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But player behavior is different in Premier and Quick drafts, in part because of the price difference. If the bots allowed players in Quick Draft to end up with all of the rares, and every deck you play against contains six or seven rare cards, that wouldn't resemble drafting with other players either.

The benefit is that it results in your draft opponents having realistic draft decks. When players change their behavior, whether by favoring certain colors or drafting rares at a drastically different rate, we try to adjust to keep things in line.

Only to about the same degree as the players do. Why should they act differently? We are trying to provide an experience that resembles (to the best degree that our system allows) drafting with the other players in the event, so the behavior of other players in this event seems like the most reasonable thing to base it off of, no?

We are well aware that players treat rares differently in normal Quick Drafts, compared to a phantom draft or Premier Draft. We account for that difference in the bot behaviors and do not blindly copy the behaviors from other modes.

Basically, Quick Draft bots are set up to treat rares the same way that Quick Draft players do, on average. Don't burn too much energy trying to manipulate the system. :)

This was definitely unintentional. We've also taken note of the failure to save edits, which is doubly frustrating. I'm sorry to say that, due to being focused on Kamigawa right now, this is unlikely to have a fix pushed before the event would end anyway. :(

This is exactly correct. For any event with finite allowed entries, queue health is potentially at risk, especially for the final hours when most entries have been played out. We really weren't sure what to expect with the Decathlon, so the setup was on the conservative side. But the feedback about the length of play vs the event window has certainly been heard.

It will not be the 6th. The issue about removing wrong versions of cards is definitely on the radar, but we aren't going to push an update from a cold start right after returning from the holidays.

It actually came from tech limitations. There is an object that you actually win from the Finals and that stays on your account so that you get the cards when the time comes - but this type of object doesn't "stack" in your inventory in a way that would work here.

That said, I consider it a positive of the design that you can still "win it all" with only a single entry. Players don't have to force every different event, even if they don't like them, just because they feel the need to win multiple sets - everyone already has the ability to win the top prize just by showing up at all. Of course, getting multiple attempts is still worthwhile if you feel the competitive urge or love lots of different formats, but it's also totally okay to choose only the few that speak to you.

I honestly wish we could, but unfortunately not given the specifics of the issue and the timing.

Unfortunately, the issue wasn't simple enough to fix on the fly, so the event will be back tomorrow morning. :( Support is on hand to resolve lost entry fees.

That's a fair piece of feedback. I'll tell you now that 100% Alchemy packs isn't going to happen - as you say, there are other formats on the platform that we want to be represented here, that's the whole point of the Decathlon - but a bit more of the new thing could be appropriate. I can't make any promises, but we'll see if we can do a quick adjustment.

And we are thankful for you and for all of our players - without you, there is no game! I'm especially thankful that you and so many others care enough about the game to tell us how you feel. I'm also thankful that I get the chance to bring new and fun experiences to people who love Magic, and to bring new players into our world where they can ultimately find the part of the game that they love and that fits them just right (whether that's on Arena or not).

I hope your weekend has been great, and that you're feeling good as we head into the final stretch of the year. We'll be here trying to bring you the fastest, funnest, most convenient digital Magic experience that we can.

We are looking into it.

However, you will basically never hear about timelines or progress updates on specific bugs until they are fixed, because until they are actually fixed (and sometimes even after), it's always possible that the problem is much bigger or deeper than you think. It doesn't mean it's been forgotten - it means that, when we speak on it, we want to actually have something to say.

Is your wife's account new? If that account was created after the August 24 update and is experiencing this issue, I would like more details. So far, all of our indications show that only a few specific accounts from before that time are affected.

We reluctantly shelved the usual Cube event for Midnight Hunt when the delay of our set release cut a week out of the schedule. But have no fear - it will be back during Crimson Vow!

Oh hey, cube events will for sure be back during Crimson Vow! It might not be exactly during the holidays, but I promise we'll have some good stuff then to keep you busy too. :)

Frankly, that's just not very likely. "We're still working on some things that you won't be seeing for a while" isn't a very good inclusion in a "here's the major stuff coming to the game right now" article. Plus, stuff like this can change literally by the day, and it doesn't really help the conversation to have people citing an old article as gospel.

It's on the way. Client navigation has been in a tough spot during pandemic, as it works just well enough to not require critical attention while more urgent stuff got sorted out. But some very large must-dos have recently been checked off, so we can put the attention on it that it deserves.

Nothing is ever guaranteed until it goes live, but hopefully you'll see some of the first changes "soon."

The VOW packets will be added to the existing ones. The intent is for Jump In to provide a variety of different mechanics and play experiences that represent all of Standard.

I've tried fixing it a couple times, but reddit formatting is not playing nicely with the list for some reason. I'd recommend copying the list into a notepad document to strip the formatting, then coping from there to import.

I think these all look up to date:

Commander
1 Oko, the Trickster (ELD) 309

Deck
1 Roalesk, Apex Hybrid (WAR) 213
1 Merfolk Skydiver (WAR) 205
1 Counterspell (STA) 15
1 Contentious Plan (WAR) 46
1 Flux Channeler (WAR) 52
1 Tezzeret's Gambit (STA) 21
1 Inexorable Tide (SOM) 35
1 Pollenbright Druid (WAR) 173
1 Smell Fear (MH2) 173
1 Evolution Sage (WAR) 159
1 Abundant Harvest (STA) 48
1 Branching Evolution (JMP) 29
1 Hardened Scales (J21) 99
1 Swarm Shambler (ZNR) 207
1 Dragonsguard Elite (STX) 127
1 Emergent Sequence (STX) 129
1 Turntimber Symbiosis (ZNR) 215
1 Incubation Druid (RNA) 131
1 Growth Spiral (STA) 61
1 Invigorating Surge (M21) 190
1 Champion of Lambholt (JMP) 383
1 Hydra's Growth (THB) 172
1 Oran-Rief Ooze (ZNR) 198
1 Rishkar, Peema Renegade (KLR) 179
1 Scurry Oak (MH2) 172
1 Mowu, Loyal Companion (WAR) 167
1 Armorc...

Commander
1 Hofri Ghostforge (STX) 192

Deck
1 Usher of the Fallen (KHM) 35
1 Returned Pastcaller (STX) 224
1 Quintorius, Field Historian (STX) 220
1 Skyclave Apparition (ZNR) 39
1 Pilgrim of the Ages (STX) 22
1 Clarion Spirit (KHM) 6
1 Stonebinder's Familiar (STX) 31
1 Pillardrop Rescuer (STX) 23
1 Spiritual Guardian (ANB) 21
1 Venerable Warsinger (STX) 246
1 Arcane Signet (ELD) 331
1 Sacred Fire (MID) 239
1 Angelfire Ignition (MID) 209
1 Devil's Play (ISD) 140
1 Homestead Courage (MID) 24
1 Alseid of Life's Bounty (THB) 1
1 Dauntless Bodyguard (DAR) 14
1 Selfless Savior (M21) 36
1 Cathar Commando (MID) 10
1 Daxos, Blessed by the Sun (THB) 9
1 Tiger-Tribe Hunter (AFR) 163
1 Goblin Cratermaker (GRN) 103
1 Surtland Flinger (KHM) 377
1 Solemn Simulacrum (M21) 239
1 Anax, Hardened in the Forge (THB) 125
1 Hero of the Nyxborn (THB) 219
1 B...