So the obvious conclusion is we blame Bulldog. Neither you nor the bot could even make it to silver II with gold power decks, the only common factor in play here is Bulldog's card choices.

He knows this and he knows he was setting both man and machine up to fail. I imagine it'll be much easier next time, you only need a few quality of life cards and the game becomes infinitely better. I can play starter cards and maybe a dozen QoL cards in bronze without feeling frustration, but take away those QoL cards and I'd want to jump off a bridge.