What happened to the Pokemon Spinoffs?

[JWeinCom]

Darwinianevolution said:

JWeinCom said:

Is it something you buy for a flat price, or is it basically just like buying packs of the cards only without actually getting physical cards?

I'm not sure, though I know it's free to play. More info here.

https://www.pokemon.com/us/pokemon-tcg/play-online/

Meh.  Seems like it's essentially just a digital version of the card game.  I'm too old and too broke to be cracking open packs (digitally or otherwise) to get the best Pokemon cards.  If they did something like the Gameboy game I'd be down.