Dies to Removal

You could only call it competition if it was an entirely different TCG, actually "competing" with MTGO.

But hey, I see the point of the "piracy is either good or neutral for businesses, not really bad" camp, with arguments such as "if I can't have it for free, I won't buy it anyway, so they're not really losing money". And I'm definitely not one in capability to throw the first stone here, so if you want to help host Trice, by all means, be my guest.

WotC still needs to give us an alternative for play testing. Otherwise, MWS, Cockatrice, OCTGN and the like will only be replaced by the next platform.

People have said the magic words: play test. If MTGO offered a way to playtest decks you have yet to buy, there would be no need for software like this. Using a land that says "JTMS" in sharpie before actually spending cash on the card is common practice in paper Magic. Digital Magic needs something like this, and MWS, 'trice, OCTGN and the like have filled that gap that's been left open so far in MODO.