Originally Posted by DrHax

It's not a perfect example, but in all fairness you do get to pick what mods you're good at. So while you pick your own deck in Hearthstone, you also pick which mods you're good at in Toribash so that when it comes up in Matchmaking you can better guarantee victory. Or when you're called upon in clan league.

Just wanted to touch on practicality with a point you said earlier: "if Killer was the best lenshu player in Toribash I think he deserves praise". This goes back to the cons of banning mods. We wouldn't actually know who's the best in plenty of mods because there wouldn't be competition. The amount of people who take Judofrac seriously is less than 10. For TK? Less than 25. By forcing players to play mods they aren't comfortable at, it creates a larger talent pool which also creates more competition. It'll be easier for you to strut your stuff in TK if people are forced to actually play you in the mod.