In fact, the game is extremely cheap to play on a semi-competitive level(usually $50-70 per deck) and not very expensive even at a high level of play depending on the deck you choose(some competitive decks can be just $100-150.) With that being said, some of us just want to collect cards and make sure they retain value
These cards were intentionally scarce, with only a few holographic copies per set due to their gameplay utility
By contrast, there are handful of cards that make up the ban list for the Expanded format, where the pool of cards is large enough that cards occasionally interact with one another in ways that werent intendedincluding in ways that break the game
With the icing on being the iconic artists like Amano and Nomura to creating new pieces of art for this setespecially since Nomura mentioned how he contained spoilers for FF7R pt3 in the artwork for Sephiroth, One Winged Angel
The main thing is to have as much removal as you can carry, and dont be too hasty trying to force a win save the kill spells for big threats or when you know it creates a lethal attack