It’s hard to believe, but Pokémon Trading Card Game Pocket is already two years old. To celebrate, The Pokémon Company just rolled out what might be the app’s most significant update yet. It adds two new Dual Fusion booster packs to the game, introducing cards with multiple types to the competitive meta.
Solo battles, missions, and more have been reworked in a way that makes the game feel fresh again. The most clutch update, though, is an entirely new feature: Community Decks. It's is a genuine game-changer for anyone who struggles with deckbuilding, and may just be the reason you need to log back in.
When entering the Battle menu, you’ll now see a Community Decks button right next to Decks. When you click on it, you’ll get a ranked list of the 20 most “popular” decks. (At the moment, the most-used decks revolve around Mega Blaziken ex, Mega Charizard Y ex, and Mega Lucario ex.) When you click on a deck, you can see every card in it. As someone who has trouble building decks, it’s a godsend.
Finally, there’s an in-game way to know what players are using outside of battle. The best part is the update makes it very easy to build those decks. On the ranking page, you’ll see a little label in the top-right corner of a deck that tells you if you have the cards needed to build it.
If you’re missing some pieces, it will tell you exactly how many cards you need and show them to you. From there, you can click the 'Edit This Deck' button, which allows you to automatically clone that deck, adjust it as you see fit, and save it. It’s the most convenient quality-of-life feature the app has ever gotten.
As a nice bonus, Community Decks also features a Friends tab, which will show you the decks that your pals are using in battle. You can clone and edit those too, allowing you to easily share strategies with your friends. All of this takes the daunting competitive experience and turns it into something more approachable and collaborative.
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