This makes 1/1s while Awakening Zone made 0/1s, and I dont think theres enough difference in the two to warrant the extra mana cost
Magikarps popularity adds further demand
The closest I could find to anybody doing it in the mainstream recently was Artifact (I know, I know, I'm stretching the word "mainstream" here) with a slightly bastardised version of the concept handled via Steam's marketplace, and even then it's still an online auction house, not just doing fun swaps with your pals and saying "well I've got this, what've you got?", like exchanging the best parts of your packed lunches at school
You can find cards that have spiked to $10 in the United States still hovering in the 1 range on Cardmarket
Your opponents might even feel obligated to use their own removal to stop this from happening
Thus, there's technically 102 decks you can pull from this product