Yes, it would cause some challenges as it meant giving up some control in what order players saw things, but in return, we had a more exciting experience and, as I've explained numerous times (here being a good example), it's more important for the new player to enjoy themselves than it is for them to understand everything right away
Throughout the Pokmon Trading Card Game video game, the player must journey through the game world in order to challenge eight different club masters, each of whom hold decks themed around the various types of elemental energy
However, this is likely to be a special set (no booster boxes, sadly) and, considering the 30-year anniversary of the TCG itself lands in October, I'd place my bet on the set launching around that month, too
Understanding your main attacker, energy requirements, draw support, and matchups is key to building a competitive Pokmon deck
The short answer, really to my amazement, was that they broke expectation in a pretty significant way