Please excuse me if this has been brought up before, but I've been thinking and reading a lot about Magic: The Gathering lately, and thought this topic might spur some interesting discussion from the community...
What would you think of Pokemon doing a small (90 cards or so), "core" set, consisting of 50% new cards and 50% reprints of useful cards that new players would need. The idea, at it's core (heh) would be to allow new players to get their hands on things like Rare Candy, Switch, Warp Point, Super Scoop Up, Night Maintenance, etc. that are needed for most decks, as well as recent staple re-prints such as Poke Turn, Broken Time Space, etc. along with a few, recent, sorta-staple reprints like Crobat G, Sableye, Spiritomb, etc. while still keeping the set interesting enough for seasoned players to want to buy by including all new cards. Ideally a set like this would be released every one or two years.
Obviously this is unlikely to happen as it disrupts the distribution effort between PCL and TPCI, but I think it would be a fantastic idea and wanted to gauge interest among the community at large.
Thoughts?
What would you think of Pokemon doing a small (90 cards or so), "core" set, consisting of 50% new cards and 50% reprints of useful cards that new players would need. The idea, at it's core (heh) would be to allow new players to get their hands on things like Rare Candy, Switch, Warp Point, Super Scoop Up, Night Maintenance, etc. that are needed for most decks, as well as recent staple re-prints such as Poke Turn, Broken Time Space, etc. along with a few, recent, sorta-staple reprints like Crobat G, Sableye, Spiritomb, etc. while still keeping the set interesting enough for seasoned players to want to buy by including all new cards. Ideally a set like this would be released every one or two years.
Obviously this is unlikely to happen as it disrupts the distribution effort between PCL and TPCI, but I think it would be a fantastic idea and wanted to gauge interest among the community at large.
Thoughts?