This video has finally come to my attention, and man was it a walk down memory lane. Thank you. I loved innovating at the time. New game, new possibilities, players not set on anything, it was fun to “break rules” with tri-color decks. I will answer your question, though, Re: Gambler. This was basically a 5th Oak, though more importantly, it would allow me to finish off opponents, particularly stall decks, before I decked myself. Because of Item Finder and it really only being needed late game, Gambler gave me a way to shuffle cards back into my library, buying turns. More often than not, when I played it, I had the game reasonably in hand and wanted to flip tails. It was a tech card. Was it great? Not really, but it did it’s just when needed. It also had a 50% chance of being a Super Oak if I had just stalled and needed a prayer answered. 😁

@rubyretro

Жыл бұрын

The source has spoken!

@ski_ba

10 ай бұрын

This video and this comment thread made my weekend. Thanks for the reply ❤

@foxonboard1

9 ай бұрын

❤

(8:18) Retro - "Even trying to make cards like Beedrill and Ninetales work." The former was me all the way. Tried to make a Bedrill/Butterfree deck back in the day. Actually, got second in a small local tourney, with it. Was good times. XD

@rubyretro

10 ай бұрын

Nice work!

@dosdorquesgaming

10 ай бұрын

Thanks. X3@@rubyretro

I went through all of this while playing every weekend in shopping malls. It was an amazing time

@rubyretro

Жыл бұрын

I believe it! Do you happen to have any photographs from the times? We're looking for photos and videos from the time, Rare as they are.

@ChefIcaroConceicao

Жыл бұрын

@@rubyretro I dont have any sorry. I dont think i even had a phone at the time haha but i still have all my cards

@rubyretro

Жыл бұрын

@@ChefIcaroConceicao Thanks anyways!

@NeroVingian40

Жыл бұрын

“How to say you’re old without saying you’re old” lmao I was 10 when the cards hit our shores, somewhere around year 2000 I think. Yep, nobody even had cameras back then, even mobile phones weren’t a thing yet lol. Edit: DSLR exists back then, it was a thing, but no kid had that, we just weren’t as tech savvy as kids today are.

@ellomate..

Жыл бұрын

@@ChefIcaroConceicao oooo what cards do you have from the original ones ?!

All of the true pokémon fans remember the original 151 pokémon, but seeing all those old trainer cards again that i never understood as a kid for the first time in 20+ years was an extreme blast of nostalgia. It takes me right back to 1999 begging my parents to buy me booster packs whenever we stopped at the grocery store near our house since there was a shop called "Cards & Comics" in the same plaza. Just this year i started playing pokémon tcg live at 31 years old and I can't believe what i've been missing. Now that i play the game and know the magic behind it, this makes the early years and this video that much more special. Thank you for this, this video hit me right in my childhood and is very fulfilling to watch. Awesome video.

@rubyretro

11 ай бұрын

Thank you!

When I was a Kid i judged the coolness of a Pokémon based off it was a Star rating and how much damage. I used to think Pokémon like Mewtwo and Mew weren't special apart from rarity...Thanks for showing me an in depth look on competitive Pokémon. I never realized how amazing Pokémon were until I understood how each turn works. Now I have a different look on these wonderful creatures

This brings back memories. I can't believe this was over 20 years ago, I still remember pulling my holographic Charizard as a kid.

@vanesslifeygo

Жыл бұрын

how long did you hold on to it?

@Kreezil

Жыл бұрын

@@vanesslifeygo I still have it :)

@Vilo24

Жыл бұрын

I still have my holo charizard too I pulled from a pack I bought from the ice cream man

@Kreezil

Жыл бұрын

@@Vilo24 I was driving through LA with my mom and my grandma, we stopped at a toy store and my mom said I could buy a booster pack. I dug through the packs and chose the one with a Charizard on the pack. I was in the backseat of the car when I opened it and I screamed out "I GOT A CHARIZARD!" I remember it so vividly.

