The benefit remains though that while the game is not modern and is really lacking a lot of content from the last sixteen years the game still remains enjoyable even with only AI opponents and the original cards
For example, in the Sword & Shield sets which were released from 2020-2023 cards featured a similar type-based pattern to the Scarlet & Violet sets, albeit with a striped pattern of chevrons that each contained the Pokemons type symbol
It was either for zero mana (like Endurance), or the game ended when it entered the battlefield (Dauthi Voidwalker or Sanctifier En-Vec are good examples of that)

Miles Morales | Commander | Mark Wischkaemper Commander (1) 1 Miles Morales // Ultimate Spider-Man Creatures (26) 1 Abzan Falconer 1 Aragorn, Hornburg Hero 1 Arasta of the Endless Web 1 Arwen, Weaver of Hope 1 Bright-Palm, Soul Awakener 1 Byrke, Long Ear of the Law 1 Duskshell Crawler 1 Forgotten Ancient 1 Ghost-Spider, Gwen Stacy 1 Halana and Alena, Partners 1 Hamza, Guardian of Arashin 1 Katilda, Dawnhart Prime 1 Kodama of the West Tree 1 Kutzil, Malamet Exemplar 1 Maester Seymour 1 Mikaeus, the Lunarch 1 Red XIII, Proud Warrior 1 Rishkar, Peema Renegade 1 Sakura-Tribe Elder 1 Shalai and Hallar 1 Shalai, Voice of Plenty 1 Thundering Raiju 1 Toski, Bearer of Secrets 1 Twisted Spider-Clone 1 Twitching Doll 1 Web-Warriors Instants (12) 1 Arachnogenesis 1 Beast Within 1 Flawless Maneuver 1 Generous Gift 1 Hunter's Insight 1 Inspiring Call 1 Momentous Fall 1 Prishe's Wanderings 1 Return of the Wildspeaker 1 Silkguard 1 Spectacular Tactics 1 Swords to Plowshares Sorceries (9) 1 Cultivate 1 Damning Verdict 1 Hunter's Prowess 1 Kodama's Reach 1 Map the Wastes 1 Requisition Raid 1 Rishkar's Expertise 1 Season of Gathering 1 Vastwood Surge Enchantments (9) 1 Annie Joins Up 1 Bioengineered Future 1 Branching Evolution 1 Elemental Bond 1 Garruk's Uprising 1 Hardened Scales 1 Master Chef 1 Ordeal of Nylea 1 Terrasymbiosis Artifacts (3) 1 Heaped Harvest 1 Lumbering Worldwagon 1 The Earth Crystal Lands (40) 9 Forest 4 Plains 2 Mountain 1 Blighted Woodland 1 Canopy Vista 1 Cinder Glade 1 Clifftop Retreat 1 Command Tower 1 Evolving Wilds 1 Exotic Orchard 1 Gavony Township 1 Guildmages' Forum 1 Jetmir's Garden 1 Jungle Shrine 1 Karn's Bastion 1 Kessig Wolf Run 1 Llanowar Reborn 1 Minas Tirith 1 Nesting Grounds 1 Oran-Rief, the Vastwood 1 Overgrown Farmland 1 Reliquary Tower 1 Rockfall Vale 1 Rogue's Passage 1 Rootbound Crag 1 Sunpetal Grove 1 Swarmyard 1 Terramorphic Expanse The gist here is this: we're going to stick counters on stuff, and those counters are going to matter

This got to be a serious pain back when I made my Version 3 blanks
so this works out as two free packs per day, as long as youre playing regularly enough to pick up the packs (idle players will stop receiving packs until they return)