"Strict Format Mode" for Match-Making
Please enable a checkbox in Game Setting for "Strict On-Format Match-Making".
I have no desire to waste my time playing against off-format (e.g. 220 card deck + Sideboard in Standard) decks in competitive constructed matches. The vast majority of the time, I only care about playing 75 card strictly on-format 3-game matches.
As a result, I can't care about my ranking as I end up auto-conceding easily 1/3 of my games due to randos playing very off-format decks.
I'm fine letting folks let their "creativity shine", but for players who care about probability, repeat performances, and competitive deck-building/playing/tuning it's a waste of time slogging through "apples vs oranges" on-format vs very-off-format matches.
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GenericCola#67953 commented
lol this sounds 100% like a personal issue. How would the game even define "on-format" and "off-format?" The meta is defined by the players, not by the game. If you are running into decks you consider off-meta in 33% of your games, I hate to be the one to tell you this, but uh... it sounds like those decks might be part of the meta.
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[Deleted User] commented
There is nothing off-format about big decks in Standard. There's a minimum of 60 cards (+15 sideboard), and a restriction on what sets of cards can be played (+ban list), but no upper deck size limit. It is not for you to decide how your opponents build their deck, your task is to play against what they bring to the table. If your deck can't handle it, it is you and your deck that need improving.