elements either match, or dont match :-p
long boring winter months?! i have a girlfriend you know!
i might be able to do something with user shops. i like that idea slightly better than with a general shop.
as for minimum, the key to beating random in ff8 (and indeed in vbtt) was to get rid of all of your low-level cards

then you couldnt help but get better cards, but it also locked you into the higher difficulty levels. the tradeoff is yours to make, and i still dont think its something that is actually needed. you can still change my mind on this one