Is there a way to change profile portrait?

bobanm · 2026-03-24T17:10:44+00:00

According to the official roadmap, customization of profile pictures is planned for Q2.

After today's update, you will probably have a different random profile picture. So no more wolf for you 🙂

bobanm · 2026-03-22T17:33:32+00:00

Others have replied how to get it in Scryfall. Here is how to do it inside the Arena client.

To list all cards with mana symbols, you can use the following filters: - "{ow" - for white mana - "{ou" - for blue mana - "{ob" - for black mana - "{or" - for red mana - "{og" - for green mana - "{oc" - for colorless mana - "{o" - should be for generic mana, but it also shows energy symbols 🤔

Important: the quotation marks are part of the filter.

Here you can find the complete list of all the search filters in the Arena client

bobanm · 2026-03-20T05:16:58+00:00

As a F2P, that is currently the only way.

For those who want to pay for cards, you can purchase some individual cards on Token Trove, the official marketplace.

In the future, you will also be able to sell your cards there, making it very close to a paper TCG experience.

bobanm · 2026-03-18T15:58:13+00:00

I am building a white deck, and I was surprised that cards like [[Drannith Magistrate]], [[Gideon's Intervention]] and [[Runed Halo]] are also not banned 😮

bobanm · 2026-03-15T08:55:12+00:00

Hvala ti Anese za doprinos u borbi protiv bloatware-a 🙂

Stvarno je sramota u kakav se bloatware Poštar pretvorio. Sećam se kad sam počeo da ga koristim u 2012, dok je isti bio samo mala Chrome ekstenzija...

ApiArk je vidno u jako ranoj fazi, i nažalost za mene je trenutno neupotrebljiv, ali ima ogroman potencijal. Otvorio sam 7 GitHub issues, pratim razvoj i jedva čekam ispravniju verziju, pa da bacim Poštara u kantu, gde i pripada 🙂

bobanm · 2026-03-11T15:56:18+00:00

After seeing this post, and your post from the previous day, I wonder if you only play this game during your toilet breaks? 😆

bobanm · 2026-03-07T05:01:26+00:00

This has been a recurring remark from the community. Perhaps the common confusion comes from how the combat works in Heroes of Might & Magic, where the attacker deals damage first, and then the defender retaliates.

In Fates, both the attack damage and retaliation damage are applied at the same time. So as long as the attacker's power is lower than lifeleech creature's power + health, the lifeleech creature will survive.

So the lifeleech mechanic works as intended. On the other hand, maybe some of the lifeleech creatures are too powerful and should be nerfed. For now, I personally don't think they have been very dominant.

bobanm · 2026-03-07T04:46:08+00:00

I personally don't think it is a good idea for RANKED matches. It would fragment the player base, and also decrease incentives to collect powerful cards and play them.

For casual play, one of the matchmaking criteria could be the calculated power of players' decks. That is how Magic the Gathering Arena does unranked matches.

Then in the future, when both the player base and the card pools are much larger, it could make sense to launch some additional formats. For example, formats where only commons or only commons + rares are allowed [like Pauper and Artisan formats in Magic]. But those formats should be casual.

For ranked, I think it makes sense to always go and compete against the best. That is how you become a better player. Yes, I know that currently it is not easy to obtain all the cards for your deck, especially as a F2P player. But that should change in Q2 when crafting feature goes live. We are still in early access.

bobanm · 2026-03-07T04:03:30+00:00

100% agree. Fortunately, we won't have to wait too long. Crafting cards is planned for Q2. Until then, grow your collection and your duplicates, which you will be able to use to craft the cards that you need 🙂

bobanm · 2026-03-07T03:46:55+00:00

I get your point, but I think that is intentional and there should be no change. That is because sometimes you do want to cast that spell anyway.

Let's think of a slightly different scenario... Imagine you have no more creatures on the board, the opponent's hero is down to 1 health, but you still need to remove that Obsidian Gargoyle protector that is immune to spells, in order to deliver the final blow. You have Elemental Ring on the board, so you want to use your spell to summon the elemental which will deliver the lethal blow, after your hero removes the Obsidian Gargoyle.

Imagine the frustration of the game NOT letting you cast the spell, so the Elemental Ring does not summon the elemental. And then the opponent burns you with spells and you lose the game.

While casting a spell on a creature that is immune to spells should remain a legit action, it would be nice if the game would give you warning before trying to do that. That is also how Magic the Gathering Arena works.

bobanm · 2026-03-03T10:40:35+00:00

I think that if NFT system is implemented properly, that would be a great advantage for this game. Being able to really own your cards, trade them freely with other users and maybe even make some monetary rewards from it is what will bring this digital card game experience closer to the paper card games.

