Thread:FutureKnightX/@comment-39484946-20190516132112/@comment-11372432-20190516150942

Yeah, but that would mean only having 3 copies in the deck. It just isn’t common as most wish to have the buddy call be as consistent as possible. It’s free life, after all. Laevatein decks actually run only 2 copies of their buddy. It’s because they only ever want to see one copy and it can be added from deck to field or hand in a myriad of ways.

You can even actually make the only copy of your buddy your buddy. Naturally, that means no buddy gift. However, some do this to do a “fake out” of sorts. Part of the strategy of this game is to predict the opponent’s moves and knowing what deck they run is a part of that. And, naturally, their buddy of choice clues them in on that. It’s not all that common a tactic, even at high level play, because usually the ruse is found out rather quickly for no real gain.

I probably gave you way more info than you needed, but there you go lol.