We’re at the point in Pokémonia 2025 (Thanks, Prismatic Evolutions) where trainers are looking for ways to not pay over the odds for ripping open booster packs, which is where I come in. My gameplan for 2025 is to keep an eye on what cards are worth picking up for each set on store shelves and get my Pokémon TCG following some bargains. As much as I’d love to guarantee chase cards and pulls, that’s not how it works, but what I can guarantee is more fun spending your pocket money trying to find Pokémon to add to your collection without getting ripped off on the secondary market. Pokémon is working to get new stock out ASAP, which we’re already seeing the results of, albiet slowly.

UK Deals: Find These Insane Pokémon TCG Pulls With These ETB Deals

The name of the UK Pokémon TCG deals game today is Paradox Rift, that’s still knocking around online and in store. There’s plenty of products to choose from, with Elite Trainer boxes being the best value for money right now, but why open this set in particular?

Here are some of my favourite pulls from Pokémon: Scarlet and Violet – Paradox Rift. This isn’t about the newly coined “pokéinvesting” term; it’s about showing everyone how to enjoy Pokémon cards to ensure everyone has their fair share of going in-store, ripping packs with friends and family and having fun with the hobby. Let’s get into it:

Yveltal – 205/182

It’s hard to see why Paradox Rift was such an oferlooked yet, but it seems other trainers are catching on to its illustration and Secret Art Rares in 2025, This stunning Yveltal card has jumped from around £10 around October 2024 straight to around £25 looking at recent sold listings, so this would be a great card to look after on a trainers binder.

Groudon – 199/182

Another epic card showing Groudon doing what he does best, teraforming Earth whilst wiping out life, Nice lad. He’s currently going for around £80 right now, which is a steep climb from £39 back at the end of November. Those UK deals are looking better and better now, right?

Gholdengo ex – 252/182

The Cheesestrings dude is well at home in Paldea now, so he shall now be known as Gholdengo. This card is currently going four around £25, which has gained an extra £10 from around October last year. I think this will be a slow burner alongside Ghimeghoul Secret art that has matches artwork. It’s a set of art cards that trainers will want to focus on pulling regardless!

Garchomp ex – 245/182

Garchamp is a beast, just look at that incredible artwork. The best part is that whilst the value of Garchomp ex – 245/182 is rising, it’s still at a reasonable £30. It’s value are more than double since October 2024, which means it’s going to be a solid pull that will slowly climb up in value as Paradox Rift goes out fo print and off store shelves in 2025.

Roaring Moon ex – 229/182

Roaring Moon ex has suprised me value wise, kicking off at around £5 mid-2024 and just about double to around £10. Personaly I think this has potenial to hits the £40 mark in 2025 thanks to the Pokémon popularity due to it being able to knock any Pokémon out in one hit and a powerful stadium card-based 220 attack. Playable or not, the artwork just rocks.

Here’s some links to the Pokémon TCG: Paradox Rift products on sale online right now. Feel free to also check stock in your local bricks and mortar stores too. Half the fun of collecting is showing off and making friends through trading, right?

Pokémon TCG: Scarlet & Violet—Paradox Rift Elite Trainer Box – Roaring Moon

Pokémon TCG: Scarlet & Violet—Paradox Rift Elite Trainer Box – Iron Valiant (9 Booster Packs, 1 Full-Art Foil Card & Premium Accessories)

Pokémon TCG: Scarlet & Violet—Paradox Rift Booster Display Box (36 Booster Packs)

Pokémon TCG Paradox Rift Sleeved Booster Pack

Pokemon TCG: Scarlet & Violet 4 – Paradox Rift – Build & Battle Stadium

Attack on Titan Revolution is back with Update 3, giving Roblox players an army of quality-of-life changes, balance tweaks, and bug fixes to enjoy.

The team behind the 3.0 update provided patch notes detailing a laundry list of adjustments to its break-neck action experience. This includes the new Winter Tokens event, more auras for the Armored Titan raid, and the addition of Roblox chat in the central 2D lobby. Long story short, there’s not really one major change aimed to blow you away, but there are enough smaller changes that should help things feel smoother and look better overall.

