Just the title, it’s been years since we had such a boring, lopsided limited experience. It’s just white and blue white. Every draft. Pick all the rares you want in other colors, the common/uncommon blue white deck will run all over your deck.

I’m winning 70%+ games just forcing blue white in every. Single. Draft. This shit sucks

I have won with 2 separate accounts in the arena direct and only now see that the rules have changed about entering with multiple accounts. Can I still receive my prices if I just say the second account is from my girlfriend and use her ID and adress?

I've got 1 of each common and uncommon unlockee already and you get commons and uncommons quite often just by playing but I'm still wondering if this is good time to get some extras for some wacky decks.

As is tradition at this point, ya girl is back with another MWM Brawl Builder deck that only costs a single rare wildcard!

The game plan here is straightforward: Get Hit-Monkey and his ridiculous collection of keywords onto the board on turn 3, and then use him to control the board with fight/bite spells, pump him up with counters / auras / equipment, and attack every turn with vigilance until the opponent is dead. The one thing he lacks is trample, but fortunately Green is very good at providing that, and once you have it, the combination with deathtouch makes it pretty much impossible for the opponent to block.

The #1 thing I've learned in testing this deck is that the absolute most important thing is being able to get Hit-Monkey down on turn 3 rather than turn 4. To that end, do not keep opening hands that don't have at least one of the cards pictured in the second-to-last column! Ideally, you only have exactly one, but more is better than none. The best are of course the actual land ramp spells, but the rocks & auras are necessary for redundancy. In a pinch, you can cast turn 3 Monkey off of turn 2 Gold Pan. Broken Bond is a special case — it should only be your turn 2 ramp solution if you (a) are on the draw, (b) strongly expect the opponent's commander to present an artifact or enchantment target on turn 1 or 2, and (c) have at least 3 (ideally 4) lands in your opening hand. It is, however, extremely funny when you get to snipe an Arcane Signet with it on turn 2 as well as get down an extra land. Careful Cultivation, likewise, should only be used as turn 2 ramp as a last resort because the creature token is a lot more vulnerable to removal than our other options.

You don't have to worry about counterspells because of can't be countered or targeted removal spells* because of hexproof, so the only things we're really worried about are (a) wrath effects and (b) edicts. This makes Black decks by far our worst matchup, but we do have a couple of tools to fight back — the creature tokens from Khalni Garden, Glimmerlight, Careful Cultivation, Wolfkin Bond, and Wolfwillow Haven can provide a little bit of edict insurance, and the instant-speed indestructible from Tyvar's Stand, Biosynthic Burst, Collective Resistance, Gaea's Gift, Origin of Metalbending, Overprotect, and Gilt-Leaf's Embrace can stop "destroy"-based wraths as well as blowing out anybody who tries to take down our monkey by blocking.

[*Except goddamn Nowhere to Run 😭]

The fight & bite spells are pretty self explanatory — kill anything you want because the moneky has deathtouch. Trash the Town is a wonderfully versatile card that can provide trample, grow the monkey with counters, and/or draw some extra cards. Sixth Sense, Season of Growth, Hunter's Insight, and Harmonize give us a bit of card draw so we don't flood out with all the lands and ramp spells. I was a bit skeptical of Monstrous Step and Enlarge at first, but they've proven their value in testing — the combination of acting as pseudo-removal with the forced blocking AND getting in a huge chunk of damage from +7/+7 and trample makes them well worth their 5 mana costs. Finally, I found in testing that the deck excelled at killing creatures but needed a few ways to handle particularly problematic artifacts & enchantments, so to that end we've added a couple versatile naturalize effects — Collective Resistance and Origin of Metalbending can double as protection spells, Over the Edge can provide a couple +1/+1 counters or lands, and as mentioned above Broken Bond can occasionally provide the funniest turn 2 turnabouts you can imagine.

Happy hunting 💕

Importable decklist:

