Quote Originally Posted by Milleus View Post
Omitted for post length.
Ascension, Plus, Order, and Chaos all affect the NPC, potentially in negative or positive ways. Random, on the other hand, is the only rule that does not affect the NPC negatively in any way whatsoever, because their pool of available cards is usually restricted to 5-8, and most, if not all of them are top grade cards.

Assuming we disregard the fact that NPCs can construct forbidden decks that ignore the star limitations that are imposed on the player, Random is the only rule in the game that affects the player, yet leaves the NPC with a large-to-colossal advantage, depending on the NPC in question.

I have 63 cards, and I can still find myself floundering against the Random rule when they give me all one star cards. That isn't "more challenging", that's "impossible" unless the regional rules have added Plus, and the regional rules never seem to change for the NPCs in question.