It pretty much sets the opponent back to square one, so yeah.
Oh, wait, forgot she plays first to lose all Bakugan rules, so it's usless for her. But for us that use the official rules, it's VERY helpful for us.
I'm not even going to ask where you got that information from. I've NEVER played first to lose 3 Bakugan, thats the stupidest set of rules ever for online play. Besides all the dumb custom matches that noobs make up.