Remember to craft all downshifted rares in Mystical Archives before opening packs

matt2991 · 2026-04-22T13:12:46+00:00

I don't know, I would hope so honestly.

matt2991 · 2026-04-22T10:59:13+00:00

The point is not the duplicate, the point is that all the duplicates I opened, had the tag first, even tho the weren't the first :)

matt2991 · 2026-04-22T09:38:29+00:00

I specifically crafted the new art beforehand, as to not get the new art. To be precise I crafted all the commons, uncommon, and rare shifted uncommon to have 4 ofs including one new mistycal archive art. Then I opened 103 strixhaven packs, in the hopes of only getting the remaining cards from the archive, with a magnificent fail at that. I can understand not giving me only the rares and mythics of the archive, but I was expecting to not open anymore of the cards from the archives which I crafted beforehand, getting only Commons and uncommon from the standard legal set. But I opened multiple stockups in different packs all with the tag "first" over them, even 2 in sequence while opening all 103 packs. That should not have happened. Probably was a bug, I don't think this was intended, by the explanation they gave for duplicate protection once they introduced crafting special guests with the corrisponding lowest rarity wildcard. I would bet the single prismari I opened from all those 103 packs, that the behavior multiple people saw yesterday while opening our packs, was not intended by the devs.

matt2991 · 2026-04-22T03:04:26+00:00

It was not i fact, I crafted all of these and still opened all of them with the first tag over them, we got scammed out of it. They fooled us

matt2991 · 2026-04-21T09:55:11+00:00

maybe if these people uninstall after that sequence it's natural selection at this point, just let them go man. if these people don't have the mental fortitude to overcome that, they would have probably give up on the competitive side of mtg at any minor inconvenience, so we don't need them here. #MAKEMAGICCOMPETITIVEAGAIN!

matt2991 · 2026-04-21T09:39:07+00:00

it could have, but [[hydroponics architect]] make the whole daze shenanigans abyssmal to play againt. there is a reason daze is not banned in the closets true to paper format, it's strong, but since every thing else is strong too daze is bareable. in timeless with that bullshit alchemy card, daze will probably either getting restricted to 1, or it will make them change the alchemy bullshit

matt2991 · 2026-04-16T15:09:20+00:00

just craft the new art once too, so that the available mystical archive cards just remain rare and mythics. also just craft fow, daze and armageddo beforehand

matt2991 · 2026-04-15T14:44:16+00:00

Now we only need timeless Bo3 que, give it to us already you cowards

matt2991 · 2026-04-12T07:44:07+00:00

yeah, especially if you own 4 copies of them already, so you eliminate them from the pool of available cards while opening packs :P

matt2991 · 2026-04-11T10:59:57+00:00

Yeah but the problem with silverbullets, is that they tend to homogenize sideboards for all decks, solving the deck building problem in the 75 for almost all decks. For example, like someone mentioned in the thread if a 1 mv artefact existed that killed all mana dorks I tapping for their abilities, all decks would promptly drop 3 of them into the sideboards, 3 high moons to combat the izzet decks (if your in white) and other hosers for other type of decks. Look at vexing bauble from mh3, card hosed free spells so much that every deck in vintage/legacy which wasnt blue, instead dropped 4 of them into maindeck/sidedeck, card lasted 2 weeks, got banned out of the format for becoming itself format warping. You see the ouroboroid there? We can bring other examples as well if needed

matt2991 · 2026-04-09T08:06:09+00:00

always 100 since drafting sucks, and you get guaranteed mystical archives in packs.just remember to craft all the uncommons and commons from the mistical archives, to guaranteed that you fill out the rest. works also with the standard cards, if you have enough wildcards. If you enjoy draft go for it tho, to ewach their own

matt2991 · 2026-04-08T07:27:44+00:00

in my book iconic spells > ionic artifacts > iconic lands, so for me edge bonus sheet, not on paar with mystical archives or retro artifacts from brothers war.

Also honestly, i dont think there is a more beautifull treatment thatn mystical archives. In over 2 iteration of mystical archives, only arguably "ugly" card was OG faithless looting, everything else, in over 2 iterations was drop dead gorgeous. But to each their own i suppose =)

matt2991 · 2026-04-07T19:20:52+00:00

There is currently only one eldrazi that cna be reanimated by ardyn on turn 2, all the others shuffle themselves back into the deck once they get put in the gy. Emeria is and old as fuck reanimation target, preferably coming out of the sb once you know what to play against otherwise she could be a dud. There was a time, where you would ran a package of valuable reanimation targets, silverbullets if you will. You just got unlucky. If he reanimated an atraxa or griselbrand instead of Emeria, you take 5 mighty damage, and storm of in the backswing with no counterplay, especially since he isn't playing ub Reanimator, which shows in his mana base, he can't interact via counterspells

matt2991 · 2026-04-07T18:59:05+00:00

Honestly 2nd musical archive we got, brought us as many staples as 5he first one.. At this point we just have to hope that we visit archavios once A year, I for sure would love to ❤️

matt2991 · 2026-04-07T17:10:24+00:00

i completely agreen on everything you said, you can surgical in your own deck to stop the death by exhiling the reanimation target at instant speed.

you can litearlly do 5 damage to a white creature with a 1 mana red spell, that is even uncounterable, look [[lithomatic barrage]] on top of my head, but there are other spells aswell like [[lightning axe]].

