The <i>Problem</i> with Haymaker

The Problem with Haymaker

Haymaker is was one of the first deck designs ever to be made. And it worked. And worked. But then, it was banned. Banned for good. Now, WOTC is not going to pay higher salaries so they can teach Gym Leaders to recognize a deck type. I am not saying this is not wat I would do, but it is a bit of a cheap escape (hehe... I am no cheapskate!). It saves time, and time is money, so go along then... One of the most farmiliar sayings in the world of Poke'mon nowadays... Hey, you probably don't know this, but this site is by the person who corrected everyone by saying MissingNo, not Missigno. Most Poke'mon's names aren't gerunds (you learned this in grammar class, a gerund is a word that ends in -ing), but you still should have looked closer!And Weedle Dude... I changed him from Weedle Guy to Weedle Dude... I am not kidding! Let's go back on the topic now. WOTC needed the money. In the looooooooooooooooooooong wait for Creatures (the Japanese card manufacturer) to make the new sets, there needed to be better tournaments and prizes so there could be a better attendance and more money paid. And that's also what the stupid Legendary set is for. A set to fill in the break in the sets. Base Set 2 served the same purpose. Neo took too long. But why is Haymaker banned in the first place?? It is too good, making sorter games, and many of the main cards are mistakes by WOTC. You won't be seein' another Sneasel (in other words, a mirrior of its attacks) for a looooong time. We need more cards that are decent. Not terrible, not great, decent. So should we make decks with these decent cards? Yes and no. Yes because decent cards have more strategy, making it an "educational" game for parents. No because if everything is just decent, the game will take too long. Stall decks are BORING, so unless they have good strategy, they should be banned, too, by limiting all the major stall cards. Yes, limiting. Like 2 per deck. Banning makes people mad because they just build a deck around this great card and then they hear that it's banned and miss their cance to go on a vacation to Bermuda for the Tropical Mega Battle 3. That doesn't happen often, but still. That's what the Propositions (e.g. and a.k.a. Prop15, the only 15 trainers thing) are for. But no, there need to be formats. And formats of formats. Formats of formats of formats are the propositions. But formats of formats are different. Like a new format of Modified should be one limiting stall cards. Propositions are just the things that are used to specify what kind of tournament it is going to be. Format²s are used widely, not discontinued or "used" some other time. So as you can see, WOTC is doing a decent job maintaining this game. Only decent.

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