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gamer167 posted...

the_rowan posted...

apocalyptic_4 posted...

What does pot of greed do

Draw 2 cards (for no cost other than playing Pot of Greed).

Why is drawing 2 cards one time so bad?

Firstly in most TCG drawing a card is generally one of the most powerful effects that can be printed. Having access to more cards means you have access to more options, and Yu-Gi-Oh is no exception to this. Another thing that is really important in TCGs is the ability to play cards at no cost. This applies to all Spell Cards in YGO (unless the card has an additional cost on it).

Second point (though weak) is that it gets splashed into every deck, decreasing the different type of diversity of cards played. For a powerful ability like this, even having 1 copy is too much.

Finally, because it takes away decision making. In TCG there's always a cost to most decisions being played. For instance in Pokemon, the support card Bill does the same thing except the rules to Pokemon TCG is that only 1 support card can be used a turn so there is opportunity cost to take into effect. Or in Magic where Divination also does the same thing, except it costs 3 mana to be played and it's blue so it can't be splashed into any deck without having to change the dynamics of a deck (like splashing in Islands or some other way to play it).
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