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It's situational. In terms of standard fights (farming gold consistently, pushing another 3 star event level) you care about going up against very high state enemies, so your analysis applies.

In terms of clearing artifact guardians and silver token bosses in events, only the last few involve enemies strong enough to take out your cards in 2-3 hits. For the most part, you're left alive long enough that building up to 2-3x your normal attack makes a huge difference in your war of attrition. With the right guild bonuses, decks with rage could farm the 90 silver token level pretty reliably and clear even artifact guardian 16 in about 5-7 runs. Being able to clear the required 15 without ever spending more than 4 attacks on a single level saves a lot of frustration with RNGsus.