On the side of actual TCG gameplay, the implementation of TCGP has a unique aspect, in that one can choose to play (in single-player modes) with what are called "rental decks", which are obtained by collecting certain cards that become the "highlight" of each deck. The cards of the rental decks are watermarked with a deck symbol to indicate them as such. The feature and the respective decks are fascinating, but one might also wonder if and when they should be used. For that, it seems important to try and flesh out the conditions for that.
It is just as important to note that each rental deck has a limit of 10 uses in battle before they disappear... unless one has also collected the respective deck list that allows the exact same deck to be built and duplicated (and then perhaps modified) with cards that one has collected. As such, any consideration of usage will have to involve these 10 uses, and it is likely that any player will want to make use of at least some of them. Of course, the circumstances of the usage are likely to be as different as the decks themselves.
Some decks, even pre-composed ones, are known to have different pacing (and so do their cards), and this is an oft-cited aspect by many players. Therefore, having a rental deck available before even all the cards for them are collected can allow players to get a "feel" for that deck and its respective cards. Certainly, this would be an ideal way to utilize the limited uses as above, so that players don't need to build the deck in actuality if they don't have to. Beyond that, deck modification then becomes the way to adjust the "feel".
As for using them beyond getting a "feel", they can be used to clear deck missions at levels lower than Expert, and that is perhaps the best use of them outside of getting a "feel". They'll have to be cleared anyway in order to get to more of them and more difficult ones, which will likely necessitate decks beyond rental ones. Still, some players might just advocate making decks anyway for this purpose, and that's fine and great, but there is also no harm in fulfilling the ultimate purposes of rental decks for starting things off.
The inclusion of rental decks as a feature in TCGP is still appreciable as a way to get novice and advanced players rolling with the variety of cards in this TCG implementation, which are not necessarily on par with their regular counterparts. As a result, it's still important to understand the use of the cards and the decks they are placed in, so the rental deck feature helps in that effort. All the usage scenarios explained above can surely be considered (or not) as players continue to accumulate cards in the game and eventually have decks of their own.
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