Getting locked into a bad card cast is not fun I've noticed as my skill has improved that situation doesn't happen very often. I can see your point on certain cards being desirable, at certain times. But again this too depends on party make up at the time. Of course we want to wait for balance to fall off ( or as close as possible) but I would gladly put the spear on our groups ninja, it has a noticeable effect on his dps. And I would also gladly ewer myself, as for now I'm usually soloing up 4-5 adds, (that's the goal anyway, I make mistakes like anyone else) but then again maybe I'll gamble and set up the royal road, like you said, that's one of the great parts of this job, and I for one don't want to see the randomness taken out because some people think the cards need to be on demand, there is a better solution than that.