To those of us with a bit more experience, it's not quite that simple. You do have the opportunity to pull well and create a beast, but eventually the law of averages will out, and your deck will be pulled back into the pack as other players pull good cards and you pull clunkers. They recognize that much like other Limited environments, the commons (and to some extent, the uncommons) will define the pool much more than the rares. They realize that no matter how good your packs are, you still have to build and play correctly to win. These principles are being taught to the league players in a very natural, intuitive way above and beyond what I've seen before. Many of the players in the league now see just how little a single pack of cards is worth in the long run. We've each identified a few commons that we'd REALLY like to pull, and if it were possible to purchase singles, very few players who would still buy packs. They've identified the difference between quality and quantity when it comes to cards. Each set release, many of these players line up to buy boxes of the new set. I'll be paying close attention to see if any of the league players decide to buy singles from the new set instead. With a set like Return to Ravnica coming up, it may be a stretch, but I bet very few of them buy boxes of M14 next summer.