Oops. I guess I ranted a bit too much. Ha ha.(As I did again in this entire post...)Personally, I think having a card as a preorder bonus is a great idea. I definitely see your point, though. My thoughts are that itopen some people up to the TCG. Maybe someone who hasn't seen the cards since Gen 1 gets this and is like, "Whatthis craziness? This is awesome!" And they look into the TCG. Or maybe a kid gets this card and isto the TCG. But of course, like you said, there will be those who will be like, "Whatthis craziness? MEH." There could be tons of people like that, and they just sell it on eBay or something; it might become fairly common with the amount of games that are undoubtedly going to sell. (Or maybe not, with your example. Ha ha.) I don't think this should be done with every Pokemon game, but Sun and Moon seemed (to me) like a really good opportunity to promote the TCG.Yeah, that's why I had to assume there could be licensing issues outside of Japan (possibly other issues). Not a great solution, but I had to mention that little things like that in Japan are neat. And I didn't mean Promos given at league are THE solution. (I hope it didn't sound like that.) I just can't help but notice there aren't ANY Black Star Promos given at leagues. And really, aside from that Magikarp, there aren't any Promos being given out in order tothe TCG. And that's what I was trying to get at. It would be nice to see the TCG continue to grow, andsome free promos here and there could help.And I agree. None of the solutions are perfect. But $20 box after $20 box has become tiring and expensive, including those $30 to $50+ boxes too. Buying singles has become the best way to keep up with them, and that's kind of a shame. One thing I didn't mention, though, is cheaper products with Promos included. We have those single and three pack blisters; I buy those. Why can't we get more like those? Is it because some Promos are EX's and we need a comically over-sized box to show off how much more special-er it is than other Promos and thus justifying the $20 price tag?