Drew Holton
New Member
I agree with most of what Pokepop's most recent post suggested.
Additionally I would like to suggest one possible change to the guidelines. As the guidelines currently exist, there is no distinction from a card that searches for one thing (Bebe) and a card that searches for multiple things (Cyrus). There is just a blanket 15 seconds to search and shuffle. I would be very interested in seeing some sort of distinction made for multiple cards taken. Perhaps keep the 15 seconds for a single card and then add 5 seconds for each additional card that can be taken. In this case Cyrus would be allowed 25 seconds which would acknowledge that it often times does take more time than just a single search card.
At this point one could argue that a card like Pokemon Collector only searches for one type of card (Basics) which requires less time but under my suggested change it would be allowed 25 seconds since it searches for three cards. So I will offer up another alternative that is only slightly more complicated. The distinction could be made between different types of cards taken instead of number of cards overall. In this case Cyrus would still get 25 seconds since it searches for three types (energy, trainer, supporter) while Pokemon Collector would have a reasonable 15 seconds again.
Thoughts?
Additionally I would like to suggest one possible change to the guidelines. As the guidelines currently exist, there is no distinction from a card that searches for one thing (Bebe) and a card that searches for multiple things (Cyrus). There is just a blanket 15 seconds to search and shuffle. I would be very interested in seeing some sort of distinction made for multiple cards taken. Perhaps keep the 15 seconds for a single card and then add 5 seconds for each additional card that can be taken. In this case Cyrus would be allowed 25 seconds which would acknowledge that it often times does take more time than just a single search card.
At this point one could argue that a card like Pokemon Collector only searches for one type of card (Basics) which requires less time but under my suggested change it would be allowed 25 seconds since it searches for three cards. So I will offer up another alternative that is only slightly more complicated. The distinction could be made between different types of cards taken instead of number of cards overall. In this case Cyrus would still get 25 seconds since it searches for three types (energy, trainer, supporter) while Pokemon Collector would have a reasonable 15 seconds again.
Thoughts?