I have to collect everyone, because if I pick and choose characters then that, to me, isn't a mass deck anymore, it's just regular collecting. The exception is that for mass decks that are based on large, wide-spanning franchises with multiple sub-series or unconnected installments (as many video games tend to be), I won't collect the ones I haven't played yet - but I will collect every deck from every game in the series that I have played to completion, or at least played enough of to feel some investment in. (I've been going back and forth forever on whether to add Megaman ZX to my Megaman mass deck, because I've played some but not a ton, so I can't decide whether it qualifies...)
So this is why my Final Fantasy mass deck is missing Compilation-only FFVII characters (don't give a crap and will probably never play them) and a few of the regular installments (need to play through VIII and IX properly before it feels right to collect them...but I will probably never collect XIII because I have no interest in playing it). And why my Fire Emblem mass deck is everything but Awakening. (I'll get around to it someday...)
I don't have any themed collections going at the moment, but I've thought of starting a couple if I make enough progress on everything else to want something new to chase after - all of the color-themed scrapbook decks, or maybe (if we finish getting decks for every month) the full year of birthday scrapbooks. My other thought is doing a samurai series mass deck for ALL OF THE SAMURAI, not just the series I'm personally invested in, but when I think about how many that would be, I figure that's something for a day far away when I've really not got much else left to work on, sob...
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I have to collect everyone, because if I pick and choose characters then that, to me, isn't a mass deck anymore, it's just regular collecting. The exception is that for mass decks that are based on large, wide-spanning franchises with multiple sub-series or unconnected installments (as many video games tend to be), I won't collect the ones I haven't played yet - but I will collect every deck from every game in the series that I have played to completion, or at least played enough of to feel some investment in. (I've been going back and forth forever on whether to add Megaman ZX to my Megaman mass deck, because I've played some but not a ton, so I can't decide whether it qualifies...)
So this is why my Final Fantasy mass deck is missing Compilation-only FFVII characters (don't give a crap and will probably never play them) and a few of the regular installments (need to play through VIII and IX properly before it feels right to collect them...but I will probably never collect XIII because I have no interest in playing it). And why my Fire Emblem mass deck is everything but Awakening. (I'll get around to it someday...)
I don't have any themed collections going at the moment, but I've thought of starting a couple if I make enough progress on everything else to want something new to chase after - all of the color-themed scrapbook decks, or maybe (if we finish getting decks for every month) the full year of birthday scrapbooks. My other thought is doing a samurai series mass deck for ALL OF THE SAMURAI, not just the series I'm personally invested in, but when I think about how many that would be, I figure that's something for a day far away when I've really not got much else left to work on, sob...
For my choice card, I'd like lionsguard05!