I am not mad at this one bit. This is the absolute worst part of the hobby and I hate how everything about the TCG has shifted to just being about money.
It's not just the obvious that caused it but so many content creators focusing on it have done so much damage
Good on TPCi
We're BACK!
Our appeal has been accepted and dataDex has been reinstated - now available on the Google Play Store again.
To everyone who shared, reposted, liked, upvoted, kept the app installed, or reached out - THANK YOU. We don't take this community for granted.
These are the players currently leading the doubles Ranked Battles in #PokemonChampions! 📈
25 Apr 2026, 20:00 UTC:
🥇 2,506: 🇯🇵 Hyuma Hara (@SPY_Anya11)
🥈 2,501: 🇯🇵 Rinya Kobayashi (@gozira2004)
🥉 2,500: 🇵🇭 Paul Chua (@Paul_Chua_)
the pokemon that made catching them all literally impossible.
back in 2003, pokemon ruby and sapphire introduced spinda on route 113.
developers wanted every players spinda to feel unique so they used a complex coding system back then.
this called personality value that determined every single spinda with unique spot pattern on its face and ears.but they created a statistical nightmare.
because of how 32-bit math works, the game calculates specific coordinates for every spot, which means there are exactly 4,294,967,296 possible combinations.
if you caught every spinda every 10 seconds, it would take players 1,300 years on non stop playing just to have a chance to see them all, not counting random encounters of other pokemon.
some players thought wanted to take the challenge to a completely new level. completionists started hunting for a shiny spinda with specific patterns and when this combines with spinda’s personality value possibility is approximately 1 in 35 trillion.
this is statistically the rarest thing you could ever find in a video game.
These are the players currently leading the doubles Ranked Battles in #PokemonChampions! 🥳
21 Apr 2026, 20:00 UTC:
🥇 2,439: 🇵🇭 Paul Chua (@Paul_Chua_)
🥈 2,438: 🇯🇵 Yuta Takahashi (@Kurohanolu)
🥉 2,430: 🇩🇰 Frederik Høj Nielsen (@Hoej_HS)
Playing Pokemon where the type chart matters feels like remembering a language you thought you forgot like what do you MEAN my Conkeldurr beats their Tyranitar? They’re obviously gonna Tera Flying?
Three of the Mega Stones look to be future Mystery Gift distribution events! The Side Mission data is currently available in game but can't be triggered without the event gift🎁
Both lead to encounters where you can capture special Pokémon with your OT. They cannot be shiny 👀📸