>>96063828You cannot deny the fact that Sky Strikers are getting abnormal preferred treatment in the game with Alternate arts, multiple manga adaptations, PVC figures, and direct support, albeit non-game changing, trickling throughout the years. Yes, Branded also triggered it, but Sky Strikers have been treated like a golden egg for the past 5 years by the OCG and the TCG has began to do the same.
Also, from what we know about onboarding from an ex Konami emplyee interview, MD is one of the best chances they have to onboard new players and they wanted to find a bridge from MD to the current game. Same goes for Edison to the current meta. They wanted all 3 to be under the same umbrella and MD using current game boards for their Time Wizard events and rulings shows this. The judge reasoning doesnt work because, as a former Judge, first off, all of them are volunteers, and most of, if not 90% are 30+ years old, myself including. Most of them were either around for the formats or have worked with enough older players and judges to know how the interactions work. On top of this, the amount of alternate formats online, from Goat, to Fire/Water, Hat, Tengu and Edison also give newer players and judges to the Time Wizard format myriad ways to learn and properly judge each format.
