Understand card rarity: Some cards are more valuable than others, which can impact your gameplay and collection
Then if it's the sacrificing business that bothers you, effects that replace death with exile like on Vren, the Relentless or Rest in Peace disrupt that nicely
For me, the question becomes: Is what youre getting worth the price
A PSA 10 and PSA 7 might be blended in some cases
In particular, Whirler pairs nicely with Era of Innovation, effectively giving you the ability to assemble your own (poor) version of Thopter Foundry / Sword of the Meek
Galarian Sirfetch'd V - SWSH043 #SWSH43Promo $1.13 Garbodor - SWSH025 (Prerelease) #SWSH25Promo $7.08 Luxray - SWSH023 (Prerelease) #SWSH23Promo $11.92 Snorlax - SWSH032 #SWSH32Promo $31.85 Toxtricity V - SWSH017 #SWSH17Promo $1.24 Inteleon V - SWSH016 #SWSH16Promo $0.99 Hydreigon - SWSH037 (Prerelease) #SWSH37Promo $8.37 Luxray - SWSH023 (Prerelease) [Staff] #SWSH23Promo $81.43 Scorbunny #SV15Shiny Holo Rare $3.68 Scorbunny #SWSH2Promo $3.22 Scorbunny #26Common $0.12 Scorbunny #26Common $0.15 Scorbunny #26Common $0.09 Scorbunny #15Common $0.12 Scorbunny #16Common $0.10 Scorbunny #15Common $0.17 Scorbunny #7Common $0.22 Scorbunny - 022/190 #22None $0.16