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Sorry if this has been asked before, but do different decorations from within a category give different amounts of points? So for example, the current theme is colourful and both 'flag' and 'purple scale' are in that category. Would one give more points than the other or are they all equal? Also I assumed you'd want as many on-theme decorations as possible, so I just add them and hide them behind the pokemon to not interfere with the design, but is that actually beneficial or is it a waste of time to add those??