asking if the game was enjoyable
asking if the game was enjoyable or not is a moot point, Since you brought in hand smoothing the game has deteriorated. I'm an old die hard that's been around since beta and you guys are more worried about cash grab then quality that you pump out untested half assed ideas. the phyrexia sets where there are a million ways to give poison counters but no way to remove them was bad , as more then half the ways to give poison counters dont even require player interaction. And you guys think the opening hand is why new players are not staying, you need to seriously play the game. It's the mana flood /***** during the game is why they leave and since hand smoothing came in { not sure if it's by design or not } but the issue has become much worse by over 60%. If you want new players then focus on quality as MTG has always been about the social aspect and it's the existing players that will bring in fresh blood. I know nothing about hand smoothing is going to change but I usually don't have time tp play more then a couple of games a day so playing best of 3 really isn't an option , is there any chance a game mode where hand smoothing won't be involved for best of 1. The rest of my play group has already walked away from MTG because of this so even player challenge isn't an option and I don't play mono aggro .