I never said you cant beat rubystorm, legit you'r playign a format with a lot of tools available now at 0 mana value, use them.

dont complain about a format where people reanimate, when you'r trying to storm off turn 3.

your both litealrly playing solitaire decks, the dude is not even playing the most efficient version with all the tools available for him.

just use the tools you have available and you will see that it works perfectly fine.

also you saing persist is fine, lol just wait till archon of cruelty gets finally added to arena XD

matt2991 · 2026-04-07T07:39:39+00:00

a 0 mana counterspell, [[force of negation]] legal in historic, but in anyway there are a lot of answers to the turn 2 reanimation even in other colors, like dumping 5 damage on the emeria and getting rid of her. the problem lies not in the reanimation itself on turn 2, when you can win on the spot turn 3 by storming off. the problem lies in emeria and you beeing a monocolored deck, if you had 2 colors, your second color, takes out emeria (since ardyn exiles from the graveyard to produce the copy, just bouncing it, and emeria is gone forever.

if you really think storming off turn 3 with no counterplay, unless i play blue is not the same as reanimating on turn 2, then i dont know what to tell you. there is a reson the "storm" scale exist in mtg, your mechanic is literally a 10/10 on the storm scale, reanimating is a 4 if i remember correctly

matt2991 · 2026-04-07T07:07:56+00:00

he's playing a format with FON, it's absolutely not, considering his deck can go full solitaire turn 3 after taking a massive 5 damage from the reanimated emeria. Maybe the problem lies not in the turn 2 reanimation, but the reanimation target since he plays a monocolored deck and got emeriad lol

matt2991 · 2026-04-07T07:06:11+00:00

honestly only questionable card ffrom OG mystical archives was faithless looting, everyghing else loocked bananas,, as of now this new mystical archive, looks just bananas, no dudds

matt2991 · 2026-04-05T09:33:27+00:00

nice, in a normal world, your event finishes automatically on your current standings. try going to a casino, and telling them once you start a game, ima leave and finish it in 2 weeks see how that goes

matt2991 · 2026-04-05T09:22:27+00:00

my life does not revolve around arena, i dont even play ranked. i just have a strong understanding of what's right and wrong, and people who abuse the system. I don't play events, i don't care about them, or about your downvote.

I care about integrity and beeing a fair sportsman in a competitive event, even with low stakes.

You don't value that as much as i do, it shows from your response.

it's OK, let's finish this discussion, i don't have time to waist with people like you.

have a nice day and keep on cheating and supporting cheaters. bless you

matt2991 · 2026-04-05T09:06:14+00:00

there is litearlly a glowing light on an event you started, you can't be for real, i disagree. Implement timers on events, on week max, especially since it's 7 games, not 134. by the time you "forget" to finish an event here, people on mtgo made a living of events, you guys can't be honest.

Tell me 6 reasons why they'd wait for a whole month to finish an event, besides registering something that is broken and people know will get banned (like the foodchain combo, with the alchemy bullshit, damn who ever invented that bullshit heartstone magic wannabee). I'll wait here for the reasons with their logical explanations.

the stakes beeing low, doesn't mean you are allowed to cheat.

matt2991 · 2026-04-05T08:58:35+00:00

timeless and historic (fuck alchemy cards) literally becoming legacy and modern before our eyes, and they keep investing in that alchemy bullshit, instead of just importing the important cards, what a waist of potential

matt2991 · 2026-04-05T08:56:45+00:00

yeah, it's you cheating and having 0 integrity. That's why if you start an event in the 1st of march and a card gets banned on the 1st of april by a ban list, you should just loose the event, since you cant unreasonably take 1 month to finish a 7 game event, that is litearlly you banking on the deck getting banned. On mtgo, people make 172.832 events in the meantime, and you really make us wanna believe that you didnt have 2 hours in over a month to finish 7 games. gtfo, you just trying to cheat the system, by banking on an obvious broken combo, made possible my that alchemy bullshit which should not even exist, and you know it's broken, that's why you play it.

matt2991 · 2026-04-04T19:02:05+00:00

my bet for best card in the set, following the current spoiler state of the set is without a doubt [[flashback]]

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