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Re:Many of the Pokemon playtest cards were likely printed in... by __loam on Thursday January 30, 2025 @08:23PM (#42883916)
No there's usually a wide variety of viable strategies, which have different costs associated with them. There's a price of entry but once everyone is on that level you still have to play well.
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Re:Many of the Pokemon playtest cards were likely printed in... by rcxdude on Friday January 31, 2025 @06:45AM (#42886746)
Colloquially, I think people call this 'pay to win'. If there's not one single price of entry that delineates someone playing vs not playing, i.e. if money spent results in any power level difference between players, that's pay to win, even if there's a ceiling to how much paying more than just buying a starter deck will get you.
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