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Why Pokemon Should Promote the TCG at Colleges Hello Everyone,  Today I want to talk about something that I think is very important for this game. I am a college student, as said in my About me page, and I don't get many opportunities to play Pokemon. I don't have the option to travel to a lot of places, and so I came up with a marvelous idea.  What if Pokemon Promoted the TCG at Colleges?  It sounds like a brilliant idea on paper, but it might not be the best idea though. I will talk about both sides of the argument, and why it can be good or bad.  The Pros: I think that this would be a good idea because Pokemon would be able to market their products to a whole new demographic. The Masters division is already huge, and this would make it bigger, and better. On top of that, it would dramatically increase League attendance, as well as offering more tournaments such as League Challenges.  This is also huge for the Secondary Market, as they can sell more c

Cool Set Ideas Hello everyone,  Today I wanted to talk about some ideas for the future sets of the Pokemon Trading Card Game. If Pokemon sees this article, I would be totally for letting them use the ideas here.  I will talk about sets, and mechanics that could be used for future sets. So, here we go.  First Idea:  Breath of the Dragon TCG Set:  This has inspiration from the newest Zelda title, with the support needed to make Dragons good in the TCG. They don't do much anymore, especially when Fairy Type is so huge. What I would do in this set is give a basic Dragon energy (which should of happened from the start). I would also give a Double Dragon Energy reprint to give them consistency.  This basic energy would be like the others in the fact that it would never rotate out. The Double Dragon Energy would though.  Second Idea:  Fury of the Champion:  This set could give Fighting Types a huge consistency boost. Kind of like Carbink Break, where some

The Problem with Expanded Hello Everyone,  Today I am going to talk about problems with the Expanded Format. This has NOTHING to do with the format or Meta, only with the Business side of things, which is huge. I am going to talk about costs, older sets relating to costs, Tournament Structures, and counterarguments. I will also not talk about things like Sleeves, or items that do not impact the format, such as plushes.  So here we go:  Costs of Expanded:  Most people have to know which sets have good cards, and what certain cards are worth. For Example: Tapu Lele-GX costs $30 -$40 depending on the conditions and where it is bought. That in itself is a big pain, especially when other good cards are accounted for. Even a small GX such as Vikavolt GX is a few dollars, which is a lot when added up. That was just for the Standard Format.  Now, take Expanded into account. There are over 20 sets in the game with Expanded. Lets start with some big name EXs and GXs. Some