An Ultra Rare Super Saiyan God Goku?

Last time, I talked to y’all about the negative impact of too many lower-rarity personality cards and the need for a more sensible way to release main personality cards (like a Capsule Corps Power Pack for instance). The community’s response to that article was fantastic and generated a lot of discussion, so much so that Panini America actually commented on the issue. That’s the power of community guys: keep it positive, have solution based input and work together! Do those things and you’ll find that you’re more likely to get the results you want to see.

Continuing the discussion, this week Panini America openly asked what the community thinks about Ultra Rare main personalities? Personally, I’m a little iffy on this. Of course the game is no stranger to Ultra Rare main personality cards, which were abundant in RetroDBZ. But there were also nightmares, like in Score Entertainment’s Epic Battles TCG where Mortal Kombat’s Dragon King was broken into a four-piece card with two of the pieces being Hidden Rares and the other two pieces NEVER BEING RELEASED. Yes, this actually happened. (Edit: I should point out that they were printed and eventually did find their way out.)

Now I don’t think anything as drastic as The Dragon King is likely to happen again, and I do actually like the idea of Ultra Rare personalities for many of the same reasons that I dislike common, uncommon and rare personalities. They are cards that you will seldom ever need more than one of, which balances out their rarer status. Also, Ultra Rare personalities have typically retained and even increased in value from RetroDBZ, making an Ultra Rare personality pull one of the biggest thrills when opening old product.

Obviously there are wrong ways to go about this too. Imagine that you’re a fan of a one-shot character like Tapion or Future Gohan, and the only way that you could play either of those characters is by collecting all of their Ultra Rare personalities. What I would like to see happen is that rather than being complete main personality sets (or being part of one), I would want any Ultra Rare personalities to be alternates of already playable characters. Use it to patch any holes in any current personalities that are lagging behind, like more versatile level ones for Gohan and Frieza. But for their first implementation, there are actually two really good candidates for Ultra Rare main personalities in a movie themed set 3.

Both SDCC Krillin and Super Saiyan God Goku are popular and powerful personalities in the current tournament scene, yet officially each of these cards were only available for a few hours on one day in a 10 x 20 foot space with very restricted access. Players just getting into the game now, or even players who have been involved in the game will find acquiring a Super Saiyan God Goku could cost up to $200! In the spirit that promos are reprints, I think it would be fair to introduce an Ultra Rare Super Saiyan God Goku and SDCC Krillin in future sets so that newer players would have an opportunity to use these characters.

They wouldn’t even have to be exact reprints of the image and version of the cards, in order to preserve the value of the originals and (most likely in the case of God Goku) avoiding the jump through licensing hoops. For instance you could make a “False Super Saiyan” Goku from the Lord Slug movie with the same power as God Goku by editing the top power levels to 1.5 Million and 2 Million (which gives him mostly the same effect, minus a few power-level checking cards and future updates to the Attack Table). SDCC Krillin is one of the most dominant personalities in the game right now, just remake him from nearly any point in the series or movies so everyone has a fair shot at him (ironically, an Ultra Rare SDCC Krillin would likely be more valuable than the original).

That’s my vote for testing the waters of Ultra Rare main personalities. After that, URMPs should be legacy content that updates personalities into the current meta (or at least gives them a better shot).

What do you think? Let us know in the comments, on our Facebook group or send a response to RetroDBZccg@Yahoo.com, we might even publish it.

Later, BroZ!

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