Timeline Of The BEST & WORST Cards In Pokémon History. (1999-2024)
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- čas přidán 17. 02. 2024
- So we are taking a good look at Pokemon TCG history here today! Going back through all 115 English sets and seeing what the best cards were, what the worst cards were, and if there are any honorable mentions!
The best cards in Pokemon history, the worst cards in Pokemon history, and everything in between!
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Music Used:
Base
Opening Red/Blue @Mewmore remix
Firered leafgreen viridian forest
FireRed rocket hideout
FireRed gym leader battle
Neo
Olivine City Theme
Union Cave Theme
National Park Theme
E-reader
Entering Kanto Theme
3rd Gen
Route 104 Theme
Meteor Falls Theme
Archie/Maxie Fight Theme
Gym Leader Battle Fire Red Theme
Battle Legendary Theme
4th gen
Lake Acuity Theme
Route 217 Night Theme
Distortion World Theme
Cynthia Battle Theme
HGSS
Battle Ho-Oh Theme
MT Silver Theme
Black and White
Dragonspiral Tower Theme
Driftveil City Theme
Opelucid City Black Theme
Colress Battle Theme
X&Y
Pokeball Factory Theme
Battle Gym Leader Theme
Aqua Magma Battle Theme
Lysandre Labs Theme
Zinnia Battle Theme
Anistar City Theme
SUMO
Ten Carat Hill Theme
Guzma Encounter Theme
Lucasmine Battle Theme
HauOli City Theme
Battle Gladion Theme
SWSH
Wedgehurst Town Theme
Sonia Theme Theme
Master Dojo Theme
Jubilife City (legends arceus)
Gym Leader Battle Theme
Scarlet Violet
Area Zero Theme - Hry
I can tell by the editing that completing this video must have taken absolutely ages. I envy your commitment mate.
It took absolutely AGES 🤣 appreciate your support my guy,🙏
The man is ancient now
Great video, brother. @@BurtsPTCG
@@BurtsPTCGit takes AGES to become SEGA, sorry had to do it 😅
Absolutely ages
bro made not a video but a saga
🤣 The one stop shop for all the pokemon tcg history 🙏
The details put in this video like the background music for example is just magical 😎👌
Ayo! Glad someone notices 👀🤣
This is gonna become my go to video to draw to, isn't it? Appreciate the hard work!
Aha love to hear it my friend! 🤣🙏 What do you draw? :)
This is one of those videos that I'm going to come back to and rewatch periodically. Great for active listening or just background while I work. Excellent video
That's fantastic feedback! Thank you so much 🙌
So so excited for this video! Can't believe how much effort it must have been, hope it gets out to lots of people, everyone deserves to find such great content!!!
It was an absolute chore can't lie! But glad it done 🙌 thank you so much for your support 🙏
You know more about the game than most channels. I may love unlimited most but it's always nice to remember how standard was played.
Thank you so much my friend 😭🙏 appreciate your kind words 🙌
OOO a new 4 hour video to enjoy while I work THANK YA
Ayo let's go! Glad it's going down well! 🙌
This exact energy and statement lol
Absolutely love your content dude, you have such a nice voice and your videos are always fun to watch! Thanks for helping me get more into the TCG 😁
Thank you so much my friend! Means a lot to me 🙌🙏
That video was definitely worth the wait! Keep up the great content 😊
Haha thank you so much! Glad you like it! 🙌
Wow, what an amazing and comprehensive journey through PTCG history!
That's what we were going for haha! Glad you liked it! 🙌
Insane video! You're too powerful!!
I also appreciate the spreading of ptcg history! Hopefully more people will be interested in retro formats
Ayo! Thank you so much ❤️ after learning about these old formats I am so invested in covering them more! 🙌
Been hyped about this video ever since you announced it! Had to stay here for the whole ride!
AMAZING JOB !
Really hope our digital ptcg options will get enhanced in the future. I'd love to have custom lobbies in TCGL where players and friends alike can battle each other with a variety of custom rulesets!
Thank you so much!🙌 Appreciate all your support :) being able to play these online would be great!
Dude, amazing effort in compilating this video, your passion for this game is very refreshing, Thanks
Thank you so much! It means a lot 😭🙏
This video's editing, your excitement, and the shots of the physical cards make this an exquisite educational tool for PTCG history. Thanks for this.
