Sealed rewards deckbuilding/brewing skills more than Draft. Draft formats eventually get solved and you feed off your knowledge of archetypes.
Yes, you're at the mercy of your pool, but mathematically that means nothing. It's just on an emotional lvl.
Feels like pros have worse winrate in ACQ than in Directs.
This longer queue times makes me wonder if casuals play this event less? Or is sealed more skill intensive?
Always thought draft > sealed in terms of popularity, maybe Direct has a better / more mature brand?