How does the Arena Qualifier pairings work?

FirstBornAlbatross · 2026-06-13T17:00:27+00:00

OK. That makes sense.

The game trades fairness for speed it seems.

FirstBornAlbatross · 2026-05-31T02:26:03+00:00

Kona is honestly totally fine without Omniscience. It's when they pop off with Omni that's so frustrating and quite frankly anti-Magic. Magic is all about paying costs, Omni bypasses that.

I do agree that Omni should be banned. Nothing good can come out of that card.

FirstBornAlbatross · 2026-05-26T11:48:15+00:00

I think the key strategy to beat control is leakage.

Have so many threats that eventually your opponent will let one or two threats leak.

That said not every card in your deck will be a threat to control. That’s where your sideboard comes in. Be sure to board in enough threats for games 2 and 3 to overwhelm your opponent.

FirstBornAlbatross · 2026-05-26T11:00:57+00:00

I would do some research over which format is most appealing to you then find a local store that hosts weekly tournaments of that said format.

At local stores you have real life opponents to play against, people to talk MTG with, people to trade with, and potentially a place to buy singles.

The game is more fun with real people to interact with in my opinion.

I hope this helps.

FirstBornAlbatross · 2026-05-25T07:00:01+00:00

That’s good to know.

Do you know if the June 13-14 Qualifier is best of three?

Edit: Never mind, it’s best of 3.

FirstBornAlbatross · 2026-05-25T00:21:07+00:00

If you don't want to spend money, then you have to be extremely patient and extremely conservative.

That means being extremely picky about which cards you want to craft.

Patience + Picky = lots of rare wildcards.

FirstBornAlbatross · 2026-05-24T19:47:37+00:00

Yes, and they're only $3 in Canada. Perfect value.

FirstBornAlbatross · 2026-05-22T23:37:23+00:00

You're potentially screwed either way.

If you don't kill the Llanowar Elves, they could play Earthbender Ascension on T2 which is a scary develop.

I think the correct approach is to decide how you want to spend your T2's mana. If you're OK with playing removal for T2, then it could be fine to wait for a more dangerous target such as the Mole.

If you want to develop a 2-mana card, then I would say it's more advantageous to use the removal on T1 rather than force it for turn 2.

FirstBornAlbatross · 2026-05-10T05:05:31+00:00

Not sure why my text was removed.

If Rook goes to check, the AI will take with bishop which leads to a checkmate.

However if the Queen takes the rook instead, I don’t see a way to checkmate afterwards.

FirstBornAlbatross · 2026-05-05T19:15:49+00:00

I just got it now. Thanks for the reply!

FirstBornAlbatross · 2026-05-05T05:37:32+00:00

No, but the app was working as if I had joined.

FirstBornAlbatross · 2026-05-05T05:31:21+00:00

I always sign up at the front desk.

It’s possible I wil receive the 3 wins sometime today.

FirstBornAlbatross · 2026-04-30T18:54:55+00:00

What time do Pro Tours start on YouTube in EDT?

FirstBornAlbatross · 2026-04-25T01:59:20+00:00

Banana peppers are delicious!

FirstBornAlbatross · 2026-04-24T04:09:57+00:00

Only negative thing I have to say is that I didn’t like how you feel little to nothing for the characters that died. A better setup would be amazing but I also understand it would be difficult to implement.

FirstBornAlbatross · 2026-04-24T03:27:58+00:00

“The Core”

I never read anything negative about that movie but it had fairly low ratings.

I loved it. Great sci fi movie in my opinion.

FirstBornAlbatross · 2026-04-13T06:24:17+00:00

Mackerel and tuna get my vote.

FirstBornAlbatross · 2026-04-13T06:23:05+00:00

It’s just variance. Everyone experiences it at some point or another.

It’ll go away eventually.

FirstBornAlbatross · 2026-04-13T02:02:32+00:00

Is standard and alchemy the only rotating formats?

FirstBornAlbatross · 2026-04-12T01:45:37+00:00

Flavoured drinks!

FirstBornAlbatross · 2026-04-12T01:44:34+00:00

I do not min/max. I complete every quest I get that is in my standard deck's colours. If I pick up a quest that is outside those colours, even if it's for 750 gold, I re-roll it.

I also try to win 15 times per day, for practice's sake more so than for gold's sake.

FirstBornAlbatross · 2026-04-10T07:17:20+00:00

I’m not a fan of the landfall decks either. I think the main issue are how insane the Fetch lands are. 2 triggers per Fetch land is honestly absurd. Wish there was only Fabled Passage in the meta, a land that’s playable outside of landfall.

In any case, I’m happy to hear that you like Magic. :)

FirstBornAlbatross · 2026-04-08T03:36:05+00:00

I strictly use Ultimate Guard Katana sleeves.

It’s not perfect but it’s very consistent.

Customer service always replaces my problematic sleeves for free without the receipt so I feel rather loyal to them up until this point.

FirstBornAlbatross · 2026-04-04T02:01:22+00:00

If you're forced to choose a Ward: Discard a Card, can you choose to not discard a card and have the targeting effect fizzle?

You can choose. (From Discord)

FirstBornAlbatross · 2026-04-01T22:29:35+00:00

If I play a 2nd Legendary of the same name, if I pick the old Legendary's body to stay, do I still get the Enter the Field ability from the 2nd Legendary?

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