After a pretty long hiatus from the tcg I've recently gotten back into it, and I was just looking over my collection thinking about which generation (as in the classic sets, neo, ex sets, DP, HGSS, BW, etc.) has had my favorite additions/changes to the game.
For me, personally, I'd have to easily give it to the DP sets. Just on the design of the cards alone was a huge improvement. The finally brought back the pokedex info, all of the reverse foil cards had the same pattern (the inconsistent change in foil pattern every new set during the ex era drove me craaaazy). Then the changes to the game were also some of my favorite. I loved the energy-less attacks, changes to how the weakness system worked, the introduction of lv. x cards, and also the held items certain pokemon had. The tcg finally felt fresh again to me.
Getting back into the game now to see that HGSS & B&W changed a lot of those new rules back bums me out. I know each gen has their own gimmicks (like lv. x cards, ex pokemon, pokemon*, etc.), but I thought for sure the energy-less attacks and new weakness system would become new staples of the game. Oh well, things change. The Neo cards were also some of my favorites.
For me, personally, I'd have to easily give it to the DP sets. Just on the design of the cards alone was a huge improvement. The finally brought back the pokedex info, all of the reverse foil cards had the same pattern (the inconsistent change in foil pattern every new set during the ex era drove me craaaazy). Then the changes to the game were also some of my favorite. I loved the energy-less attacks, changes to how the weakness system worked, the introduction of lv. x cards, and also the held items certain pokemon had. The tcg finally felt fresh again to me.
Getting back into the game now to see that HGSS & B&W changed a lot of those new rules back bums me out. I know each gen has their own gimmicks (like lv. x cards, ex pokemon, pokemon*, etc.), but I thought for sure the energy-less attacks and new weakness system would become new staples of the game. Oh well, things change. The Neo cards were also some of my favorites.