After having thought about it, I've decided to go with the TCG as this month's "four fours" even though much of the realm is still unknown territory for me. But that's fine, because there are things that I can still "explore" from there. One of them is a certain class of cards that by its name has the potential to be extreme - as in extremely beneficial or extremely damaging. Such is the nature of "Ace Spec" cards, with their effects that may be regarded as good or evil.
These cards, in addition to their usual art, have a characteristic purple background framed by the words "Ace Spec", the name for these class of cards. Many of the cards are of the Trainer kind, but even Energy cards can be of this class. What is most important about these cards, though, is their usage tag, which stipulates that only one of these cards, in any form and of any kind, can be a part of a deck. That much speaks for their good and evil nature.
It helps to illustrate these cards with some examples. A certain Special Energy card of the Ace Spec class acts as 2x Colorless Energy for a Stage 2 Pokémon and 1x for all else, which could be relatively benign unless it's attached to a Pokémon with extreme moves. A certain Trainer card, meanwhile, can be played after a Pokémon is Knocked Out, forcing both to draw new hands with more cards for the player. This latter card may represent a more "evil" example.
Of course, like any card that any player chooses to include in their deck(s), these cards need to be understood with regard to their function for the rest of the deck, which in this regard would maximize their "good" perception, at least for the player. It's only when the cards come into actual play that other perceptions become evident, in particular as they do (or don't) fulfill their function and the players experience its effects on either side of the pendulum.
Some TCG cards are notorious for their components, whether in whole or in part. Ace Spec cards, then, seem to belong to the former because of the way they integrate into play and the possible effects they have, for the better or worse. It's just one more thing to explore for those who may be interested in the TCG cards - even I myself, no matter how much - and to deal with in action on the TCG playfield as well as in other ways, like in writing on this blog.
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