Some bug fixes, for example, tackle strange titan behavior, including enemies T-posing after they strike a building and titans not attacking players who stand directly beneath them. There are also a few skill bug fixes that affect the Charge and Founder’s Will skills. Additionally, players will find Thunderspear tweaks galore as the team looks to refine the new tool’s effectiveness.

Attack on Titan Revolution Update 3 takes aim at a sea of issues that have plagued the anime-inspired Roblox experience for months, but it’s relatively light on new content additions. While there will be more future updates to keep players entertained, this foundational patch arrives only a few weeks after the content-heavy 2.5 update. The patch included an Armored Titan Raid as well as a new weapon that should be familiar to fans of the Attack on Titan anime: Thunderspears.

For those of you looking to get the most out of this Roblox action project, you can see our full list of all active codes here. You can also see the full patch notes from the new update below.

Attack on Titan Revolution Update 3 Patch Notes

2x Winter Tokens Event

QoL:

• Roblox chat is now visible in the town central 2D lobby
• Added impact frames and SFX to Skill “Founder’s Vengeance”
• Added 2 new auras to the “Armored Titan” raid (“Abyssion” – Epic / “Digital Fracture” – Legendary)
• New refill icon
• Changed some of the streaming properties on workspace which should be more performant on lower end devices
• Changed map lighting from “Future” > “ShadowMap” which should be more performant on lower end devices
• Disabled the “Gameplay Paused” notification
• Can now sell “Armored Titan Raid” cosmetic drops for gems (Marleyan Patch, Young Reiner’s Attire)
• Fixed grammar of the streak message

Revamped cutscene handler

• Should generally be fixed and all starting cutscenes are synced
• Cutscenes are always skipped if you load them AFTER another player has already loaded them
• Skip button

Thunderspear Questline Framework Changes:

• Fixed boxes not being removed from your player after shifting/ejecting
• Fixed supply objective continuously happening after you have already finished it
• Retrieving a box only gives +1 of the quest to you instead of everyone in the mission with you
• Boxes in the supply mission now spawn in random positions
• Questline no longer starts in missions if you are not prestige 1+
• Fixed cart not appearing on the convoy horse for the outskirts spears quest

Balances:

• Buffed boss titan damage in raids by 5.0% per difficulty
• Modifier “Oddball” now increases objective damage
• Titan variation ‘Duckers’ can now only spawn in Hard+ difficulty
• Titan variation ‘Ragers’ can now only spawn in Severe+ difficulty
• Titan variation ‘Leaders’ can now only spawn in Aberrant difficulty
• Reduced item “Emperor’s Key” cost from 3,499 Gems > 2,999 Gems
• Increased “Battlepass XP” Gain on mission completion

Missions:

• Increased base chance of receiving a perk on titan kill in each difficulty (now affected by luck multiplier too)
• Changed all perk rarity chances in each difficulty
• Changed difficulty drop chances (scrolls / serum)
• Revamped formula that applies luck multiplier (uses cumulative frequency)
• Adjusted objective mission end rewards (luck multiplier is increased by 1.2x for gaining perks in these missions too)

Raids:

• Changed item chances in each difficulty
• Fixed item “Armored Serum” bypassing the maximum cap of allowed serums
• Revamped formula that applies luck multiplier (uses cumulative frequency)

Thunder spears:

• Increased M1 falloff damage
• Nerfed detonation range by 5.0%
• Nerfed self damage explosion radius range
• Nerfed refill count by 1 in missions and 3 in raids

Buffed family “Reiss”:

• Skill “Command” is now affected by memory “Tactician” and perk “Font of Inspiration”

Buffed family “Fritz”:

• Skill “Founder’s Will” duration increased (10s > 20s – in shifter form, 15s > 20s)
• Skill “Founder’s Will” is now affected by memory “Tactician”
• Skill “Founder’s Will” now buffs the following stats too (Skill Cooldown Reduction, Injury Chance Reduction, Shifter M1 Speed, Swing Duration, Blast Radius)
• Skill “Founder’s Will” cooldown increased (45s > 90s)
• Skill “Founder’s Vengeance” now gives +1 Extra Shift and Max ODM/TS Resources
• Skill “Founder’s Vengeance” now gives 13s of I-Frames after the revive animation
• Reverted memory “Furyforge” nerf (0.3% > 0.4% DMG for every 1.0% of health lost)
• Buffed Perk “Maximum Firepower” (All TS Stats increase by 5.0% > 7.5%)
• Changed Perk “Everlasting Flame” (No longer increases stat “Swing Duration” for weapon “Blades”, only affects stat “Blast Radius” for weapon “Spears”)
• Added Perk “Explosive Fortune” (Conservation Chance increases by 10.0% > 15.0%, 5.0% > 7.5% chance to regain 1 Spear per kill)

