Fans of the Pokémon TCG who play on the Pocket platform now have something new to handle with their pack-opening hands. Until recently, players were only able to deal with one expansion (albeit divided into three sub-expansions) in the game and all the cards obtained from that. Now, the game has a second expansion - a little one, but it's an expansion nonetheless - and it's called Mythical Island, a title that suggests quite a few of its properties.
This "mini" expansion is only about one-third in size compared to the only other present expansion, Genetic Apex, but its cards are no less enthralling than that first expansion. Still, the game dubs it as a "Themed Booster Pack" while fitting it with similar missions for card collection, deck creation, and theme compilation. The card wrapper has a shade of turquoise, indicating the expansion's verdant nature, and it also features the Mythical Pokémon of Mew, exactly indicating its highlight aspect.
Yet, the Mythical Pokémon that may just "steal the stage" for this expansion is Celebi, as it has an immersive card and an apparently vicious combo with another Pokémon in the expansion. Also "stealing the stage" for this expansion are a few familiar Trainer faces that are found as Supporter cards, one of which has a themed deck mission and list of his own with Pidgeot (that's a very big clue). Overall, while the new cards are fewer in number, their surprises are something to watch out for in battle.
Many players are already eager to obtain cards for this new expansion, especially for the two Mythical Pokémon already mentioned and the high-rarity cards, including the immersive card as above. Battle gameplay is also changing due to this effort, although it seems that players will face similar challenges as before with the Genetic Apex expansion - something that some are becoming fond of and others are becoming less so about. The expansion's true nature might just already be known at this point.
Like the physical paper version of the TCG, there's always a bit of excitement when a new expansion of some kind drops, and for TCGP, that first moment after its initial launch is here with the Mythical Island expansion. With it, TCGP is now really starting to give players, both prospective and entrenched, a lot of things to work on, which will remain true with further expansions, starting with this first addition and stop of an island with Mythical wonder.
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