Pokémon Trading Card Game Live to undergo maintenance on Jan 23rd, ahead of update to Version 1.10.0 and Jan 25th's digital release of Paldean Fates

Next week on January 23rd, the Pokémon Trading Card Game Live will be receiving an update to Version 1.10.0 ahead of the release of Scarlet & Violet - Paldean Fates on January 25th. This update will resolve a large quantity of issues impacting on both gameplay, and general app stability both in and out of matches. This update will be preceded by an 8 hour long maintenance window, which according to the in-game notification is scheduled to start at 8:00am (PST) / 4:00pm (UTC) on January 23rd. The announcement notice on the official Pokémon Community Forums erroniously states that the maintenance period will begin starting at "8 AM PDT(15:00 PM UTC)", despite that Pacific Daylight Time is not currently in use.

Most notably, the Version 1.10.0 update makes fixes for issues in the application of Toedscruel's Slime Mold Colony Ability, which have continued to plague players despite having meant to be fixed back in the Version 1.9.2 update in December. It's unclear if players impacted by the issues with the Miraidon ex League Battle Deck shop item, which contained four copies of Energy Switch (SVI #173) instead of the intented four copies of Boss's Orders (PAL #172), will be receiving the corrrect cards in compensation for the previous error.

Despite making bug-fixes to Scoop Up Net, and other cards only relevant to Expanded Format play, the patch notes do not explicitly mention any changes to the Expanded Format, to bring TCG Live in sync with the recent update to the Expanded Format banned list. Despite this however, it is presumed that Scoop Up Net will be banned for Expanded format play.

Following the update, Scarlet & Violet - Paldean Fates will become available in-game from Thursday January 25th. The exact time for when this update will happen is ambiguous given the timezone errors in the official announcement post on the official Pokémon Community Forums, but it is most likely that these will drop at 9:00am (PST) / 5:00pm (UTC). Players logging in from this date will be able to start obtaining and using cards from this new expansion, and will have access to a new Scarlet & Violet - Paldean Fates Battle Pass. All players who log-in to the game over the period of this Battle Pass will receive a free Lugia VStar deck, together with a selection of Scarlet & Violet - Paldean Fates booster packs, and tokens that can be used to purchase individual cards in game. By purchasing the Premium Pass, players can also unlock a Gardevoir ex deck, together with additional tokens, in-game card sleeves, and coins that can be used to purchase other cosmetic items for player's decks and avatar.

Progressing through the various tiers of the free Battle Pass will unlock a variety of booster packs and cards for players decks, including multiple copies of Lugia V and Lugia VSTAR, and Galarian Gallery copies of Lumineon V from Crown Zenith. Players who purchase the Premium Pass can also unlock, amongst other rewards, an additional copy of Gardevoir ex, and Illustration Rare and Hyper copies of several common Trainer cards such as Iono, Boss's Orders, Artazon, and Super Rod. Players who reach Level 50 of the Premium Pass will receive a special illustration rare copy of Gardevoir ex from Paldean Fates.

The full Patch Notes for 1.10.0, as posted by the developers on the official Pokémon Community Forums, can be found below. Links to information on the cards directly mentioned in the notes have been added for your convenience.

Features

• Added support for the Pokémon TCG: Scarlet & Violet—Paldean Fates expansion.
• Added support for Shiny ultra rare cards.
• Added new card and gameplay item visuals.

Accessories

• Fixed an issue where the Rotom Dex: Silver Rainbow Coin visuals did not display correctly.

Cards

• Swablu (PAR #152): Fixed an issue where the Bind Wound attack had no effect when used.
• Toedscruel (PAR #017): Fixed an issue where the Slime Mold Colony Ability did not prevent the opponent from putting Item cards into their hand when using PokéStop (PGO #068).
• Rapidash (ASR #022): Fixed an incorrect Energy cost issue with the Ring of Fire attack.
• Greninja V-UNION (BSP #SWSH155) and Zacian V-UNION (BSP #SWSH163): Fixed an issue where the Union Gain attack effect was swapped if one of the cards was in the Active Spot and the other was in the hand or discard pile.
• Entei (LOT #47): Fixed an issue where the Eruption attack ignored the opponent's deck protection when calculating additional damage.
• Scoop Up Net (RCL #165): Fixed an issue where attached cards did not discard at the same time the Pokémon returned to the hand.

Deck Manager Editor

• Fixed an issue where occasionally the client became unresponsive when editing an imported deck that contained cards not owned by the player.

