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It seems there was a small update today and afterwords I returned to the game and found a black screen with my cursor and music still playing. I've tried rebooting and relaunching and it doesn't fix it.

Is anyone else experiencing this?

Update* I even uninstalled and reinstalled and I still get the black screen. wtf

Update 2* I installed the client on my mac laptop and get the same error. Maybe it's account related?

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about 3 years ago - /u/WotC_Jay - Direct link

Been looking into this all morning. Our current understanding is that it *is* account-related, and specifically it's related to going through the Color Challenge and having one of the quests to unlock the dual-color decks.
We're working on a fix, but for now if you can skip the Color Challenge you should be able to get out of this state.

about 3 years ago - /u/WotC_Jay - Direct link

Originally posted by grepcdn

How can we skip the color challenge if we can't get into the game to do so? Is there a workaround?

e: my client just started working again as of 19:30 est

Working on that, but unfortunately I don't have a good answer to give there currently. You're saying that the black screen is kicking in before you can hit the "gear" icon in the top-right?

about 3 years ago - /u/WotC_Jay - Direct link

Originally posted by opistho

Found A workaround, see my other comment! A Password reset kills the blackscreen upon first start.

edit: But, it reappears after one game is finished :(

If this gets you far enough in that you can access the "Settings Gear" in the upper-right, try hitting "Unlock Play Modes" following the instructions here: https://twitter.com/Wizards_Help/status/1374785031256825856