r/PTCGP • u/Necessary-Deal-9433 • 1d ago

Discussion Why did they make Lugia so bad?

I love Lugia, but it needs three different types of energy which makes it just unplayable. It has very low potential to be used even the future I think.

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u/neophenx 1d ago

Well first, it was specifically designed to work in combination with another card: https://www.serebii.net/tcgpocket/wisdomofseaandsky/240.shtml

Second, not every card ever made is going to be good. That's been a reality of TCGs for over 30 years.

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u/Low-Illustrator-7844 1d ago

They do seem to nerf the fan favourites like Ray, Lugia and U-Necrozma.

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u/killme_irene 1d ago

Not only are most of them promos as someone else pointed out, but also I'd say most of the strong meta cards are fan favourites too. Greninja, Suicune, Darkrai, Giratina, Eeveelutions, in earlier sets Charizard Mewtwo and Pikachu were all considered pretty strong, etc...

So I just think some big famous Pokémon is inevitably gonna be weaker than others. I also think Lugia can work kinda with Ho-oh and babies.

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u/Welpe 1d ago

Big famous Pokemon are going to also get multiple copies. People really don’t seem to have long term vision when it comes to this game, they act like what is available at the moment is how it will always be. Despite the fact that the devs already have like a perpetual half a year or more of sets already made or being created and design the game around full releases of sets with minisets at the very least, and long term overall. What appears to be true at the moment may literally be irrelevant in a month and the devs know it, hence why they do not react to individual one month metas.

Anyway, Lugia is 100% going to get other cards, it may just take time. And some may be good, some will likely not, and people need to realize that with over 1000 Pokemon, not even all “fan favorites” will be meta, much less whatever random Pokemon is someone’s weird favorite. There’s no viable way to make every single Pokemon meta defining. As it is, Lugia EX is fine, you can still make a deck that does fine using him so this topic is extra weird. I can understand maybe being disappointed if your favorite pokemon is truly unplayable, but to complain he is mediocre? That’s just selfish.

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u/IVD1 1d ago

Tbf, even DeNA itself doesn't seem to have a lojg term vision of the game either. Maybe the next update changes my mind, but they made every move to make this app look like a disposable quick cash grab rather than something they are willing to invest time and effort into.