I?m well aware of that, but imo the fact that you have to potentially sacrifice any cards (common or otherwise) is just mega lame and feels like an oversight. It?s why I?m hoping they do make a memorial set of plastic cards ala superbest Decadriver cards at some point, either that or hopefully the cardboard they used is just super sturdy.

Is it? I dunno, I grew up collecting YGO cards and bought packs regularly, so I'd get duplicate cards a lot, so I feel like I wouldn't mind potentially sacrificing any cards for the Gotchard toys, since they'd at least be used instead of just collecting dust.

Also, let's not forget that plastic is evil. And if humanity is not destroyed by war, disease and famine, then it will definitely be finished off by pollution from non-decomposable garbage.
So it's better to buy separately game and collection kits. Still, the cards are cheaper than the usual gimmicks of the franchise, so it's quite affordable.

For me the key difference is that traditional tcg cards are usually worn out due carelessness or just absolutely manhandling them since usually they go into a card binder, sleeves, or a deck box & then playing a game with them which is their intended purpose (besides trading them of course). Using those cards for their intended purpose doesn?t really ruin them(at least in my experience over the years).

With these ridechemy cards (and previous rider lines that used cards) using them with the role play toys (which is their primary purpose since there is no actual game tied to the cards, besides using using them with the DX toys the only other thing to do with the cards is store them or trade them) will naturally wear them out over time, which is exactly my issue/concern. Using the toys/cards as intended through normal play will naturally ruin them over time which imo shouldn?t be a thing. And while yes, you could have a bunch of duplicates as fodder, the fact that they will wear overtime means you?ll keep going through them until eventually run out, it may take a while but you will run out eventually. Keep in mind like any other Rider gimmick line, the ridechemy cards will most definitely be retired next year in favor of whatever next years Rider gimmick is, which means no more booster packs to replace those old worn out cards anymore, you?d have to wait until a superbest or csm release. And again it may take a REALLY LONG time before you run out of fodder for the DX toys, but the fact that?s even a possibility is where my problem lies, it?s not designed with longevity which is why I feel it?s an oversight.

That being said I feel like an easy enough solution to this would?ve been to just make the DX cards that come with the role play toys plastic & have the booster pack cards be cardboard. That way you have the cards intended for play (and most likely the ones used in the show) and the ones intended for trading/collecting.

:lol Okay.

So, place your bets...how much screentime will the bike get?

I think more than all the other bikes of the Reiwa era. Only most of the time it will be a picture on a card.
And a similar question: will we get more kaijins than riders in this show? On the one hand, 101 cards inspire hope for monsters, on the other hand, most of the cast are alchemists of various levels, who will obviously try to use those same cards.

Perhaps we'll get more "elites" who specialize in various categories.

We've seen all of it in the trailer.

At least riders still show bikes. Musketeers in many film adaptations do not even touch the weapon after which they are named.