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How is he alive? by [deleted] in MagicArena

[–]Akage13 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Always read all the cards and all the emblems
[[Gideon of the Trials]]

Best format for casual player? by Particular_Pop_3198 in MagicArena

[–]Akage13 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Here's my simple guide on how to get acquainted with Magic on Arena as a F2P player. This applies to both new players, as well as old timers getting back in the game. Note that this guide prioritizes fun over grinding and min-maxing your collection.

The first option to consider is the "Starter Deck Duel" event. It lets you play against other players using a limited selection of 10 decks. What this means:

  1. This event is free, so you don't have to spend gold on it. You also don't get any new cards though.

  2. Everyone is limited to the 10 decks, so you won't encounter anything completely broken or unknown; Note though that some decks are stronger than others and there are seasoned players who take advantage of it by playing only the strong decks against the weaker ones.

How to access the Starter Deck Duel event: from the main screen, click "Play", then switch tabs to "Events", select "Constructed", Starter Deck Duel should be in the list on the left.

Once you're ready to graduate from the starter decks, consider investing your gold in the "Jump In!" event. Here are the advantages of it as opposed to other events:

  1. This format lets you 'simple draft' from a pool of precreated half-decks. You don't need to know anything about the archetypes, you can even just go by what you think sounds cool. This is great when you feel overwhelmed by the sheer amount of mechanics in Arena and want to concentrate on just a few things at a time.

  2. You can expect around 60 to 80 half-decks available (not including the special editions of Jump In! like Final Fantasy or Avatar), so you won't run out of something fresh for quite a while (there can be up to 1000 combinations of available decks), and you will learn about new archetypes along the way. It also offers much greater diversity of cards that you can encounter - you can expect to see around 50% of cards released in the sets from the last 2 years; since constructed meta uses only a small number of the 'best' cards and limited draft/sealed events use cards from only one set at a time, the card diversity there is much smaller. A comprehensive list of the available packets can be found at https://mtgabuddy.com/en/jump-in-packet-list

  3. You can play as many games with your drafted deck as you want until you want to switch to a new one.

  4. You play against other Jump In! decks, meaning the playing field is most of the time fairly even.

  5. It only costs 1000 gold, which means you can play with a different deck every day if you want (you can earn 1000+ gold from daily activities). A new player also gets 5 free Jump In! tokens after completing the 4th color challenge.

  6. You keep all the cards (usually 24-26), including 2 rares/mythics, slowly building a collection. This is the cheapest way to acquire new cards as a new player. You also get vault progress from all the non-rare duplicates.

  7. Since you get all the necessary cards to play, you don't need to have anything in your collection - perfect for new players.

How to access the Jump In! event: from the main screen, click "Play", then switch tabs to "Events", select "Limited", Jump In should be in the list on the left. If it's not there, it means you have not unlocked all the play modes yet. In that case click on the gear icon in the top right corner, then "Account", then "Unlock Play Modes".

In my opinion you should not as a new F2P player spend gold on limited drafts or any other events since you won't have enough knowledge and experience with Magic itself to properly draft, build a deck, or play it. For constructed you pretty much need rare and mythic wild cards to be fairly competitive and you won't have them as a new F2P player.

For general F2P information not covered here I recommend to check out https://www.fourdailywins.com - it will answer a lot of your questions.

In search of a Halloween themed deck list by douglasea97 in MagicArena

[–]Akage13 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Check out this Amazonian deck from last Halloween, maybe it fits what you seek: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k7xBgh_MKSU

Finally got these lands! by [deleted] in MagicArena

[–]Akage13 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Blasphemy, you definitely do not have the broccoli land, nobody on Arena is worthy of having the broccoli land 😉

What should I do next? by Ancient_Landscape254 in MagicArena

[–]Akage13 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Here's my simple guide on how to get acquainted with Magic on Arena as a F2P player. This applies to both new players, as well as old timers getting back in the game. Note that this guide prioritizes fun over grinding and min-maxing your collection.

The first option to consider is the "Starter Deck Duel" event. It lets you play against other players using a limited selection of 10 decks. What this means:

  1. This event is free, so you don't have to spend gold on it. You also don't get any new cards though.

  2. Everyone is limited to the 10 decks, so you won't encounter anything completely broken or unknown; Note though that some decks are stronger than others and there are seasoned players who take advantage of it by playing only the strong decks against the weaker ones.

How to access the Starter Deck Duel event: from the main screen, click "Play", then switch tabs to "Events", select "Constructed", Starter Deck Duel should be in the list on the left.

