I won game 1 of the Explorer Metagame Challenge then during SB I closed the game because my client was slow. When I loaded it, it went to login screen and kept giving me an error. "Error code: -1"
That's 2000 gold down the drain :(

this image

Cannot login to the game

Found the issue. I had a shortcut directly to the game, but not to the launcher. There was a game update that would only download if the launcher was opened, so I kept getting booted out when I tried to connect due to having the wrong version. If this happens to you make sure to open the magic arena launcher

Happening for me today

Me too

Yep, I am having the exact same problem. I have tried on several different devices, changed my password and even with a mobile data connection to cover all bases. No way to log in at all.

Having the same problem right now, you'd think a game that makes as much money as this would fix things like the when it's clearly been a problem for a while

Same issue on android. It just recycles me to the login screen and prompts me to enter an email. If I use a bad password, it calls that out, but a good password appears to work momentarily, but bounces me back to login.

Same problem again today

Same exact issue here, 10/28 iOS 15

Same issue Oct 14, 2021. On Android.

Same issue on 10/14/21 using iOS

Same here im using a Xiaomi Mi11 and mate 20, keeps taking me to login

Happening now on Android app

Same for me.

edit: I followed the other comment in here and started the mtga.exe as administrator. It immediately started updating the client and also downloaded updates ingame. Problem solved.

Heads up: If you are running this game through the Windows Task Bar (At one point you pinned the mtga.exe to the task bar for quicker access), I found a fix. If you unpin the executable, you can press Windows and search "MTGA" and run it through there. When you do that, it will also run the necessary scripts for updating the client, validation, etc. When MTGA.exe is able to run those update checks and what not the issue will resolve.

Cycles through the login , so I retype everything and then it takes me right back to the login again. Neat.

Experiencing the same issue for the past 2 days. Cycling thru login up to loading initializing localization database then back to login page. Very frustrating.

It keeps putting the normal loading screen on and then putting me back into the login page.