Animation Freeze, unable to interact with gameplay
Playing on Android tablet (Samsung A8).
After most recent update (ninja turtles update) my game began freezing frequently during ability activations and triggers. I am still able to interact with some elements on screen, like the emotes, and the settings cog, but the battlefield animation would remain stuck on the next-to-resolve ability and the pass-turn buttons would not function. The only way to fix it is to concede, or force close the program and reload, by which time my turn timer has run out and I am disadvantaged in my match, likely to lose anyway. It seems the freeze is only happening on my screen, as when i load back in, my opponent is still playing at normal pace and has invariably taken advantage of my absence. Has occurred in about 30-40% of matches since the update. Incredibly frustrating.
I've mostly been playing a squirrel token deck with Camellia, the Seedmiser as my commander, Peregrin Took and Chatterfang, Squirrel General as pieces of the combo.
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Ronin_Blackblade#93379
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Ronin Blackblade
Feb 26, 2026, 3:58 AM PST
Hi Magic Team,
After the update few days ago, the android phone app freezes, lacks options, menu and ways to concede.
After reinstalling the game the only issue that got fixed was the missing avatars during a game.
I got the following proof/sources.
https://youtu.be/Q1THDylrliU?si=6tecvpiXc2aIg3Ca
https://youtu.be/BaeDy4EurkY?si=pMwdx0tHP7Y_m1CX
https://youtu.be/zvNVxLznkOU?si=MzTe1HvMIx0n8dSE
As I don't see this bug anywhere on the planet internet I assess that my info is golden. If I get 5 rare or epic cards whose special arts I already unlocked, I will cheer in your name 🍻🀄
*Now to mention it; Players cannot easilly select 'see non owned cards whose art you unlocked'. We have to browse our entire collection for 2 hours a colour to see if we missed 'faving' one of these or 'buy one of these with a joker'. It would also help if we can opt 'cards with special cards that are unfaved still' as well as 'lock this card fav style for deck 'x' ' as in some decks we want art A, and in others art B.
Also in all my decks I (and many with me I wager a cyclops bet on) want 20 different planes, swamps etc. As soon as I touch 'apply art' hours of work get's destroyed. 'lock lands (art) for this deck' might help out trillions of players 😁👍
Kindly helping out,
Berserker Beastbuster