Wow, this was actually super good! It's nice to see more coverage on old unoptimized decklists from back then (like the list with 4x Machop in it). (Holden)

@rubyretro

Жыл бұрын

Thanks buddy!

@auraguardianred4771

Жыл бұрын

Crazy to see you here WinterShorts, it’s Strife!

@rubyretro

Жыл бұрын

@@auraguardianred4771 He's a good friend of ours!

I remember buying the cards back in early 1999, in 4th grade. Really good times. Then I got into Magic the gathering the same year and started going to tournements. Really a good childhood and I wish I could go back to the innocence of it all.

30:35 Gambler is a techpiece against stall decks, being able to shuffle your 25 card hand back into your deck and buy plenty more turns. In fact, if the stall deck was not playing Gambler themselves, you would completely turn the tide with your own Gambler and now the stall deck is the one forced with decking out. You could even Item Finder the Gambler and do it a second time if you were somehow threatened again with decking out after your first Gambler. Nice video, this took me down memory lane. Pokemon was my first CCG and I remember going to the Pokemon League at the local comic book shop and getting the battle booklet with the stamps, and acquiring the Mew promo. 2 stamps for a win, 1 stamp for a loss. The good ol' days.

Its 4am, i have work tomorrow, and here i am watching a video essay on a 20+ year old meta. Your channel is amazing

@rubyretro

Жыл бұрын

Thank you for the support! Now get some rest!

@jeffh757

Жыл бұрын

It do be like that tho

I was amazed when I saw the quality of this and then noticed your subscriber account. You definitely deserve far more if you keep making videos like this!

@rubyretro

Жыл бұрын

That means a lot! We'll hopefully be able to make more soon!

@TheSpartanS196

Жыл бұрын

He has just 6 videos on the channel and comes from a 5-year break. Give him time, if he keeps going with stuff like this he'll be huge in no time

@Whitsoxrule1

Жыл бұрын

I had the same thought. Really surprised this was your first video given how refined it was

Back in the day you could only buy pokemon cards by asking for them behind a glass display case. The individual cards, the booster packs, and the starter packs were all kept out of reach. The fact that they were treated like jewelry was brilliant from a marketing perspective.

@Eckoman18

Жыл бұрын

Not true at all. All the card shops and toy stores I went to get cards from had them all out in bins for you to grab. They stopped doing that and put them behind the counter after people figured out you could feel out the packs for ones that had holos or use a scale to weight for heavy packs which pretty much guaranteed a holo. That’s why they started putting in those blank filler cards and code cards so people didn’t weed out all the best packs and leave all the junk ones.

@theredknight9314

Жыл бұрын

@@Eckoman18probably depends on where you went.

@elcuy7518

Жыл бұрын

For a little while Target had booster boxes on shelves. I actually weighed packs off the shelf when I was a kid XD it was kinda messed up but my mom only got me 1 pack at a time so I wanted it to be good

@Pwnulolumad

Жыл бұрын

That wasn’t true everywhere… I recall grabbing my fighting/ fire starter decks off the shelf hooks myself…. You could also touch the venosaur booster packs in the display box …

@CommanderWiggins

11 ай бұрын

​@elcuy7518 I remember when pack weighers were the bane of everyone's existence back before they started including the differently weighted code cards.

From my username, I'm sure you can tell I was glad to see significant coverage of a certain part of 1999's meta. From the standpoint of the guy who was screaming about anything less than 30 Trainers being stupid from almost the beginning, I was glad to see the inclusion of Insanity in this! I think some of the builds I remember reading about back in the day ran 46 Trainers and really, REALLY relied on that "set up literally everything by using every Trainer under the sun and then ending on Lass" play. Can't wait to see your take on the rest of the old days! As an aside, my personal experience with the game had me as a complete idiot in deckbuilding up until the point where Promo Mewtwo was released. That decklist somehow unlocked me understanding proper play - going from "oh god I hope I draw something that can deal with this in the next 4 turns" to "turn 1 Mewtwo has 3 energy on him and Wigglytuff is getting ready, good luck dealing with this" almost overnight.

