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Thanks for the report; I've passed it on to QA to investigate further.

Yes, this is a bug. I've avoided making comments on previous threads on this issue until we had figured out what the exact problem was and identified a fix. Sadly, our release cycle demands that the fix will come with Strixhaven's release. But we did solve it, huzzah. The short version is that some pretty fundamental changes we made to support Learn caused replacement effects to behave incorrectly in cases where multiple simultaneous zone transfers to the battlefield occur. Yeah, sounds crazy, and I suppose I could go into it deeper when we reveal another relevant card in this story. #wotc_staff

This is a bug, and it should be solved with the Strixhaven release. You can fix it with the “pretend cast” method you mention or by opening up a library or graveyard browser. Apologies for the issue.

(In case you're curious, it’s stuck thinking you’re dragging a card, so won’t let you click the buttons.)

The follow-up story to that (credit to my wife for reminding me!) is that our testers also found the bug with Hostage Taker that resulted in its Oracle update (adding the word "another" to prevent it causing a mandatory draw if it is the only creature or artifact on the battlefield), but sadly that testing happened a little too late to get to print. It's a somewhat more esoteric situation than "do the thing you'd expect to be able to do" that Conqueror's Galleon has! #wotc_staff

Abundant Harvest will not be banned in Historic.

The pet was moved to the Onyx bundle instead.

The Quick Draft Kaldheim now live has its end time currently misconfigured to end March 26 instead of April 2. We'll be making a fix on March 25 to correct it, at which point the countdown clock will go away. Apologies for the confusion.

Historic Brawl bans 4 cards from the Mystic Archive. (3 from the same list as Historic, including Demonic Tutor, plus one additional card) 4 of the cards banned in Historic will be legal in Historic Brawl, including Swords to Plowshares.

We're aware of the discrepancy, and we intend to extend the event to April 2 as described on the calendar, once some higher-priority fixes get out the door.

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

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?

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.

You'll be able to use the Historic-banned cards in Strixhaven draft/sealed, friendly direct challenge modes, some specialty events, and against Sparky.

Hopefully those things were play Arena on your phone! :P