The worst news in this post is not the rewards cards, but the power up bonus being lifted. Do you guys have an alternative in mind? Maybe delegating some SP instead to the new players who come here just for this game?

A new account is great, but the only reason that account even works is because of the gifted steem power. Players don't really need to know anything about steem atm. Only hard core players would hit the RC after buying the starter set and boosters. That's going to change though when their new account has 0 SP and can't play a single game.