thank you for this video.

@OnionBun 7 ай бұрын

just stumbled onto this vid and your channel. I'm right there with you. Just got into pokemon because my 5 year old son wanted to check it out. Been a magic player since college in '04 and playing pokemon just feels nostalgic. You nailed it.

@itsame4373 10 ай бұрын

This was a great video. You have a wonderful flow and fun way to show off the Pokémon TCG. Fantastic!

@t0nberry 10 ай бұрын

Great to see Dev play some pkmntcg. I've played the online client on and off for a couple years - really gutted they moved to the new client full of bugs and lack of my favorite EXPANDED format. That's where I've gotten my Combo fix after Arena's been 'moving away' from that archetype, probably intentionally 😢

@random_bit 10 ай бұрын

Great video, I've been a lifelong PTCG player that comes into and out of the game depending on meta. You hit the nail on the head for how Pokemon is pretty good at keeping the game fresh and interesting in contrast to other card games. I'm mostly referencing YGO, since I've also played that quite a bit.

@grafzeppelin4069 9 ай бұрын

Oh, god, Yugioh since like 2015-ish is the most boring card game ever invented. There is ZERO interactivity. Going first? Play solitaire for 10 minutes, lock your opponent out of the game, you won! Going second, didn't start with a bunch of handtraps or massive broken boardwipes? You lost! If it were inexpensive, like Pokemon, it MIGHT be a cute novelty, but instead, the cards are 10x the price, AND there's no reprints, AND they get rotated out via banlists & powercreep faster than cards actually rotate in Pokemon. In Pokemon, if you want to stay at the forefront of the meta, it'll run you about $200-ish per year. (And cheaper decks are actually playable.) In Yugioh, if you want to even stand the tiniest chance at even playing, let alone winning, you HAVE TO buy the newest, most expensive archetypes & staple cards, spending upwards of $2,000 a year. And the community is so unbelievably toxic.

@PuggerLedford-oc3yj 10 ай бұрын

Dude dev the beginning of this video hit so hard it gave me goosebumps core memories for sure I pulled a brushland and thought I had hit a savannah lol never will forget the rush then the let down

@etp4899 10 ай бұрын

Stumbled upon this video ‘cause I’m a Pokémon tcg player that is interested in MTG and sorta know how to play. I absolutely loved this video! Pokémon can get crazy but is fun. There’s different formats like, Standard, Expanded, legacy, unlimited, and my personal favorite, Gym Leader Challenge which is Pokémon’s equivalent of MTG Commander! Makes me happy that you’re experiencing the Pokémon tcg to the fullest! Collecting AND playing!! Cheers! :D

@2bitcents429 10 ай бұрын

Dude! Great video as always. I would love to see you cover Pokémon content. You can love more than MTG. I'd really dig seeing you play. Thanks for everything you do.

@nightsatthesquaretable 10 ай бұрын

Great video, amazing intro. Thanks for the content Dev.

@sonnymkatz 10 ай бұрын

Love this vid. Makes me want to play Pokemon! Great to see you Dev!

@GrizzneyGames 9 ай бұрын

I really hope your channel gets the recognition it deserves. Youre always so funny, well informed, the videos have a great format and they are well edited. Yet another great video. 👍

@UnwantedCommentary 10 ай бұрын

I LOVE THE CARDS YOU PICKED! So many Pokemon people just disregard and disrespect cards that arent chase cards

@Chicken008 8 ай бұрын

It just sounds like they are more into collecting the cards, rather than playing the game.

