Here's a link to the thread that caused me to quit Puzzle Strike:
http://www.fantasystrike.com/forums/index.php?threads/why-is-bank-screw-deliberately-included-in-this-game.5455/#post-162420Rather ironically, Dominion is far more suited to competitive play because a best out of three Puzzle Strike match is wildly inaccurate. Game one is heavily affected by who gets hit hardest by bank screw, even an expert will lose if they have two character chips with "+1 action, only for red chips", and the bank has no red chips.
After the RNG picks a winner for game one, it's like breaking serve. The player who lost the most recent game gets to swap out one card from the bank with any other card in existence. (The character with Throne Room as a character chip might bring Bridge in, for a real example). So the second and third games will usually go to the guy with the edge, making tournament games essentially best of 1.
I tried playing in Puzzle Strike tournaments, it was not satisfying at all. I got knocked out by a guy who bought 3 f******ing Copper turn 2, and I promise you, no, it's not a thing.