Reposting for visibility....

NotSwiss#73097 commented · September 17, 2022 12:08 AM · Report
I think I solved the issue for my machine (Win10). It's related to the registry keys set by MTGA, you need to follow these steps:

1. Open Registry Key Editor (Win Key + R -> type 'regedit' -> enter)
2. Navigate to "Computer\HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Wizards Of The Coast\MTGA"
3. Search for a key with "ShowPhaseLadder" in the name. It should be something like "BUNCHOFCAPITALCHARS.ShowPhaseLadder", not sure if it's the same for everyone.
4. Set it to 1

Seriously, WotC. It's a single variable setting to patch this, and pure laziness that it hasn't been fixed yet.

Yep. This is happening to me, with the added wrinkle of I play two accounts.
(EDIT: By the comments, I'm not alone on that.)
The original once experienced this problem, but I forgot the workaround to get it to solve it.

The second account., my nephew's, only shows phases via the hotkeys and resets each game.
(Kind of difficult to teach the kid about phases, and where to stop, without that indicator.)

Also, it's Ctrl-L, not just L.

Since wotc keeps ignoring this one, and editing registry values is very annoying, especially when having to deal with multiple accounts, you can run this PS script once you are experiencing the bug: https://gist.github.com/Quiquex/ffe798319d93f388b1ea239467d29bb4

Same for me. Option doesn't stick and L does nothing.

Same for me. Menu option doesn't "stick", L does nothing.

I have started experiencing this bug and it's driving me crazy. Also disappointed to see it's been around for months for some people.

Selecting to show phases in the options menu is allowed, but doesn't seem to save, as it does nothing in the games and isn't shown as selected when going back to the options menu.

Selecting Show Phases does nothing.
Pressing "L" as shown on the screen doesn't work.

I got this bug and it's october of 2023

This bug still persists as September 2023. It's rather astonishing.

The solution posted below by NotSwiss#73097 still works.

I had to change 2 registry values both with ShowPhaseLadder in its name. Don't forget you can press Ctrl+F to find them faster.

I had this issue and the solution posted by NotSwiss#73097 worked perfectly. Thank you!!

Still happening. Very frustrating to say the least.

Nice to see a fix for Windows 10--anything for macOS? Related to account swapping, I did get logged out due to disconnection and had to log back in before the issue began; perhaps switching the account isn't the issue, but rather, logging out then back in, generally.

I can confirm that NotSwiss's registry edit fix below also worked perfectly to fix this issue for me on Windows 10. I personally had to search through about 6 keys with the 'ShowPhaseLadder' name, but only one of them had the '3' value in error.

I can also back up other reports that this is definitely caused by swapping between accounts because I do so regularly and it's fine as long as I stick to one account but glitches every time I change. This may be only a problem for people also running overlays like UntappedGG ( I run several). As soon as I sign into a new account the problem comes back, but it's always fixed by changing the registry value again from a 3 to a 1 or 2.

Thanks for the fix NotSwiss. I can't believe you worked this out! I'll repost their fix here for visibility.

"NotSwiss#73097 commented · September 17, 2022 12:08 AM · Report
I think I solved the issue for my machine (Win10). It's related to the registry keys set by MTGA, you need to follow these steps:

1. Open Registry Key Editor (Win Key + R -> type 'regedit' -> enter)
2. Navigate to "Computer\HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Wizards Of The Coast\MTGA"
3. Search for a key with "ShowPhaseLadder" in the name. It should be something like "BUNCHOFCAPITALCHARS.ShowPhaseLadder", not sure if it's the same for everyone.
4. Set it to 1

In my case, this flag was set to "3" which should be impossible, since it's supposed to be a binary value."

Can confirm NotSwiss#73097 method works. Thank you very much!

Thank you NotSwiss#73097. That worked for me. Can't believe WOTC can charge $1000 for some proxies, but can't get their flagship digital version of the game to work.

I think I solved the issue for my machine (Win10). It's related to the registry keys set by MTGA, you need to follow these steps:

1. Open Registry Key Editor (Win Key + R -> type 'regedit' -> enter)
2. Navigate to "Computer\HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Wizards Of The Coast\MTGA"
3. Search for a key with "ShowPhaseLadder" in the name. It should be something like "BUNCHOFCAPITALCHARS.ShowPhaseLadder", not sure if it's the same for everyone.
4. Set it to 1

In my case, this flag was set to "3" which should be impossible, since it's supposed to be a binary value.

I think I solved the issue for my machine (Win10). It's related to the registry keys set by MTGA, you need to follow these steps:

1. Open Registry Key Editor (Win Key + R -> type 'regedit' -> enter)
2. Navigate to "Computer\HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Wizards Of The Coast\MTGA"
3. Search for a key with "ShowPhaseLadder" in the name. It should be something like "BUNCHOFCAPITALCHARS.ShowPhaseLadder", not sure if it's the same for everyone.
4. Set it to 1

In my case, this flag was set to "3" which should be impossible, since it's supposed to be a binary value.

same here. Please fix it!