Choose the answer that best reflects your opinion:

I'd be more confident if the question was: What is most important in becoming a top-ranked Wizard player?
- Skillful play.
- Cards you are dealt.
- Luck.

As a card game, luck is probably the most important factor. You can be the best there is in terms of strategy, but even if you make 0 bids every time, you're not going to get a higher score than players who successfully bid better hands.

As for the outcome of the game, the same hand played at different tables will give you very different results. The human element (i.e., what other players do) makes all the difference in the world to the outcome of a hand/game.

I think the consistency of those players who end up in the top 10 of SR and win %, nearly every month, clearly demonstrates that player skill is the key factor regarding outcome -- in my opinion, skill accounts for 75-80 % of outcome.