Thank you so much! 🙌 This feedback means a lot honestly 😭🙏
Such a great video, can't imagine the amount of time and research it took 👏🏻
It's so long though, it took me three days to finish it. (totally worth it, even for the parts I actually played 🤭)
maybe you should cut it up to a series of shorter videos, like for each block/rotation, it will be nicer and more easy to watch
Yeah it was an absolute slog but worth it! Appreciate your willingness to watch in multiple parts haha! Im tempted to upload the blocks will see how everything pans out! 🙌
That's some really high quality content bud, you've earned a sub! 👍🏻😄
Ayo! Thank you so much ❤️
ngl i dont even play this game but i like hearing you talk about it
Haha! Ayo appreciate that! Hope i can convince you too play some time 👀🤣
Love your casting and content and hope to meet you at EUIC, keep up the awesome work :))
I will definitely be there! So come find me! Appreciate your support ❤️
Shai this video is a blessing and a curse. I put youtube on, usually tcg vods, as noise to sleep to but my algorithm LOVES LOVES this video. It keeps autoplaying it and as soon as i hear ur voice i wake back up “oh its that fkn video again”! Loved watching the first time I just wish the algorithm would let me go 😅
Haha 🤣😭 omg my voice just wakes you up eh? :p I know some people use this video to fall asleep so it's funny how it works in opposites for different people 🤣🤣
Watched the whole thing over the course of 3 days,fantastic video !!
As someone who has only ever played the GBA game and TCG Live I appreciate all the in person comments made and the overall history of cards
Ayo! Thank you so much for your support! Means a lot 😭🙏
Been great to see you at the Regionals with that Iono!
Absolutely Stoked to watch this
-Pikachu Hat Guy
Aha aww yes I remember! Hope you are well my friend! 🙌 Appreciate your support! 🔥
Really fun video, and the production value was top notch. Fire content!
Ayo appreciate you! 🙌 Especially from a fellow creator 🙏
OMG LOL second time you got me with your face in a card. That Lele. Can't handle it hahaha.
Knew I had to slip it in there somewhere 👀🤣 for the Eagle eyed viewers :p
Going through this video feels wild, Seeing a bunch of cards i had as a kid being either really amazing or absolutely horrible in the meta, now that i actually play the tcg as an adult, it feels really cool looking back at past metas and hearing about what the game has been, and what cards i had as a kid could've done wonders! Amazing video for sure!
Ayo thank you so much! Memory lane is fun! 🙌
Wasn't expecting to watch the entire almost 4 hour vid but here we are😅
Haha glad u liked it :)
Top notch quality on the video man! I have to ask though, how did you get the moving card effects where the card would move back and forth?? Super curious!
Thank you so much! 🙌 There is a twitter link to the twitter of someone who made the Premier pro plugin :) LukeLune I think :)
This was an awesome video! So helpful to have this all in one place.
That was my thinking! A one stop timeline for the entire game! Appreciate your support my friend 🙌
This video was incredible, well worth the watch and got my sub.
Started playing during Steam Siege, so got to experience some of XY's greatest hits and then all thru the S&M era.
Got my first top4 at a cup with Metagross GX, one of my fav mons.
Truly the golden years!
Ayo thank you so much 🙌🙏 yeah sts through to sumo was a very fun time 🙌
I never thought I would watch a 4 hour vedio nonstop.
Amazing
Ayo I LOVE to hear it! 🙏🙏
Just finished this whole video and it was 🔥🔥🔥
That entei that mills 10 from your own deck if you're in the lead is gonna live in my head rent free 😭
Like what?! Honestly why make it do that?!🤣🤣 Stunning card tho! Appreciate your support my friend 🙏
Legendary video as usual. It was intresting to see that some fighting pokemon did see play and that makes Me happy
As a fighting aficionado it was cool going back to look at them too :p
Im going to be falling asleep to this for the entire week it seems! Thanks for the video
Haha! Glad you like it! :)
one of the best pokemon videos to come out in the last few years, tcg and all. Amazing work 🙏
This is such nice feedback 😭🙏 thank you so much! Means a lot honestly!
Wow just when i was wondering if u are taking a break or are done with making content u strike big! Keep up the good work, but take your time and don't force anything :D
Aha never that! I have sooo many pokemon tcg stories I wanna tell! 🙌 Appreciate your support so much 🙏
Thank you so much for this, i just recently got into the game, learning a lot. But getting the full history really puts into perspective why the game is the way it is today. Your effort is greatly appreciated 🙏
Aww im glad! This comment means a lot to me! thank you for your support 🙌
Mewtwo EX was so opprossive it was ridicolous. X-Ball should've at least had one psychic in its cost. Double colorless energy being in the format made it a nightmare. People were often getting donked on turn 1 and Darkrai just made everything worse lol.
Yeah needed to be one psychic and it would of been okay! Hitting for weakness wasn't a great idea too 🤣 although with one psychic i the attack cost that might not of been such a issue maybe?
