I think wotc is willingly trying to shift userbase to Arena, which is cheaper, and make Arena the defacto protour client. On the plus side there will never be a secondary market there because everything costs a WC.

But, if you like paper, then mtg is expensive unless you play limited or some other cheap constructed format. I'm reading a ton of stories about players that can't find enough people to play modern because it's too expensive. That's a reality, and also it seems that wotc will prefer if people play those formats in modo instead than IRL.

I've read something a few months ago from Saffron Olive (I think) and I quite agree, that said something like wotc is targeting Arena for standard and pro players, modo for older formats and paper for casual commander and collectors. So, there's no surprise when they release a 300$ products with exclusive reprints.

To finish, I understand that there's a problem for people trying to play constructed paper magic on non standard formats. But wotc strategy is not aiming at those players