@UnwantedCommentary 8 ай бұрын

@@Chicken008 no people only chase the dollar signs and perceived value if they only like top chase cards

@aleckbo 8 ай бұрын

@@Chicken008A lot of Pokémon fans JUST collect the cards but don’t play with them

@TeenAgeZiggy 10 ай бұрын

YoooI had this same epiphany back in 2021! Love your content style too. Excited to see what else you bring

@WhenThePandasGoMarchingIn 10 ай бұрын

Dev!! I always think about commenting on your videos and then I don't follow through, but now is the time. We have a similar history. I first noticed this when you were covering InQuest magazines a while back; I grew up reading those as well. I also got my Pokémon cards at Books-a-Million as a 12 year old. There's more but I don't have to go into it. Anyway - I really appreciate this video. I haven't played the Pokémon TCG since 2003, but my favorite thing about it was how many cards I could draw. Before those cards were limited to once a turn some decks would draw 30 or 40 cards in one turn. It was invigorating. And I miss it. I had no idea there was a digital Pokémon TCG. So thank you for this; I'm gonna give it a shot and go say hello to Muk, Primeape, Linoone, and all my other old friends. Lastly - if you ever wanna play that Pouncing Jaguar again - I'd like to invite you to the Premodern format of Magic. It's a warm and welcoming community, both in person and on our discord and Facebook group, and it's the most fun I've had playing magic that I can recall in the last decade. 10 Land Stompy lives on, there. Take care, and no pressure to respond. Just wanted to say hi.

@x-chin 10 ай бұрын

While I never got quite as deep into Magic, and started later (RtR, I know, I’m a baby), this video resonated so much. I picked Pokémon TCG Live up at the start of Paldea Evolved and it was WILD how fast and chaotic the game is. Fusion Strike Mew is a monster. Great video!

@brotoner3478 10 ай бұрын

Yes, I’ll follow this channel and your new POKÉMON channel !!! Love your content

@ggflowen 9 ай бұрын

Cool video, man. I'm an mtg player (edh) and lifelong Pokémon fan who also checked out Pokémon tcg kinda recently. I hadn't played the tcg since kitchen table stuff as a kid. I picked up the Mew vmax precon a couple of months ago. It was super cool that the precon gave you a code for the online game. Ended up playing it online for a while and had a great time with it. Seeing your whole deck with Genesect every game is wild to experience.

@powerwordwill 9 ай бұрын

Love this. I played so much of the Pokémon TCG on the Gameboy growing up and your content got me into MTG, feels like coming full circle.

@RichardBlaziken 10 ай бұрын

This was a wonderful video to happen upon. Glad you've been having a good time with Pokemon :)

@waffleking6474 10 ай бұрын

Man I wish you were a pokemon tcg player really like the style of your vids and vibe. I've played a bit of magic with friends decks and hearing pokemon from a magic player's perspective is awesome.

@kjbirk4766 10 ай бұрын

❤ dev, thank you for the MTG/pokemon comparison. One of my coworkers wanted to teach me Pokémon but he didn't know Mtg - so his description of the game didn't make a whole whole lot of sense. But, you masterfully summarized (by comparing it to mtg) pokemon in, what, 3 minutes?! 🙏

@Tronyx91 10 ай бұрын

Dev, thank you for making this video. I am Gen 1 Pokémon fan and TCG Player since 2011. I have been playing MTG since 2017. There are great things about both games. I truly encourage players from both games to try the other. You did an amazing job on this video explaining each card and all the meta decks. I am looking forward to your second channel with more Pokémon. Thanks for all the content and videos.

@Doaso169 10 ай бұрын

Great Analysis and comparison! I just jump back into pokemon tcg and I used to play Magic from time to time. After watching this Vid, I had to show my support and subcribe!! Keep up making excellent content!!

@unseensounds 9 ай бұрын

This video showed up randomly in my recommended and you got me to subscribe after like 5 minutes! Like many here, I play MTG, grew up with Pokémon and my kid is soon gonna be old enough to play. Thank you for the lovely trip down nostalgia lane, I look forward to discovering your channel!

@tns4 10 ай бұрын

I lol’ed multiple times this video. It was great! Where’d you get that sweet shirt?! I played ptcg and the gameboy games as a kid too. Then last year my then-5-year old son got obsessed with Pokémon and I dusted off my old collection and taught him to play. This last year was really fun getting back into it with him and seeing him experience it all for the first time.

