Magic The Gathering: Arena

Magic The Gathering: Arena Dev Tracker




21 May

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Originally posted by BackgroundPainting

It's 80% off for me after the update wtf

https://i.imgur.com/SNsQoKW.jpg

Not sure how this happened, but it's a bug. We're investigating now, but 91% is the intended discount. We will run an automated process within a few days to refund the difference to anyone who purchased at the higher price.

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Known Issue - "Crafting" Mastermind Emblem

  • Players have the option to "craft" the Mastermind Emblem and add the card to their collection.
  • YOU CANNOT PLAY WITH THIS EMBLEM - This "card" is not legal in Standard or any other format.
  • Crafting this WILL consume a mythic rare wildcard.

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Game Update Highlights

  • Historic Anthology 3 is now available! It introduces 27 new cards for Historic play!
  • Historic Ranked queue returns – and won’t be going anywhere!
  • Introducing: The Arena Open

Historic Anthology 3

  • 27 new cards for Historic play!
  • You may purchase playsets (four copies) of every card in the Historic Anthology 3 bundle for either 25,000 gold or 4,000 gems
  • You can also craft individual cards by redeeming Wildcards of the appropriate rarity (1:1).
  • Historic Anthology 3 cards are legal in Historic formats, Bot Match, and Direct Challenge.

Historic Ranked

  • Historic Ranked has returned, and will be permanently available going forward
  • Historic Play now provides daily win/quest progress and will do so permanently going forward.
    • UPDATE: Historic Play (unranked) queues now reward daily wins..

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On the Mastermind Emblem, do not craft this. It's a bug that it is available, and it is not usable in any format. It's an emblem we have been testing that you'll see in an upcoming event. (We implement all of these internally as cards.) It's not useful in any way in game.

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Yes, do not craft this. It's a bug that it is available, and it is not usable in any format. It's an emblem we have been testing that you'll see in an upcoming event. (We implement all of these internally as cards.)


20 May

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Just one day to go! We fixed this a few weeks ago but tomorrow is our first GRE update since then. Sorry it's been so long in coming. #wotc_staff


19 May

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Originally posted by jfb1337

Will it be possible to untap certain lands after floating all mana? In case you want to cast a big X spell but leave open a few mana to pay for a mystical dispute

No, Undo works by deserializing a game state (think of it like dropping save points in the game). You wouldn't be able to roll back your choice of how we got from that save point to the current game state - it's all or nothing. #wotc_staff

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Originally posted by Iamthewalrus

Look, here someone is to say it's too hard.

It's not too hard. My computer can do those calculations in 1/10th the time it takes me to move the mouse cursor from one +N button to another button.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Binary_search_algorithm

"An indeterminate amount of times" is like, maybe 10, max, for the number of times you could possibly click the +5 mana button before running out of time.

If we're binary searching, what is the max value that we're considering for the search? We may miss the actual X value. If the actual max value for X is pretty low, we're wasting a lot of times attempting to calculate autotap solutions for X values that are too high. The autotap algorithm is both complex and expensive, performance-wise. We'd rather run it as infrequently as possible.

Additionally, there are factors in the practical calculation of X that autotap really can't consider. If you're casting [[Erebos's Intervention]] and there's a [[Jubilent Skybonder]] on the field, we don't know what your target is at the time you're picking X. If we think X can be 4 because you can afford 4B and not 5B, you're gonna get an unpayable cost when you pick the Skybonder and have to pay 6B. #wotc_staff

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Originally posted by Iamthewalrus

People regularly come into these threads to say that it's too hard for Arena to give you the Max, because reasons. But they miss that the logic already exists in Arena.

What happens if you choose an X you can pay? Arena pays it. What happens if you choose an X you can't pay? Arena says, uh... ok, go tap the mana, big guy, let's see if you get to X.

There's a difference between "solve for 12" and "find the greatest number X such that you can solve for X". The latter involves doing the former an indeterminate number of times, especially with restricted mana that can only be spent on certain costs, such as from [[Castle Garenbrig]]. #wotc_staff

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Originally posted by of_the_Sand

Ben what about the land counting thing? I personally always have to carefully stare at the stacks of land and count them. I would much prefer just knowing exactly how much I have at a glance.

If what you want to know is how much mana you can make, a Float All Mana button is coming soon, and you can Undo after pushing it. #wotc_staff

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Originally posted by MonkeyInATopHat

Okay give me a “Tap All” button then that auto taps all lands that only produce one color.

That's coming in the next release, actually! #wotc_staff

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Originally posted by AtelierAndyscout

These days, effects that animate a land usually give haste because they know you’re often picking from a stack of similar things. So you shouldn’t end up getting screwed unless Arena starts adding older cards.

Even in the current world, you could make the animated land lose all abilities, or become a copy of something that doesn't have haste, or probably other situations where you still wish you didn't click the one with summoning sickness. #wotc_staff

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@Padishar:

Amazing news. I'm very much looking forward to the Draft Arena Open.
But where exactly is the terms&conditions that shows the countires of which residents are eligible for money prizes?

You can find the terms and conditions here.

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In just a few short days, the next game update hits Magic: The Gathering Arena, and it's bringing both new cards and new ways to play. Trust us, if the cards in Historic Anthology III don't give you flashbacks to some of the most iconic cards and creatures in MTG's history . . . we don't think anything will.

And if that's not enough to convince you to keep reading, perhaps the Arena Open—and the opportunity to win monetary rewards at home in your pajama pants—will keep your finger squarely on the scroll bar.

Come what May—it's State of the Game time!

HISTORIC ANTHOLOGY III

If you happened to miss both our announcement stream as well as ...

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