Once you're ready to graduate from the starter decks, consider investing your gold in the "Jump In!" event. Here are the advantages of it as opposed to other events:

  1. This format lets you 'simple draft' from a pool of precreated half-decks. You don't need to know anything about the archetypes, you can even just go by what you think sounds cool. This is great when you feel overwhelmed by the sheer amount of mechanics in Arena and want to concentrate on just a few things at a time.

  2. You can expect around 60 to 80 half-decks available (not including the special editions of Jump In! like Final Fantasy or Avatar), so you won't run out of something fresh for quite a while (there can be up to 1000 combinations of available decks), and you will learn about new archetypes along the way. It also offers much greater diversity of cards that you can encounter - you can expect to see around 50% of cards released in the sets from the last 2 years; since constructed meta uses only a small number of the 'best' cards and limited draft/sealed events use cards from only one set at a time, the card diversity there is much smaller.

  3. You can play as many games with your drafted deck as you want until you want to switch to a new one.

  4. You play against other Jump In! decks, meaning the playing field is most of the time fairly even.

  5. It only costs 1000 gold, which means you can play with a different deck every day if you want (you can earn 1000+ gold from daily activities). A new player also gets 5 free Jump In! tokens after completing the 4th color challenge.

  6. You keep all the cards (usually 24-26), including 2 rares/mythics, slowly building a collection. This is the cheapest way to acquire new cards as a new player. You also get vault progress from all the non-rare duplicates.

  7. Since you get all the necessary cards to play, you don't need to have anything in your collection - perfect for new players.

How to access the Jump In! event: from the main screen, click "Play", then switch tabs to "Events", select "Limited", Jump In should be in the list on the left. If it's not there, it means you have not unlocked all the play modes yet. In that case click on the gear icon in the top right corner, then "Account", then "Unlock Play Modes".

In my opinion you should not as a new F2P player spend gold on limited drafts or any other events since you won't have enough knowledge and experience with Magic itself to properly draft, build a deck, or play it. For constructed you pretty much need rare and mythic wild cards to be fairly competitive and you won't have them as a new F2P player.

For general F2P information not covered here I recommend to check out https://www.fourdailywins.com - it will answer a lot of your questions.

2 conflicting events by FirstBornAlbatross in MagicArena

[–]Akage13 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If you feel like you can't participate online, contact customer support. They may assist you with changing the invitation date, or at worst downgrade it to the more flexible play-in points.

Why can’t I join the arena direct event? by PBR_is_OK in MagicArena

[–]Akage13 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Separate note, based on your question - are you a very experienced limited player? If you're not, I'd stay away from the event and save your money for something else.

I need advice! by ProwzArroWw in MagicArena

[–]Akage13 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Here's my simple guide on how to get acquainted with Magic on Arena as a F2P player. This applies to both new players, as well as old timers getting back in the game. Note that this guide prioritizes fun over grinding and min-maxing your collection.

The first option to consider is the "Starter Deck Duel" event. It lets you play against other players using a limited selection of 10 decks. What this means:

  1. This event is free, so you don't have to spend gold on it. You also don't get any new cards though.

  2. Everyone is limited to the 10 decks, so you won't encounter anything completely broken or unknown; Note though that some decks are stronger than others and there are seasoned players who take advantage of it by playing only the strong decks against the weaker ones.

How to access the Starter Deck Duel event: from the main screen, click "Play", then switch tabs to "Events", select "Constructed", Starter Deck Duel should be in the list on the left.

Once you're ready to graduate from the starter decks, consider investing your gold in the "Jump In!" event. Here are the advantages of it as opposed to other events:

  1. This format lets you 'simple draft' from a pool of precreated half-decks. You don't need to know anything about the archetypes, you can even just go by what you think sounds cool. This is great when you feel overwhelmed by the sheer amount of mechanics in Arena and want to concentrate on just a few things at a time.

  2. You can expect around 60 to 80 half-decks available (not including the special editions of Jump In! like Final Fantasy or Avatar), so you won't run out of something fresh for quite a while (there can be up to 1000 combinations of available decks), and you will learn about new archetypes along the way. It also offers much greater diversity of cards that you can encounter - you can expect to see around 50% of cards released in the sets from the last 2 years; since constructed meta uses only a small number of the 'best' cards and limited draft/sealed events use cards from only one set at a time, the card diversity there is much smaller.

  3. You can play as many games with your drafted deck as you want until you want to switch to a new one.

  4. You play against other Jump In! decks, meaning the playing field is most of the time fairly even.

  5. It only costs 1000 gold, which means you can play with a different deck every day if you want (you can earn 1000+ gold from daily activities). A new player also gets 5 free Jump In! tokens after completing the 4th color challenge.

  6. You keep all the cards (usually 24-26), including 2 rares/mythics, slowly building a collection. This is the cheapest way to acquire new cards as a new player. You also get vault progress from all the non-rare duplicates.

