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Trade Token rates make actual trading untenable

I was excited for the launch of the trade feature but once I saw the costs, my enthusiasm quickly fizzled out. I had been saving my rare cards with the intent to first complete the set of Genetic Apex, and then maybe trade for flairs on the various rare cards I regularly play with.
However, the sheer difficulty in acquiring Trade Tokens renders the trade system of little use unless you already have drastically more rare cards than you
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Even if the rates were low, it would still be untenable.
Destroying your cards to get a new one you need is a Crafting system. Mixing it into a Trading system pairs the worst parts of Crafting systems with the worst parts of Trading systems.
Trade Tokens either need to be removed altogether or need to be obtained in a repeatable way without sacrificing cards.
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