@@BurtsPTCG I think it would’ve been a force still but not nearly as bad. I played 3 in my Liligant deck at no cost. The double-colorless requirement was insane.
Lilligant! Wow that's unlocking a memory i completely forgot about! 🤣 Love old gens so much 🙌
@@BurtsPTCG it’s one of my favorite decks ever. I should have won that regional. 😭😭😭
wow havent watched it all but big ups on this high effort vid subbed!
Thank you so much! Means a lot 🙏🙌
As someone into the vg, this is the kind of video regarding the tcg that i really find interesting. Incredible amount of effort man, hope it brings you opportunities + subs
Thank you so much! Means a lot honestly 🙏😭
1/4 off the way through and is steady a great watch
Ayo glad you think so my friend! 🙏🙌
I played a Muk deck for a while but I wouldn't have guessed you to pick him as the best Fossil card. Nice!
Great card for sure! 🙌
respect to you fir not giving up while making this
Aha never would that! But it was definitely a huge project 🤣
I remember playing my first locals ever as a junior with medicham ex.
Absolutely legend! Fun times!
Sylveon GX is one of my all time favorite control decks. It was super fun to pilot. Miserable to play against for many decks though, admittedly.
Yeah strong but frustrating 👀🤣
Great video and dedication... hope many people watch this.
Thank you so much! 🙏🙌
@BurtsPTCG I saw your Dialga VSTAR list on limitlesstcg and plan to change my own list accordingly, but I wanted to drop Metagross and another card for a 1-1 Bibarel line, since I will just be using it against friends who don't play Snorlax Stall. What other card would you suggest dropping, if any? (For the record, I also wouldn't go any lower than 3 Super Rod, so maybe that makes it harder.)
Hope you are doing well,
Sincerely,
Charmaster
Don't think it was my list on limitless cause I didn't day 2 with it 🤣😭 but if you're looking to fit in bibarel and u don't mind cutting metagross I would probably cut eaither zam or 16th energy :)
@@BurtsPTCG Sorry, on TCGPLAYER Infinite (Infinite, Limitless, what's the difference, they both mean the same thing...)
Looks like my list has 16 Energy and 1 Boss's Orders, so I'll replace an Energy for another Boss.
Thanks for the help!
Sounds like a plan my friend! 🙌
I haven't played this game since Fossil, but this was really great information
Oh wow love to hear it! Appreciate your support! 🙌
Glad you mentioned Greninja BREAK, it was my favourite deck to play, although it felt so cheap lol
N+shadow stich was brutal 👀😂
I played Pokemon TCG at different stages but I certainly remember the shenanigans... ahh the nostalgia 😃
Haha nice trip down memory lane 😂🙌
I don't even play the tcg (I just collect the cards for the art/fun of it) yet this vid kept my attention and was great,, keep it up man 🙏🏾✨️
Ayo much love! This means a lot 🙏
Chi-yu seeing play in snorlax stall suprised me ngl. I would personally say one of the 3 exs that haven't seen play at all now like coperajah, dedenne, or slowking.
The script for Paradox Rift was written just after laic 2024 so been caught out by that 😂😭
As someone who knew nothing about the Pokemon TCG before this video, it was very fun to watch ❤
Oh wow that's absolutely amazing to hear! Thank you so much ❤️🙌
Really solid video. Great work.
Thank you so much! Means a lot 🙌
Man loves his ds1 sound effects! great game
Amazing game! One of my favourites 🙏
This video is so engaging I just collected the cards didnt know how to play the game
Ayo thank you so much! So glad ot hear you liked it! 🙌🙌
Groudon Star may not be great, but he looks amazing 😎
This is very true 🤣🙏
Speaking of the sleep card, I would like to see more status cards get printed. Maybe something that induces sleep guaranteed and you draw 2. If the Pokémon is already asleep, ignore this effect and draw 4. Or something.
That's a pretty fun idea5! I think ever since laser they have been really careful with trainer based status conditions 🤣
What do you use to edit in the shine effect to the cards?
There's a link to Lukelune's twitter, he is the guy who made the Premier pro plugin :)
commenting for the algorithm! excited to watch all of it!
Appreciate you! 🤣🙌
Great video!
Thank you so much! Means a lot :)
Awesome fucking video man great work. Loved revisiting the sun and moon era, hands down my favorite sets.
