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Algorithm Improvement

I'm sure you're getting a lot of complaints about how one-sided your algorithm is not being impartial and often times screwing over players with land draws that should not be happening in a purely random sample - so my complaint can be added to that pile.

But, an idea for changing the algorithm to improve randomization would be having the program assign a number to each card remaining in a deck and pile shuffling the cards into X amount of piles (let's say 6). It can repeat this process Y amount of times then take the middle of the pile and put those cards on top. A better template would be from the card shuffler for poker sets from stores.

I'm sure you're getting a lot of complaints about how one-sided your algorithm is not being impartial and often times screwing over players with land draws that should not be happening in a purely random sample - so my complaint can be added to that pile.

But, an idea for changing the algorithm to improve randomization would be having the program assign a number to each card remaining in a deck and pile shuffling the cards into X amount of piles (let's say 6). It can repeat this process Y amount of times then take the middle of the pile…
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Explorer Anthologies

Explorer Anthologies should mostly contain Pioneer playable cards. An inspirational list is attached:
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Touch screen not functional after update

touch screen does not work for many people after the update
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ipad overheat

Since the release of BRO, my ipad air 5 (bought in september 2022) is overheating and having the battery drain very quickly. I think there may be a processing problem with the client

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Basic Social Functions
Hey everyone! Long time Magic fan here - I think a HUGE weakness of Arena is that there are almost NO ways for me to onboard other people into the game or to maintain interest among friends. One of the reasons this game still exists in general is the social component of playing in paper which allows players to keep each other interested (and invested) in the game.

Here are some basic social functions that would give us ways to interact with friends and therefore maintain broader interest in the long term:

Friend people you meet
This is a basic way to let people start building that social component which can keep them coming back; why can't we make friends IN the game? Sometimes you play someone who is fun or you liked their play, why can't you choose to connect with them in any way? This makes the game feel empty and lonely.

"Well played" / "Nice deck", other more expressive emotes
It's insane that there's no way to commiserate with someone if they are having a rough draw. There's nothing you can really signal. If someone has a great deck you haven't seen, or makes a great play, why can't you complement them on it? It's so basic and I frequently wish I could have just this little extra bit of communication.

Private player lobbies
Why is the only functionality for private games a single 1v1 match that's not even observable? The fan made website to play Netrunner (a card game with a much smaller community) lets you make lobbies and have people join as spectators. There is no way to interact with a group of friends on Arena, not at all.

Spectator Mode
No brainer, and even beyond the social aspect of being able to involve more than one friend, this is just basic for the esports scene. It looks very unpolished to have at the official esports events a janky screenshare of the individual players (sometimes with issues too).

Pod draft / sealed?
This is huge! You could sell so many more packs if people could play limited formats in a social way (with friends). This would be such an easy way to get friends into the game / maintain hype over the course of a year. You underestimate how many non magic regulars would pay to draft once just for a fun game night.

2v2 / Two headed giant, etc.
Again, any way you can add to the game for players like me to involve more than one friend would be amazing.

There's much more social functionality to desire from Arena, the important thing to remember is that this has a very real long term impact on the community of a game. I want to get friends involved and experience the game with them, but I right now I can't do pretty much anything to that effect.

In the words of Tom Cruise in some movie "Help me help you"
Hey everyone! Long time Magic fan here - I think a HUGE weakness of Arena is that there are almost NO ways for me to onboard other people into the game or to maintain interest among friends. One of the reasons this game still exists in general is the social component of playing in paper which allows players to keep each other interested (and invested) in the game.

Here are some basic social functions that would give us ways to interact with friends and therefore maintain broader interest in the long term:

Friend people you meet
This is a basic…
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Mythic Rare Wildcard from Mastery Pass Reward not being added to user account
1. Reach level 65 of Crimson Vow Mastery
2. PC
3. Not getting a Mythic Rare Wildcard
4. Getting a Mythic Rare Wildcard
This happened not only once.

