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13 Dec

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Originally posted by Makarsk

What about free alchemy boosters? My inbox is empty

First messages should be going out in about 30 min (10 am PST). We wanted to give a cushion to make sure the release was up & stable.

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There's a tiny bug with the anthology where it's not showing up for players who have purchased EA1. We're fixing that right now, and the bundle should be up soon.

Edit: Fixed now


12 Dec


09 Dec

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Originally posted by CatsAndPlanets

In Historic Brawl, the different game structure means an Engine player can have their fun in a more equitable manner. If you are tired of it as the opponent, well, that's why we have CR 104.3a.

Wait, so basically the answer is "It does't matter because the only one having a bad time is you. Just concede."? Well, thanks!

Of course it matters. But both players matter, including the person who wants to play with Engine. In a casual format, players getting to do things they like carries extra value. It doesn't scale to all situations, but at least for the moment, we believe it applies here.

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This comes up every now and then, so I don't mind checking in on the subject.

We currently have no plans to ban Paradox Engine in Historic Brawl.

Paradox Engine is banned in Commander (a format that shares a lot with HB), but the primary reasons for that banning do not directly carry over. The primary reasons for that ban were, one, Commander decks play a high density of mana rocks as a baseline due to other elements of the format. That means that having enough things to untap with Engine wasn't really a deckbuilding cost - everyone was doing it already. Historic Brawl has lower life totals and more aggression in general, so these cards are not as prevalent or "required" - it's an intentional choice for players to build a deck that can take advantage of Engine.

Two, when a Commander player starts comboing off, they are taking up three other people's time, who are all under social pressure to stick around even if they aren't enjoying themselves. The ...

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08 Dec

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Dec 8, 04:00 UTC
Resolved - This incident has been resolved.

Dec 8, 01:38 UTC
Update - We will be deploying an additional fix momentarily. Players will need to restart their client to continue playing @MTG_Arena as we continue to monitor the situation.

Dec 7, 22:44 UTC
Monitoring - A fix has been implemented on @MTG_Arena and we are monitoring the results. Players may need to restart their client to re-enable matchmaking.

Dec 7, 20:48 UTC
Update - Matchmaking and drafting has been disabled as we continue to investigate this issue. We apologize for any inconvenience.

Dec 7, 19:21 UTC
Investigating - We are investigating an issue currently affecting @MTG_Arena. Players m...

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07 Dec