If we go way too safe, we risk the other thing, where the trading card gamers say, This isnt for me. I think the reason it took so long to get where we got was that specific target we were trying to hit to do something that we feel is welcoming, and strategically exciting for trading card gamers
Of course, the combo is fragile and folds to removal, but the explosive potential is undeniably there
Professor Hojo has a Training Grounds-style discount for targeted activated abilities, as well as other benefits for building around those sorts of effects
Dont get me wrong, there are still some very good budget options, it is just that the non-budget options are much better cards, obviously
That is only useful as a means to compare it to other things so as to appreciate its relative power