its gambling nonetheless...but I am using MT I earned from the game. when you get into people spending hundreds of dollars on VC/MT then thats worse than scratch-offs and powerball because you are dumping lump sums of money into virtual cards that have no monetary value. the key thing to remember is the packs have no guarantee, only "chance" of which we don't even know the odds. if you are not making $$$ off this game then you shouldn't be dumping $$$ into it IMO. so for me its not that serious...but to some obviously it is.