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>everyone has access to all the cards they want Top tier commander decks can easily cost over $10,000 I suspect the vast majority of players do not have access

• noodle 4y ago
  That depends fully on the format. Original article doesn't specify afaik, but the only sanctioned commander games I've ever played in a tournament format were limited events
• theptip 4y ago
  That’s a fair point for Commander. But the GP seemed to be making a universal claim that ELO wouldn’t make sense in any case, even say Standard where the decks are <$500 (or Arena where you can get a meta deck for <$100, free if you have time to grind wildcards). I think perhaps we could agree on an intermediate claim that Elo could work amongst the pool of players that can build any deck they want, which is a big pool for MTGA, and definitely a smaller pool for physical Standard, and probably very small for Commander. I wonder if you could decompose the score by playing some games with a fixed deck too? Eg Arena challenges. How much of your overall Elo is just picking the right deck for the local meta, vs raw quality of plays?
• labster 4y ago
  MtG is like car racing. Sure, most people own cars (hi from California) and can theoretically race them. But anyone any good at racing has a lot of money.