It's a textbook case of "haz" and "haz nots" it seems. They've set this up in a way that the majority of people will never be able to afford to play in higher ranked competitive leagues unless they have some incredible expendable income.

My deck isn't worth nearly what I paid for it at this point.. Card prices are taking a dump with this latest update.. So we're getting double fucked.

It's always been pay to win but this newest incarnation of that business model has been enough to fuck me right off.

They've got some decisions to make.. Carry on with nickel and dime'ing the low to medium tier users till they get fed up with not being able to progress leading to a large portion of their potential income being lost.. Or continue catering to their own capitilist desires while only the whale types can afford to fucking play the game as intended.

Hopefully enough people make noise about this that it gets reversed.. Although by time we know what is happening whatever cards I've got will be worth pennies on the dollar.. duck sakes.