@rubyretro

Жыл бұрын

Sounds like you knew evaluations what was up. Thanks for watching!

28:55 While clearly displayed in the video, it may be helpful to vocally distinguish between variants of Mewtwo or other pokémon. Base set Mewtwo and the movie promo Mewtwo clearly served different functions. Similarly, there were two different iterations of Magmar playable and in circulation at the time.

I think running the gambler was a chance to stave off getting decked by an opponent. You can shuffle a large amount of cards back into your deck, and have a chance of only having to draw one back out.

Alakazam + Tentacool + Mr. Mime was so much fun. It was difficult to fight against Muk and Aerodactyl, but there were ways to counter it.

The Pokémon TCG was an incredible experience as a kid, everyone had cards and a lot of places held game nights. Nothing comes close to this experience nowadays because the world isn’t physical anymore - everything is about sitting in a room sharing an experience with a content creator on YT, Twitch or playing online with friends.

@BerserkGorilla

Ай бұрын

Locals still exist

Most people never realized but to accelerate your way into the meta, all you needed was to buy 4 blackout theme decks. You would end up with 4 prof oaks 4 hitmonchan 4 super energy removals 4 gust of winds and 4 plus powers and a bunch of energy removals.too. Blackout was built upon the core concept of energy removal as a strategy to disrupt and being offensive with strong basic pokemon. Which ended up being haymaker.

OMG at 8:55 when the electabuzz sound effect played I lost it and laughed so hard. Bless this video

Phenomenal video. Already stoked for episode 2.

@rubyretro

Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much. Stay tuned!

@yoshifanatic

Жыл бұрын

@@rubyretro m...................... I'm..............

@rubyretro

Жыл бұрын

@@yoshifanatic?

This is a type of content I have wished was around on KZread for a long time. It is nostalgic for people like me for who were around during these glorious times. While being educative to what the game once was like for younger / newer players! ( Here’s hoping you stick to this series for a while to come! I would love to see content on the mid EX era such as Holon Phantoms! ) Sub well earned, stay awesome!

@rubyretro

Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much!💜 Stay tuned!

@heddysteve7078

Жыл бұрын

The lack of the rare trainers was due more the commons being a lot better. running max copies of bill oak gust of wind and energy removal made game’s extremely quick. I’m hoping I have some stuff from left from those days I can send to you. Great video.

Wow, I was just about to go see the next date to this series only to find out that this channel is fairly brand new. All I have to say is thank you and how amazing this video was. Straight to the point, not dragging the video on, amazing editing, and had an amazing flow to it. The only problem I have is that I’m way too early on to your channel. Thanks once again -new subscriber

@rubyretro

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the support and kind words! We're hoping to get the next one out before too long, so stay tuned!

I know its going to take a long while at this rate but I cannot wait for the black and white era videos where he covers darkrai ex and fluffychomp. Man those were some wild times. Great video!!

@rubyretro

Жыл бұрын

We'll see. The churn rate for videos may eventually pick up. Thanks for watching!

what an incredibly well made video. i always played gambler as a kid because i wanted one more "oak" in my deck

@xilencered7788

Жыл бұрын

Yep or a last minute gamble without having to discard cards you will need later

@ZeroX7649

Жыл бұрын

@@xilencered7788 I loved Gambler as a kid and I think people really slept on that card. It's a -1 to your deck count with a +8 chance that's especially good when you're running energy absorption. The only reason it wasn't abused to death is because of the "Unga Bunga" meta.

Kinda sad i wasn’t older during this era in my life, I was like 11 barely getting a grip of yugioh and a trip to Toysrus Still glad I was old enough to remember going for base and fossil sets as a kid with my dad cause HE wanted me to experience the beginning

Really well edited and researched. I've always heard about early decks like haymaker, but its cool to see the other fledging decks of the time get some spotlight. Looking forward to the next part 👍

@rubyretro

Жыл бұрын

Happy you liked it! Stay tuned!

The amount of detail is so good and well researched. Im honestly waiting the next episode. Take your time :)

I was literally talking to my friend the other day about how so don’t see content like this for card games. So I’m in.

