To be fair old AST card system was hard on controller as well not because of the cards themselves but the button bloat was getting out of hand lol royal road required an extra button for spread, enhance and extending properties. Also required undraw because of undesirable cards. Time dilation....I had ran out of space in SB.

As for the new system, it’s definitely not controller friendly as I play AST on controller and sometimes the cards become a chore to hand out so I tend to move my two dps to the bottom to select more easily because macro delay is garbage in end game lol

All in all they really need to come up with a better idea for AST in the future, but I will remain the minority I prefer the new card system cause I don’t have to really fish due to lady and lord or crowns.