How the heck do you guys all have so many from this new event? I started it right away and Im only at like 12 cards and still missing venusaur and jigglypuff?!
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Yeah, as @DarthEevee said, I think you start off with a number of hourglasses, which you can use to battle more often (the event hourglasses recover one battle each rather than reduce the waiting time by 1 hour).
If you mean how I have the time, Iāve had a few EV charging sessions where I had nothing much to do 
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You get 15 hourglasses to start and each stamina takes 12 hours to reload without an hourglass
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I donāt know if the odds are made clear but perhaps you have a better chance at the promo packs by doing expert battles?
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Iām inclined to believe that considering the three Venusaurs I pulled in a row from doing expert runs. Took me 7 tries to get something that wasnāt Venusaur or Jigglypuff. Then again, maybe itās all equal and probability was having a laugh.
Edit: misread lmao
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You are guaranteed a pack on the top difficulty
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9 expert battles, no losses, and still no venusaur or jigglypuff. I am assuming a bad luck streak but i dont think the battle level effects odds of the card in a pack.
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EV
A. Expected Value
B. Effort/Experience Value
C. Electric Vehicle
D. All the above.
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I was hoping this was a poll i could participate in
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I dont think it matters i got all mine doing beginner. Venusaur was my first pull and then its been greninja overload. Its not everytime but pretty often i get a pack or at least something
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This is the thought that I had. Of course there are odds you can get a pack after a victory but it is not always the case.
@DarthEevee mentioned it was 100% at expert but Iām not sure how that can be proven.
After getting a pack on all (if not almost all) expert victories, I tried something someone suggested by auto battling beginner to get an easy win.
Now I rarely get a pack and will never return to beginner.
I donāt think we know the actual odds of getting a pack after a win at the different teirs, but it is safe to say expert has higher odds than beginner.
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So people can datamine the app, but also statistics. Imo itās never worth it to grind beginner.
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A new form of pain has been discovered! Experts are calling it āgrinding for one promo in multiple languages.ā
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I got my secret immersive Mew this past weekend. The visuals remind me of a PokƩmon Tales book, really cute stuff.
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@xileets The obvious answer is A. My āEV (expected value) charging sessionsā are basically chunks of time I block off to determine whether I should add more GameStop stock to my portfolio to increase my expected value gains when GameStop inevitably goes to the moon again.
@circlehunter Oh right, thereās a Haunter promo to all-language hunt for! I think the all-language hunt is a fun way to use the app, but I havenāt found a card Iād like to collect all languages for yet (waiting for the Hoppip line to release!).
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I accidentally wonder-pulled a JP meowth. Itās kinda cool.
What languages are there presently?
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I donāt know all the languages, but there seems to be nine. @Metapod_museum shows Metapod in all nine languages in his Instagram post.
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Per GameRant the odds of getting a promo pack are:
- Beginner: ~50%
- Intermediate: ~65%
- Advanced: ~80%
- Expert: 100%
Iām not positive if these odds are 100% accurate, but they match my rough experience so far.
Source: https://gamerant.com/pokemon-tcg-pocket-ptcgp-venusaur-drop-event-promo-a-vol-2-guide/
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