Having played the game at a somewhat high level it definitely feels pay to win adjacent at minimum. There are websites out there where you can see estimates of

Having played the game at a somewhat high level it definitely feels pay to win adjacent at minimum. There are websites out there where you can see estimates of an opponent's deck cost and it's disheartening losing to multi thousand $ decks. I also had the same experience as a kid playing a tcg in tournaments and losing to adults who were buying 50 packs at a time.