Well, I'm just operating on what people have been chanting.
Credit card -> Purchase item -> Sell item -> Gold = Advantage -> P2W
The majority of this thread, even the definitions of P2W claims the purchase of advantage for real money currency, both topics fill that box. The Token, by Blizzard is a product, the TCG loot is also just a product, both can give you advantages in the game. All my comments have supplied you with these facts, whether you agree or not, I don't like to see the token marked as P2W because, honestly, there is so much benefit in it, that it feels more like a needed mechanic for Play2Pay.
You are welcome to fully point out for me, the fallacies in my comparison because, in the two descriptions, you are paying money to Blizzard, you are getting an item meant for trade, you are able to sell it for gold, and you apparently win. The only thing I can see from your post is you somehow disagreeing because there are more steps in between than any actual points.
I guess I could be "dense" like you so crudely describes, and I guess you could be as "dense" as well and we just collide because it feels like you have a fear that the old days could've had an exclusive P2W, while, as I've stated, I am not keen on the token either. But here we are, disagreeing on two products that have the same outcome, one is just worse than the other because of the inclusion of gambling while the other includes the whole player base with options of being able to earn their game by playing.