It seems rather suspicious, that somehow out of all the Mastery Pass Rewards, only the Mythic Rare Wildcards don't drop as a reward in the Crimson Vow Mastery Pass.
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Alchemy

Alchemy as an "alternate Standard" is a fun idea that I don't mind -- while I like Standard, being able to switch back and forth between Standard and Alchemy without too much hassle (and getting to play a new format with most of the same cards if Standard is stale) is great. But I am super unhappy about the rebalanced cards being the versions legal in Historic and Historic Brawl. This deeply harms the point of a non-rotating format and from a consumer perspective feels like a way to give out fewer wildcards from bans. I don't see any good reason to tie Historic and Historic Brawl to Alchemy, and will not be buying any Alchemy cards unless you revert this change.

Alchemy as an "alternate Standard" is a fun idea that I don't mind -- while I like Standard, being able to switch back and forth between Standard and Alchemy without too much hassle (and getting to play a new format with most of the same cards if Standard is stale) is great. But I am super unhappy about the rebalanced cards being the versions legal in Historic and Historic Brawl. This deeply harms the point of a non-rotating format and from a consumer perspective feels like a way to give out fewer wildcards from bans. I don't see any good…

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Alchemy and historic

Alchemy as a format isn’t an issue but the rebalanced cards is a huge issue for historic. You originally promised me that all my old standard cards would have a home in historic but now those same powerful cards might not even be playable in historic. I’m not asking you to remove this. Instead please add pioneer ASAP so my “paper” version from start date decks can still be played in an eternal format on arena

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Add Alchemy as a separate thing

Add Alchemy as a separate gamemode entirely, and let historic become the eternal format for MTGA.

Take the opportunity to move the digital only cards out of historic and into historic alchemy instead.

There is only two reasons for why you wouldn't do this; Either you intentionally do this because you believe you can get more money, or you simply haven't understood why an eternal format is needed.

I'm choosing to believe the latter for now. Revert this absolute travesty of a decision, and everyone will be happy, or keep your current course and at least I will no longer spend any money on your game.

Add Alchemy as a separate gamemode entirely, and let historic become the eternal format for MTGA.

Take the opportunity to move the digital only cards out of historic and into historic alchemy instead.

There is only two reasons for why you wouldn't do this; Either you intentionally do this because you believe you can get more money, or you simply haven't understood why an eternal format is needed.

I'm choosing to believe the latter for now. Revert this absolute travesty of a decision, and everyone will be happy, or keep your current course and at least I will no longer…

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MTG Arena Linux Client

Hello,

I wanted to request / show interest in a Linux client for the game.
The game can run through Wine in Linux though many workarounds, but it would be preferable if the game had an official Linux client (which theoretically shouldn't be too hard, given that it's a Unity game).

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Missing starter decks

Missing starter decks
I can not get all the starter decks and no mission available for the starter decks
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Remove Digital-Only Cards from the Timeless Format

The timeless format is a big step forward and many players, including myself are excited to start playing it.

However, the constant pushing of digital only designs and pursuit of empty slogans such as "all cards on arena are legal" add nothing to the excitement and health of the format, many players would rather a true to paper experience with as little digital designs as possible.

Please consider removing alchemy from Timeless.

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Ban Ugin

If Ugin hits the board the game is over. Literally impossible to play around for most decks.
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Add deck type "Friendly Brawl Rebalanced" to direct challenge

At this time, the only option for playing brawl in direct challenge matches is the deck type "Friendly Brawl."

All other brawl deck types ("Standard Brawl," "Historic Brawl," and "Friendly Brawl Rebalanced") are loaded into the direct challenge as deck type "Friendly Brawl."

Consequently, Alchemy Rebalanced cards are automatically switched for the original, non-rebalanced cards in those decks : there is currently no way to play Alchemy Rebalanced cards in brawl matches using direct challenge.

This results in a situation where players cannot 100% replicate the public queue "Standard Brawl" and "Historic Brawl" play experiences in a direct challenge versus their friends.

Please solve this by adding the deck type "Friendly Brawl Rebalanced" in "Challenge Match" direct challenges.

At this time, the only option for playing brawl in direct challenge matches is the deck type "Friendly Brawl."

All other brawl deck types ("Standard Brawl," "Historic Brawl," and "Friendly Brawl Rebalanced") are loaded into the direct challenge as deck type "Friendly Brawl."