Thank you so much! Was very fun looking back at the sumo era! Fun times 🙏
I guess the meta from gen 4 was way different from back in the early days because drawing 2 cards was huge back then, almost every deck I knew used 4 Bill
Yeah very different! The main difference was later on bill being a supporter 😭
Zoroark GX was CRAZYY. To put it in perspective: throughout its standard lifespan there wasn’t a single tournament where at least 1 ZoroarkGX didn’t make top 8
It was just that good
Top stat that! It was truly on another level! 🙌
I didn’t play the cards but collected them because I loved gen 5. I got a Mewtwo EX and was able to flex it around recess in elementary
The playground champion with one of those 😂🙌
You ever click a video ready to nerd out only to realize during it you’ve been severely out nerded
Haha! i'll take that as a compliment? I guess? 👀😂
This is an amazing video mate
Thank you so much my friend! Means a lot ❤️❤️
The XY era was the best for me. I had a Shaymin Mega Ray deck that was so consistent stores started to not let me plat in tourneys. I miss Seeker and Mail. Also, Batte compressor was awesome.
Yeah mega ray was such a beast!
I thought this was pokemon tcg but here Dusknoir is sending people to the Shadow Realm
It really was 😂
I used to collect delta species and dual types and have that Groudon and it made me feel nice being someone who got this as a child to have that still
Aww that must be nice yeah! Those dual types were awesome!
@@BurtsPTCG this video is such a cool set of information that’s not necessarily hard to find. But definitely can be overwhelming to learn. I love seeing some of my favorite cards (I collected for art but still knew the value of most cards growing up for play and collectors) being considered “overpowered” for a little while. Very nostalgic
@Megatrapt_5000 aww im so glad! Appreciate you 🙏
Im here because Dan commented on your Twitter/X post😅
But great video
Appreciate the support my friend! 🙌
The Power Keepers Charizard feels like they forget its the EX Era and gave it Base Set era attacks
Actually does doesn't it! 😂😂
Claydol was so good you still played it in Cessation Crystal decks. 😂
Claydol was WILD
Awesome video, should have 10 or 20x the views
Thank you so much 🙌 never know we might get there 👀
And I thought modern cards where good
Some old cards are cracked!
Nice vid! Though the descriptions for worst cards is really lacking. Like too much energy. Does this mean that there are no Energy acceleration in the format that can support it (e.g. Fire-type Delta Species Rayquaza)?
Didn't want to make the video 8 hours tbf 👀🤣
@@BurtsPTCG Fair fair hahaha 😂 honestly I am interested at older sets since there's little documentation about older formats and their power. Like in Gen 3, even 5-energy attacks can be used with the help of energy acceleration.
@blazechaos212 im looking to cover much more older stuff so keep an eye out🙏🙏
incredible video!
Thank you so much! Means a lot ❤️
Burts casually dropping a 4 hour video on CZcams
Me: this is what he does! This is what he flipping does!
🤣🤣 This made me chuckle so much! Appreciate your support! 🙌
Does battle Frontier work with Team Magma’s groudon? And if yes, is that something people did? Or were they already playing enough Team Magma Pokemon that they didn’t need it?
Battle frontier was only for Evolved pokemon! 🙏 I don't think groudons abilty came up too much cause it was easy to get the basics into play :)
@@BurtsPTCG oh I misinterpreted that lol, thanks man!
No worries boss! Appreciate your support 🙌
Ex Team Rocket Returns is one of the best sets of all time. Almost every card in that set was competitive and saw tournament play.
Yeah for sure! Nutty set 🤣
Ew, a gay person.
you sound like dantdm i Have not even heard dantdms voice in like a year but it’s so distinct i thought you were him
Never heard that one before haha! Appreciate the support! 🙌
4 hour video! That's what's up!
Ayo let's go! Appreciate your support 🙌
@@BurtsPTCG always, brother
10:10 don't nobody tell me that Misty's Gyarados wasn't used with Jungle Muk...
Apprantly it was played with Rocks Ninetales! So now we know 👀🤣
Misty Gyarados is not the worst card and is actually quite good because Broc Ninetales can transform into it removing the negative Pokemon power.
Great video! However I would like to point out that Misty's Gyarados is casuably playable with Brock's Ninetales. Worst card in the set for me is Minion of Team Rocket.
Oh my days! How did I forget that one 😂😭 that is an awful card! My bad 😭
Gust of Wind not being mentioned as one of the strongest cards in Base Set is criminal. It's top 5 in the history of the game. Regardless, amazing video my man! :)
There's a reason for this! I really didn't want to cover identical cards. So between GOW and Pokemon catcher I decided to cover catcher since there were plenty of other amazing cards in base set :)
Banger🔥🔥
Ayo appreciate you! 🙌
Bro woke up one day and decided to make a masterpiece
I remember the day so well too when the idea popped into my head!... Was back on November! Took a while 😂 appreciate your support! 🙌
When were the broken trainer cards from the base sets rotated?
