Just leave it and make it harder i wouldnt ban bots outright or have a gatekeeper. There will be alot of negative impacts to which would probably be seen when those bots dump cards and other things on the market much faster so they can liquidate there holdings. Need to figure out some way around this happening. I dont think all bots are bad i run one bot for my account while I cant play it gives me a little extra and gets me a bit farther when i cant play so it doesnt take as long and anyone can do it for 20-300 bucks its not very expensive if you wanted to buy a archmage A or B or xbot or a diff provider. My other concern is that they do provide players when there may not be any or it may take forever to find a match. There are positive impacts of ppl running a few bots not thousands but i wouldnt say ppl running 1 - 5 bots are a real issue.
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Since the focus update, I use Archmage. I agree with you that some bots have a positive impact on the game. It's as you say the number of bots that create problems, typically bronze leagues that are infested with bot farms, it's just unplayable for beginners and so demotivating.
There are bots that play instead of players and there are bots that steal the rewards of the game, like a cash cow.