For a brand new channel, you killed it with the editing and presentation, super excited for the next meta!

@rubyretro

Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much! Stay tuned!

WOW! What an in-depth and accurate video! Super excited for what's coming next. Love that you do the installments by year and not set so we can get a bigger picture of what was going on during the era.

@AaronUzumaki

Жыл бұрын

Much appreciated!

@rubyretro

Жыл бұрын

Ope, meant to post under this account.

Talk about a blast from the past. You’ve earned yourself a subscriber. Looking forward to watching more of this series.

Great video! I was only ever a super casual TCG player as a kid but since then I've played a lot more CCG's and it was really fun to go back and learn how strong each card in my binder really was. Liked and subscribed, glad the algorithm brought me here

This is such an amazing nostalgia trip and very well made! Can't wait to see more of this series!

@rubyretro

Жыл бұрын

Thank you! Stay tuned for more!

Absolutely floored that I didn't find your channel earlier. This is the first video I've watched from you and I'm hooked! Like, I can't explain it, but this video was so informative, and I loved your narration. You could almost feel like you were there during those days. The history of the TCG meta was not something I've ever thought about, but I'm glad you're talking about it

@rubyretro

10 ай бұрын

Glad you like them!

Great video! I just recently got back into the TCG after a long departure and watching this gave me so much good Nostalgia from when I first started playing! keep it up cant wait for the next one!!

I used to compete at Books-a-million all the time. Every weekend they had Pokemon TCG official events. I would battle the gym leaders and collect the badges. Id then go to the snack counter and get a hot chocolate and buy a few packs of cards and open them up from all of the money I made doing yard work at 10-13 years old. So much fun and nostalgia. The smell of the card packs and books. Any time I hit up a book store like that I immediately think of those times. I still have the original set all boxed up 1st editions. several blastoise and like 3 charizards that have been sitting in protective cases for over 20 years now lmao wow time has flown

This brought me back to my childhood. It taught me how to read, how to do math, how to critically think. I still remember very vivid memories of the highlights of playing this game. I still remember me and my friends coming up with decks, going to toys r us and playing in the Pokemon league . Hell I still have all the badges I got from it. My childhood was blessed. Thanks for reminding me.

@rubyretro

Жыл бұрын

Happy to do so!

During My First Year Of Middle School (1999-2000) I Got Pokémon Trading Card Game Base Set Cards And Pokémon Yellow Video Game For Christmas 1999.

Really incredible content, I was glued to the screen till the end! Looking forward to more episodes!

@rubyretro

Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much! Stay tuned!

As someone who’s played the Pokémon TCG a majority of their life this was a joy to watch. Absolutely can’t wait for the next part! I’m most excited to see coverage on Delta Species in the future. Went to your channel and saw legacy deck battle videos. That’s pretty awesome! With a better mic setup and more clever editing those would blow up in numbers too. Tricky Gym has some legacy PTCG content, but it’d be great to have a channel like this that looks back and shows the meta and cards from back in the day.

@rubyretro

Жыл бұрын

Mahone is actually a friend of ours, so who knows? Maybe we'll Collab with him in the future since he only lives right down the street. We didn't have mics 5 years ago, but we do now. We plan to eventually start posting a game or two a week if the availability of time permits. Mostly, it is a balancing act we are working on to make sure we can post enough content to keep growing so that we can maybe go full time with it eventually. Thanks for watching, and stay tuned!

I never got into actually playing the TCG, but I always loved the aesthetic of the cards. As a kid, I always wondered why they didn't use those elemental icons in the mainline videogames.

@spotsthecat7913

Жыл бұрын

I think because they won't confuse game players since some icons represents more than 1 type (i.e. Fighting represents Ground, Rock and Fighting itself) in TCG.

This is a great video. Ever since Roobindale's history of yugioh I've been waiting for someone to make a video like this for pokemon! Can't wait to see more of this series

@rubyretro

Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much! We're excited to make more, so stay tuned!

