Improve Arena Rewards & Economy: Bigger Orb Rewards, Wildcard Trading, and Better Arena Direct Prizes
Hi MTG Arena Team,
I have three product suggestions that I think would make Arena significantly more enjoyable, especially for players who play a lot and work toward completing sets.
1) Add larger Orb Emporium rewards
I’d love to see some larger items in the Orb Emporium that cost significantly more orbs.
For example, instead of spending my orbs across a bunch of 1-orb and 2-orb purchases, I’d much rather have the option to spend 20 or 30 orbs on one larger or more exciting reward.
For me, that would be both more fun and more convenient. It would also make earning and spending orbs feel more meaningful. I like the idea of saving them up for something substantial rather than needing to make a lot of small purchases.
2) Allow Wildcards to be exchanged between rarities
I would love some way to trade lower-rarity Wildcards for higher-rarity Wildcards.
For example:
- 50 Uncommon Wildcards → 1 Rare Wildcard
- 4 Rare Wildcards → 1 Mythic Rare Wildcard
The exact exchange rates could obviously be adjusted for balance, but having some type of conversion system would be incredibly useful.
Right now, I have:
- 945 Common Wildcards
- 866 Uncommon Wildcards
- 0 Rare Wildcards
- 0 Mythic Rare Wildcards
I use my Wildcards primarily to complete set collections, so I continually accumulate huge numbers of Common and Uncommon Wildcards that I have very little use for while constantly running out of Rares and Mythics.
It would feel really good to be able to use those accumulated lower-rarity Wildcards to continue progressing toward set completion, even if the conversion rate were intentionally expensive.
3) Adjust Arena Direct and other high-level event prize structures
For larger tournaments such as Arena Direct, I would actually prefer a slightly higher entry fee if it allowed the prize structure to award something for each win.
Even receiving something small, such as 50 Gems for the first win, feels rewarding. I like how Draft events progressively reward you as you win more games.
I’d especially love to see the 6-win and 7-win Arena Direct rewards include both the physical box prizes and Gems.
Winning a box is obviously a valuable and exciting prize, but it feels strange that reaching the highest win levels can actually leave me with fewer Gems available to enter another event.
As someone who wants to keep playing high-level Magic and winning boxes, my Gems can gradually go down rather than up. It creates a somewhat unusual incentive where stopping around 5 wins can feel like the better outcome if your goal is maximizing Gems.
Ideally, the highest levels of success would also help fund another Arena Direct entry.
I completely understand that physical boxes are already a valuable prize, and I’d be open to a higher entry fee if necessary to support a structure like:
A small Gem reward beginning with the first win
Increasing Gem rewards as wins accumulate
Boxes plus Gems at the highest win thresholds
That would make winning at the highest levels feel even better while encouraging players to keep entering and competing.
Thanks for considering these suggestions. I really enjoy playing MTG Arena, and improvements like these would put the experience over the top for me.
Thanks!