Do you agree it's rigged?

If you have a deck that works well going second, you will go first easily 7/10 matches and on the matches you actually go second, you will dead draw.

The amount of times Ive finally gone second and the opponent had a dead draw, but I somehow have a worse dead draw is extremely unrealistic. The game is not random at all. They choose players to win and players to lose pre match and Im betting the algorithm has something to do with who spends money.

The draws aren't random. They are weighted towards certain types (Monster, Trap or Spell) at certain times.

So if you draw a trap/spell, chances are good your opponent has as well, but when the game decides it's time to even out your W/L Ratio and dumps you on a loss streak, youll notice that the opponents cards that they draw the previous turn and set, are the perfect counter for whatever you draw on your next turn. Pay attention to which card they play after their draw. 90% of the time its the one they just drew and it be your demise on your next turn.

Another hard tell is them going first and having 2 backrow set and their backrow is very specific in order to counter the monster you have in hand but haven't even played it... Because the game sets you up to lose by giving your opponents the counter to what you haven't even played yet... And all of the above is how they try to get you to spend money

The opponents deck you are matched with is way too Black vs White opposite. You have a monster that negates effects during damage step and are about to win, they beat you by having a spell card that negates monster effects during damage step so now my negations don't work and their monster walks through me. The counters the opponents pull are always like that. Like the matchmaking searches for text keywords and matches you against your hard counter. This comes up too many times to be "Only remembering losses" or revisionist history.

Youll put certain cards in your deck because you keep encountering a specific deck in ranked like 6/10 matches.. Then when you alter your deck and are prepared to counter, that deck is nowhere to be found and now a deck that you were good against, but are weaker to now due to your adjustments is now the 6/10 deck...and you guessed it. If I revert back to the original deck, the algorithm starts bringing back the first deck I had problems with. Duel Links is a simulation like a Tell Tale Game. The ending is predetermined and you may think you can change it but you can't. You could have an absolute god hand and if your opponent was meant to win, they are going to have you play right into their hand as intended. Ive been playing long enough to know that the opponents pulls too many moves out of nowhere to be legit

I don't even need to write this in here as the entire thread is evidence enough, but I used to sit at high legend and now I am hard locked at low gold where I go first 90% of the time with a deck that excels going second and whatever I play is immediately countered by the opponent...and I don't mean just field clearing. I mean that their card matches exactly what Ive done or was doing to benefit the cards theyve drawn. Its rigged. The times it happens is insanely too high for it not to be.

I’ve been having this issue where I’ll play 25 games and of those 25 games I’ll go first 20 of those times and the probability of it is infuriating because if I play a photon deck or someone who has counters no matter what I lay that first turn I’m done the next turn. Just find it really unfair because I’ve built a superior deck and built around counters to help my case but unless I get to go second I’m dead

You can easily tell when the game sets you for a loss streak to balance out a win percentage. Youll constantly go first but not draw good enough cards to survive your opponents turn, which will be a god hand
..everytime, then you lose. Rinse and repeat for anywhere between 3-10 matches then it goes back to normal.

Go second and summon 2 monsters. Theyve got TTH. Go first and summon 2-3 monsters, theyll start with field clearing. Go first and have 2 backrow defense, theyll start with multiple Typhoons, Go 2nd and try an XYZ sunmon, theyll negate it, Go second and wipe their field, the only card left in their hand saves them. Clear their field and they have 100LP left, they draw a game winning card next turn.

Its rigged. Dont play this

Things line up too perfectly for the opponent for this to not be predetermined outcomes.

I go first and am able to play 3 3000ATK monsters but have no backrow. Opponent goes 2nd and has the cards to summon a monster that banishes 3 monsters on the field. The absolutely perfect counter. They make it so you feel you are leading but the opponent is 100% given your hard counter to whatever your opening hand is.

Whatever deck you use, even if they are drastically different. DDD,Fluffal or Photon in my case, the opponent always has the perfect counterplay to win with whatever cards they have left after your turn. Even if its literally one single card.