Error with turn order when starting a new game (intermittent)
Occasionally when I start a new game and my starting hand is displayed (to either mulligan or accept), I am locked out of the option to make a selection and the phrase “You Go First” is shown along the top of the screen.
In the majority of cases the game works as expected, with “Opponent Goes First” displayed along the top and I am able to accept my starting hand or mulligan it. But every so often, about one in ten games, I encounter the bug that doesn’t let me make a hand selection and erroneously displays the wrong wording at the top of the screen.
(This is specific to the PC client. I am not aware if this bug exists on the iOS app).
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Typheous_the_Mad#99489 commented
I've looked into this further and confirmed that this bug is more prevalent than originally thought.
After 100 games of Magic on the Arena PC client (Standard format), I received the expected "Opponent Goes First" message 66 times, meaning that a full ONE THIRD of the games were faulty by allowing me to play first. In a game designed to significantly reward players who start the match (specifically with counter magic, single spells triggering multiple effects, and ever-stronger "enter the battlefield" effects without downside), it is clear that this advantage being provided to me in a full one third of matches is not intended.