Commander
1 Hit-Monkey (MSC) 723

Deck
1 Gate to Manorborn (HBG) 78
1 Khalni Ambush (PIO) 181
1 Bridgeworks Battle (MH3) 249
1 Vastwood Fortification (ZNR) 216
1 Tangled Florahedron (ZNR) 211
1 Captivating Cave (LCI) 268
1 Rogue's Passage (FDN) 264
1 Algorithmic Ferocity (Y26) 10
1 Audacity (PIO) 164
1 Skyshroud Ambush (J21) 29
1 Trash the Town (OTJ) 186
1 Biosynthic Burst (EOE) 173
1 Gaea's Gift (BRO) 182
1 Hunter's Talent (BLB) 179
1 Overprotect (BLB) 185
1 Ram Through (IKO) 170
1 Rune of Might (KHM) 191
1 Setessan Training (M21) 205
1 Cartouche of Strength (AKR) 184
1 Frantic Strength (DSK) 179
1 Gilt-Leaf's Embrace (ECL) 177
1 Novel Nunchaku (TMT) 127
1 Origin of Metalbending (TLA) 187
1 Tyvar's Stand (ONE) 190
1 Bushwhack (FDN) 215
1 Go Forth (J25) 20
1 Master's Rebuke (NEO) 202
1 Season of Growth (WOT) 61
1 Meltstrider's Resolve (EOE) 199
1 Sixth Sense (AKR) 220
1 Utopia Sprawl (WOT) 63
1 Ancient Animus (DAR) 154
1 Warbriar Blessing (J25) 739
1 Cosmic Hunger (MOM) 182
1 Explore (J25) 146
1 Glimpse the Core (LCI) 186
1 Into the North (CSP) 111
1 Lion Umbra (MH3) 160
1 Rampant Growth (J25) 704
1 Shared Roots (TLA) 196
1 Sylvan Smite (Y23) 15
1 Wolfwillow Haven (THB) 205
1 Bala Ged Recovery (PIO) 165
1 Careful Cultivation (NEO) 178
1 Historian's Wisdom (NEO) 192
1 Hunter's Insight (OMB) 35
1 Sheltering Boughs (VOW) 218
1 Signature Slam (MH3) 168
1 Harmonize (FIC) 308
1 Pitiless Fists (ECL) 187
1 Monstrous Step (IKO) 166
1 Enlarge (JMP) 392
1 Wolfkin Bond (SIR) 227
1 Khalni Garden (J21) 121
1 Barrow-Blade (LTR) 237
1 Arcane Signet (ELD) 331
1 Glimmerlight (DSK) 249
1 Gold Pan (OTJ) 242
1 Mind Stone (WTH) 153
1 Fireshrieker (FDN) 674
1 Storm the Seedcore (MOM) 206
1 Go Nuts! (MSH) 168
1 Felling Blow (FDN) 105
1 Knockout Maneuver (TDM) 147
25 Snow-Covered Forest (KHM) 285
1 Shimmerwilds Growth (ECL) 194
1 Coldsteel Heart (CSP) 136
1 Solar Transformer (MH3) 211
1 Cave of Temptation (J25) 763
1 Broken Bond (DAR) 157
1 Collective Resistance (MH3) 147
1 Over the Edge (LCI) 205
1 Hashep Oasis (AKR) 301
1 The Hunter Maze (ONE) 253
1 Tranquil Thicket (ONS) 326

Feel free to delete this if this sort of post isn’t allowed, I didn’t see anything in the rules (or maybe I just can’t read).

I started playing arena due to someone I was seeing, and no that we aren’t together anymore I have no one to play with. I’m pretty bad at the game, and have only really used to the pre built decks. (Have played maybe 1 week total, if that).

But are there communities to meet people to play with purely on arena? Would anyone even want to play with me, given how new I am? I can always keep playing random people.

Kinda driving me crazy tbh. I don't even think this Commander is that good.

Sorry if this seems like a stupid question, but today my Arena client updated, and when I reach certain achievements, the reward appears like this...

What does that mean?

That they only give me a single copy?

Is there a chance they'll give me a "single card" that I might already have in 4x?!?!?!

I keep saying the game is rigged and I just played a guy who proved it. Bo3. He won the first. I won the second. Both were long games. He saw a lot of my cards. In previous games, he exiled my Colorstorm Stallions, my Improvisation Capstone and my Jeskai Experience; cards I played that he stopped me from using later. Never once did I play aetherize. I put it in my deck when sideboarding for the third game. We’re playing. Things are going well. I have him down to 10 and he hasn’t played the card he’s been using to go through my hand, deck and graveyard at all. I have an Improvisation Capstone in my hands and I’m going to play it next turn. But he plays a monster 8/8 creature that is indestructible and can’t be hexed and gives him protection from opponents. He brought it from his graveyard and doesn’t have the mana to play it. I have aetherize in my hands and I’m thinking, maybe this will still work on him if he attacks. I bring out Thor. I figure I can use aetherize when he attacks, play the capstone and give him 7 damage plus whatever the capstone pulls and win the game. He plays the damn card he played in the last two games to name a card and search for it and exile it and he names Aetherize. I have rarely seen anyone play that card. How did he know I had it? How the hell was that possible? There is no lucky guess here. He moved fast. He didn’t think for a second. This is bullshit.

Occasionally when playing Arena on Windows 11 via Steam, the entire computer will just freeze up. No ctrl+alt+delete, nothing but a hard system reset will work.

Updated the computer, updated the graphics card, reset the graphics card, uninstalled then reinstalled, and same issues. This only started happening about a month ago and was sporadic, now it's happening multiple times a day.

