Thursday, April 29, 2010

The New, The Nerfed

Looking at cards like "Damage Gate" has to make one question the status of other cards at times.

It hasn't been a common practice lately, but around the GX era, it wasn't unusual to see weaker versions of overpowered cards being printed, either as a way to justify forbidding said overpowered cards, or to replace a card that was already forbidden. A classic example would be "Brain Control" taking the slot of "Change of Heart" in the legal card pool. Of course, this probably isn't the best example considering how ridiculous "Brain Control" is even with the added limitations compared to its senior.

"Damage Gate" just seems like it's setting up for one final ban on "Call of the Haunted," which is pretty depressing since Call has been a relatively healthy addition to the card pool lately, not even making full blown staple status.

If it happens, it happens, I guess.

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