Comment by Cthulhu_

Yup, in video games it's called pay to win nowadays, and it's the exploitative nature of collectible card games with their booster packs etc.

I mean I don't mind so much, I had a MTG period some years ago (we'd play during work breaks) and got two of the same card (one of the Planeswalkers), which appreciated in value to about €35 at the time; I sold them online and recouped a lot of the money I had put into the hobby. That said, I will have a look to see how much that card is worth nowadays <_<.

edit: phew, just a little less than it was ~10 years ago.