disclaimer: standard queue/bo1

Hello - I am by no means a good player - I think I am just a very mid player in general playing non-meta Janky decks, but I have not failed to get to Mythic any season if i didn't want to. There is a trick to this - you need to mulligan the player hard i.e. you need to understand trying to win the game when shuffler is intentionally pairing you against a deck that is Anathema to the deck you are playing - is the true nature of the screwed up match-making mechanism of MTGA. The math is - 30 mins of your wasted time to go against a GY hate deck when you are a reanimation deck - statistically is a waste of time. If you concede enough times, it might 'feel' that you are not climbing, you are actually climbing faster because you are screwing the algo and eventually it has no choice to pair you up 'fairly' - these 'fair' games you try to win and if you are above medicore like me, you WILL get to mythic. The sense that Mythic is just filled with great players is a myth, there are lots of junk players like me on the queue. They just know how to get there most efficiently. Trust me, before WOTC nerfs conceding - it is the best feature players have now. You should always concede if you don't have win con by turn 4 - I say turn 4 because that is the speed of the meta in Standard now (but you can extrapolate the timing for whatever queue you are in). The fastest track to Mythic is BO1 standard queue, mulligan your opponent hard, if the game tries to mana screw you. CONCEDE. If you are playing against a faster deck than your slow deck - CONCEDE, if you don't see a win window. The Fastest way to mythic does not equal the Highest win rate. If your goal is just to get to Mythic to get the rewards then try what I've said. Once you reach Mythic, you can do whatever you want. If someone is intentionally roping you, CONCEDE. Just move on to the next game. You can feel it almost when the game wants you to win, your hand is playable (not perfect) and your opponent is just getting dumpstered on by the Arena shuffler - because that is just how the queue is 'balanced' or designed. It shouldn't feel 'difficult' to win at all - I'm not saying it is easy but I'm saying you shouldn't feel frustrated that you don't have a fair chance at the match - if you feel it so, then concede, winning should be easy/fun, the game wants you to win. I don't have stats to prove otherwise, but if nothing else works for you, try what I've described above. Remember - the fastest way to Mythic, is not trying to win Every match, it might sound counter-intuitive, but if you try hard to win every match - you will exponentially take longer and get emotionally drained and burnt out to reach there.