buying material objects for social status has been dominating society since we stopped throwing spears at giant elephants dude

also buying good cards doesnt make you win, it is the fact that anyone can look up a deck that won the biggest tournament and copy it within seconds over the internet that would have ruined the skill that you speak of

also also at least link actual broken cards like stoneforge mystic + batterskull combo instead of cards that are too slow to actually win you a game