Gameplay/Battle

• Fixed an issue where attacks that copy attacks from other cards were still able to occur even when affected by the Confused Special Condition and flipping tails.
• Fixed an issue where the client became unstable and unresponsive when removing two or more Pokémon Tools from the same Pokémon.
• Fixed an issue where damage was incorrectly calculated for attacks that depend on Prize cards taken, when the Prize card had an Ability or effect that was used after being taken.
• Fixed an issue where occasionally the wrong card was shown for Global Status Conditions when multiple effects were active.
• Fixed an issue where suppression effects that last until the end of the turn did not expire before effects that occur at the end of the turn.
• Fixed an issue where the client became unresponsive when attaching an Energy card with Primarina's (LOT #67) Harmonics Ability to a card like Skiploom (EVS #003) and activating its Solar Evolution Ability to select an Evolution card from the deck.

General

• Fixed an issue on the mobile client where it becomes unresponsive when launching in landscape orientation.
• Fixed an issue on the desktop client where it became unresponsive when navigating through menus in between the season ladder reward pop-up and the new ladder pop-up.
• Fixed an issue where gender symbols did not display for Nidoran cards in some instances.

Matchmaking

• Fixed an issue where certain avatar customizations displayed differently on different devices.

Shop

• Fixed an issue where the Miraidon ex League Battle Deck shop item contained four copies of Energy Switch (SVI #173) instead of four copies of Boss's Orders (PAL #172).
• Fixed an issue where cards in a subset of the expansion did not display when viewing card galleries for certain expansions.

The Lugia VStar deck contains the following cards:

Pokémon: 20 cards

• 3 Lugia VSTAR ((Silver Tempest 139)
• 4 Lugia V (Silver Tempest 138)
• 4 Archeops (Silver Tempest 147)
• 2 Lumineon V (Brilliant Stars 040)
• 2 Snorlax (Lost Origin 143)
• 1 Drapion V (Lost Origin 118)
• 1 Pumpkaboo (Evolving Skies 076)
• 1 Wyrdeer V (Astral Radiance 134)
• 1 Slaking V (Pokémon GO 058)
• 1 Radiant Tsareena (Silver Tempest 016)

Trainers: 26 cards

• 3 Professor’s Research (Professor Turo) (Scarlet & Violet 190)
• 3 Iono (Paldea Evolved 185)
• 3 Boss’s Orders (Ghetsis) (Paldea Evolved 172)
• 1 Professor Burnet (SWP SWSH167)
• 2 Collapsed Stadium (Brilliant Stars 137)
• 2 Path to the Peak (Chilling Reign 148)
• 2 Choice Belt (Paldea Evolved 176)
• 4 Ultra Ball (Scarlet & Violet 196)
• 4 Capturing Aroma (Silver Tempest 153)
• 2 Nest Ball (Scarlet & Violet 181)

Energy: 14 cards

• 4 Jet Energy (Paldea Evolved 190)
• 4 Double Turbo Energy (Brilliant Stars 151)
• 2 Therapeutic Energy (Paldea Evolved 193)
• 2 V Guard Energy (Silver Tempest 169)
• 2 Gift Energy (Lost Origin 171)

The Gardevoir ex deck meanwhile contains the following cards:

Pokémon: 18 cards

• 3 Ralts (Astral Radiance 060)
• 1 Ralts (Silver Tempest 067)
• 3 Kirlia (Silver Tempest 068)
• 1 Kirlia (Chilling Reign 060)
• 2 Gardevoir ex (Paldean Fates 029)
• 2 Gardevoir (Chilling Reign 061)
• 1 Zacian V (Celebrations 016)
• 1 Cresselia (Lost Origin 074)
• 1 Mew (Celebrations 011)
• 1 Radiant Greninja (Astral Radiance 046)
• 1 Manaphy (Brilliant Stars 041)
• 1 Lumineon V (Brilliant Stars 040)

Trainers: 30 cards

• 3 Iono (Paldean Fates 080)
• 2 Professor’s Research (Professor Sada) (Paldean Fates 087)
• 2 Boss’s Orders (Ghetsis) (Paldea Evolved 172)
• 4 Battle VIP Pass (Fusion Strike 225)
• 4 Level Ball (Battle Styles 129)
• 3 Ultra Ball (Paldean Fates 091)
• 3 Rare Candy (Paldean Fates 089)
• 2 Fog Crystal (Chilling Reign 140)
• 2 Super Rod (Paldea Evolved 188)
• 1 Lost Vacuum (Crown Zenith 135)
• 1 Pal Pad (Scarlet & Violet 182)
• 1 Forest Seal Stone (Silver Tempest 156)
• 1 Artazon (Paldean Fates 076)
• 1 Collapsed Stadium (Brilliant Stars 137)

Energy: 12 cards

• 2 Reversal Energy (Paldea Evolved 192)
• 10 Basic Energy (SVE005)