>>39253481When rotation was introduced to the TCG, here's what often happened on turn 1:
>player 1 draws around 50 cards>player 1 destroys player 2's hand, leaving them with no cards>player 1 plays pic related so player 2 only has a 50-50 chance of actually use a draw trainer if they happen to draw one>player 1 also has three Energy Removals in their hand, in case player 2 happens to draw an energyAnd if player 1 happened to draw a dead hand and couldn't set this up, which was rare given how consistent the deck was, player 2 would. It was such a mess that rotation was introduced as an emergency measure to get rid of the "draw every card in your deck" and "energy removal spam" problems in one fell swoop (Cleffa was introduced to stop the hand destruction). Then they kept doing rotation to this day, so that any broken cards they accidentally print (and they often do) won't last forever.
