Whilst there are hundreds of unique cards to collect, they substantially limit deck building variety as there are go-to combinations of cards that, simply put, make decks that are just better than everything else
But how well Value boosters compete against Pokmon cards - which have ten cards to a pack, and an already-beloved roster of familiar characters - remains to be seen
Up until this set, only one and two coloured token cards existed
Mechanically, a traditional "split" card, like this one (which was played by Pro Tour Champion Kai Budde in the greatest Pro Tour Top 8 of all time) is practically / thematically very similar to both cycling cards like Go for Blood and many Modal Double-Faced Cards
Before wed even seen anything of the set, people were lambasting it for being another hat set a release based on shallow references to pop culture, like Murders at Karlov Manor, Outlaws of Thunder Junction, and Aetherdrift before it