Agree with you!
Asset baning is a no-go. I think bots are fine if it doesn't end up in card cartels. Like you own without an open market 60% of a card with some others. That can damage the game.
In general bots are nothing other than NPC in other games. So you can play whenever you want without long wait times. That's essential IMO for a draft game. Also, game theory expands as you told on bot experience because of the massive data.
Thanks for your reply :) It is always interesting to talk about those topics.