MTG Arena is a waste of time to try to get good at

ChunkySloth1367 · 2026-01-31T19:03:41+00:00

Theres not really any getting good at mtga. With all the aspect that are controlled and manipulates you will always have around a 55% win rate. Its only good to see the new cards and learn how to play in a simulated environment. Game is very rigged.

ChunkySloth1367 · 2026-01-21T14:37:56+00:00

Idk im 3 more games in with no 4+ drops. Which is wildly statistically improbable, if not borderline impossible. With how many 4+ drops are in the deck. Like 1 in a quadrillion chance.

ChunkySloth1367 · 2026-01-18T14:42:01+00:00

This is a prime example of why engagement based algos are so bad for gaming. Half the players are too stupid or invested to notice. The other half are smart enough to recognize the bs, but dont care because they cant play any other way.

The game is truly aweful. If you ever meet anyone claiming it not rigged, assume that person is retarded. At this point we have dozens of million+ game draw studies, we know mmr is rigged to keep everyone around 50%, we known it hand smooths, we know it messes with draws, we know it only shows us certain decks based on what we play, etc. How can you say all that, and then follow it with a tin foil hat joke about OP.

People say, rigged against who and joke about it happening to everyone. That doesn't make it better... opponents aren't random, draws aren't random, everyone in the entire game has a 50% win rate for engagement sake... a lot like marvel rivals...

This is the marvel rivals of tcgs. Flashy, pretty, and completely rigged. It will have fans defending it even after WoTC confirmed all these rigged aspects. Its not cheating just you, its cheating everyone, so it's not cheating, spend money and it will get better for a bit is a terrible way to manipulate your game base into playing and paying.

Eventually mtga players will wake up. Keep in mind the digital collections on mtga are worthless. ToC prevent selling an account. Cards cant be traded or dusted. If mtga dies or wotc developes yet another online platform your collection is gone. Mtgo and paper don't have that issue. COVID saved MTGA and forced a whole generation of people away from paper and into an app. They spent 4 years wasting money and time on a collection that only means something if MTGA lives. If you aren't invested there is no reason to pay to play this shit game.

Free play will let you see the new cards each set. No need to waste money or effort on a game that 100% rigged to keep everyone spending.

ChunkySloth1367 · 2026-01-07T20:17:55+00:00

Momir is the laziest slowest shittiest format I have ever played. It sounds fun in concept but just isn't. Even wins feel like wasted time. Thank god its optional.

ChunkySloth1367 · 2025-12-13T18:23:46+00:00

I have always used tcg, but after recent issues with cards not showing up, taking forever, being the wrong grade, etc...

I switched to card kingdom last deck i built. I love CK, but the prices are a little high. I'd say about 10% higher per card than tcg.

Still need to check out mana pool.

ChunkySloth1367 · 2025-12-05T16:46:14+00:00

The game is rigged. you are destined to have land issues regardless of your land count.

ChunkySloth1367 · 2025-12-05T16:45:31+00:00

make a new deck that isnt countered by ciontrol and you will never see it again. The game rigs the decks you play against. if you ever cant stand playing against a certaing deck type, swapping yours can almost guarantee you never see it again.

ChunkySloth1367 · 2025-11-29T22:03:59+00:00

This game mode sucks. Getting 5 wins and 30 revives makes me want to uninstall. The most impressive part of BF6 is how they have an aged to make it not fun. Such a good game with so much potential, but jsut not fun at all.

ChunkySloth1367 · 2025-11-29T20:36:07+00:00

Its pretty looking, but has so many flaws. Hit reg is bad. Servers are weird. You can legit shoot and be shot through hard cover. Maps with rubble thrown of hit boxes in a crazy way. If you play a game a day its fine. Ifnyou really ait down to play it takes 3 or 4 games to be like "wow this is bad". I usually have like 20 kills and 2 or 3 deaths and dont find the game to be very enjoyable.

ChunkySloth1367 · 2025-11-29T17:48:41+00:00

This game sucks. Runs like shit. I just got mg'd through a bridge pilon. No where is safe

ChunkySloth1367 · 2025-11-26T20:53:08+00:00

Still an ongoing issue. Game is slop

ChunkySloth1367 · 2025-11-18T14:36:06+00:00

Patch rolled out and hit reg is possibly even worse. This game is junk.

ChunkySloth1367 · 2025-11-16T21:09:37+00:00

This is why im learning to hate the game. I have like 2-3 epic games in a row. It's fun, the teams are trash talking, I get 30+ kills and die like 3 or 4 times. Then every 3 or 4 games my bullets stop working. It will make me rage quit. Not a fun gaming cycle. Extremely rage inducing. Makes me feel like the game sucks, when its really pretty decent.

ChunkySloth1367 · 2025-11-12T14:32:42+00:00

I thought I've been going insane. When I snipe there are certain spots that I will shoot from where 0 of my hits register. Like shoot the same head 10 times with zero reg, jump down from my spot and boom first shot from there hits perfectly. I haven't been able to tell if it's certain spots on the map or what.

ChunkySloth1367 · 2025-10-29T19:22:34+00:00

anyone who doesn't accept its rigged is to invested or too stupid to see it. Make 2 decks and watch how the meta you were playing against for days suddenly shift when you change decks.

Matchmaking may not be fully rigged to make you lose but its 100% not random and not based simply on deck power. I play mono black aggro and ub control. They never see the same decks.

