While some people have argued that Wizards would find a way to adapt and move forward like the music industry did in response to its piracy problem, perhaps by taking the game completely digital, personally, I don't have much faith that Wizards could completely reinvent the booster pack model it has been using for 25 years and be successful
As Survival is banned in Legacy and not powerful enough for Vintage, you will be restricted to these two formats for the most part to use this card
The duplicate protection also works in sealed events, like drafts, converting the duplicate cards into either gems or progress towards your vault
Players build a deck around a leader character and use various cards to defeat their opponent
For example, the two Mewtwo ex cards above both have the same HP, type, weakness and resistance cost, moves, and energy requirements per move
Should you buy GX/EX as singles, sealed, or graded