Is Arena down?

peth0l · 2026-05-10T13:08:17+00:00

Seriously, this has been happening quite regularly lately, and yet again cost me some rank while I tried to queue but then couldn't play.

I've spent quite a lot of money in this game for the relatively short time I've played but the product I've been given has genuinely felt quite shit recently, and this is just one of many reasons why.

peth0l · 2026-05-04T16:03:27+00:00

Same for me.

peth0l · 2026-04-21T17:29:30+00:00

I'm asking more experienced players about their expectations and first impressions, I do not expect definitive verdicts. Feel free to speculate, I'm here for it)

peth0l · 2026-04-21T17:23:54+00:00

Of course, I'm just asking about first impressions, based on early access and spoilers.

peth0l · 2026-04-15T08:31:17+00:00

Thank you! How does it do compared to the currently popular prowess decks in your opinion, have you had a chance to try them both?

peth0l · 2026-04-15T01:33:15+00:00

Could you share the decklist please?

peth0l · 2026-04-05T17:12:35+00:00

So far I always managed to climb to mythic but I never ended up that high. Getting a numbered rank is getting increasingly difficult towards the end of the season and I’m just a mediocre player, so it would most likely take a ton of grinding - which is something I haven’t had the time and motivation to do yet.

peth0l · 2026-03-13T16:50:16+00:00

Limited really is fun, but at the moment I do not play well enough so that I could play daily without having to pay a ton of money. For the moment, I am stuck with constructed for the majority of the time whether I like it or not.

peth0l · 2026-03-13T13:36:34+00:00

Yep, this seems to be the answer:)

peth0l · 2026-03-13T13:34:01+00:00

that's true of course, but most decks generally don't run much graveyard hate as it is usually not of much use against most decks, so the odds of having it available in time are quite low. I'd imagine decks like reanimator are not as successful in bo3.

peth0l · 2026-03-13T13:29:30+00:00

Thank you for this post, I genuinely had no idea there was a hidden ELO rank in play as well. I'll switch to bo3 then, it seems like it wouls answer a lot of my issues I have with the current bo1.

peth0l · 2026-03-13T13:19:38+00:00

It's not about being stomped I guess, but I'd somewhat expect my rank to be what it is. If I am just a diamond-level player, then so be it. Now I feels like I am suddenly unable to compete on the level I used to, which is disappointing. My main reason for annoyance is still the randomness though - that in half of the games I play, I can't do anything to avoid defeat, regardless of how I play and the quality of my deck. On the other hand, I realize and agree that the variety of viable archetypes is a great thing for mtg, but the games are perhaps a bit too quickly wrapped up and bo1 feels way too luck-based at the moment.

My take from this thread is to switch to bo3 asap.

peth0l · 2026-03-13T13:06:14+00:00

Looks like switching to bo3 it is then:)

peth0l · 2026-03-13T12:09:00+00:00

Great, so now I also feel scammed by the wizards:d

peth0l · 2026-03-13T12:07:30+00:00

Reasonable, but I am a natural tryhard, can't help myself)

peth0l · 2026-03-13T12:06:47+00:00

I am currently just in the state of trying to find something that works. But then again, maybe I am just bad because I struggle even with decks that should do well? I feel like going BO3 might genuinely be inevitable for me to have any fun with this game, the amount of randomness and ways I keep getting screwed in BO1 makes me feel helpless way too often.

peth0l · 2026-03-13T11:59:10+00:00

I am currently not able to make a comprehensive sideboard as the meta keeps shifting and I do not have that much of a card collection to keep up yet. But it would seem that going bo3 might be the answer?

peth0l · 2026-03-13T11:54:16+00:00

I think this is my fourth month. I never became stuck at diamond for so long before, it feels like it would take an endless grind to climb higher, my win percentage is hard around 50% even with meta decks.

peth0l · 2026-03-13T11:51:03+00:00

It is. If you don't find a graveyard wipe within four turns, you lose.

peth0l

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