Hi-Rez Studios has announced that it’ll be ditching Paladins‘ controversial “Cards Unbound” system following criticisms from fans who were concerned that it made the game pay-to-win. According to Executive Producer Chris Larson, it wasn’t just the community that was unhappy with the system. Opinions were split within the studio as well.
In an update provided on Reddit, he wrote:

We know this system has angered many of our most loyal fans and become a point of continuous contention in the Paladins community (and even inside of Hi-Rez). Your voice has been heard loud and clear.
Our team will be working over the next major release cycle to remove Cards Unbound from the game. We will be replacing it with a new system that I believe the community will be really excited about — including the re-introduction of the deck building point system, and a method for obtaining cards that will be way less grindy. We want the focal point of the card system in Paladins to be about fun ways to customize your champion to your favored playstyle.  We also want to unify the COMPETITIVE and CASUAL experiences with the card system so that we use the same system for both (no more separation of bound vs unbound).
We are still working out the details of the new system, but the rough outline of our current thinking is as follows (NOTE: Subject to some change, but hopefully this communicates the general direction we want to head):

Legendary Cards will now be call...