Thanks very much @battlegames.  Thanks for reading, and if you have anything to add I would love to hear it btw.  Yes, the ***actual ownership*** of the initial run of cards can become a barrier if the expense gets too far out there, no denying that.  The initial run and cards purchased I think are more of a tribute to the early adopters, and yes they are likely to carry a higher value than others.  They also have that fine line in that having an "explosive growth story" in card values, and catering to the masses likewise.  For the fitting of the market size they currently have which is pretty much limited to the steem based crowd, plus a few other outlets including the tron crowd that entered (which was a booming success in my opinion) they do definitely have to watch the balance.  Luckily they are getting close to the final stretch of their booster pack pay load, which eventually will entail a new set to be made, and I think that will be very affordable to acquire cards in, will include higher quantities, and even more perks that people are awarded in buying the packs (just a hunch I have no inside info on that-just basing it off of what I have heard and seen in comments in the past weeks and months).  There are actually places that are literally "giving delegations" to people to play since some people have purchased more cards than they can play at any given time.  Meaning there are at least three groups right now that are letting people play the cards in exchange for a portion of the DEC/reward cards that result from their playing.  So for people that have the time to play and the ability to learn the game, the upside for someone with those qualifications is endless in possibilities.  The places I am thinking of is first, the guild I belong to, Teampossible, then there's Contest Kings, Steem-peak has something very similar I believe, and there is a new service called Heron's Unlimited that has some mega investors in the game having their cards delegated through their service, much like a minnowbooster type of program from steemit.  Those are the most prevalent that I have seen, and that is just the start.  I appreciate your insight and your reading this post, thanks again and keep your great work on the "Steem based economy."  FYI-full disclosure, just about 3/4 of my entire collection value is in gold cards so I do have a bias, but I have accumulated them heavily for the kind of reasons I mentioned in the post that can be done in the coming months.