Cyrus
Iron Chef - Master Emeritus
So Worlds has come and gone, and we all know who the winners, runners-up, and other successful characters are.
However, one player (Ross Cawthon) had an extraordinarily unique, marketable, and cool deck. Most importantly, he played something that no other Worlds finalist has ever played in his deck: one of the promos received in his competitor package. Thus, it is very possible that for the first time, an actual Worlds promo card (Beach, Tidal Wave, Wind, etc) may be printed in World Championship deck form.
Since this card is playable, and since there could arise a situation where (however unlikely) it skews the balance of the metagame, I suggest that Play! Pokemon include one normal form, unstamped Tropical Beach per deck. Doing this would be:
1) Good for marketing. Worlds decks are normally attractive to only a limited segment of the population. However, if a Tropical Beach was included in each deck, then even competitive players may have incentive to purchase the Worlds deck. This would lead to more people buying Worlds decks, and the more people with Worlds decks, the greater the likelihood that future Worlds events will feature greater attendance.
2) Good for the player base. We don't want a situation to arise where a card with only a few hundred in existence is capable of giving the strongest, most well-connected players in the game an unfair edge over the competition.
3) Good for collectors. Although I'm sure some would be satisfied to receive a Ross deck featuring a Worlds edition of Tropical Beach, others are really hungry for the actual promo. Printing decks with an unstamped version of Tropical Beach would achieve this, yet distinguish the cards that our actual competitors received.
For those reasons, and perhaps many more, I think it will be in everybody's best interest if Play! Pokemon includes one regular-backed, unstamped Tropical Beach per Worlds deck.
(In before "send this to P!P before posting it on 'Gym" - I plan to copy/paste this suggestion in a couple hours.)
However, one player (Ross Cawthon) had an extraordinarily unique, marketable, and cool deck. Most importantly, he played something that no other Worlds finalist has ever played in his deck: one of the promos received in his competitor package. Thus, it is very possible that for the first time, an actual Worlds promo card (Beach, Tidal Wave, Wind, etc) may be printed in World Championship deck form.
Since this card is playable, and since there could arise a situation where (however unlikely) it skews the balance of the metagame, I suggest that Play! Pokemon include one normal form, unstamped Tropical Beach per deck. Doing this would be:
1) Good for marketing. Worlds decks are normally attractive to only a limited segment of the population. However, if a Tropical Beach was included in each deck, then even competitive players may have incentive to purchase the Worlds deck. This would lead to more people buying Worlds decks, and the more people with Worlds decks, the greater the likelihood that future Worlds events will feature greater attendance.
2) Good for the player base. We don't want a situation to arise where a card with only a few hundred in existence is capable of giving the strongest, most well-connected players in the game an unfair edge over the competition.
3) Good for collectors. Although I'm sure some would be satisfied to receive a Ross deck featuring a Worlds edition of Tropical Beach, others are really hungry for the actual promo. Printing decks with an unstamped version of Tropical Beach would achieve this, yet distinguish the cards that our actual competitors received.
For those reasons, and perhaps many more, I think it will be in everybody's best interest if Play! Pokemon includes one regular-backed, unstamped Tropical Beach per Worlds deck.
(In before "send this to P!P before posting it on 'Gym" - I plan to copy/paste this suggestion in a couple hours.)
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