Another idea would be to let people trade between each other, e.g. you give me 10 A trainers and I give you several good cards or diamonds or...

Second the idea of being able to exchange them. Exchanging in general should be possible, e.g. trade in 5 (or more if you want a penalty) C trainers...

My initial concern WASN'T resolved, though. The problem is that I'm always matched up with people whose team strength is thousands of points higher...

I was FINALLY matched against someone with roughly equal team strength to mine (in fact a couple hundred points lower!), and wouldn't you know it, I...