>>12216179TCGO is still very much in beta, they don't want you to buy digital-only cards when their client is still full of bugs and crashes. This is also why tournament mode is disabled.
If you make an account now you'll get 1 fighting theme deck, 1 lightning and then you do trainer challenges to unlock grass, fire and water decks with different trainers and supporters in each..
Also, you get 5 free booster packs as a login bonus first time, 1 booster pack when you gain 4 stars with trainers in the challenge, a few packs if you get 4 stars with everyone in a league and 1 free pack once every 5 days or so when you login.
If you don't get anything you can use off all that, then you can always buy cheap codes from ebay or amazon en masse until the digital shop opens up.