The answer to the question I posed in the title of this post might seem obvious based on the way I play the physical Pokémon TCG and the virtual TCGL by extension or "proxy". However, a few factors are still relevant to that answer, so they're still suited for a discussion on the topic. For that, the topic concerns whether I'm actually apt to play the physical TCG. Irrespective of any other factors, the answer is always "yes", but when those other factors are put back into play, the answer becomes more complicated than a single word.
If I'm going to be active in the physical TCG, I'd need to be performing card management for my decks and loose cards, and that hasn't come easily even for the cards that I already do have, in and out of decks. In this regard, I may be somewhat less suited for playing the physical TCG - and it also explains why I would prefer (and somewhat need) the convenience offered by the virtual TCGL. It's a real major hurdle, especially given that the physical TCG takes up space, and managing its cards also means managing the space for it - also not necessarily easy.
At present, I also have to venture to find others to play, and I can't expect others to venture to me. This venturing requirement also takes a little bit of a toll and has to be fitted in along with my other activities, Pokémon or otherwise. The venturing is also necessary for certain events and/or tournaments, even if I am equipped for (to play in) them with the help of others. As such, it also makes me less suited to play physically; this, like the card management effort above, are external aspects to the game itself that affects me in this manner.
Even if all of that wasn't a problem, there is also the problem of keeping up with regulations and other novelties in the game, which might necessitate that I shell out regularly for them - something that I'm becoming incapable to justify at the moment. If I can't keep up, then I may not be able to consider myself suited for physical TCG, and like card management, it makes me gravitate to the virtual version for this purpose. All that's left to suit me then is just the gameplay of the TCG, which at least I have a grasp on.
With all of the above considered, realistically, my suitability of playing the physical TCG is certainly not very much, despite knowing how to deal with the cards. Again, if that was the only criterion for suitability, then I'm suited for playing physically regardless of any other things that are necessary for doing that - likely, any or all of the above factors that I've mentioned. At the least, I'm suited to observe the play of the physical TCG with my "fellows", and that may be all that I can do presently.
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