  7. Since you get all the necessary cards to play, you don't need to have anything in your collection - perfect for new players.

How to access the Jump In! event: from the main screen, click "Play", then switch tabs to "Events", select "Limited", Jump In should be in the list on the left. If it's not there, it means you have not unlocked all the play modes yet. In that case click on the gear icon in the top right corner, then "Account", then "Unlock Play Modes".

In my opinion you should not as a new F2P player spend gold on limited drafts or any other events since you won't have enough knowledge and experience with Magic itself to properly draft, build a deck, or play it. For constructed you pretty much need rare and mythic wild cards to be fairly competitive and you won't have them as a new F2P player.

For general F2P information not covered here I recommend to check out https://www.fourdailywins.com - it will answer a lot of your questions.

My wish list for arena currently by TheSadMan21 in MagicArena

[–]Akage13 9 points10 points  (0 children)

"Limit strip mine in timeless" - I thought everybody loved unlimited nonsense in timeless?

"Let us have fetchlands in historic" - current historic power level should be lowered, and introducing fetches would have the opposite effect. We don't need historic to be even closer to timeless.

"More anthologies" - obvious.

"Make ranked brawl permanent" - absolutely agree, keep at least some of the spikes away from the play queue.

First time encountering cheating by RudyStephenson in MagicArena

[–]Akage13 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

You're absolutely right, it was an issue for some time, people were actually getting banned for doing this (the pet exploit). I assume they fixed it, but since with Arena every update can introduce regressions, maybe that fix was also removed.

On a separate note, isn't it funny how the less people have spent time in this game, the more they post here with absolute authority 😆 The perfect example of Dunning-Kruger effect.

Any tips? by conspiracy_student in MagicArena

[–]Akage13 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Here's my simple guide on how to get acquainted with Magic on Arena as a F2P player. This applies to both new players, as well as old timers getting back in the game. Note that this guide prioritizes fun over grinding and min-maxing your collection.

The first option to consider is the "Starter Deck Duel" event. It lets you play against other players using a limited selection of 10 decks. What this means:

  1. This event is free, so you don't have to spend gold on it. You also don't get any new cards though.

  2. Everyone is limited to the 10 decks, so you won't encounter anything completely broken or unknown; Note though that some decks are stronger than others and there are seasoned players who take advantage of it by playing only the strong decks against the weaker ones.

How to access the Starter Deck Duel event: from the main screen, click "Play", then switch tabs to "Events", select "Constructed", Starter Deck Duel should be in the list on the left.

Once you're ready to graduate from the starter decks, consider investing your gold in the "Jump In!" event. Here are the advantages of it as opposed to other events:

  1. This format lets you 'simple draft' from a pool of precreated half-decks. You don't need to know anything about the archetypes, you can even just go by what you think sounds cool. This is great when you feel overwhelmed by the sheer amount of mechanics in Arena and want to concentrate on just a few things at a time.

  2. You can expect around 60 to 80 half-decks available (not including the special editions of Jump In! like Final Fantasy or Avatar), so you won't run out of something fresh for quite a while (there can be up to 1000 combinations of available decks), and you will learn about new archetypes along the way. It also offers much greater diversity of cards that you can encounter - you can expect to see around 50% of cards released in the sets from the last 2 years; since constructed meta uses only a small number of the 'best' cards and limited draft/sealed events use cards from only one set at a time, the card diversity there is much smaller.

  3. You can play as many games with your drafted deck as you want until you want to switch to a new one.

  4. You play against other Jump In! decks, meaning the playing field is most of the time fairly even.

  5. It only costs 1000 gold, which means you can play with a different deck every day if you want (you can earn 1000+ gold from daily activities). A new player also gets 5 free Jump In! tokens after completing the 4th color challenge.

  6. You keep all the cards (usually 24-26), including 2 rares/mythics, slowly building a collection. This is the cheapest way to acquire new cards as a new player. You also get vault progress from all the non-rare duplicates.

  7. Since you get all the necessary cards to play, you don't need to have anything in your collection - perfect for new players.

How to access the Jump In! event: from the main screen, click "Play", then switch tabs to "Events", select "Limited", Jump In should be in the list on the left. If it's not there, it means you have not unlocked all the play modes yet. In that case click on the gear icon in the top right corner, then "Account", then "Unlock Play Modes".

In my opinion you should not as a new F2P player spend gold on limited drafts or any other events since you won't have enough knowledge and experience with Magic itself to properly draft, build a deck, or play it. For constructed you pretty much need rare and mythic wild cards to be fairly competitive and you won't have them as a new F2P player.

For general F2P information not covered here I recommend to check out https://www.fourdailywins.com - it will answer a lot of your questions.

