Ensuring fairness in Magic Arena’s Premium Drafts is vital to maintaining Limited formats as skill-based, not pay-to-win. Adding penalties for retiring decks would prevent players from redrafting bad drafts for stronger pools without ladder consequences, preserving competitive integrity for everyone.

1. Draft Integrity is Essential Drafting is the heart of Limited Magic
   Your card selection, deck building, and gameplay are tested. In real-world events like Grand Prix or local tournaments, once you draft, you're locked into your deck. However, Magic Arena allows players to "retire" drafts after poor outcomes, creating a scenario where only strong decks are played competitively. This is undermining the essence of the format. Draft is about drafting. Allowing players to redraft until they hit a strong deck breaks this format and it would be considered an bannable offence in any paper tournament.

2. Magic is a game of skill, not one where outspending the compoetition betters your success.
   In all other Magic formats, once you've acquired a deck, success is determined by your strategy and experience. But on Arena, players can buy an unfair edge by retiring bad drafts and redrafting, turning a skill-based format into one where money gives you a competitive advantage. This harms players who rely on skill rather than their wallets, distorting the playing field and cheapening the experience for all. Also unfair losses practically steals wins and money from those who want play all their drafted decks.

3. Penalties for Retiring Decks Restore Balance.
   To fix this, Magic Arena should introduce consequences for retiring decks in Premium Drafts. Here’s a fair system:

Retiring at 0 losses: You’re given 3 losses, treating it like a full draft failure.
Retiring at 1 loss: You get 2 losses, allowing you to step away from a bad draft but still taking a penalty.
Retiring at 2 losses: You take 1 loss, cutting your losses while accepting a consequence.
This mirrors real-world Magic, where once your deck is built, you're locked in and must deal with the outcome. Adding penalties restores balance, making sure that Limited play isn’t about endlessly retrying drafts without risk.

1. Most will Benefits from a Fairer System New players and those with limited budgets are most affected by the current pay-to-win structure. Drafting should be a level playing field, a test of skill, not spending power. By allowing wealthier players to bypass losses and redraft without consequence, the system discourages fair competition and diminishes the experience for all. Magic is a community built on fairness, and the current structure undermines this.

Wizards of the Coast might profit from players redrafting repeatedly, but they are also losing players like me, who are quitting due to the cheating. By implementing consequences for retiring drafts, Magic Arena would uphold its reputation as a game of strategy and skill, not a pay-to-win platform. This change would restore trust in the format and improve the experience.