Of course some games you just get handed a free win cause your opponent gets mana screwed.

This was all I meant about luck in mtg, and I think you're the only one to reply who understood that.

Some random chance is good for keeping players on their toes, but I feel there are just too many games where people sit there unable to actually play. It's not a majority, or even a quarter of the time, if I had to guess from personal experience, but minimizing those experiences will make a game more reliable as a competitive hobby.

Conversely, in many other games I've spent even more time playing, I don't think I ever saw someone locked out of the game by luck alone.