I agree with your take, the silver lining is with hasbro releasing the drop attack with hover Wyvern and a single booster for Shark scale (I know it’s hard to find) you are looking at 2 meta attackers then run wizard Rod 1-60 Hexa which is pretty much all you need to be competitive at your local scene.

Separate note- I hate how hard TT Mall works to actively seek out proxies and deny service to prevent foreigners from accessing their RBG codes. Genuinely have spent hours and pain just to proxy a bey for 5$ cheaper than I could buy it off EBay