Talk:Trial Deck 3: Dragonic Force/@comment-6881157-20140317082810/@comment-4167259-20140317102416

Oh yes, this TD alone is the nuts. Two copies will give you Dragonenergies (just a guess), Green Shields, and Punisher for your non-monster staples. Just shuffle around your Dragoknuckles and Blue Shields from your existing BT01 Armordragon deck and you've got a very serious contender.

Regarding BR's income, I think they already anticipated that. TD01 and TD02 were bestsellers on their own due to the awesome content, and will continue to pull new players in for more $$$. Likewise for TD03, I think. TD03 will be flying off shelves for years to come for as long as the print run continues (printing is dirt cheap for BR's multimillion operation).

I believe this is good marketing on BR's part. The reason many people are turned away from Magic: the Gathering is because staples are hard to come by and expensive at the same time. Many long-time players are already dropping it and moving to Living Card Games which have staples easily accessible through Core Game boxes that are reprinted year in, year out.

Buddyfight's main selling point is that it's a fast and furious game where the competition staples are easily accessible via Trial Decks, vanilla cards are good enough to play (unlike in YuGiOh and Magic, and similar to Weiss Schwarz and Vanguard). It's like a dream. Most winning Armordragon decks have 50% TD cards. Winning Armorknight decks are 75% TD cards. Of course, as more expansions come out, some ability monsters will take the place of vanillas, but the game is so well balanced that going the budget route and using vanillas and Trial Deck cards is a viable way to become competitive.