@NULL_POTATO_EXCEPTION 10 ай бұрын

I loved this video. I always wanted a video like this, about Pokemon from a Magic player's perspective. The takes on the current metagame were also very interesting. Thanks for the content

@5hrsbefore1998 8 ай бұрын

I know you from magic as I’ve been playing for about 10 years now. Last week i tried out pokémon and now i’m hooked. so awesome hearing your familiar voice in this pokémon rabbithole i’ve gone down haha. cheers

@TeamAPS 9 ай бұрын

Just stumbled onto this video, but I really liked it and now I'm inspired to give it a shot.

@Habizbah 9 ай бұрын

I'd watch a pokemon channel with you at the helm. I dig your positive vibes and attitude. Going over meta decks or dank jank pokemon style or whatever would be neat to see. I played pokemon for the first time in years this past weekend, and it was great. I feel inspired to make decks and order cards. And they're all so affordable. I was blown away.

@Thorn99855 10 ай бұрын

😂😂 Fun. Coffee Break was cute. Haven't watched your channel in quite a while Dev, but this was great. I have been enjoying the pokemon video games just because I love tinkering with the stats and moves. Fun stuff. Great video. 🎉❤

@txips 10 ай бұрын

I'm on the same boat. Got tired of MTG and took a break for a while. Then I rediscovered Pokemon TCG and have been at it for almost a month. Pretty cool, having fun and all, playing a couple of games a day, not to mucho 😁 nice video dude! Cheers!

@RetroPokemonDepot 9 ай бұрын

Great video! I play Magic casually and Pokemon competitively and loved hearing your perspective. Standard Pokemon has been in a phenomenal place for the last year, and continues to look super exciting

@Coolfwip 10 ай бұрын

I havent watched one of your videos since 2016 when i had just gotten into competitive magic with your budget decks. Those were the days. This video makes me want to try pokemon tcg, thank you for the start of another addiction ❤

@thekushjedi 10 ай бұрын

Got out of magic a couple of years ago. I normally dip in and out every few years, so I havent watched your stuff in a while. This video was so entertaining. I loved it. I still go back every now and then and look at all my gen 1 pokemon decks.

@DrakDecks 8 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it! I came from old school Yu-Gi-Oh, learned Pokémon to get my daughter's excited to go to the LGS with me, and fell in love it. I love how straight forward it is. I've since dipped my toes into several TCGs and, while each have their charm, I think Pokémon is still my favorite to play with people.

@eonjolt 9 ай бұрын

Came across this video after recently buying my first box of Pokemon cards since i was a kid, and i have to agree with you. It's nice to have a game that is fast and straightforward, and doesn't require a huge budget to get into. I also like that PTCGL has no micro transactions and no ads, so i feel less bad about wasting time on it (though it still turns my battery into a portable space heater...). I hope to see some more videos of yours, this was very well made and i enjoyed your narrative style.

@KASA852 9 ай бұрын

Man. This popped up in my recommendations… And I’m happy like how happy you are showing off your collection in your coffee break. Thank you 🫂

@AbsintheMindMatt 10 ай бұрын

Dev is just such a wonderful fellow. My son has gotten me into Pokemon TCG as I have fallen out of buying most MTG product since New Capenna maybe? But hey, my son loves it and I can play a fun card game with him and collect cards. Win win win.

@JetNAmplify 10 ай бұрын

This is a fun video. I have childhood memories from pokemon but innever knew how to play it at all. I feel like im finaly gaining knowledge forbidden to my childhood

@tonyallen1845 9 ай бұрын

Cool video, I am going to learn Pokemon now haha. Love MTG!

@christopherhorton3555 9 ай бұрын

That coffee break segment was sweet bro!