Is anyone else having this issue? Just wondering if it's on the software side or if it's a hardware issue somewhere.

Just wanted to share that I made it to diamond for the first time! Bounced between plat 1/2 for a bit but between yesterday and today I went 8-2 to reach diamond!

This is something that should never happen. There should always be a way to cancel

Hopefully that link works, I uploaded my deck into moxfield. Currently I only play on the app and I play competitive brawl, I’m currently stuck in diamond, when the pieces align everything feel great, when it doesn’t it does not, I feel as if my ramp isn’t quite right,my mana base could use improvement, would like to see everyone’s thoughts!
I currently have 3 rare wild cards and 1 mythic to play around with. Please let me know somethings you’d for sure add, or just things to consider/play styles to lean more into. PS feel free to name any card and what you’d replace it with I might have it already!

Anyone else have this pop up when you get a new card from an event or the pass? Does it mean anything or is it just indicating you got a new card?

I just played a standard game and the opponent killed my 4 toughness creature with Nowhere to Run, an effect that gives a creature -3/-3. The only other things they had on their board was another Nowhere to Run, a Bloodletter, and lands.
I'm so confused. Why did this Nowhere to Run kill my 4 toughness creature?
Bloodletter only doubles damage done to opponent.
Any thoughts?

When I play a meta deck, I get matched against other meta decks. When I play brew, I'm getting matched with some really cool brews. I haven't played against a lessons, reanimator or meta jeskai deck in weeks. I have seen ourobouroid, but I imagine that's due to the popularity of the deck. I keep seeing complaints on here about constantly playing the same meta decks... but I'm not seeing them.

Edit: This is in ranked BO1, and my three most played brew decks are 54% 55% and 59% in order of number of games. My observation is that I'm playing the same style of magic as my opponent, not that I'm winning or losing more.

I am asking this because i bought some Mythic packs in the store but they don t raise the Gold pack meter...

Trying to craft a jank but fun deck around Toph, the first metalbender.

Any suggestions? Thanks!

Hi everyone! I'm brand new to Magic: The Gathering and trying to get into the game. My main goal right now is to build up my collection and eventually jump into Standard Events to farm.

This is the Mono-Black list I've been running lately. I really enjoy Black's playstyle, but I'm looking for ways to improve it. I'm open to any ideas and suggestions! If necessary i can share my collection.

Here is my current decklist:

17 Swamp

3 Faerie Dreamthief

4 Corpses of the Lost

4 Deep-Cavern Bat

2 Case of the Stashed Skeleton

4 Forsaken Miner

3 Shoot the Sheriff

1 Tinybones, the Pickpocket

4 Thought-Stalker Warlock

1 Mudflat Village

2 Soulstone Sanctuary

4 Strategic Betrayal

2 Cecil, Dark Knight

1 Hylderblade

4 Timeline Culler

1 Realm of Koh

2 Requiting Hex

1 Tokka & Rahzar, Terrible Twos

i have 6 mythical and 5 rare wildcards

i used to buy the mastery pass as it was good value if you've completed the whole thing. but now it's just not worth bothering with.

https://i.imgur.com/4QLgJia.png

https://i.imgur.com/I1EoLH4.png

Pretty basic and low budget landfall mono green.

Please note: I play mtga since a couple weeks and I don't want to spend money on it. I still have a bunch of wildcards but I can't craft like 10 mythic rares or something.

I am trying to find a way to buff this deck, right now I am ranked in platinum-something, STANDARD format. Win rate is about 60% more or less, maybe 65% (at least up to now).

The weak points of this deck:

1- area removals that don't "target" a creature (for which I introduced Strength Of Will)

2- counterspells when the creature is still in the stack and not on the battlefield

3- very few creatures and a lot of hexproof instant protections = a lot of dead opening hands (I mulligan a lot) and often get stuck (no creatures and useless spells in hand) if the opponent clears the battlefield

I am not new to magic, I know I can't cover all weaknesses. I am just looking for opinions on what you would change and why

This card appeared in my Outlaws of Thunder Junction Quick draft. Is this a common phenomenon?

Yeah, thats it for me, I am done playing Arena.

Been playing mtg for years of my life. Real life cards, mtgo, mtga.

I have never seen such absolutely horrible algorithms.

Someone explained Arena was mainly for newcomers to the game. Thats on me for not understanding that.

The hand smoothing is comical.

Its like you can tell your opponent was meant to win, or if your humble, you can tell you were meant to win.

Neither is fair.

I mostly limited draft, play some standard. Usually purchase $100 worth of gems every set to get some drafting in, sometimes more lol.

I am out! Don't have updated real life cards, stopped mtgo a few years ago. Guess I am putting Arena down now too.

Could someone message me if Wizards of the coast ever fixes these things? Thanks.

The one I found on magicarena.com isn't valid.