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Gaardus @gaardus.top · 24/09/2026
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Gaardus @gaardus.top · 24/09/2026
Coming along nicely! 1 card away from a master set of 30th Celebration (bar a certain undisclosed rarity) and master sets of every other expansion through Sword & Shield. ~75% of the way through Sun & Moon, but spread across all sets, so few completed. Build & Battle rewards have been a MAJOR boon!
My Collection Stats in Pokemon TCG Live.  I've collected 11,883 different cards so far!
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Gaardus @gaardus.top · 16/09/2026
Screenshot of Super Mario Sunshine.  Princess Peach is saying, "I'm your...Mama?"
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Gaardus @gaardus.top · 15/09/2026
Lots of cool stuff in this update! I have some quibbles with the new battle board, but PTCGL continues to improve overall. I do have one request, though: free them. 🥺
Patch notes for Version 1.2.0 of PTCGL.  They detail bug fixes to several late XY series cards, which notably have never been permitted for in-game use in PTCGL, except for a brief period in July 2022 when all cards were accidentally made Standard-legal, whether their functionality was programmed in or not.  The patch notes for this update were later modified to remove references to these cards.
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Gaardus @gaardus.top · 11/09/2026
How are these calculated? Master sets of each Mega Evolution series expansion so far only add up to 1732 cards, not 1756 or 1778. It's not MEP promo cards; there are 87 of them so far, and I just crafted an unowned one without increasing the numerator.
A screenshot from Pokemon TCG Live, showing the Card Dex feature.  The list of series is displayed, showing how many cards from each series the user has collected.  Some of the series show more than 100% completion, such as the Scarlet and Violet series at 6120 cards owned out of 6066, or the Mega Evolution series at 1778 out of 1756.
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Gaardus @gaardus.top · 01/08/2026
Can't argue with value like that.
Screenshot of the McDonald's app, showing their value menu.  The McChicken is listed as containing 390000 calories.  The other items are similarly inflated.
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Gaardus @gaardus.top · 27/05/2026
On top of that, the cards in many subsets are failing to count toward set completion.
The first of a pair of screenshots of the Pokemon Trading Card Game Live, showing the Card Dex, an in-game catalogue of a player's collection.  Together, the screenshots show that all 25 cards in the main portion of the set Celebrations are owned, as well as at least some of the cards in Celebrations' Classic Collection.  However, the counter for owned cards is stuck at 25 out of 50.  The Classic Collection cards are being factored into the total number of cards in the set but not into the count of cards owned.The second in the pair of screenshots of Celebrations in PTCGL's Card Dex.A third screenshot of PTCGL's Card Dex.  In this screenshot, the set Shining Fates is shown instead of Celebrations.  Like Celebrations, this set has a substantial subset, the Shiny Vault.  Unlike Celebrations, the cards in the subset are being successfully counted; the game shows 241 out of 241 cards owned.
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Gaardus @gaardus.top · 22/05/2026
...It's not supposed to give this much XP, right?
A screenshot of the Pokemon Trading Card Game Live.  It shows the match rewards from PTCGL's newest game mode, Build & Battle.  Some of the rewards are as expected, but the game has granted 15,925 XP, a wildly excessive quantity.
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Gaardus @gaardus.top · 10/05/2026
The basic idea is to burn through your deck, discarding a bunch of energy cards in the process (especially Reversal and Counter, which provide multiple rainbow energy). Blow up your Electrode-GX to attach that energy to Alolan Raichu, and then wipe your opponent's board.
A Pokemon card, Alolan Raichu UNM 57. It is notable for its first attack, Electro Rain, which reads, "Discard any amount of {L} Energy from this Pokémon. Then, for each Energy you discarded in this way, choose 1 of your opponent’s Pokémon and do 30 damage to it. (You can choose the same Pokémon more than once.) This damage isn’t affected by Weakness or Resistance."Another Pokemon card, Electrode-GX CES 48. It is notable for its Ability, Extra Energy Bomb, which reads, "Once during your turn (before your attack), you may attach 5 Energy cards from your discard pile to your Pokémon, except Pokémon-GX or Pokémon-EX, in any way you like. If you do, this Pokémon is Knocked Out."
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Gaardus @gaardus.top · 11/03/2026
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Gaardus @gaardus.top · 23/02/2026
Probably this Trevenant.
A card of the Pokemon Trevenant, which evolves from Phantump.  It has the Ability "Forest's Curse," which reads, "As long as this Pokemon is your Active Pokemon, your opponent can't play any Item cards from his or her hand."
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Gaardus @gaardus.top · 28/01/2026
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Gaardus @gaardus.top · 28/01/2026
Why is PTCGL's new music so good?
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Gaardus @gaardus.top · 27/12/2025
Wha...? HOW?
$5000 ÷ 30 = $166.66
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Gaardus @gaardus.top · 02/10/2025
Not often that a single-prize Pokemon feels like it can really compete with the big boys, and I just really like drawing cards.
Scan of Alakazam MEG 056.  It is a Psychic-type, Stage 2 Pokemon with 140 HP that evolves from Kadabra.  It has the Ability "Psychic Draw," which allows the player to draw 3 cards upon evolving into Alakazam, and it has the attack "Powerful Hand," which costs 1 Psychic Energy and places 2 damage counters upon the Defending Pokemon for each card in the player's hand.  The Alakazam is weak to Darkness-type Pokemon, resists Fighting-type, and has a Retreat Cost of 1.
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Gaardus @gaardus.top · 22/09/2024
And it only took me 13 years.
Screenshot of my achievements list from The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim.  The last of the achievements was completed today, almost thirteen years since Skyrim's release.
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Gaardus @gaardus.top · 17/09/2024
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Gaardus @gaardus.top · 16/01/2024
Save up the Crystals from the daily quests to repeatedly buy the Shadow Rider Calyrex VMAX League Battle Deck; the duplicate protection will eventually give you 4150 Credits per purchase. If you're willing to spend real money, buy any one set's code cards in bulk from resellers. (1/2)
The Shadow Rider Calyrex VMAX League Battle Deck can be found in PTCGL's shop by clicking "View All Bundles" and scrolling down to July 2022.The Shadow Rider Calyrex VMAX League Battle Deck can be found in PTCGL's shop by clicking "View All Bundles" and scrolling down to July 2022.
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Gaardus @gaardus.top · 15/11/2023
Nokia used to make bold phones like that! They looked so good.
Stock image of the Nokia Lumia 920 smartphone, in a bold red color.Stock image of the Nokia Lumia 1020 smartphone in bright yellow.  It features extremely pronounced camera hardware near the middle of the phone, in contrast with most modern phones which place the camera in the corner.  Windows Phone's color-coordinated user interface features prominently on the phone's display.
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