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Perhaps this is the most important point

Card Set(s) -The Three Brothers' Bond- CARD VIEW ST13-011 | SR | CHARACTER Portgas.D.Ace Attribute Special Block Icon 2 Effect [On Play] If you have 2 or less Life cards, this Character gains [Rush]

Finals & 3rd place playoffs The championship match was held between Kenji Kajita and Keisuke Miyadera, while the 3rd place playoffs was between Yusaku Tanigawa and Keisuke Sato

I also want to give a shoutout to Paldean Clodsire ex here

We want cards that make sense. While thats the starting point, he also says they dont want to spend a lot of time and energy putting gorgeous, amazing art on cards that we dont think anyone would ever want to do anything with, meaning playability is also a factor to some degree