While the Pokemon GO set pales in comparison in terms of value to some of the current best Pokemon packs you can buy, it remains a massively fun set to collect, and one of the easiest to gain a master set of something which I did myself
Imagine that youre one prize away from winning only for your opponent to slap down a Slowbro, accelerate two energy cards onto it and take their final two prize cards
I can only come to the conclusion that these systems were implemented to artificially boost play time by convincing the player to repeatedly duel the same person over and over - which is largely unappealing when you can just use their weakness and destroy them in about two minutes with no chance of losing
Thats not to say it cant hold its own with the other decks in this set (it definitely can), but the moments when everything clicks are slightly fewer and further between
If the seller is selling loose booster packs and 200 Pikachu's but none of the other cards, you know something is up
However, only one of each card is allowed