Subbed just for this series because I’ve always been interested in the card game but never had time to research the history. Look forward to the rest of the series!!

@rubyretro

Жыл бұрын

Stay tuned!

I was totally floored with the editing skills on this, let alone the actual content of the video! Absolutely amazing information! It's fascinating to learn more about the TCG itself, as I was one of those people who mostly just had fun collecting the packs and keeping the cards in my binder!!

@rubyretro

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for supporting!

As a 90’s kid, I would give anything to go back and relive that decade to truly savor it. I used my enlistment bonus from the air force to buy a box of booster packs for gen 1 pokemon tcg. I miss how excited i would get when you finally see the sparkly holofoil card. Its a feeling you can only achieve as an adult if you take pain meds with a hot h00k3r.

A fantastic video. You give a really clear picture of the meta at the time, while explaining why. Also, as someone who has no knowledge of the Pokemon TCG you're very noob friendly with explaining how the interactions and mechanics work and why they're strong. What a fantastic series!

@rubyretro

Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much!

this is awesome to learn about and the presentation is just incredible, can't wait to watch the rest in the series!

Thank you for making a video on this subject. Really bringing me back to my League days.

Thank you for covering the early meta so well. Can't wait to see more!

@rubyretro

Жыл бұрын

Stay tuned!

really well done videos! the animation was amazing

@rubyretro

Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much!

I am shockingly surprised that this is the only meta explanation type video on your channel, it's so good I'd love to see more videos about pokemon tcg meta changes through the years

@rubyretro

Жыл бұрын

We're working on more. Stay tuned!

Just finished the video and it was superb. Awesome job with everything and I am looking forward to more videos like this! Definitely will rewatch this again in the future.

@rubyretro

Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much! More videos soon!

Awesome video Recently got back into the TCG with live launching and it’s awesome to take a look back at the old metas as the game evolved

@rubyretro

Жыл бұрын

Welcome back and thanks for watching!

I absolutely loved this retrospective. thank you.

@rubyretro

Жыл бұрын

No, thank you!

This has been such an awesome nostalgia trip! I sadly no longer have my old cards but had every card in duplicate and remember the meta with frozen raindance decks and furious commons stacking lots of trainers. Thank you 💕

This randomly showed up on my feed, well worth the watch, excited to see more!

@rubyretro

Жыл бұрын

Thanks, stay tuned!

Wonderful video Nick!

@rubyretro

Жыл бұрын

Nick and I worked hard on it, so the complement is much appreciated!

1. Why is the editing in the intro and the video itself so FREAKING GOOD!? 2. WHY NOT MORE SUBS!? 3. Very informative :) More notes: I really love that animated Groudon card in the intro. I love Groudon and man does that animation tickle the nostalgia ribs. Great work with keeping the art style in this video consistent via using the original cards and promo material. This is great content and I hope to see more. Seriously this is some top notch editing, it's been awhile since a youtuber wowed me with transitions. I nearly busted out Pokemon TCG on my Gameboy again just to try out some of these strategies you mentioned for fun. I also found the video to be very informative, since I never actually got to play the card game as a kid. Nice to see what it was like back then. Great stuff, this video should be framed on your wall! lol

@rubyretro

Жыл бұрын

I am overly flattered. I'm glad all the editing work I put in paid off for some. Stay turned, the next episode is coming soon!

Such an awesome video Thank you for taking the time to make it!

@rubyretro

10 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

Thank you so much for making this, I wasn't playing Pokemon during this time but I'm super interested!

i lived through this here in LA. i actually ran a Venusaur/Beedrill deck early on, but it didn't become great until Scyther came out and gave me the chance to hit hard fast. I adopted Lickitung and Dodrio early on as well since I could never really get too many Clefairy/Chansey (broke hood kid and not too many things to trade). When Fossil and the promos came out, a lot of cool variations of strange decks came out, but all of these things are lost since the majority of people didn't publish tournament reports. Great video! Fun trip down memory lane.

@ellomate..

