The curse of Pokémon TCG Pocket: Why do I always get Haunter and Onix?

If you are a player of Pokémon TCG Pocket (and judging by my TikTok, who isn’t?) you are probably playing the Venusaur event at least a couple of times every day, the one that will allow you, if all goes well, to get up to five exclusive promotional cards including, of course, the full art version of Venusaur. The problem is that practically all of us are dealing with the same thing over and over again: when we get a pack, it contains a Haunter or an Onix. Desperation in game form.

Venusaur, where are you?

Besides Venusaur, Haunter and Onix, we can get special cards of Jigglypuff (which can sing to put the enemy to sleep) and Greninja. The problem is that there is only a 12.66% chance of getting a Venusaur, a 15.82% chance that the prize is a Greninja… and a 23.84% chance that it is any of the other cards. And it’s becoming frustrating: How many Onix can one have in their deck?

On December 13, this special mission will end, and many of us are already starting to sense that we will never have this special Venusaur. Of course, on social media, there are already “experts” explaining how to get it, but they are the same tricks needed to open a “God Pack.” In other words, they don’t work: this is a game of possibilities, and we have no choice but to be patient while we accumulate Onix and Haunter cards. We can always gather three of them to give them a little shine, I suppose.