vaporeon
Moderator
Otaku, you're looking into it too much. Adding new types to the game will just serve as a way to add correct weaknesses and resistances. As of now, Articuno is treated as a water type which is weak to metal. Thats incorrect but was done that way because its a ice type in the game. If they added 'ice' as a type to the game, it would allow articuno to hit other types for weakness, like ground and grass types.
Look at dragon types. We all thought they would be getting their own exclusive energy type but they did not. They kept their dual energy cost attacks like they had since the last ex sets. All the dragon type serves is for hitting for weakness and resistance. Because dragon type is now in the game, metal type pokemon should resistance them because nothing resist dragons in the tcg.
Now, what if they were to add flying types to the game. Staraptor would be a flying type and would attack bugs, grass, fighting and other types weak to flying but staraptor would still attack for colorless energy.
So adding every other pokemon type to the game would help it. Right now the game has 10 types in it so drafting already sucks. All adding other types do is add more attacking options to the game. You dont have to change energy required to attack. Articuno still can use water energy to use its attack but it will be attacking as ether a ice or flying type. Zapdos can lose its weakness to itself and become weak to ice or rock. Darkrai can be weak to bug giving bug types a chance at the game. Of cource every pokemon would need to have 2 weaknesses which they should have.
Look at dragon types. We all thought they would be getting their own exclusive energy type but they did not. They kept their dual energy cost attacks like they had since the last ex sets. All the dragon type serves is for hitting for weakness and resistance. Because dragon type is now in the game, metal type pokemon should resistance them because nothing resist dragons in the tcg.
Now, what if they were to add flying types to the game. Staraptor would be a flying type and would attack bugs, grass, fighting and other types weak to flying but staraptor would still attack for colorless energy.
So adding every other pokemon type to the game would help it. Right now the game has 10 types in it so drafting already sucks. All adding other types do is add more attacking options to the game. You dont have to change energy required to attack. Articuno still can use water energy to use its attack but it will be attacking as ether a ice or flying type. Zapdos can lose its weakness to itself and become weak to ice or rock. Darkrai can be weak to bug giving bug types a chance at the game. Of cource every pokemon would need to have 2 weaknesses which they should have.