It’s always going to be a coin flip.

I’ve never been a player of pokemon trading cards, but i’ve come to love the pocket version of the game. However, every single match i play seems to come down to one thing. A damn coin flip.

Does their celebi do 300 damage or 0? Does their misty end the game before it starts? Does their hypno keep me asleep for 4 turns? All of those are determined by a digital coin. It feels like there’s very little strategy and a TON of luck. I love the mind games and the strategy of the card game, but the meta with Celebi and Misty is brutally unfun.

Is the physical card game this CRITICALLY dependent on a damn quarter or is it just the current state of the mobile game?