Huh, now that is rather odd naming convention, a little counter intuitive. Thanks for the heads up!
That's because it wasn't really the intention of Casual mode. It more just became a consequence of how things turned out in practice thanks to the ranking system. That said, you definitely can end up playing winnable games in Casual. It's not like there are only sharks in that pool.
Actually, if you have a bad deck, clicked ranked, not casual. Casual doesn't have matchmaking. Ranked does. So if you're just starting out, you are far more likely to win a ranked game than a casual one. Since you can't lose ranks until higher ranks, there is literally no reason for a new player to not play ranked. Casual is mainly for experimental decks, meaning it gets most of its use by higher ranked players who don't want to lose ranks trying out something risky.
No no, it's the other way around - Casual does have matchmaking, by a hidden system that aims to match you against people of a similar skill level. Ranked doesn't have a matchmaking system, it just aims to match you against people with the same rank and number of stars (until you hit legendary, when a different matchmaking system does come into effect).
Eh, the jokes are different enough. The PA one is specifically a joke about the meta of Hearthstone, while the one you linked is more of a general MMO joke.
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No no, it's the other way around - Casual does have matchmaking, by a hidden system that aims to match you against people of a similar skill level. Ranked doesn't have a matchmaking system, it just aims to match you against people with the same rank and number of stars (until you hit legendary, when a different matchmaking system does come into effect).
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