@alexandernikiforou4953 9 ай бұрын

Great video love thhe way you present things Keep up the great work!❤

@EmerDCP 10 ай бұрын

Pokemon player here! I love getting to hear experiences from other TCG players on how they feel about Pokemon and I'm glad you had a great time trying it out! The bit at the end where you talk about our relationship to the cards as players is amazingly spot on! I love hearing stories as to what these particular cards mean to others and why. Great video! :)

@emiliorubione837 10 ай бұрын

Loved the video. My story was quite similar but the other way around. I come from Pokemon TCG. Opening a Blaine's Moltres back in the day was my Balduvian Horde. Moving to MTG was quite a change, and I greatly appreciated how difficult drawing cards was. It makes it feel very rewarding when it happens. Probably the difference in our similarly symmetrical stories would be that I also consider myself an MTG player 🙌

@barrytdrake 10 ай бұрын

Thanks, Dev! We have a growing Pokemon community at the store (where I play Commander), and I've been considering giving it a try. (Pokemon didn't exist when I was a kid, so I never played it.)

@CaptainWwowW 10 ай бұрын

Thanks for the nostalgia hit Dev 🙏 in a time where everything we love is being repacked and sold back to us this sincere look is refreshing

@kennygrenier4011 10 ай бұрын

I worked at a game store about 5 years ago and I learned to play Pokemon there. I totally agree that it felt VERY powerful, and it was a lot of fun to pick up and play! The thing that holds it back for me is that it's a fairly rigidly 2 player game. When I play magic I would say that about 80% of the time there are more then just 2 players, so swapping to Pokemon... or at the very least ADDING Pokemon to the game night roster was difficult to pitch to my buddies

@implozia1360 5 ай бұрын

Unfortunately, yes, however, there are a lot of "underground" formats you can play in Pokemon if you look for them. I do envy Magic for having draft but Pokemon has some cube draft going on as well as Pick a Pack.

@firestarter77 10 ай бұрын

The Historic Brawl statement cut me deep as I am a Standard Main player...who is now loving playing some of my favorite cards in Historic Brawl. Love the content keep up the great work and I can't wait for the Fall

@lukestange 9 ай бұрын

i took this same trip back in 2020, playing a bunch of pokemon tcg online during the pandemic. haven't looked back since!

@bradleynemeth4085 10 ай бұрын

Thank you for the video. I too have started playing Pokemon TCG and currently piloting Mew/Genesect. Its loads of fun and extremely cost effective compared to MTG standard decks atm.

@salsatheone 9 ай бұрын

I didn't know your channel and got here thanks to this KZfaq recommendation. Honestly you should do Pokemon content, I haven't played either game in 20 years, but your stage presence and text held grip of my attention from start to finish.

@clay2889 9 ай бұрын

This is so cool! As someone who hasn't really dabbled into MtG but is familiar with Pokemon of course, I loved this video.

@popanda9685 10 ай бұрын

I would love to see more pokemon tcg content from you

@t0wnmap 9 ай бұрын

I’m a 3 time Pokemon Worlds competitor for the TCG, and unfortunately that doesn’t leave much time for MTG, but when I saw this from one of my favorite MTG creators talking about Pokemon TCG, I was so stoked! What a fun video, only “miss” I saw is that Radiant Greninja is actually one of the scariest attackers in the format, it can be powered up with Mirage Gate in Lost Box decks and Baxcalibur in Chien Pao, which sometimes runs its’ whole strategy on Cross Switchers and Cancelling Cologne to get around Manaphy to attack with Radiant Greninja as early as T2 of the game knocking out 2 pokemon! Would love to see more pokemon videos, but also I love your magic content too, glad to see you had fun playing Pokemon.

@SynthAura 10 ай бұрын

This video format is dope, keep it up!

@armenianzombie 10 ай бұрын

Great vid Dev!

@totakekeslider3835 9 ай бұрын

As a new player of both of the games from the last year and a half or so, you've got a new subscriber from me!

