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Why do I keep getting hard blocked during pokemon battles?

Hello! I am a big fan of this game but I've found it pretty frustrating how when I battle, I am frequently hard blocked by being in a poisition where I have only a single baby pokemon to defend myself going as far as 5 turns even with rare candies, and other tools to minimize these issues too being pushed at the very back of the deck. It may be bad luck but I think the shuffling algorithim is not really consistantly random enough esspecially when all my trainers keep clumping up in one spot. Is a quality of life fix coming anytime soon?