Well, on the risk of getting offtopic..
I understand that the server needs money. But the HELL?!
As Kafuuka pointed out, giving these kind of things for paying credits, you may as well pay for WPs..Look at the dream mutation, it costs a WP, and it's less rare than those gifts they talk about.
If you ask me, I am VEHEMENTLY against this kind of thing. Sponsoring them in an event, or other things sure. But simply because we need cash, this kind of thing doesn't help at all.
It's like saying MD can be bought..we want your cash. Perhaps a statement of some sorts, or a discussion as to what would be better should be done. I mean, darks, morphs? I would agree on picking just ONE unreleased premium creatures, so maybe the morph is okay, but the dark isn't.
It's not a premium creature, and as such shouldn't be officially given vs money, even though trades amongst players might do that.
I haven't paid one single cent in MD yet, I'd have considered sending an amount if the server needed help, attached with a note asking for no credits, but this kind of thing just makes me mad.
As for the paypal thing, no we won't shoot ourselves that much..but it has to be said that we do it a bit. Depending on lands, but I think each time a transaction is done, paypal takes a percentage and a fixed amount. If we do 100*5$ amounts, the fixed amount taken will be way greater.