but if the new cards have to adapt to the old cards, then there isnt much room to do any kind of card creating. look at it this way.
i make a series of cards. one at a time, i make the cards.
i make the first 3. i start getting some good ideas with the newer cards, but then they would be out of balance with the other cards. what do i do, alter the old cards? or cripple my newer and good ideas JUST so i keep it consistent with the older cards. well that depends. which ideas are better, which ones will be good ideas longer, and which ones will make people happier? thats why there is a nerf and a buff section. at least thats why i think there is both.