User blog comment:Congo1/Noob Tips/@comment-98.240.20.124-20121112214705/@comment-5485973-20121112215419

That's not what it means. When you evolve two cards without enhancing to max first, the resulting card has a 5% increase in stats and the level is 1. If you enhance both cards to max level before evolving, you get a 10% increase in stats and the level is 1. So it is not a waste because enhancing before evolution results in a stronger evolved card then if you didn't enhance.