@SG7Music 9 ай бұрын

This was a nice breath of fresh air after feeling doubts about MtG recently. I've been looking into Yu-Gi-Oh after seeing some explosive turns and finding the Labrynth archetype. Pretty sure this is the first video of yours I've seen. Thank you for making this.

@underclocked 10 ай бұрын

Awesome video, as primarily a yugioh player we have a lot of free casting, but the insane card tutor/draw in the game blew me away. I really resonated with the mid coffee break too, everything is so cheap and good look sometimes you just buy cards cause you like all the little guys :) Never really done that in any other card game I've played

@retronymph 8 ай бұрын

Looks like we did the same thing at close to the same time. Glad you had a similar experience, ptcg is a ton of fun

@thefrizmeister3666 10 ай бұрын

Ive been with you since 2016 Dev and im still with ya. Lately ive felt the same way as you so much so that i picked up one of the world championship Pokémon decks so i could live that Pokémon magic!

@jacobkelly7155 10 ай бұрын

First video I’ve seen from this channel. I really enjoy your style and passion in your presentation.

@MrSwanee11 10 ай бұрын

Absolute banger video!

@AVRTH 10 ай бұрын

Not a magic player or a pokemon tcg player but im fimilar with both enough to follow the video and i find your delivery and humor 10/10! keep it up dude

@Krauhan97 9 ай бұрын

Dev, my man. It is good to see some of your content again. After I fell off of MTG just after Kaladesh, (do not like the direction Wizards took) I have been missing some OG content.

@StigmataTickles 10 ай бұрын

I haven't played magic since theros, nor pokemon TCG since the 00's, but this video was a nice little overview of pokemon and really tempted me to pick up some packs. If you make that Pokemon TCG side channel I think I'd subscribe.

@rustyowl924 9 ай бұрын

I'm having a very similar experience right now so I'm quite happy seeing this on my feed. I love deck building and just playing with friends. Pokemon lets me do that for the fraction of the price and I can play with more people in my group since to really enjoy MTG you have to be in it deep. There are a lot less frustrating games since mana (energy) fixing and card draw in this game are insane. I haven't played vintage but I did play pauper and this feel a lot closer of an experience for me. It's really like bite sized magic and it's honestly so refreshing.

@davifks 10 ай бұрын

same thing happened to me. some friend introduced me to the game with those simple out of the box decks. it was packed with crazy wheels and ancestral recall, i loved it so much.

@MexiKazn21 9 ай бұрын

My dad used to have that big card in the background! Chaos Orb was this promo at some WotC convention around the launch of MTG and I remember seeing it growing up! So cool!

@optimalbass 8 ай бұрын

I didn’t know your channel existed. Now I do. And boyOboy, it is a very good channel. I like the pace, the content and the humor. Nice job! Also: As a former PTCG and Magic player, this was a beautiful way to spend 21 minutes and drink my morning cup of coffee.

@Aka-Spade 10 ай бұрын

Hey, you're never too old for Pokémon in my opinion. I've been into the video games since I was 10, but I got into the TCG with the Sword & Shield era. I currently run a Gardevoir ex deck, and am looking forward to building a Glimmora ex deck (Glimmora is probably my favorite Paldea Pokémon from my time playing Scarlet) when Obsidian Flames drops

