The power creep that you're talking about didn't really start until Magic was about 10 years old. Since then, there have been back and forths but in general you

The power creep that you're talking about didn't really start until Magic was about 10 years old. Since then, there have been back and forths but in general you're correct. If you took a Type II deck from 2000 to a tournament today you'd get stomped on.