As a casual Pokemon TCG fan who has only dabbled in the actual card game, I cant speak to the metagame implications of the new Pokemon and Trainer cards
For domestic collectors, that means more stores, more inventory, and prices that are often 30-50% lower than what the same products cost abroad
Some of the cards I have chosen are hardly the most significant cube cards and see a lot less play than the staples
And just look at all the Knights in the format: Benalish Knight, Burning Shield Askari, Cadaverous Knight, Fallen Askari, Femeref Knight, Knight of Valor, Searing Spear Askari, Shadow Rider, Southern Paladin, Suq'Ata Lancer, Zhalfirin Commander, Zhalfirin Crusader, and Zhalfirin Knight
The nerve
Yet today, no non-distributor can consistently get cards, because in mint condition, many brand new (not decades old) chases are worth down-payments on cars and houses