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So now I guess
you're asking, "Why should Wizards make Base Set
2???"
Well, Wizards of
the Coast can't be reprinting cards forever. It's just not
cost effective and who knows what other reasons. So with
card sets that's been around for a while, those sets will
eventually become out of print (meaning that WotC will stop
printing them). However, if you're a fresh player and you
can cards from out of print sets, WotC always reprints them
in a new edition. It's been a long tradition of WotC to
reprint sets.
What Base Set 2 is
a reprint of a certain cards found in Basic and Jungle.
What's better about Base Set 2 is that some of the
not-so-popular cards won't be reprinted in the set. This
makes the entire card set for BS2 130 cards big, less then
the 166 cards you can find in both Basic and Jungle (102
Basic + 64 Jungle = 166 cards).
But don't fret!
Just because some cards aren't going to be reprinted in BS2,
there will be NO cards banned (banned cards are cards
you can't use in official PokÈmon tournaments).
Nope, not one card banned.
... One other
reason to why some cards were taken out in BS2 was because a
good number of those cards could be found in the next Team
Rocket edition! Ponyta and Rapidash are both found in TR, so
is Eevee, Vaporeon, Flareon, and Jolteon! Hmm...
So if you're an old
player, then BS2 isn't for you. But if you're a new player,
or aren't even a TCG player yet, then BS2 is the set for
you. The rules are simpler to understand, there are a lot of
powerful cards to work with, and you won't be shafted when
it comes to rares! Have fun!
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