@coolyeh1017 10 ай бұрын

Fun fact: Pokemon had crazier Standard formats, what Pokemon tends to do is rotate set out, so certain archetypes or decks that were dominant go away in lieu of new decks taking over the format. As such the format changes yearly and expands as more sets get printed. I remember when Shaymin EX, Skyfield, Colress, and Lysandre Trump Card were a thing. Colress is a Supporter that allowed you to shuffle your hand and draw based on the number of benched Pokemon (both yours and your opponent's), Skyfield was a Stadium card (think field spell in Yugioh) that allowed both players to have up to eight Pokemon on the bench. Shaymin EX is a card with the ability to allow you to draw until you have 6 cards in your hand, you can run four copies of it. Lysandre's Trump card was a Supporter that forced you and your opponent to shuffle their discard pile (graveyard) into their decks. So what would happen is a player would use Skyfield, fill their bench (and their opponent will too because there is a Tier 1 deck that hits harder the more bench Pokemon there are), play four Shaymin EXs to draw through their entire deck (since there are a lot of discarding cards to empty out the hand and there are a lot of tutors or search cards in that format), play Colress to get SIXTEEN cards then the next turn use Lysandre's Trump Card to prevent a deck out. Later on, Lysandre's Trump card got banned (because it negated a win condition) and years later Shaymin EX got banned and future cards with similar effects became a once-per-turn effect.

@R8Spike 10 ай бұрын

yeah the bw to xy era was insane with trainers, we also had a suporter that searched 3 basic pokemon and put them on your bench, a Item that gusted like boss, that was errata to be a coinflip, a item that put 3 cards from your deck into your discard pile, just a insane time

@ItsSpecialHands 10 ай бұрын

@@R8Spikethe very early days were an absolute nightmare too. Wasn't uncommon for a match to be over turn 1 (you could attack turn 1 back then, even if you went first) people would burn through oaks, computer searches, bills etc to slap four plus power on hitmonchan or Erika's Jigglypuff and be hitting 60-80 on a single attach. Back then those were bonkers numbers

@charlesr951 10 ай бұрын

@@ItsSpecialHands Ruby Retro has videos on the early Pokemon metas. Pretty crazy to see 9 year olds hand looping each other out of the game back in 1999.

@michaelfellner9822 10 ай бұрын

i used to play pokemon as a kid but then switched to ygo when that came out. some years ago i stopped playing ygo because the game just became a horrible mess but i always need a tcg in my life. mtg is extremly difficult to get into so i decided to look into pokemon again .. and i wasnt dissapointed. i kinda came back around that time because i remember being extremly hyped that my favourite pokemon, rayquaza, being playable in the tcg. pokemon is easy to learn and play and not difficult to master either so its a welcome introduction to anyone who wants to get into tcgs. my favourite meta was night march tho, i know many players hated it BUT night march mirrors were really skillful and it took correct techs and management of ressources important, the better player usually won the game which is something healthy. also what i love about the pokemon tcg is that sure it changed but it still feels like pokemon tcg, in yugioh if you sit out a while you have no idea whats going on. simplicity sometimes is worth a lot.

@pandadotrar 8 ай бұрын

Great video ! I used to collect Pokemon cards when they first came around as a kid (same with Yu-Gi-Oh!) but no one ever really played the game. For most kids around my school it was more about collecting than anything. I did however play the original Gameboy Color game, so i at least knew HOW to play it. Just no one was interested back then. Around 3 years ago i got into MTG and it's honestly the best card game out there with the amount of cool formats, cards and lore, but sometimes is getting incredibly complex the more you go down the rabbit hole. I decided to try and relearn the Pokemon TCG with Live as well and I'm having a lot of fun honestly. It's fast pace fun, not complicated and having you Pokemon, Trainers and Supporters fill your field and hands is so much fun. It feels like a lot of duels you try to play every card in your deck and sometimes even can. Drawing an Energy card at a point you might not need it does also not feel as bad as drawing a mana with too many in hand already, since so many effects let you draw a lot of cards. Actually got me back into Pokemon and maybe building a couple of decks with my friends to play once in a while. I really hope they can improve the game though, since it kind of lacks a lot of QoL stuff and modes

@shadenym5094 9 ай бұрын

I am neither a Magic Player nor a Pokemon TCG player yet somehow I found this video and I'm glad I did. As someone who watches a lot of KZfaq I'm pleasantly surprised to say that this was one of the more engaging videos I've seen in a good bit. Entertaining and also relaxing (I loved the coffee break). So thank you for this content and I'll definitely be checking out other vids!