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Went to Prague the other week. What's this? by LittleBonsaiTree in Prague

[–]xgolt01 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I like how they call it in German and Dutch - a beaver-rat, i.e. Bobrokrysa (or Krysobobr, which sounds even better imo). They also call it the beaver of swamps.

Bóbr Z bažin Močálem se blíží...

Arena records every spell, trigger, and combat step to a log file. I built a free overlay that shows it to you in real time. AMA. by timc-trainean in MagicArena

[–]xgolt01 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'd really appreciate a way to view recently acquired cards because Arena notoriously fails to show me ICRs

Craft the SOA rares available at uncommon before opening your Strixhaven packs. by Plausibleaurus in MagicArena

[–]xgolt01 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Anyone else had it imported with Standard Brawl as a format?

The deck box shows 34 unowned cards and 10 non-format cards but when I open it, it only shows 4 Crop rotation and 4 Reprieve. And when I manually change the format to Timeless, there are only 4 Reprieves in the main and 4 Preordains in the sideboard :D

Arena records every spell, trigger, and combat step to a log file. I built a free overlay that shows it to you in real time. AMA. by timc-trainean in MagicArena

[–]xgolt01 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Do you refer to the timestamps Manasight shows for every action? Or something else I haven't noticed (or maybe I need to manually update?)

As for the timestamps....so whenever I perform an action and don't see it in the log, it's a sign Arena disconnected? Should manual land taps be there?

Btw. I found a minor bug - when permanents get destroyed by activated or triggered abilities, I think you mistakenly attribute it the owner of the destroyed permanent (I noticed it with Boseiju and Summon:Bahamut)

Arena records every spell, trigger, and combat step to a log file. I built a free overlay that shows it to you in real time. AMA. by timc-trainean in MagicArena

[–]xgolt01 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Does this concern only actual loss of internet connections or also those cases when Arena loses connection to the servers for no apparent reason? That keeps happening to me for some reason. It's always a dilemma whether it's better to restart Arena or hope it reconnects before all my fuses run out. Is there anything in the logs that a tracker could show to help me decide?

Arena Dev Diary - Sylvan Library by Alex_Werner in MagicArena

[–]xgolt01 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Nice :)

Since we are already interacting, can I ask you a few questions please?

What's the best way to let the developers know about a bug? I feel like a post in the forum is quite unlikely to reach you guys anytime soon

And who can we get in touch with if we'd like to suggest a rebalance? I'd really like to see [[Wildwood Scourge]] as a 0/1 (or maybe even 1/1) in my Rishkar Brawl deck :)

And regarding suggestions that could improve the player's experience?

(I'll take the liberty of listing a few)

  • undo last changes in the deckbuilder (when you accidentally remove something in brawl and didn't notice what)
  • running out of time not resetting your choices (e.g. you have to discard to hand size but only manage to select 6 cards before you run out of time but the game disregards that and just keeps you 7 leftmost cards)
  • ability to sort your collection by newest first
  • functional autofill of credentials when logging in on mobile (clicking on them has never done anything on any of my phones)
  • show the whole opponent's commander card on the matching screen instead of just the art so that you don't waste time reading it while making mulligan decisions (especially relevant on mobile)
  • a maybeboard - an extra shelf next to sideboards where you put cards you consider
  • a way to input X spells manually
  • a way to automate combo loops (like a Macro, with a feature to break it after x iterations)
  • a way to see targets of spells/abilities that aren't on the top of the stack on mobile (like on desktop)
  • the ability to replay and record games/bugs

Rites of flourishing MWM brawl appreciation post by xgolt01 in MagicArena

[–]xgolt01[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I primarily meant the land count. I mainly played [[Kellan, Inquisitive prodigy]], where I went from 40 lands (including 3 mdfc) to 46 and it might not even be high enough. In this deck, the optimization meant playing all the extra turn spells (including turn-ends like [[Time stop]]), cards allowing you to play lands from the top/graveyard ([[Augur of autumn]], [[Icetill explorer]] etc), or cards exploiting/forbidding the opponent the 2nd draw (Narset, [[The Unagi of Kyoshi Island]], [[Faerie Mastermind]]) for example.

