Why Metazoo Failed & Why Most TCG's Fail

Imagine thinking a new TCG where the prime consumer literally started with 25 to 40 year olds pretending they care about anything other than the value would be successful, Pokemon didn’t start like that , mtg didn’t start like that, yugioh didn’t start like that 😂 wise up tf

6 year olds have never heard of metazoo. They also had no ability to buy it let alone see it. The reason Pokémon is the biggest and best is because you had real organic interest from the younglings who grew up with it. The only people who bought metazoo were adult speculators. Sorry not sorry. Maybe in 20 years there might be a geriatric resurgence of Covid nostalgia.

LOL at sponsoring the merch after they shut down 😅- great point with the inevitable failures in life... even the all stars miss the net sometimes

Metazoo wasnt addressing any complaints ppl may have with the Pokemon TCG. Palworld is directly attacking the complaints ppl have with Pokemon PC/etc digital games... down to the dramatically lower price. If Metazoo revolutionized and improved upon the pokemon tcg that would be different. I will say I really love the artwork style of Metazoo and wish there was enough room in the market for both.

"Ditto's always gonna lose because it's gotta waste that turn transforming" Bro has never heard of hidden abilities before

Thanks for your thoughts on this Scott and appreciate your empathy for us Metazoo fans that are pretty devastated by all this. It is pretty entertaining now though since sooooo much dirty laundry has come out now regarding the management of Metazoo and partners, etc. It has so much drama right now that it's better than Days of our Lives. Hoping there is a new season coming for Metazoo but more realistic the producers are going to cancel this series for good. Love the Metazoo merch too! Better late than never haha

it didn't help that, mechanically, metazoo was a mediocre game at best. basically a way worse version of MtG with a sprinkle of pokemon elements and then a bunch of goofy unnecessary 4th wall stuff. and i think most people never got past how janky its appearance was. now it'll go down as something like the FTX of the tcg world imo. I'm expecting bankruptcy proceedings and zero accountability to ever be taken by those who screwed up. amazing how many people were completely duped, when in hindsight it was so obvious

Do you have any thoughts on the new Kickstarter TCG called Wonders of the First?

Nice to see you Scott 👍

It was the Bored apes of trading cards. It was pushed by mostly investor bros, influencers, grifters and nothing else.And the art is also awful and game play is also subpar as well.

I would love to hear your opinion and thoughts on the Pokémon vintage food collecting lol

To their credit, I really liked most of the design of their products. Hated the card designs tho lol. Besides the nostalgia bait holographic, I just really thought the border and overall card details were so strange and almost random looking. It looked messy to me.

I never liked Metazoo but I have to admit, somehow I would buy that sweater lmao

It was always obviously a joke, but what's even funnier is that after having more demand than you could EVER keep up with for your first 2 years of existence, you somehow go out of business within only 1 year of demand dying down. What on Earth did they do with all that money from 2021-2022? Not even I expected the entire company to go under in under 5 years, you'd have to be completely incompetent for that to happen.

Pokemon was built on lore, an anime, books, and a card/video game and then took off due to influencers. - MetaZoo did the complete opposite, they tried to get famous and viral off of influencers and then look into creating books, an anime and brand lore (collabs, events etc). They essentially took Pokemon's entire story line, reversed it and build it from the top down. Which obviously failed.

I still like the look of some of the cards. Mothman and the red borders!

smpratte: Ditto will always loose because it has to waste that turn transforming. Ditto with Imposter ability: 😏

Simple answer = the shills and scammers pictured like money and made as much as they could then said adios ✈️

What are your thoughts on flesh and blood?

Ditto doesn't take a turn to transform and with quick powder it's great