So what happens when two people get paired and they ' re both playing ' the deck that has no bad matchups '? It would likely go to the person playing the deck better , or the more skilled pilot , right ? Especially in this case , since the combo could be disrupted in the UR Twin mirror , regardless of play or draw with multiple maindeck cards . I don ' t see a problem with that , personally . I agree with most of what you said , but I just don ' t like the idea of matchup pairings being the biggest decider in success . This is why you see consistent success in people that get to start GP ' s out 30 plus the obvious bonus of having the best tie breakers towards the end by having byes . It is also another thing that helps to avoid getting paired up against those ' janky decks ' that you mentionted , which are much more likely to pick up a loss in the first few rounds of a tournament . I personally think minimizing that as much as possible is a big positive , and I find it hard to think that anything which is played at a high competitive level should not be pushing for that . Obviously you will never be able to remove variance from the game , but intentionally shooting for it ? Is that really a goal of theirs ? I doubt it .