However, there’s an economic reason for the decision that has no benefit to players whatsoever. Becausehas drowned itself in so many overlapping and confusing in-game currencies, it has become a difficult balancing act for TPC to manage. One of these currencies is Credits, and these can be spent to buycard from any collection a player desires.
During game development, we found that 10-card booster packs in Pokémon TCG Live often resulted in more duplicates of non-foil common and uncommon cards. Once the maximum number of copies has been reached for a card type, duplicates will get converted into Credits that can be exchanged for any card that a player does not already have in their collection .
I'm not a fan of the new Live client, but you should be honest in your criticism. The 10 card packs have exactly one rare card. The 5 pack system in Live can have multiple rare cards. In theory it represents similar value because you can craft. Of course, it is a dice roll.
They just stopped me from wanting to get back into the tcg, good job Pokémon Company
I have so many card codes to redeem before switching. 😬😬😬