FOR NEW USERS: This is great for playing a magic-type game online on a casual basis, but the various algorithms for game-matching and shuffling means games on the ladder are not based on luck and skill but a predetermined ~50% win ratio. It gets frustrating, and drives the meta away from inventive builds towards decks that can minimise the impact of the algorithms. No tinfoil hat here, just facts based on released intel of what WOTC do to keep the game 'fun'. WOTC: PLEASE remove the shuffler algorithms. I understand it is there to 'smooth' card draw but what it actually does is remove any sense of chance from an encounter; if my opening hand has 2 lands then its a fair bet I'm about to be mana-screwed. When this coincides with my opponent receiving a perfect hand I feel cheated because i know it's not random. I can accept a defeat because of the luck of the draw., but even knowing an algorithm exists means conspiracy theories will always be around which taints what is otherwise a glorious game.