"please look forward to it"

[Giantbane]

I refuse to begrudge them anything if they decide to have triple triad cards/packs in the cash shop. I mean...that's how you DO a collectible card game. I'd actually be more surprised if it WASN'T in the cash shop.
I am telling everyone this now: Triple Triad will have portions in the cash shop. It is unavoidable, it WILL happen if the game gets added.
If you don't like that, quit now.

That's how you DO a collectible card game that exists on its own. Do you pay a monthly fee for hearthstone or magic or whatever? No, because you only pay for packs. This one exists as part of a larger MMO that already has a monthly fee. Adding triad cards/packs into the cash shop is starting to cross the line into p2w, something they "said" they were going to avoid.

The only cash shop exclusive cards i could see would be foils, which are literally shiny versions of cards you can get normally.

unless they just kept it to this

[Yukiko]

That's how you DO a collectible card game that exists on its own. Do you pay a monthly fee for hearthstone or magic or whatever? No, because you only pay for packs.

In FFXIV its just a "minigame"... not the big deal to compare with heathstone or magic the gathering...
If they stick to the original theme of Triple Triad we have to collect them through content (fights) and it will be possible to lose them in pvp card matches, so my conclusion is:
a) We will get a consumable cash shop item which prevent losing the card even when we lose the match, the winner takes the card, but we will not lose it (some protection)
b) Those who do not win against hard content can buy those cards from cash shop

But i share the same fear you all have and looking at history i am sure SE will mess up this time AGAIN...