Magic The Gathering: Arena Dev Tracker

Players are encouraged to respond to whatever incentive you offer. If you need to play 10 instants, but don't need to win, the optimal path is not to brew a spells-matter deck (especially if it would cost wildcards). It is to make a Cantrip Tribal deck that completes the requirement quickly.

Yep, this is the exact problem. Players will search for the most efficient way to accrue value, even at the expense of their own (and certainly others') fun. We sometimes talk about alternative progression systems internally, but they all have their own issues. With daily wins, at least the incentive is aligned with the inherent and expected goal of a game of Magic.

That doesn't mean we'll never have another system, and we certainly won't stop thinking about it. But anything we consider would have to clear a pretty big hurdle to be better than the simplicity of "play to win the game." (And for all you memelords out there, we'd probably have to...

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Thanks for the report; we're aware and investigating. Based on our testing just now, this looks like a deckbuilder-only issue, so you should be able to submit & play with that deck. The client thinks it's invalid, but the back end knows that it isn't.

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Yup! 10 new packets for SNC, including some 3-color packets will be added with the release on Thursday.

For what it's worth, I am looking to solve this. If you could take a screenshot of one or more of the affected decks and add it to this post, and optimally an export of the decklists as well, that would help us figure out what state you're in that isn't clearly displaying itself.