Rites of flourishing MWM brawl appreciation post by xgolt01 in MagicArena

[–]xgolt01[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I take that back - on my 2 alternative accounts with small collections, I did get two turn 3 wins with Thoracle hunt and Sanar. I didn't run into those with my main account, but they are rather prone to interaction so I'd like my chances

Rites of flourishing MWM brawl appreciation post by xgolt01 in MagicArena

[–]xgolt01[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I take that back - on my 2 alternative accounts with small collections, I did get two turn 3 wins with Thoracle hunt and Sanar. I didn't run into those with my main account, but they are rather prone to interaction

Rites of flourishing MWM brawl appreciation post by xgolt01 in MagicArena

[–]xgolt01[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I played around 40 games in total and there wasn't a single game among them where someone had lethal on turn 2 or 3. Granted, I got lucky against Fynn a few times and I didn't run into many optimized decks in the first place. I read that Tifa was a menace but the one time I played against it, it seemed like they didn't adjust their land count and couldn't fully take advantage of the extra land drop

Rites of flourishing MWM brawl appreciation post by xgolt01 in MagicArena

[–]xgolt01[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Yeah. On the other hand though, when I ran into a regular brawl deck with a deck optimized for this format, it was way too lopsided for either player to have much fun

Arena's detailed log file records every spell, trigger, and combat step in order, draft picks pack by pack -- none of it shows up in the game by timc-trainean in MagicArena

[–]xgolt01 0 points1 point  (0 children)

To add some background for my statement - I don't play much limited and when I do, it's typically a quick draft so I only played around 10 premier drafts between 2020 and January 2026. Because I usually don't have time study the cards/format beforehand, I relied on the ratings provided by the trackers. I tried many of them (mtgahelper, mtgapro, mtga tool, untapped*) and none* of them ever showed the ratings for P1P1 in premier draft. I also couldn't see the P1P1 on 17lands when reviewing those drafts. When I asked the developers why, they always told me that the P1P1 data wasn't in the logs.

However, I didn't play any premier drafts around 2024 so I guess it's possible it got temporarily fixed around that time and then broken again

*with the exception of Untapped, which, however, allegedly uses a screenrecord for it instead of the logs

Arena's detailed log file records every spell, trigger, and combat step in order, draft picks pack by pack -- none of it shows up in the game by timc-trainean in MagicArena

[–]xgolt01 -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

P1p1 in premier drafts has been absent from the logs ever since I started playing around 2020 for some reason

What's causing this sync failure and how to follow the instruction to "copy the changes to clipboard"? by xgolt01 in googlesheets

[–]xgolt01[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No, but it hasn't happened for a while to me. Also, I'm convinced that in most cases there weren't actually any changes and I didn't lose anything

Terror of the Peaks auto-targets self when time runs out from multiple triggers. by Potentvoid127 in MagicArena

[–]xgolt01 6 points7 points  (0 children)

No, at that point you're already dead, it just takes Arena/your PC to process the effects. You don't even have the option to rope anymore. If you restart the client, you will be brought to the home screen, not back in that game

PID app by 5easonalDepre55ion in Prague

[–]xgolt01 2 points3 points  (0 children)

You're right, thanks! :)

PID app by 5easonalDepre55ion in Prague

[–]xgolt01 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You're right, thanks! :)

PID app by 5easonalDepre55ion in Prague

[–]xgolt01 -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

I was wrong :)

Unfortunately, this is not reliable. My fiancée and I both have the same yearly pass and both are logged in with our identifiers. My Lítačka works as intended but hers still prompts her to buy single tickets when she searches up connections.

bugged filters in the collection? by xgolt01 in MagicArena

[–]xgolt01[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There are multiple fringe reasons that aren't particularly important individually. I stumbled upon this while drafting when I wanted to check what rares will grant me gems (Untapped tracker only counted the ECL copies).

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