It's a problem for draft as well. It warps the card economy when drafting, because 10-20 cards per set become utterly useless with no sideboard. It also just feels terrible, losing a game against a deck that you could've beaten with two more rounds.
Firmly disagree, it's a completely different format than bo3 but I think it's at least as much of a format as a lot of things people are willing to call formats.
I understand why people don't like it but it is a format, it's just not one for everybody, same as commander, premodern, or vintage.
BO1 let's me play fun or janky decks and actually get some wins. Plus, I'm not locked into playing mtg for 30+ minutes and 2-3 games. Real format, no fun/enjoyable to me, yes.
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It's certainly not the most competitive way to play the game, but casual kitchen table players have been playing bo1 for decades.
It's less a format, and more a fuck about.
BO1 is for convenience. That's it.
I understand why people don't like it but it is a format, it's just not one for everybody, same as commander, premodern, or vintage.
Decks should have to choose what they're weak to, not have one size beats all answers.