Жыл бұрын

did you make it out of the hood

As many have already said - loved watching this video as a nostalgia trip. Very well put together. I only ever collected and traded the cards. Kid me didn’t have a clue how to “play” until I owned the TCG for gameboy color.

@jaysant6958

8 күн бұрын

Same. That’s how I learned. I play it at least once a week.

was so bummed that the video ended and there isnt a second one out yet!!! amazing! cant wait for more!!

@rubyretro

Жыл бұрын

❤️ Thanks. Next video will be out January 20

Awesome video, brought back memories. I hope there is a second or third video.

This video basically confirmed my suspicions that Pokémon tcg loves water types by giving them that Rain dance ability since the beginning Awesome video Can’t wait for part two

@rubyretro

Жыл бұрын

Water has gotten some insane support throughout the years for sure. Thanks for watching, stay tuned!

My God the memories. I was vgc back when we relied on link cables to battle but since the competitions were always held together with the card competitions I started getting into the cards. Met some of my best friends at those.

Great video! I really hope this channel grows. Rocket is definitely an intersting expansion, can't wait for the next video.

@rubyretro

Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much! Stay tuned!

Wow this was done very well. Well edited, informative, nostalgic. Subbed and ready for episode two.

@rubyretro

Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much! Stay tuned!

The effort you put into this video is truly insane. All the inserts and snippets from commercials and anime really made me feel like back in the 90s. Great great video!

@rubyretro

Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much!

Can’t wait for the next one! My only experience with the card game was the gameboy color game, but I remember discovering how broken hitmonchan was even as a kid.

@rubyretro

Жыл бұрын

Stay tuned!

Incredible work, really. Keep up the phenominal work and I cant wait to see the rest of the series.

@rubyretro

10 ай бұрын

Thanks a ton!

I never knew how to play as a kid but I spent hours studying the art work from the hand me down cards from these first few sets

Whoaa ! This bring back a lot of memories ! I remember when I was 10 years old playing meta haymaker with hitmonchan/schyter deck. Always struggling in competition against Chansey/Alakazam combo deck perhaps I did a lot of misplay backthere

I'm old enough to remember the early Haymaker, Rain Dance and Stall decks. Thank goodness for the GBC game, so I could try all of those out without dropping thousands of dollars on packs. Also, the trainers were completely BUSTED

@connorkiss2614

Жыл бұрын

Same with me!

What a great video! Thanks for this! Really enjoyed it!!!

That opening commercial just screams my childhood. I remember seeing it a lot on TV and on the Pokemon VHS tapes I had of the series. Really well done video as well, saw a lot of what I used in decks then featured as well which was awesome. Cool bit of Nostalgia for me I will say. Never played past locals, but it was fun coming up with different strategies using essentially the same cards. Thanks for the memory jog mate, was an awesome throwback for me and a nice understanding of how the game was actually played then.

@rubyretro

10 ай бұрын

Glad you liked it! Thanks for watching!

I loved playing Pokemon TCG in this era as a kid in my after school club. I definitely feel out of it because cards nowadays are power crept to the heavens so it's cool to see how much of a difference there was between cards back then versus now.

@rubyretro

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching!

Makes me nostalgic seeing a lot of these cards. I was only young when they was out and didint even understand how to actually play the game. All I wanted to do was collect my favourite Pokémon

@rubyretro

Жыл бұрын

Most kids didn't, but it's hard to deny that the cards made for great collectibles. Thanks for watching!

Great video. I've watched ptcgradio's set breakdowns so I knew about the Jason klaczynski blog, but actually going through pojo forums and dredging up long forgotten decklists is really cool. Excited to see what you'll find for rocket and the gym sets!

@rubyretro

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the kind words. Stay tuned!

Ruby retro I thank you for these amazing videos! I enjoy learning about the memories stored in these cards. I actually found an old collection my uncle had from back in the day. It was passed down to me but I lost it and recently (yesterday) found the collection. I love learning about vintage kids items. They hold so much of the past within them.

@rubyretro

7 ай бұрын

Thanks for taking the time to watch! Glad you found your uncle's collection.

