![]() ![]() Running from June 2 to 6, MTG Arena players can Draft in Alchemy, creating opportunities to collect cards within the format without having to purchase Alchemy booster packs. And two Alchemy MTG Arena-specific events will take place at the time of the June 2 New Capenna expansion release. WotC is also reducing the number of Rares within the distribution of an expansion while increasing the number of Uncommon rarity cards. And WotC is adding a folder within the deck builder for Starter decks, along with another folder titled “My Decks.”Īlchemy is getting another drop of cards on June 2, containing a total of 30 cards from the Alchemy: New Capenna expansion. Buttons within the deck builder have been restyled and rearranged to prevent accidents from taking place when deleting or crafting in bulk. The swap will automatically occur from now on. All Standard-legal booster packs will have a Mythic pack option as well, and a back-arrow is being added for players browsing an event in the Play blade.Īlso starting on June 2, MTG Arena players will no longer have to manually swap rebalanced cards when using a deck in different formats. May 25 MTG Arena announcements updateĪn MTG Arena update that is scheduled to take place on June 2 is slated to introduce “new looks and some improvements to player experience,” according to WotC. Jump In! packets were updated and the month of May within MTG Arena is packed with casual and high-level competitive events. In addition to the new Magic set, several Alchemy nerfs and buffs are scheduled to go into effect on May 5. WotC also released an additional code for XP following the update that is only available until May 5. The new Standard-legal set, Streets of New Capenna ( SNC) is live on MTG Arena, containing several codes players can cash in on for free booster packs and card sleeves. MTG Arena is far from a perfect game for me, I’m waaaay more into cooperative or solitaire board games (or video games, for that matter), but drafting, and in particular MTG Arena’s Quick Draft mode has rekindled my appreciation of Magic The Gathering.Following the launch of Streets of New Capenna via Magic: The Gathering Arena, new events, Alchemy/Historic rebalance changes, and the first organized Play-In event are dropping during the month of May. There’s maybe a bit more “luck of the draw” involved, but also a bit more skill, in creating the deck in the first place (make do with the packs you’re given, rather than being able to copy/paste the best deck du jour), as well as during gameplay, especially when a new set is being introduced. I’ve been enjoying quick draft on MTG Arena because the decks (yours, or your opponents) don’t feel as “solid” as in constructed. Granted, its costs “Gems” or “Gold” to participate in a draft on MTG Arena, but those can be acquired as a Free to Play player, so, although you can’t play to your heart’s content, it’s a nice change of pace when constructed gets boring (which is, really quick). Which is a fun format, don’t get me wrong, but definitely has the “richest kid in the room wins” flaw.īut, despite having played Magic on and off for almost 3 decades now, I had never tried drafting! And what a breath of fresh air this format has become to me, in particular in MTG Arena! Yes, I’m looking at commander too, by the way. Look, I’m frustrated with constructed, not only online but in real life as well, where it becomes a matter of “who’s got the most expensive deck”. Worse, don’t even expect to build a deck “around” the meta: if you craft a deck that is particularly designed to win against the deck you encounter the most, surprise, the MTG Arena algorithm will stop pitting you against that very deck, only for you to face something else that is better than the deck you crafted. If you are just a tiny little bit competitive (aren’t we all?) and play Constructed ranked, the game becomes a frustrating grind from start to finish: forget about build a fun deck, you’ll have to copy/paste the best winning deck from one of the many sites that provide it, and you’ll only face two or three different decks in the hundreds of games you’ll have to go through on your way to mythic. Maybe an unpopular opinion, but, except for the occasional “standard refresh” every year or so, the variety of decks you see (what people refer to as “the meta”) at a given time is insanely limited. It was part of my “ 10 popular boards games that didn’t work for me“, and for a specific reason: I really don’t like the person I become when I play Magic, MTG Arena in particular, and within that game, the Constructed Ranked play. ![]() Magic The Gathering is a game I had kind of given up on. ![]()
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