Congratulations on your progress !!
I too managed to make it into Modern Gold 2 last season, the first time in many seasons and absolutely because of the new ranked change !, I like it !
I'm hovering at the edge of Silver 1 so far this season, but I think I'll wait a few days for a few more "top guns" to pass out of this league and then make a dash for Gold 1.
It is rather amusing that Xbot played my deck into Chap 3 last season, and I got my first ever Champion chests ( not many), that just goes to show you how much better the bot can play my cards compared to me, but something to aim for I guess, although I doubt the old gray matter is up to the task :-)
I also like Akane, and I used my Script/Colony tokens to buy myself a max copy, I've not played very effectively with her yet, but I am sure I will enjoy this card. I'm really looking forward to playing her with the new airdrop car that is coming Venka the Vile, that, I'm imagining some lethal combos with the likes for Grund or Carnage Titan. Forcefield will be a problem for Venka, but the other two will slip under the 5 damage threshold. Akane should give some nice options there