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>that let you win out of nowhere
It's called combo and it is usually necessary for a healthy metagame.
>on a huge first turn combo with luck of the draw
It's the opposite actually. Games are extremely grindy and getting face damage is difficult.
> It forces everyone to have the new cards and makes games into a race to who uses them first.
Power creep is inevitable because it is a business trying to make people buy new cards every few months.
You probably have a misconception about the game from watching the anime. Usually what happens is they call out the name of a card and shoot a laser at the other LRIG. They aren't just blatantly breaking rules, but you don't see the actual effects of the cards just the once per turn LRIG attack.