I really appreciate your feedback and totally respect your opinion! Just wanted to share a small thought, not all of us are artists 😊
As a programmer and a game designer, I personally can't draw, so I used AI mainly to support the narrative and bring life to the cards visually.
At the end of the day, many people use free assets too, like your game for example, which uses the awesome pixel adventure pack from Pixelfrog https://pixelfrog-assets.itch.io/pixel-adventure-1.
Thanks again for playing and taking the time to comment!