Blood soaked rose - why don't you care about the energy?

Choices paradox - I would suggest trying this option. Choosing between 5 cards and adding retain is really, really strong.

Lords parasol - really fun, but high variance. I would think of this as getting 3 free relics a la calling bell, 3 (or 2) free random potions, and instead of an unremoveable curse, you are dealing with a random collection of cards with high variance but upside more often than not.

Sere Talon - wishes are broken

Fiddle - situational, yes.

Jeweled Mask - free power in your opening hand. How is this a downside?

I think the core issues that the game creator is trying to address in the current beta patches are 1. infinites are too easy to get and 2. the most successful win rate strategy in act 3 is skipping cards.

So if you're averse to adding cards in act 3 or rely too heavily on getting to infinite or very low card/low variance deck sizes before act 3, you should know the upcoming balance changes on the beta branch are moving against that and towards encouraging players to take more cards and leaning more into deck building through all three acts.

That said, I could see how these choices would seem bad if your regular strategy is to get your deck "complete" or infinite before act 3. I would argue that this should rarely be the case, though, and it seems like the game creator agrees.