Players who had built up a collection of cards from Pokmon Trading Card Game Online were able to transfer cards from recent sets to Live, which means even with the nice starter decks, fully new players like myself are starting from an extreme disadvantage
The qualifiers for this years Singapore Championships are happening very soon, with the winner getting a fully paid trip to London for Worlds 2022 (the top 4 players qualify too, but need to pay for their own flight)
These combine to form a 40-card deck, and you keep the cards (about 22 non-basics) as a reward
Wheel of Fortune - Small white dot on top black border in Alpha (see circle below) Braingeyser - Small red dot in text box in Alpha (see circle below) Taiga - Red dot with green halo on border next to "Land" in Alpha (see circle below) Plateau - White circle at the top of the art in Beta (see circle below) Mox Sapphire - White printer mark on right side border in Alpha (see circle below) Howling Mine - White dot in the last "t" in "Artifact" in Beta (see circle below)
Notably, greens approach to life gain is closer to blacks
The thing is you dont really want many dragons (aka expensive spells) in your opener, so cramming too many into your deck is going to leave you with more problems than youre solving