Incredible video. Very well done, I’m shocked you don’t have more subscribers. You earned one with me. Can’t wait for the next installment!

@rubyretro

Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much. Stay tuned!

Honestly mate. Super fascinating video! I am hooked and I am intrigued. Am looking forward to watching the series play out! ^-^

@rubyretro

Жыл бұрын

Thanks! Stay tuned for the next one!

Superb content, gentlemen. I still remember visiting local card shops with my Dad when I was younger. This game was such a big part of my childhood!

@rubyretro

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the support, buddy! You're a big part of this too!

Please make in depth videos like this for the entire history of the Pokemon TCG!!! I will like and comment on all of them, this is amazing content which documents the history of a game I grew up on and played competitively. Thank you so much for this :)

@rubyretro

Жыл бұрын

I'll hold you to that. Thanks for watching, and stay tuned!

Ty for the video! Was awesome seeing a lot of the early builds players were using at the time. Now I can use a bunch of these builds for the tcg video game! Can’t wait for the next video that way I can use some of those deck builds for the 2nd tcg game

@rubyretro

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching! Stay tuned!

this was a really interesting video and had great editing for such a small channel gonna watch ep 2 as soon as it comes out

@rubyretro

Жыл бұрын

Thank you! Stay tuned!

this is one of the best KZread videos I've ever seen I love the pokemon TCG and retro / alt formats this is what I NEEDED

@rubyretro

Жыл бұрын

You're too kind!

Good informative video. Been playing since 99. Videos like this got me back into playing the Base and Neo formats. My buddy and I have built 8 vintage meta decks so far with plans for a few more. We also enjoy playing the 2011/2012 era as well.

@rubyretro

Жыл бұрын

Glad to hear it. Retro Pokémon is so fun! Thanks for watching!

I could watch these all day. Subbed up and ready for the next episode whenever it comes out!

@rubyretro

Жыл бұрын

Stay tuned!

I hope you make more of these. I'd like to see the introduction of dark pokemon, gym leader pokemon, and gen 2. This video was very well put together and if you do continue it, I cannot wait to watch the next one.

@rubyretro

Жыл бұрын

Thanks! Stay tuned for the next one, dropping January 20.

This was super amazing! I can’t wait for the next part! So fun looking back on the game I loved when I was six and seeing how the meta was as a kid

@rubyretro

Жыл бұрын

Thanks, stay tuned!

I had/have so many of these cards. I don't play anymore but keep the cards purely for their beauty. Cool video and a part of history I've not yet seen on youtube. Good job

@rubyretro

Жыл бұрын

Thanks!

KZread feed randomly suggested this video to me - now I'm a subscriber 😄 Great content, keep up the great work!

@rubyretro

Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much! Stay tuned for more!

I'd love to see you continue this, I remember playing the og sets, stopped after a while but I'd love to see how the competitive scene shaped out. Definitely earned my sub

@rubyretro

Жыл бұрын

Thank you! Stay tuned for the next installment coming soon.

Amazing video, would love to learn more about the Pokemon TCG history. Subscribed for more videos like this!

Superb job, gentlemen! Thank you so much for this!

@rubyretro

Жыл бұрын

Double dipping, are we? Thanks again, my man!

This brought back amazing memories! I happened to win the STS in the, i think 11-14, one below the 14+, division with a sponge deck in the meta I assume will immediately follow this video and I eagerly, eagerly await your next video! Instant subscribe! Thank you for documenting the old pokemon TCG world! This sort of stuff gets lost to history and means the world to so many of us who are now.. maybe getting a bit old. Thank you!

@rubyretro

Жыл бұрын

Thank you, and stay tuned for the next one!

Amazing video! Can't wait for part 2

@rubyretro

Жыл бұрын

Thank you! Stay tuned!

a number of retro tcg videos had been coming out recently, but the editing of this one stands out good work mate :)

@rubyretro

Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much!

Cool video, you deserve more attention. I'll be looking out for the next one!

@rubyretro

Жыл бұрын

That means a lot! Thanks for watching!