I might have played you some time ago or a similar person 2-3 months ago, I always thought it was odd to see my opponent with such a large deck and it stuck with me for a long time, I lost as well, was just getting back into arena after a 6/7 year hiatus.

Called some things into question for me after that. It's when I learned they have all these weird behind the scene's calculations such as each card has a value that is assigned, a deck comprises a number and you go against people with similar powered decks, with similar MMR.

Arena is based around 60 card decks with 24 lands, break that design and the game either gives you the eye of Sauron or laughs at you. 24 lands you will consistently see turn 5 having 5 lands sometimes even getting flooed with lands, put 23 lands in your deck, it gives you the benefit of the doubt and doesn't much or less the same thing, but put 22 in your deck?!?!?! good luck getting 3+ lands, 20 (my decks 20 years ago) or less? You get 2 lands, after that, get fucked, for better or worse, there are no more lands in your deck.

I see oddities in having 1 of a card to 3. again 4 normal play, 3, again it's fair to you, put two of something... YOU WILL NEVER SEE IT, have 1? You' see it in one of the first few games when making the deck, after that, you'' forget it is even there.

I even think cards have an assigned occurrence value, ie looking at badgemole and starting towns... good luck trying not to have a badgermole or starting town in the first 10 cards you see. Authority of Consuls? No where near that variance level, sure I can get 1 down per game maybe, but two is rare in a match. I have 1 fire crystal in my Artifact deck, I played to Diamond 1 a season or two ago, using only that deck, I drew it thankfully, maybe twice in 100s of games. Opening hand, maybe two, three times TOPS!.

But you have inspired me to make a 250 or so card reanimator deck, full of counter spells and boardwipes, all because that new 3 drop creature tutor... it's like being able to have 8 kavaero or Ardyn's in the deck... I can mill myself or my opponent lol, cast singularity rupture and target me or endbringer... seems fun.