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Magic: the gathering.
There's several different styles of play known as "formats".
The Cheapest being "Standard". Which is the latest 3-5 sets released. The deck of 75 card deck can cost upwards of £500.
Then the most popular format, modern, which is the last 20ish years of release. The average deck there can be upwards of £1,500.
Then there's legacy and vintage where decks are in the high 4 figures and some even in the 5 figures.
Don't forget commander, which a lot of places claim is now the most popular format. Pre-constructed commander decks can cost as little as $20-40 and competitive commander decks can easily go into the thousands.
The game also has a very high skill ceiling. I think that's one of the main reasons why magic has such a broad age range to its player base. There's plenty of weird lines of play, from strange card / rule interactions to weird deck themes no one else would think of.