Board Thread:Questions and Answers/@comment-6011882-20130308145601

I know I've read something about it, probably here. But I remembering it only being a casual mention that was kind of glossed over. So what is the deal with a player's native element bonus? I'm Forest, for example. What exact bonus, if any, do my forest cards get over my water/fire cards? I know that there's a rock/paper/scissors effect with Forest > Water > Fire > Forest but that seems to only pertain to skills, whereas the majority of forest skills are anti-water, water skills anti-fire, etc. But from a mathematics standpoint, barring skills, what is the advantage of having a particular forest card over a same-statted water or fire card? Because if there's no matematical advantage to my native element at all, and the only factor is skills, what would stop me from primarily using a water-based deck and pretending to be a water player? 