If The Fool's equivalent is The Trainer, I can assume that the pokemon world Tarot is created after the humans become the dominant species? As it's hinted that the Pokemon were considered as the rulers or comrade or pawn depending on the species in the far past, then as equal (if common) or gods (if legendary)in closer past and finally stuck as something between friends and tools in "modern" pokemon world society.
And type advantage is kind of tricky seeing how many pokemon have moves that kill pokemon that have type advantage over them. Like how many poison type mons have dark moves and can strike fast than most psychic type. Water type tend to know ice moves to KO grass type. Fire type tend to know Solarbeam to KO water type. Grass type tend to know Earthquake to KO fire type, and may have chlorophyll or Trick Room to make up for the speed. And even when they don't have the type advantage move, they may brute-force through by attacking the weaker defense. Say, a Gyarados may still KO an Electric type via superior attack stat.
So I'm thinking, maybe the system of 4 can show that? The 4 suits can be representing High Attack, High Defense, High Special Attack and High Special Defense. Instead of numbers, we have the 16 elements. So we can win a round either by having the type advantage or the advantageous attack-defense match. Like, a High Defense can block a High Attack, but a High Special Defense or an Attack card cannot block a High Attack and the Attacker win the round if there is no type advantage in play.
Examples: I have a High Defense Water. You have a High Attack Grass. My card block half, but you have type advantage, so you win half the points.
I have a High Special Attack Fire. You have a High Defense Grass. Yours cannot block mine and mine has type advantage, I win full points.
I have a High Attack Fighting. You have a High Special Attack Flying. You get full points.
High Attack can be Sword, High Special Attack can be Staff, High Defense can be Coin and High Special Defense can be Cup?
So we'll have Fire Cup and Flying Cup and Fighting Cup and Grass Coin and Dark Coin and Flying Coin and Water Staff and Ground Staff and Fire Staff and the like.
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Date: 2013-02-19 08:47 pm (UTC)And type advantage is kind of tricky seeing how many pokemon have moves that kill pokemon that have type advantage over them. Like how many poison type mons have dark moves and can strike fast than most psychic type. Water type tend to know ice moves to KO grass type. Fire type tend to know Solarbeam to KO water type. Grass type tend to know Earthquake to KO fire type, and may have chlorophyll or Trick Room to make up for the speed. And even when they don't have the type advantage move, they may brute-force through by attacking the weaker defense. Say, a Gyarados may still KO an Electric type via superior attack stat.
So I'm thinking, maybe the system of 4 can show that? The 4 suits can be representing High Attack, High Defense, High Special Attack and High Special Defense. Instead of numbers, we have the 16 elements. So we can win a round either by having the type advantage or the advantageous attack-defense match. Like, a High Defense can block a High Attack, but a High Special Defense or an Attack card cannot block a High Attack and the Attacker win the round if there is no type advantage in play.
Examples:
I have a High Defense Water. You have a High Attack Grass. My card block half, but you have type advantage, so you win half the points.
I have a High Special Attack Fire. You have a High Defense Grass. Yours cannot block mine and mine has type advantage, I win full points.
I have a High Attack Fighting. You have a High Special Attack Flying. You get full points.
High Attack can be Sword, High Special Attack can be Staff, High Defense can be Coin and High Special Defense can be Cup?
So we'll have Fire Cup and Flying Cup and Fighting Cup and Grass Coin and Dark Coin and Flying Coin and Water Staff and Ground Staff and Fire Staff and the like.
Then it evolved into having numbers and stuff.