Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-24859896-20170419050427/@comment-32638135-20170420042056

It's actually similar to Clash of Clans — the only difference is while in CoC you can pick a better base, in Clash Royale you're stuck with any bad matchup (which is unavoidable). If you're facing level 10s only, that just means there are mostly level 10s searching for matchups (possibly because the level 9s aren't willing to risk it against higher-level opponents). Besides, making either card levels or levels factor in would discourage upgrading cards unless one seriously needs it, which means less gold being used, which means fewer gems being used, which means less cash being given to Supercell. Thus, this is totally unworkable since it would discourage gemming more than a bit.