Armored Titan Shifter (VEVO):

• Courage: Shield gain is now removed when expiry is reached instead of losing shield overtime
• Charge: Deals tick damage similar to roar
• Earth Breaker: Cooldown (40 -> 35), Damage Base (30.5% > 100.0%), Damage Growth (5.5% > 10.0%)
• Heavy Attack: Proper AoE
• Passive: Reworked similar to boxing mastery but scales with your Damage Reduction
• Phase Shift: Can now be turned off and on when re-using the skill, Cooldown (99 -> 25)
• Titan Toss: Miss Cooldown (6.5 -> 4), Stage 2 Cooldown (2 -> 1)

Bug Fixes:

• Fixed titans sometimes breaking and just T-Posing when hitting a building
• Fixed shifting damage not properly converting when you have spears equipped
• Fixed thunder spears getting stuck on invisible hitboxes
• Fixed thunder spears not killing a titan if you end up dying from it
• Fixed thunder spears sometimes not hitting colossal titans
• Fixed being able to complete achievements “Warbringer” / “Supremacy” with other modifiers than the mentioned ones
• Dying to your own thunder spear whilst grabbed will now make the titan let go of you
• Fixed skill “Founder’s Will” breaking your hooks/gas if a player uses it before you properly load in
• Fixed perk “Flame Rhapsody” not properly applying the maximum crit chance
• Fixed chest/reward screen not being interactable after shifting/ejecting(?)
• Fixed Female Titan’s roar effect being visible 24/7 when shifting/ejecting on the Guard mission
• Fixed being able to fling Escort mission objective by standing in front of the horse(s)
• Fixed blades/spears buttons not appearing properly in equipment screen on mobile devices
• Fixed titans not attacking you if you’re stood directly under them
• Fixed hook assist sometimes breaking and not letting you attach to objects anymore(?)
• Fixed being able to double boost on mobile whilst refilling
• Fixed shifter skills not hitting titan napes properly
• Fixed getting flung when picking up a titan(?)
• Fixed follow rewards sometimes breaking UI
• Fixed gems not properly stacking with memory “Gem Fiend” and family “Fritz”
• Fixed getting stuck in the air after using thunder spear cutscene skills / skill “Chaos”
• Fixed visual representation of perk “Black Flash” from raid chests displaying as the aura cosmetic
• Fixed not being able to use thunder spear skills if you fire a spear just before a cutscene starts
• Fixed more hit inconsistencies with ODM/Shifter M1s depending on your hit speed
• Fixed skill “Charge” flinging the “Armored Titan” raid boss(?)
• Fixed skill “Charge” getting stuck on random objects(?)
• Fixed not being able to kill ice burst titans with the skill “Toss”
• Fixed some clothing that collides with avatars
• Fixed perk “Peerless Commander”
• Fixed being able to lose your streak if you had the warning on your screen, shifted and then disconnected/left the game afterwards

Armored Raid Revamp:

Boss punches/skills can now deal damage to objectives

Phase 1:

• Defend 1 (Hard) / 2 (Severe) / 3 (Aberrant) boats over a period of time so they can successfully escape
• Raid automatically fails if 1 (Hard) / 2 (Severe/Aberrant) boats end up dying before they reach the finish line
• Armored Titan boss has “Armor” which can be penetrated during this phase in order to deal real damage to him before Phase 2 starts
• “Armor” has 20.0% base DMG RESISTANCE which goes up to 50.0% depending on how little armor is left
• Soft cap which prevents the “Armored Titan” from going below 75.0% HEALTH during this phase

Phase 2:

• “Armored Titan” enters the shift state, which gives him increased speed, increased damage and any remaining shield is lost
• Any damage dealt to the shield from Phase 1 converts into a higher damage multiplier for the “Armored Titan” in Phase 2, at a ratio of +1.0% damage per 2.0% shield gone
• Defeat him whilst fighting against waves of titans

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