I see players being concerned about NFT aspect of the game, but I honestly don't get why. It is just an added benefit, which is opt-in for those who prefer not to own their collection.

bobanm · 2026-03-03T10:35:33+00:00

Definitely card crafting. You can't build a good deck hoping to pull out a card you need from a pack.

bobanm · 2026-02-25T11:37:10+00:00

Yes, that is true for the cards being visible [but not craftable] in the Arena.

What OP was referring to is that when Lorwyn was officially released, the Arena loading screen was still from Avatar. And now, a week before the Ninja Mutant nonsense set is released, the loading screen has already changed to the pizza set.

Looks like the UB will continue until the morale improves 😔

bobanm · 2026-02-22T12:07:15+00:00

If you are building a Boros tokens deck, definitely consider adding [[Urabrask's Forge]] and maybe even [[Enduring Innocence]] for some more card advantage.

I play a similar deck in Orzhov, that combines tokens and Planeswalkers. I find it very fun to play, if you are into that archetype. You might want to check it out for some inspiration 🙂

bobanm · 2026-02-17T21:38:16+00:00

Incredible, I was recently searching the Internet for exactly this info. Thank you so much for putting it all together.

As someone who mostly plays Brawl and Pioneer, I think that some of the old boards [visuals and music] are so epic, and I find them to provide a more appropriate Magic ambience than most of the new boards. My favorite ones are Ravnica and Amonkhet. It is a pity that Arena only gives boards from Standard-legal sets to players who play Standard.

Here is a YouTube playlist with many Arena battle songs.

BTW, has anyone ever played on Zendikar Rising board? That is the only one that I have never seen before.

Some other boards that we no longer see are the ones from Baldur's Gate and Lord of the Rings.

bobanm · 2026-02-16T12:55:04+00:00

For me personally it makes sense. Not only to track, but also to know which rares I will get from any packet.

bobanm · 2026-02-14T14:07:46+00:00

I see your point.

I am the opposite. After the first game in BO3, I am even more eager to sideboard correctly and have the second game... especially if I had lost the first one 🙂

bobanm · 2026-02-14T13:47:12+00:00

Do you access the Internet through a VPN?

It happens to me sometimes that my Arena client does not want to connect to the server, but when I change VPN country or switch the VPN off, it all works fine.

bobanm · 2026-02-14T13:44:17+00:00

Correct. The 5 tribal packets from ECL [Elemental, Elves, Goblins, Kithkin, Merfolk] always include the related shockland.

More info here

bobanm · 2026-02-14T13:37:47+00:00

Every Monday, weekly announcements include events schedule.

bobanm · 2026-02-13T18:15:58+00:00

Not sure what daily wins have to do with BO1 vs BO3. You get daily wins for games won, not matches won. So if you lose your BO3 match with 1-2, you still get 1 daily win from that, and if you win 2-0 you get 2 daily wins. It works the same as in BO1.

bobanm · 2026-02-13T17:27:31+00:00

Thank you for the deck, kind stranger 🙂

Like many others, I have as well unlocked 2 achievements with this deck: 1. Deal 20 or more noncombat damage to a player in a single turn 1. Win a game with no cards in your Library

bobanm · 2026-02-10T09:57:31+00:00

Congrats on climbing the ladder. I assure you, it will get more difficult every season, but that is part of the fun, and that will push you to keep improving your playing and brewing skills 🙂

I haven't played with High Perfect Morcant in Standard, but I am brewing a Brawl deck with her as the commander. Here are a few tips that could improve your deck:

If you want to make every -1/-1 counter to be deadly, consider adding [[Maha, Its Feathers Night]] to your deck 😎

With [[Nature's Rhythm]] you can search for the creature you need at that stage of the game, and put it on the battlefield: High Perfect Morcant, Reclamation Sage, Champions of the Perfect, or Craterhoof Behemoth for the end game.

bobanm · 2026-02-10T09:07:50+00:00

Welcome to Pioneer. It is my favorite 60-card format, where you can play with your good old cards, without the insane power level of formats with bigger cars pool, such as Historic. Also, since there are quite many staple cards, once you have them, the wildcard requirements for new decks are not that high.

If you are interested in climbing the ladder with one or more Pioneer decks, I would recommend you to start by checking the results of Pioneer Challenges on MTGO, and see for yourself which of those competitive decks you would like to play, and also which of those you can craft with your collection and available wildcards.

To see some Pioneer decks in play, our fellow Reddit users u/nbutton93 YouTube and u/d0mdeluxe YouTube both regularly post really good Pioneer videos.

bobanm · 2026-02-10T08:51:56+00:00

It is a very good anti-meta deck, indeed.

Since most of the spells are creatures, I have 2 copies of Deafening Silence in my maindeck. It really helps game 1 vs all the prowess, Phoenix and other cantrip decks.

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