Whether you pull on these secret packs or not, youll still end up with plenty of new cards to modify your deck, which relieves some of the pressure from picking the best starter deck
I dont expect it to see any main deck play, so there are some major limitations, but every control player will need to have answers for it on their radar
It must be used as is, without using effects like transparency
While people expected the Noble Knight style of releases, with the most important cards being saved for near the end, the U.A
Right now gen 1 will have some clear archtypes (like the bugs, metal coating, the god birds, eeveeolution [coming soon], etc.) and some cards will support these existing archtypes or will just be helpfull support for all pokemon in general