While there have been numerous outstanding digital card games over the years, including successful recreations of physical trading card games, they've seldom been able to capture the enjoyment of cracking open a physical card packet and filling out one's own collection. Pokemon TCG Pocket is a new exception, distilling the TCG to the simplistic, easy-to-understand objective of collecting cool looking cards, and showing off your collection to others. Battles, meanwhile, are largely framed as an ancillary component.
Typically, digital card games treat pack opening and card collecting as a means to an end for deck building and battling – but Pokemon TCG Pocket celebrates the act. It acknowledges that obtaining cards can be just as enjoyable and satisfying as the battles themselves, and in doing so, it's able to carve out its own successful niche.
