As part of my research, I reached out to Asmodee and Smiths News, two of the UK's main Pokmon card distributors, as well as three major supermarket chains
Auras attached to it are put into their owners graveyards
While the developers were correct to operate under the assumption that many, if not most of its audience were not going in with extensive competitive Pokmon card knowledge, it should have made an allowance for those who already knew how to play either from playing with or reading about real Pokmon cards or from having already played through the Game Boy Color game before starting a new adventure
I felt casting spells worked well because it's a natural part of the game, which made it easy to blend in and allow the player to fill in the moon flavor
You choose which ones you're returning as Lively Dirge is resolving
I do get why some people are still into it, but I dont regret the fact that I slowly weaned myself off the game