2002-03 standard became neo on :)
I did watch this vid olmost all in one go its vary intresting
Ayo let's go! Appreciate your support! 🙌
Ok so I have an question so I collected cards when I was a kid at around the xy and bw series decks would have been in stores I played the games and saw the cards and wanted them sadly they are long lost as far as I know. Anyways I notice you say things like not meta and out of cycle dose this mean you can’t play older cards in newer decks? I just started collecting again with the intentions of relearning the game and battling for fun I don’t expect to be a protidgy I just genuinely enjoyed playing the card game as a kid. Anyways I bought a starter pack and that thing did not even come with a poke coin thing or an instruction Manuel for the potential new rules! Where would I even go to find the rules now?! I have so many questions lol
Im surprised cause starter decks are meant to come with instructions! But yes you can't use older cards in standard decks cause we have a rotation were old sets are pushed out of the format. We are actually set to have a rotation in about a months time so good time to hop in :)
@@BurtsPTCG dang how am I supposed to keep track of it all i mean after you unbox the cards there’s not really a way to tell unless you have a way to keep up with the info which I know for now my cards are safe to use cause I just bought them on store shelf so I should be good but once that new set comes out then I gotta buy that just to play. Dang that’s tough I mean then you could amass tons of cards you will get to use for an cupple years and then they will just have to sit around I guess. As you move on to the next thing. Hmmm makes sense though things would get pretty unbalanced otherwise if you could use any card in any 60 card deck and yes no coin or rules so I’m so lost after your video cause now I gotta find the rules and find out what’s legal and what is not and what I can use and what I can not and basicly relearn the whole game. Lot different from when I played amongst my siblings with the xy cards and bw cards
@@BurtsPTCG also what will the new set be called so I know I’m buying cards I can actually use lol
@gamer-jm6my this is a good place to start :) www.pokemon.com/uk/pokemon-news/2024-pokemon-tcg-standard-format-rotation-announcement
@@BurtsPTCG thx so mutch I’ll give it an watch after work so I can actually learn I watched your entire video in the background so I could at least know a little something and not be completely lost thx again your video was very entertaining. Also it’s really cool you were at some of those big tournaments and competed. I suppose once I learn the rules and stuff of this variegation I’ll look into where I can actually play against people at especially sense I’m almost done saveing for my first vehicle I will actually be able to go to events like that
Dark vileplume Honorable mention should’ve included that it has to be the one that’s weak to fire.
Due to wotc ruling play as printed one dark vileplume was better than the other.
Good point forgot to mention that actually!
Great Video
Thank you so much! Appreciate your support 🙏
I was shocked to see Reshiram and Zekrom GX tag team, now that you say it, yeah, it's pretty bad, and it is so sad because it's one of my favorite cards 😭
Aww sorry to be the bearer of bad news 😭 card was fun to try and make work tho :p
This. Is. Awesome.
🤣 Thank you so much! Means a lot 🙏🙌
Man i came back into pokemon tcg during the gardelade meta and it was oppressive. I refused to play it and was lucky to get top 4 a few times
Garde gallade was a madness eh! Glad u weaved in a, couple top 4s!
I watched the 4 hour video. You get a Sub
Thank you so much! I appreciate your support! 🙌🙌
I just can't believe you didn't mention the best card on the sword and shield base set was QUICK BALL
Top card and definitely could of gotten an honorable mention but Zacian, marnie and Inteleon lines were too good 👀
Why does TPC always alter mechanics when they bring them back?
V is functionally the same mechanic as EX, but they changed the name. VMax and Mega EX are also similar, except VMaxs give up an extra prize, while Mega EXs end your turn when you play them.
GX is functionally the same mechanic as ex, but with a name change. And then they changed it back to ex.
Radiant and Gold Star are functionally the same mechanic.
Shining Pokémon and Ace Specs kept the same mechanic names, but the mechanics themselves were altered. The Sun & Moon era Shinings weren't limited to 1 per deck like the Neo era Shinings were. And the Scarlet & Violet DLC era Ace Specs weren't limited only to Item cards like the Black & White 2 Era Ace Specs were.
Im not sure! They love making "new" mechanics 😂😭
I was gonna ask who the guy edited onto the Lele and Shaymin cards was until 3 hours 45 mins into the video.
Haha 😂😂 they were some very old proxys back in the day 😂
@@BurtsPTCG Also I'm surprised Dialga VStar didn't make it to honorable mentions. Was it because it had a harder time getting synergy compared to Palkia?
@elneco4654 it just never had the raw results to make it unfortunately😭
Wooooow. Thank you so much bro.
Ayo appreciate that support my friend 🙏