It's actually worse than you think, even IF you buy the 20$ pass, you can't even progress unless you spend more money on character shards for the current battle pass marquee character. I'm at 95 shards right now and game says I need 100 shards to collect rewards for the regular battle pass. SO not only did I just waste 20$ because I can't even progress the battle pass, but there is no way to earn marquee shards unless you pay even more for either crystal or $$ marquee packs
Note that you get more shards daily from the marquee event tier 3 (5 per day) so you should end up at 135 shards if you bought the "battle pass" thingy as level 1, which you do get (as I have it without battle pass) you will receive 20 shards which opens up the marquee tier 3 fight.