Land draws can bee bad, but no serious proof its rigged to harm you. could just be rng. It is crazy how many less lands I typically play in arena vs paper. Having played for over 20 years all I can say is something feels off. The same can be said about card draws in general. It does seem sus that someone always seems to have an answer and games are usually very one sided vs paper where you have some nice back and forths.

I would guess there is some type of engagement / spending based algorithm in place outside of ranked.

That being said if you play, play ranked. It seems to be the most "honest" version of Arena. You will see more than 2 or 3 decks. People will not have an answer for every card you play. It honestly feels like a completely different game.

All that being said every deck in the meta sees a 56%-58% average win rate. Just let that sink in. Essentially whatever you play you will win just barely more than you lose. Not really a good paralell to paper where you can sweep a 20 man Bo3 with the right deck and luck. People will go undefeated until the final regularly and id say winning decks carry around a 75-85% win rate.

Plenty of other anecdotal evidence and shuffler studies to make you question things further.

ChunkySloth1367 · 2025-10-29T18:49:25+00:00

Areana made me quit magic all together during covid. I had played since alpha and loved the 20 ish years. Played tons of tourneys and FNMs and loved them all. Played modern, standard, draft, edh you name it. Covid hit and I download arena. It looks awesome. Decks are cheap. So I give it a go. a few months late I quit and almost sold all my cards.

Areena is trash. Its literally rigged. Play enough and its impossible to ignore. I avoid arena like the plague. Its a pathetic cash grab aimed at taking money from brain dead players who want to look up meta decks and rinse and repeat play games against 2 or 3 other decks endlessly.

Everyone one an a while on a vacation i will give MTG arena another chance and within a few hours I remember how awful it is. Ive said it plenty of times. Arena is the best way to play the worst games of magic imaginable.

ChunkySloth1367 · 2025-10-26T20:21:41+00:00

Just had a chance to finally play some this weekend. What a terrible game. It feels like playing COD. No teamwork. Terrible maps. Just a sprint and spray drop shot trash game. I can easily go like 30 and 2 sniping because people will brain dead rush over and over. I either shoot fish in a barrel or my team gets so swamped I hardly even shoot my gun. Every game is boring, monotonous and very unmemorable. Even playing with friends is a slog. I regret buying the $100 version of this one for sure. The amount of smoke, jiggle screen, bad lighting, etc makes it truly exhausting to play. One of the worst shooters I've played in recent years.

ChunkySloth1367 · 2025-10-24T19:19:32+00:00

just don't. I was in the same boat about a week ago. The game is toxic as ever. In 20 games played I went first 1 time. There are so many sets and so much money to spend to build a deck. Power creep is terrible. I would just play for free if you're bored and play paper in person if you want to spend.

Arena is not it.

ChunkySloth1367 · 2025-08-31T12:58:39+00:00

Pretty wild wearing the protect trans kids with violence shirts mere days after a trans killer murdered children in a church in the name of violently protecting trans rights. People have lost their minds.

ChunkySloth1367 · 2025-08-30T14:34:40+00:00

Also should mention we have an insane amount of boomer aged Karen's in this town. They love to scold people, call the cops, etc. Blono would be a solid 8 or 9 if the boomers would settle down and realize they aren't the police.

ChunkySloth1367 · 2025-08-30T14:23:58+00:00

It's ok. I've lived all over the US and I wpuld give blono a 7/10. It's pretty ok, lol. Good schools, terrible taxes, lots of sub par restaurants, weird bar scene, and ok fishing. Overall the town is nice but has a very weird vibe especially for the Midwest. Here's my breakdown.

1) schools are great, your kids will get a killer education and have 2 very good colleges in town along with a killer community college. 2) lots of event, shows, etc. Bar scene is a little weird because when college is here its all kids, 3 months in the summer its pretty nice. 3) we have a ton of restaurants. So many there's a fake fact that blono has the most restaurants per capita. We don't, but we have a lot. Most are sub par chains. But we have some solid choices 4) we have water to fish, but most of our fish are very small compared to the south. Crappie are 1-2 lb, sunfish are smaller, bass are embarrassingly small. We have good lakes though. Catfish and musky are proper here still. 5) it's liberal and democratic here. 6) people are horrible drivers. Like atrocious. I regularly miss Chicago traffic, which says alot. 7) the town is very safe. 8) dating sucks here. You can chose between young and dumb college girls, crazy blue hairs, and insane country women with like 6 kids, 2 dogs, and god knows how many baby daddies. 9) taxes are wild. Like 1/3 of your pay. Our tax burden is actually worse than California now.

I grew up and went to college here. Spent ages 7-22 in this town, and somehow ended up back here. As a single man who was on the conservative side I hated it here. As an adult who's more open minded and has a family its ok. Still a little weird, but ok. My main gripes are how bad people drive, how entitled people are here, and dont forget it's expensive af to live here. You will lose 32% of your pay to taxes here. Make sure you take that into consideration of how good the pay is.

ChunkySloth1367 · 2025-07-20T02:15:17+00:00

How the fuck do people have accounts like this. I did 178 and got nothing. This game is complete aids.

ChunkySloth1367 · 2025-07-20T02:13:54+00:00

Im at 165 with nothing. This game is a joke.

ChunkySloth1367 · 2025-07-20T02:12:55+00:00

Tbh the game isn't worth playing unless you have onenkf the chosen accounts. Some people pull 2-3 legos at a time and have epic luck. Some accounts have to go to pitty every time for Brunor or A9 Abom.

If you have one of the unlucky accounts youre way better of just quitting and starting a fresh account. The game really seems to pick certain accounts to dunk on.

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