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Success in Pokémon- Is it all based on luck?
By Kyle Theaker, 3.31.05

Okay, here’s something I’ve wanted to address for a long time, the impact of luck in a game.  I’m not talking about lucky flips either.  I’m talking about a different kind of luck- Pack Luck.  For those who don’t know, pack luck is related to buying booster packs.  I bring this up because it can impact how easily you obtain good cards, affecting your deck directly (pulling the Venusaur ex you need) or indirectly (pulling a Blastoise ex which you then trade for a Venusaur ex.)  Therefore, logic says that those with good pack luck should be able to do well at building a deck, whereas those with poor pack luck would be better off buying single cards rather than packs. 

          I play both Pokémon and Yu-Gi-Oh! and have varied luck.  In the Yu-Gi-Oh game, I have horrible Pack Luck, so it took me a long time to assemble the deck I run today.  However, in Pokémon, I’m a pack luck god.  Seriously, I needed a few Rare Candies and Sandstorm packs were 50% off, so I grabbed 8.  It was then I realized how mighty my luck truly was.  Here’s a look at some of the noteworthy cards I pulled.

8 Reverse Holos:

Lotad
Kabuto
Quilava
Shiftry
Sandshrew
Seedot
Omanyte
Breloom

8 Rares:

2 Umbreon
2 Arcanine
Kecleon
Golduck
Sandslash
Multi Energy

Noteworthy Commons:

2 Dunsparce
2 Eevee
Rare Candy
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2 Pokémon ex!

Typhlosion
Kabutops

That’s just an example of pack luck.  I’ve seen people pull 3+ ex Pokémon in Draft.  So next time you go to buy one of those shiny new Deoxys packs or even an Emerald pack, stop and think, do you have decent pack luck?  If not, save your money and buy single cards instead.

Kyle Theaker (annie0913@bellsouth.net)


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