Better still, the products are so reasonably priced , and you can even grab premium bundles that come with alt-art cards and mini Gundam figures for you to assemble
It's the kind of card that wins games with perfect timing and makes you feel like the real hero of the table
But if you can second-guess their priorities from that first choice, you can try and follow up in a way which disrupts them
At worst, you lose the game
If you're playing Hearthstone and know that the new meta is dominated by gurgling Murlocs, you'd normally have no option but to buy a dozen random packs and hope you draw what you need, putting a quite a lot of money into ActiBlizz's pocket along the way (and even then you're not guaranteed that you'll get the cards you want, potentially prompting further purchases)
In that time, many cards have entered the format, but not a lot has changed