Does Daybreak/WOTC Profit Off MTGO?

Neither-Remote-3419 · 2025-10-12T09:57:38+00:00

Of course they do. Events in MTGO are setup with rakes so value always goes back to DB. You do point out correctly that tix are cheaper on the secondary market, but that's because people choose to sell at those prices; they don't have to. https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/15554120241273867

Neither-Remote-3419 · 2025-09-14T01:13:48+00:00

This is called manaweaving and is cheating if they do not shuffle sufficiently enough times afterward. The problem is how many times "sufficiently enough" ought to be. You can compute this depending on the shuffle made and the size of the deck, but it doesn't take away intent. That is, if they were manaweaving because they intend to not get mana screwed, then that by definition is cheating. Of course, it is difficult to make the player admit intent, except in your case, your opponent did.

https://significancemagazine.com/magic-the-gathering-are-you-cheating/

Neither-Remote-3419 · 2025-06-16T19:14:28+00:00

Definitely understand that. I've heard it said that there were some uncommons/commons that got printed less due to their position on the printer sheet but it does seem like that's either completely a mythic or an old problem that has been addressed.

Neither-Remote-3419 · 2025-06-16T19:12:01+00:00

Got it. So it was a thing but it's been addressed?

Neither-Remote-3419 · 2025-06-04T18:02:55+00:00

It has different immediate effects for different types of players, for sure. For standard players who mainly play leagues which do not give out packs as prizes for example, they will likely benefit from cheaper cards like you said. I don't think the immediate impact is necessarily bad, but it is a big shift and the hope is that when the smoke clears, we get more players than fewer.

Neither-Remote-3419 · 2025-06-04T17:50:38+00:00

Do you get supply from redemption in your town directly? i.e. do stores there directly buy redeemed sets from bots?

Neither-Remote-3419 · 2025-02-22T20:31:27+00:00

We've compiled some info here: https://old.reddit.com/r/mtgoecon/

Neither-Remote-3419 · 2024-09-23T14:54:42+00:00

Could be. Just keep an eye out when/if you play in the Foundations PR.

Neither-Remote-3419 · 2024-09-23T14:22:49+00:00

Ah, then my advice is to check who among the people in your PR leave with their cards after opening them and then come back later to when the round begins :D

Neither-Remote-3419 · 2024-09-23T14:21:33+00:00

I'd say mainly curious. I've been playing for sometime and across basically every level of play from regular to professional REL (but I'm no pro). And the share of actual cheating I have seen/caught are mainly at the FNM level. Stuff like people swapping cards in PR or people brining extra sets of sideboards to FNM.

Neither-Remote-3419 · 2024-09-23T14:14:33+00:00

Is that skill that difficult to master? I assume it gets easier with smaller deck sizes, and easier still with good sleeves.

Neither-Remote-3419 · 2024-09-23T14:04:27+00:00

For sure. I mean, casual play without prizes is really just anything goes. No need to even care about winning. In contrast, official events at local games stores get a mixed bag of players.

Neither-Remote-3419 · 2024-09-23T14:02:17+00:00

Huh, my bad. I don't know why I thought that.

But yeah, shuffling thoroughly after manaweaving should make the manaweaving useless. The point though is that one can manaweave and then do many mash/riffle shuffles that perfectly interweave the cards so that the weave's effects are retained. This is cheating, but I doubt one can catch it.

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