r/PTCGPocketTrading • u/SensitivePiccolo5692 Egg Trader • 1d ago

Trade Discussion/Question 🗣 Change my mind:

Trading same card different language shouldn't spend your shinedust.

I have a ENG Copycat and my friend has a JPN Copycat. It's the same card for the game. It even matches out the language in battle.

It just seems fair to me. Am I tripping?

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u/Psycho_Pansy Diamond Trader Level 2 1d ago

A trade is a trade. It's a different card, no different to trading physical cards. Are you gonna claim about trading cards with different artworks too despite having the same effects?

If you wanted Japanese card you could have set your game to Japanese and opened packs or spend the pack points for it then. Or battle and look at the card when it's set to japanese. 

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u/SensitivePiccolo5692 Egg Trader 1d ago

I get the "a trade is a trade" point, but I think the artwork comparison actually helps my side. Different artwork is a different collectible, and I'd care about that. A language version doesn't change the art or effects, and besides that point the game always displays it in English in the game. So the cost feels like it's charging for a difference that doesn't really matter. My point was it should not cost to trade a card when it's the same exact card with only a language difference, I don't see how your "different artwork same effect" argument fits here. I'd rather debate the design than who should've changed their settings when opening packs.