Reddit hacker community
This game is being overran with a growing issue I blame on Reddit hackers sharing how to manipulate code in arena. Such hacks as: mana cost manipulation, stack manipulation, phase manipulation.
Mana cost manipulation is when a player without spell or ability is playing a higher mana cost card for less. This is probably the least common thus far I have experienced.
Stack manipulation is when stack order of spells played is being adjusted in favor of the hacker, moving a spell on the stack to bypass a counter spell, or putting a debuff on before a opposing players buff. Ex. 2/2 creature swinging and gets no block as return so non hacker plays +4+4 onto creature but hacking player uses a response to that and gives -2-2. On the stack the +4+4 is first but applies the -2-2 first destroying creature and fizzles the spell of +4+4.
Phase manipulation is when the hacker bypasses a block or attack phase of opposing player, adds a unjustified mana cost like a common tax enchantment without owning such enchantment or ability. This is the fastest growing hack I have seen.
MTG has yet to respond or remove players hacking as I continue to see them, I fill friends list of names of players doing such hacks and have maxed out friends list now. I urge the community against hackers to do the same and continue to report hackers till MTG fixes the coding to not allow these back door manipulations to continue.
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Rezzahan#77802
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"Stack manipulation is when stack order of spells played is being adjusted in favor of the hacker, moving a spell on the stack to bypass a counter spell, or putting a debuff on before a opposing players buff. Ex. 2/2 creature swinging and gets no block as return so non hacker plays +4+4 onto creature but hacking player uses a response to that and gives -2-2. On the stack the +4+4 is first but applies the -2-2 first destroying creature and fizzles the spell of +4+4."
This is litterally how responding works. This is the same as the Giant Growth Lightning Bolt example. Objects on the stack resolve LIFO (Last In First Out), so whatever is placed on the stack last will resolve first.
And since the above is literally how ther rules say the game works, I strongly suspect, that the other issues here are also on you for not paying attention and not knowing/misunderstanding the rules of the game.