The recently continued pumping out of expansions in Pokémon TCGP game has been amazing and sensational, as described previously. Yet it seems to also give pause, in that there is the concern that some things are not (as) happening as they should be. For that, it appears that the latest expansion may (need to) invoke an introspection of some sort, to look for insights. The given places to look for those insights are the deepest sea and the highest sky, and that becomes the heart and soul of this new expansion.
"Wisdom of Sea and Sky" is aptly the title of this expansion. For those who haven't figured it out by the clues above, the highlight Pokémon of this expansion are the Legendary duo from Johto: Lugia and Ho-Oh. Appropriately, most of the other Pokémon in this expansion are also from the region of concern. As with previous expansions, these two Pokémon have golden cards of the Crown rarity and immersive cards of the three-Star rarity... which has been clear in previous ones but now has a "vagueness" to it.
Meanwhile, there are 161 numbered cards in this expansion, which is quite a lot, and it makes it practically a major one. Besides new Pokémon species, there are also a few new Pokémon Tool cards as well as Trainer cards with truly new and wild effects; then, there is the usual boatload of full art cards and Shiny Pokémon cards, padding out the expansion to over 240 cards. This new expansion might keep players busy for quite some time and developers for a bit more due to a certain regrettable state.
For that, regrettably, the above concern has been proven true. The "vagueness" I also referred to above concerns two of the highlight cards for the highlight Pokémon species, and unfortunately, they are the most "highlighted" cards as well. The rest of the details I actually want to save for a discussion in a separate post along with other goofs that the game has had up to the present. It seems rather apropos ill-timed for such a major goof to happen with a scintillating title for an expansion, but that's the way these cards fell.
Considering other aspects aside from the goof, this is a great expansion that many players will have surely waited for with its two highlight Legendary Pokémon, now being here in (almost) true form in the same TCGP style. There's a lot of wisdom to be taken from these two Pokémon, where they reside, and everything in between those levels, with the rest definitely coming from the fallout of the goof. The next step is then introspection to make these cards and later ones the best they can be, wherever they are.
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Three years ago: (This Is) Just the Start
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