Thanks for clarifying. Those are good suggestions, and we'll see what we can do.

Definitely an interesting idea. There are lots of fun ways to play Magic, and we want that to be the case in Arena as well. As with many things, we’re going to experiment and see what works. Expect to see variations on this theme as we go forward.

You start with 0 timeouts. Ending your turn without hitting the rope 3 times earns you a timeout (little hourglass on the side). You can build them up gradually as long as you’re playing quickly. If the rope expires you’ll consume your timeouts for an additional 30s until you run out of them, then the game passes to your opponent for you. If you don’t act for about 2 min, the game concedes for you when your current turn ends.

There’s a lot of other fiddly bits to the timers, but those are the basics.

Thanks for the write up. To nuance one point that I may have fumbled in the video: on making Singleton or other event types permanent, we’re interested in offering more ways to play that stick around longer, but there are factors we need to weigh to do that properly. We’ll keep watching the key numbers here for opportunities to do more like that, we just need to be careful to keep the whole experience playing well for everyone.

Here you go: M20 Preorder Card Sleeve

Also, we updated the FAQ to add some clarification on the content outside of the booster packs:

• The Chandra, Awakened Inferno card will be available in Core Set 2020 packs and can be crafted using Mythic Rare wildcards. (This... might go without saying, but our law mages wanted it in writing).
• The Chandra, Awakened Inferno card style will be available for purchase separately using Gems.
• There are currently no plans to make the preorder card sleeve available for purchase outside of the preorder bundle.

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The fix is in the release that just went live. (0.15.01.00)

In the War of the Spark Chronicles Singleton event, Persistent Petitioners is under 2% of the metagame, and has does not have a positive win rate. It's not a problem from a balance perspective.

Certainly some people will find the deck annoying, but we like that it makes the event more accessible for people starting off in it without disrupting the format.