Those are some important considerations to the new changes that I hadnt considered. Im really not sure what to do with the game so far as like you said, my collection value dwindles and investing in the new cards, does it pay off at the moment?
The rewards are also alot lower without packs. On the flip side, the ranked play even in modern feels like you face alot of bots, it has got less enjoyable compared to brawls. I think the botting is far more detrimental to the game than the pay2win aspect.