One step at a time Gillian. Not every issue is fixed with this, but they did fix the one that was greatest. Taking the pool from the players and not letting them play in the tourneys without a fee would've been a huge issue. As you can tell by my reaction, it would be a something horrible. So EVERYONE that has the cards should be able to play for FREE since they paid for the cards.

Now as far as the higher decks playing in the lower levels, that is an entirely separate issue. Of course I agree with you that people should play in the level they are at, but there are valid arguments on both sides. I am confident they will realize that it won't be any fun if the same 50 win every match at all levels, so that will be fixed by natural momentum. There is already a discussion taking place over that issue, and it will grow louder as the days go by.

But in my opinion, the fact that the fees locked people out was a far bigger problem (100x greater).

Ps... there is also another issue they will have to address soon too. That is paying "deep" or many places and not just to the top 8 or 15. That will help them a lot when they figure out how paying deep will benefit them.