Consequently, Alchemy Rebalanced cards are automatically switched for the original, non-rebalanced cards in those decks : there is currently no way to play Alchemy Rebalanced cards in brawl matches using direct challenge.

This results in a situation where players cannot 100% replicate the public queue "Standard Brawl" and "Historic Brawl" play experiences in a direct challenge versus…
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Please remove Alchemy

Please remove Alchemy from Historic.

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Keep Alchemy and Historic separated

Just let us have an eternal format on the client. This is magic, not some cheap digital only game, let us play Magic.
If we wanted to play any other clone we would by now.

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Please don't mix Alchemy with Historic

If those changes happen I will uninstall the game, I love mtg and have played for more than 15 years now, I have my Arena account since the closed beta and have convinced multiple of my friends to ditch other tcg's for Arena. I play exclusively historic, as I prefer non rotating formats, a long time ago you promised to implement Pioneer onto the client, but you lied about it, now you plan to terminate the only eternal format available without ant consideration to your player-base. If Alchemy affect historic without any news about pioneer, in the 8th I will log off after completing my dailies, something that I have done everyday for the past two years, to never login again.

If those changes happen I will uninstall the game, I love mtg and have played for more than 15 years now, I have my Arena account since the closed beta and have convinced multiple of my friends to ditch other tcg's for Arena. I play exclusively historic, as I prefer non rotating formats, a long time ago you promised to implement Pioneer onto the client, but you lied about it, now you plan to terminate the only eternal format available without ant consideration to your player-base. If Alchemy affect historic without any news about pioneer, in the 8th I will…

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Alchemy

WOTC, if you guys want a quick cash grab, it's simple: Just. Give. Us. Pioneer. One set every few months is bound to sell well, and the player base will be satisfied.

WOTC would make more money and please players much more with just this simple measure.

Instead we get a format no one asked for, with rules nobody asked for. Stop trying to be Steve "costumers don't know what they want" Jobs. This is good of you are innovating and bringing new things to the table, but terrible if you are not listening to your costumers MOST BASIC DEMANDS AND NEEDS!

If the game was top notch, fully developed, and already had all the "default" MTG stuff on it, I think this format would be well accepted and it could even be fun.

However, right now we can't even choose our default basic lands. We don't have formats that are loved and appreciated in paper Magic. The client is a buggy mess on every new launch. But somehow, a whole new format arises... It has got to be a joke in poor taste.

WOTC, if you guys want a quick cash grab, it's simple: Just. Give. Us. Pioneer. One set every few months is bound to sell well, and the player base will be satisfied.

WOTC would make more money and please players much more with just this simple measure.

Instead we get a format no one asked for, with rules nobody asked for. Stop trying to be Steve "costumers don't know what they want" Jobs. This is good of you are innovating and bringing new things to the table, but terrible if you are not listening to your costumers MOST BASIC DEMANDS…

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Alchemy historic

Wotc the changes to historic cards in addition to alchemy makes me think your abusing ***** or common thrives. There is no reason whatsoever for this change you even have to code in the original first so it’s not about card copies and if it is then fix it. No one cares if you wanna make alchemy go for it but please don’t nuke historic. But on the brute side we are not whores cause whores get money when you *********, you won’t even give us back wild cards….if this happens I’m done

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Seal Product Codes Should Not Expire

I bought a new old stock Jace Planeswalker Deck. It came with a digital code to play on Magic Arena but I can't use it apparently because it expired! How does it expire?! Digital is the only way to play right now with the pandemic and I can't use this deck all because Wizards of the Coast has codes expire... makes no sense. They should reactivate all codes that have expired from sealed products.

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Touch screen not functional after update

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Basic Social Functions

Mythic Rare Wildcard from Mastery Pass Reward not being added to user account

Alchemy

Alchemy and historic

Add Alchemy as a separate thing

MTG Arena Linux Client

Missing starter decks

Remove Digital-Only Cards from the Timeless Format

Ban Ugin

Add deck type "Friendly Brawl Rebalanced" to direct challenge

Please remove Alchemy

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Alchemy

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