Part 1 - Allow users to select Sparky's difficulty level - Easy/Medium/Hard
This is a 2-part Sparky enhancement suggestion. The other suggestion will have this start and will be titled “Part 2 Allow for a FREE PLAY style deck.”
This would require creating a minimum of 10 more mono-colored decks for it to use. 1 deck for each color in both Medium and Hard formats(keeping the existing decks in the Easy format).
1A - Suggestion to allow community submissions on the deck building (given that Arena sets deck guidelines) to get credit in MTG Arena. I’d limit the submission to ONE per user and let them pick the color and difficulty they wish to submit, so that users take it seriously, and do not flood the submissions with purposely-built bad decks. “Send us your best mono-colored deck for a chance to have it selected as a new Sparky deck!”
1B - Suggestion while creating decks, open the floor to the community for multi-colored and colorless decks. They should be included in each difficulty level as MTG Arena sees fit.
Justifications/Benefits:
• Users will be more content playing against Sparky if they can find the match more challenging. (Yes, Sparky CAN beat any deck due to the shuffler, but that’s not a skill-based loss.)
• A more realistic Sparky match will better prove if decks are ready to play in PvP and ranked matches.
• Users will get excited to have the chance to have one of their decks featured in Arena. This could attract new and previous players to play the game.
• Many people found PvP too difficult, but the sparky matches too easy. Those that quit for this reason would be incentivized to return.
• More variety in Sparky matches will make solo-play more fun.