This trade off may seem harsh, but its almost always worth it, especially on cards like Maui, Hero to All and Gaston, Arrogant Hunter
It works great with cards you can repeatedly cast, like Whitemane Lion and Kor Skyfisher
If you didn't offer up some blood, Crovax would get weaker
It's /u/BlurryPeople who says it best, though, saying "there are so many things wrong with this art" before pointing out inconsistent brushwork inherent to concept art and poor framing as also contributing to the problem
Regarding the turtle strategy: I consider it a very valid strategy because I can aim for the number one win condition of missing the processing of 9-cost characters or winning by deck-out, but I was concerned about two points: a game where I absolutely cannot win occurs if they assemble parts at Hachinosu, and both players lose if the opponent is slow, so this time I basically played with the policy of attacking life