User blog comment:Sol Kage/My Spear is the Spear that shall pierce the heavens!/@comment-1755882-20140123044436/@comment-1755882-20140123154448

You claimed that "if you have a spare medusa in hand they wasted the attack/destruction". In addition, if I was primarily talking about how much you get in your hand. But, if we're gonna go into specifics on thinning, then I should mention that its 4 cards on average in Vanguard. Vanguard games on average last 7 turns (possibly 1-2 less in the current format) meaning on the average you will take a damage. Charging is also not mandatory, unlike Vanguard's Drive Check. Therefore, even with Charging and Drawing, you still go through your deck twice as fast in Vanguard.

Also, we are talking about average. Yes, of course there are going to be times that games go longer than the average, and times that games are shorter than than the average. But the lack of any sort of Gating Mechanic means we skip past most of the traditional Early Game of TCGs, causing games to on average be shorter or of equal length to Vanguard games.