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about 5 years ago - /u/WotC_1337pete - Direct link

Originally posted by FigBits

Nobody is discussing Sparky!

Do you provide the deck that the AI plays?

Can you give it a deck that you don't own the cards for? (So that I can practice against Teferi control without spending wildcards on Teferi.)

Do the decks have to be Standard legal? (I want to know how a particular card does in a matchup, so I want to be sure I draw it in a practice run ... can I play a deck with 8 copies? If not in my deck, then in the AI deck?)

You can bring any arena standard legal deck to a practice match, and Sparky will join with one of the five monocolor starter decks.

We feel this strikes the right balance between giving new players the ability to learn Magic in a low-stress environment, while providing more veteran players a place to “goldfish” (friendly-glowing-guidefish?) their newer decks before taking them into matches against real players. #wotc_staff