Seeing all these meta posts, is it fair to assume the cost of paper is/was helping keep the paper meta at LGS more diverse than MTGO? From stories of before the pandemic and some stores that are re-opening, it sounds like it. I know my local was mostly Tier 2 decks with almost no Inverter or Delirium. I think the meta is just in a weird place. Paper Pioneer was looking strong for 2020 when outlets were replacing the Standard train wreck with it, and then paper events disappeared. Plus we never saw paper play through the Companion situation, and didn't get any bans out of it.

Hopefully things will settle eventually since this is still a relatively young format that has had a rough go with an unprecedented situation occuring less than 6 months into its existence.