You can jump in and be playing Magic against a human opponent within a minute or so of launching the client, you can use any of several included pre-constructed decks for free, and I never had to wait more than a few seconds for a game
This isn't a game of Kick-the-Ouphe." Jaya Ballard, Task Mage "Eenie, meenie, minie, moe ...oh, why not all of them?" Jaya Ballard, Task Mage "And I say north is where I want it to be!" Jaya Ballard, Task Mage And just in case anyone thought she got less witty in her old age, Jaya's Firenado shows that she's still got it: "For all their supposed advances, the Phyrexians still aren't fireproof." Jaya Ballard In fact, Jaya's flavor text is so awesome that somebody went and founded a religious philosophy based off of it
When cards like Emergent Ultimatum or Ugin are in the format, there's a ton of pressure to either win the game very quickly or have some sort of direct way of interacting with them, which is usually only found in Blue or Black
Since the Final Fantasy decks are pretty new, anyone who hasn't been testing them ahead of time online through unofficial channels like Tabletop Simulator or Cockatrice likely hasn't gotten a good idea of how well each deck plays just yet