Conceedng consequences
There needs to be consequences for conceeding a game for all matches.
It can be something as simple as the conceeding player is on the draw next game, or they are matched against other players who conceeded their last game.
Some of us like to play Magic, regardless of winning or losing, and the people who quit playing when the game isn't going their way need to not be matched agains those who actually want to play.
Alternately, modes where concession isn't an option could also be implemented.
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Rezzahan#77802 commented
If you want consequnces for conceeding, play your games on the ladder. But punishing people for not enjoying facing the same old boring deck again and again in what is supposedly a casual environment is a no go. Whatever cool thing you think your deck can show off, odds are your opponent has seen it a hundred times already and is simply not putting up with that anymore. If you bring high end decks from the diamond and mythic part of the ladder into the casual play queue, you are just trolling, or fishing for easy victories. Don't complain, when that is exactly what you get, except neither of you has to waste time sitting through a nonfun game.
Now, people who are too immature to simply concede when they see they've lost, and instead let the timer run out should indeed be somewhat punished. But conceding is not a crime worth punishing. The rules explicitly allow a player to concede AT ANY TIME FOR ANY REASON AND EVEN WITHOUT ONE.