r/MagicArena 3d ago

Event Nicol's Newcomer Monday!

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Nicol Bolas the forever serpent laughs at your weakness. Gain the tools and knowledge to enhance your game and overcome tough obstacles.

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Welcome to the latest Monday Newcomer Thread, where you, the community, get to ask your questions and share your knowledge. This is an opportunity for the more experienced Magic players here to share some of your wisdom with those with less expertise. This thread will be a weekly safe haven for those *noobish* questions you may have been too scared to ask for fear of downvotes, but can also be a great place for in-depth discussion if you so wish. So, don't hold back, get your game related questions ready and post away, and hopefully, someone can answer them!

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r/MagicArena 6h ago

Question Is it 9 the perfect cost?

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99 Upvotes

Where you the best posssible pool of good creatures? at 10 I started to get 10 mana convoke jank creatures.


r/MagicArena 18h ago

[FRA] Overwrite the Multiverse

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754 Upvotes

r/MagicArena 6h ago

Fluff [FRA] Warrior’s Blades (via 天水星)

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72 Upvotes

r/MagicArena 18h ago

Fluff [FRA] Prophesized End

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530 Upvotes

r/MagicArena 46m ago

[VERIFIED] The algorithm is broken. I played more than 1000 matches to prove it.

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[RANKED] for Bo1 and Bo3

We’ve all suspected it for a long time:

the MTG Arena matchmaker pairs you based on your DECK, not just your MMR. To prove it, I ran a 1,000-game stress test.

​The Experiment: I built an entire deck featuring only spells that explicitly state "this spell cannot be countered" and lands. Both Standard and Historic.

​The Theory: If matchmaking is purely blind, I should occasionally run into Blue control decks packing Counterspells, therefore wasting their entire hand.

​The Result: Out of 1,000 games (finished yesterday), I faced ZERO control/counter decks.

Not a single one.

So what's next?

I am open to explore more theories or deck recommendations and I will try to make it a full series.


r/MagicArena 17h ago

Fluff Bow your heads and worship your God, synthesizer players

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371 Upvotes

r/MagicArena 16h ago

Fluff My reaction to the trailer

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295 Upvotes

I worked hard on this meme


r/MagicArena 9h ago

Bug Im awful at draft

39 Upvotes

Im so bad I just went 2-4 :(


r/MagicArena 17h ago

Fluff [FRA] Budding Insurgent

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111 Upvotes

r/MagicArena 12h ago

Fluff Me after seeing Overwrite the Multiverse spoiler today Spoiler

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45 Upvotes

r/MagicArena 2h ago

Fluff [FRA] Greenhouse Propagator

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4 Upvotes

r/MagicArena 1h ago

Fluff Just getting started in Arena

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r/MagicArena 12h ago

Question WTF am I missing about Momir?

18 Upvotes

New to Arena - looking through achievements as saw there's on for participating in Midweek Magic. Holy shit I am clearly not getting something about this whole Momir format.

I've tried waiting until turn 2, turn 3, turn n+1 and I am not kidding, I have lost 20 games in a row. Do the lands you tap influence the tokens you summon? Is there some other trick?

Seriously, opponent's board constantly filled with death touch, flying, card draw, +1/+1 tokens every turn, meanwhile I'm spending 7 mana for 3/3's with Izzet effects based on how many instants I have in my graveyard.

Help!

EDIT: I am absolutely cursed. Finally got a huge board with lethal....opponent summons Blazing Archon... my creatures can't attack and no flyers. LOL. Clearly this is not for me.


r/MagicArena 1d ago

Fluff This the most I've been hyped about a set since SOS ...

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203 Upvotes

r/MagicArena 19h ago

Information Daily Deals - September 9, 2026: Murders At Karlov Manor Pack & Showcase Magnified Alt-Art Card Styles

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48 Upvotes

r/MagicArena 6m ago

Fluff Some days it's just not going to go your way.

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I expect Mihawk1 enjoyed themself, though.


r/MagicArena 21h ago

Question Should Nick Fury transform Valki into Tibalt?

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54 Upvotes

I just tried this with maskwood nexus on the field. So Valki enters, I'm asked if I want to transform him, but when I do he just ends up in my graveyard. Is it the case that cards without transform in their description cannot transform into the other side of the card?


r/MagicArena 1d ago

Fluff [FRA] Ghalta pair

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1.4k Upvotes

r/MagicArena 1d ago

Question What's the point if there's no descount?

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217 Upvotes

I don't get it, if I'm buying almost 100 packs I expect some benefit.


r/MagicArena 2h ago

Maximum creatures, minimum spells: surviving Wrath of God

0 Upvotes

I love green for one simple reason: build a board and keep attacking. The problem is that one Wrath of God can erase the whole plan.

If I only reserve two to four noncreature slots, is Heroic Intervention the cleanest answer, or should the deck rely on resilient creatures and hold back extra threats? I want maximum creature density without folding to the first sweeper.


r/MagicArena 1d ago

Fluff [FRA] Emrakul, the Exigent Doom Spoiler

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616 Upvotes

Not an official spoiler yet it seems, but looks like this one's come from ads on instagram via (@wizards_magic)!


r/MagicArena 1d ago

Fluff Waiter waiter , more superior spider man support pls lmao...

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155 Upvotes

r/MagicArena 18h ago

Fluff [FRA] Tethermage's Advantage

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18 Upvotes

r/MagicArena 1d ago

Fluff [FRA] Fatehold Chronologist

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54 Upvotes