I don't think you know what the definition of a scam is. Your (or anyone else's) inability to control yourself to not need to own every piece of shiny cardboard that comes out every couple months is not TCPi's fault. People like pulling them from packs so they made more of them, the horror.
Honestly even if we get to like 400hp stage 2s that’s not that much power creep, it’s just something you’re looking at 2 shotting without a weakness hit or lots of investment, and for a 3 prize Pokémon that’s probably fine, preferable even so games don’t end in 2 attacks. Unless megas come out...