challenge mode difficulty

i was very happy to find that this old microprose game did not die the death i thought it did. real happy with the new cards and all the effort put into this to make it better.
my problem now is the difficulty of challenge mode. i have actually only made it past two challenges.
the opponents are way way too explosive in most cases. i have spent hours just to get to the final round when the computer turns around and kills you on turn 2. if you dont draw the perfect hand you get screwed most of the time.
is there any way to set challenge mode to best of 3? this would make it in my mind more realistic and all is not lost in the last round when you get mana screwed for instance.
is there any other way to tone down the difficulty a notch? thanks.
my problem now is the difficulty of challenge mode. i have actually only made it past two challenges.
the opponents are way way too explosive in most cases. i have spent hours just to get to the final round when the computer turns around and kills you on turn 2. if you dont draw the perfect hand you get screwed most of the time.
is there any way to set challenge mode to best of 3? this would make it in my mind more realistic and all is not lost in the last round when you get mana screwed for instance.
is there any other way to tone down the difficulty a notch? thanks.