What if Pokémon had the London mulligan?

[Mega Missingno]

For those not familiar, the London mulligan is the fourth and current form of mulligan used in Magic: The Gathering. Each time you mulligan, you shuffle your old hand in and draw seven cards. Once you keep a hand, you put a number of cards on the bottom equal to the number of hands you've sent back.

 

[BJJ763]

So what happens when you mulligan more than 6 times?

Do you just get to have an Active?
Do you get to have an Active and as many Bench as you want to put down?

Pokémon has something MtG does not - draw power. Top decking Professor's Research offsets starting with 0 cards in hand.

 

[Mega Missingno]

So what happens when you mulligan more than 6 times?

Do you just get to have an Active?
Do you get to have an Active and as many Bench as you want to put down?

Pokémon has something MtG does not - draw power. Top decking Professor's Research offsets starting with 0 cards in hand.

I'd probably force a player to keep 1, but realistically, you'd concede before getting that desperate.

 

[BJJ763]

I've seen mulligans go into double digits.
In tournaments, if a player mulligans 8 times, we can do the "Judge Ball" to get the game underway.

 

[Mega Missingno]

I've seen mulligans go into double digits.

D:

In tournaments, if a player mulligans 8 times, we can do the "Judge Ball" to get the game underway.

What's that?

 

[BJJ763]

The "Judge Ball" is when a player takes too long in setting up so the judge will shuffle their deck, reveal cards one at a time until a Basic is found, that Basic is put aside and the rest of the deck shuffled, the player draws 6 more cards, and then they can set up and begin play.

 

[PokePop]

Different games. It wouldn't track.
In MtG, Mulligans are all voluntary.
In Pokemon, Mulligans are all mandatory.

 

[Mega Missingno]

Different games. It wouldn't track.
In MtG, Mulligans are all voluntary.
In Pokemon, Mulligans are all mandatory.

Which is why I advocate for the addition of voluntary mulligans.