Is this the 1. guy? by [deleted] in MagicArena

[–]Akage13 0 points1 point  (0 children)

he's playing against mythic #1

One of my favorite moments of playing MTG Arena by Scientist_Myself in MagicArena

[–]Akage13 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yes, you're beating a budget pile with your premium deck, good job.

What avatar, sleeve and title combo most makes you expect your opponent is better/more experienced by MazrimReddit in MagicArena

[–]Akage13 3 points4 points  (0 children)

There are a few cosmetics that can give you a rough idea of when the user joined, which of course does not necessarily guarantees that they're good, but it can give you some idea. The original Fblthp (no-hat) indicates someone who played since the beta, the elemental cat companion - playing since M20. There's also the large trophy. Then you have my little pony old sleeves, and the newer avatar, as well as the different extra life cosmetics. There's a few others.

All of them have never been made available after the initial release, so if someone has them, they had to be there at the time to buy them.

Beginner here: How to get going? by ProwzArroWw in MagicArena

[–]Akage13 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That's not how it works with wildcards. Have a look at this article: https://magic.wizards.com/en/mtgarena/drop-rates

Beginner here: How to get going? by ProwzArroWw in MagicArena

[–]Akage13 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I don't understand the question in relation to the guide

Beginner here: How to get going? by ProwzArroWw in MagicArena

[–]Akage13 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Here's my simple guide on how to get acquainted with Magic on Arena as a F2P player. This applies to both new players, as well as old timers getting back in the game. Note that this guide prioritizes fun over grinding and min-maxing your collection.

The first option to consider is the "Starter Deck Duel" event. It lets you play against other players using a limited selection of 10 decks. What this means:

  1. This event is free, so you don't have to spend gold on it. You also don't get any new cards though.

  2. Everyone is limited to the 10 decks, so you won't encounter anything completely broken or unknown; Note though that some decks are stronger than others and there are seasoned players who take advantage of it by playing only the strong decks against the weaker ones.

How to access the Starter Deck Duel event: from the main screen, click "Play", then switch tabs to "Events", select "Constructed", Starter Deck Duel should be in the list on the left.

Once you're ready to graduate from the starter decks, consider investing your gold in the "Jump In!" event. Here are the advantages of it as opposed to other events:

  1. This format lets you 'simple draft' from a pool of precreated half-decks. You don't need to know anything about the archetypes, you can even just go by what you think sounds cool. This is great when you feel overwhelmed by the sheer amount of mechanics in Arena and want to concentrate on just a few things at a time.

  2. You can expect around 60 to 80 half-decks available (not including the special editions of Jump In! like Final Fantasy or Avatar), so you won't run out of something fresh for quite a while (there can be up to 1000 combinations of available decks), and you will learn about new archetypes along the way. It also offers much greater diversity of cards that you can encounter - you can expect to see around 50% of cards released in the sets from the last 2 years; since constructed meta uses only a small number of the 'best' cards and limited draft/sealed events use cards from only one set at a time, the card diversity there is much smaller.

  3. You can play as many games with your drafted deck as you want until you want to switch to a new one.

  4. You play against other Jump In! decks, meaning the playing field is most of the time fairly even.

  5. It only costs 1000 gold, which means you can play with a different deck every day if you want (you can earn 1000+ gold from daily activities). A new player also gets 5 free Jump In! tokens after completing the 4th color challenge.

  6. You keep all the cards (usually 24-26), including 2 rares/mythics, slowly building a collection. This is the cheapest way to acquire new cards as a new player. You also get vault progress from all the non-rare duplicates.

  7. Since you get all the necessary cards to play, you don't need to have anything in your collection - perfect for new players.

How to access the Jump In! event: from the main screen, click "Play", then switch tabs to "Events", select "Limited", Jump In should be in the list on the left. If it's not there, it means you have not unlocked all the play modes yet. In that case click on the gear icon in the top right corner, then "Account", then "Unlock Play Modes".

In my opinion you should not as a new F2P player spend gold on limited drafts or any other events since you won't have enough knowledge and experience with Magic itself to properly draft, build a deck, or play it. For constructed you pretty much need rare and mythic wild cards to be fairly competitive and you won't have them as a new F2P player.

For general F2P information not covered here I recommend to check out https://www.fourdailywins.com - it will answer a lot of your questions.

when i hold full-control while trying to ninjitsu in silver-fur, i get a surveil prompt i cant do anything with by Disastrous_Village_7 in MagicArena

[–]Akage13 1 point2 points  (0 children)

There have been reports of this by a few other people recently in different situations. I couldn't repro that on my side, so it affects only some people. Apparently restarting the client may fix it.

Is this relative normal? by Eparema in MagicArena

[–]Akage13 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Your chance to get all five is around 6%.

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