Hopeful, idiotic me actually tried to hit KoG this month but cannot even hit Legend because I ran into a mirror match on my re-attempt to get to Platinum 7. So I just gave up and I guess we'll try in February from Gold 6 to KoG.
Keep trying, the more you play the more likely you are to predict your opponent's moves and come up with counters, even when it is a mirror match. Learning is more important than having good cards.