Searching for stage 1-2's is a dangerous game and a slippery slope, because right off the bat that's a lot of removed variance. The issue of course being the 20 card deck, search is not so impactful in paper pokemon. If they did some type of search for it (bad idea), it'd need to be tested, rotated in and out with rotation, multiple varieties, etc. I think the better thing is to just add more draw (likely color specific), which Pokemon is known for, anyway. Keeps the variance similar without feeling completely dead.
Searching for stage 1-2's is a dangerous game and a slippery slope, because right off the bat that's a lot of removed variance. The issue of course being the 20 card deck, search is not so impactful in paper pokemon. If they did some type of search for it (bad idea), it'd need to be tested, rotated in and out with rotation, multiple varieties, etc.
I think the better thing is to just add more draw (likely color specific), which Pokemon is known for, anyway. Keeps the variance similar without feeling completely dead.