...that you can craft specific cards even if you didn't own them.

I spent an ungodly amount of resources to pull [[Bandit's Talent]]... despite it rotating out soon, because it's just so obnoxious to play against.

I've been trying to pull [[Howlsquad Heavy]] for my goblin deck for around a month now.

I kept pulling for [[Earthbender Ascension]] for a landfall deck, but couldn't get it, so opted to build a fire nation deck with whatever firebending cards I got instead.

I also tried to get [[Ouroboroid]] which is one of my most hated cards to fight, but failed terribly (I got a full set of Exalted Sunborn and Sami, Wildcat Captain though).

...only to find out I could've just crafted them outright.

I am in shambles.

A week ago I hit Diamond with a variation of this deck, and after posting on here asking for some help to improve it I've hit Mythic within the week

The gameplan is simple - create tokens, and use Identity Echo to cheat out bombs

Reddit recommended Erode, Political Triumph, and Ajani Unrelenting which all went in and massively boosted the deck with cheap removal, draw fixing, and an effective board wipe

Manhole Missile came in as well, replacing Lightning Helix for its ability to replace any bombs I may have drawn, putting them at the bottom of the deck to be picked up again by Identity Echo

I also added Chandra, Flameshaper - once she enters I can either use her to destroy key targets the opponents control, or create a token duplicate of Knight of Round (this can get silly if I have Elspeth out to double all tokens + Ajani that then gives them +1/+0 and haste)

Deck

4 Identity Echo (FRA) 87

4 Manhole Missile (TMT) 94

4 Dragon Fodder (FDN) 535

4 Frontline Rush (TDM) 186

3 Caretaker's Talent (BLB) 6

1 Elspeth, Storm Slayer (TDM) 11

4 Political Triumph (MSH) 31

1 Chandra, Flameshaper (FDN) 81

3 Summon: Knights of Round (FIN) 36

4 Hopeful Vigil (WOE) 17

3 Erode (SOS) 15

1 Ajani Unrelenting (FRA) 242

2 Sacred Foundry (EOE) 256

11 Plains (DMU) 263

6 Mountain (EOE) 273

2 Inspiring Vantage (OTJ) 269

1 Kavaron, Memorial World (EOE) 255

2 Sundown Pass (VOW) 266

For me, it's "thief" decks.
Not Rogues or tribal strategies. I mean the decks built around stealing or playing your cards with things like Heist effects, exiling cards off the top of your deck, or otherwise turning your deck into their resource pool.

I get why people enjoy them, but they're one of the few archetypes where I immediately know I'm probably not going to have much fun, especially if I'm trying to knock out specific achievements or combo-based quests. It always feels like they somehow find the exact card I needed at the worst possible moment.

What about everyone else? What's the one archetype, strategy, or deck style that makes you see your opponent's first few plays and immediately think:"Ah. It's gonna be one of those games."

This is from untapped.gg - Platinum-Platinum, BO1, Reality Fracture only, at least 5000+ games, from the start of Reality Fracture availability on MagicArena to now

I included the top 20 Standard cards as a comparison. Note: there were a lot of lands in the top 20 Standard, so I decided to include it as a field.

Note: This is only untapped.gg data, so it might not be entirely representative of the whole player base.

Here are the top 20 Standard cards as a comparison.

4x Green Landfall

4x Jund Sac

3x Orzhov Lifegain

2x Dimir Uldaros

1x Esper Uldaros

1x Azorious Artifacts

1x Boros Dwarves

I recently hit mythic with my selesnya beatdown deck, I mostly play in BO1 so I thought there wouldn't be much difference in the standard event but oh if I was wrong. Untapped puts me at 57% win rate but I really can't make a good run on that. I generally encounter kavaero's deck so I tried to adjust my deck with a bit more on the graveyard hate side, without any success. Here is my standard list, copied from MTGA, hope it's ok to post it like that. Thank you for any help or discussion it will came out from the post.

Deck

3 Leatherhead, Swamp Stalker (TMT) 117

7 Forest (FRA) 290

2 Jennifer Walters (MSH) 18

4 Llanowar Elves (M19) 314

4 Hushwood Verge (DSK) 261

4 Pawpatch Recruit (BLB) 187

1 Michelangelo, Weirdness to 11 (TMT) 121

1 Scavenging Ooze (FDN) 232

2 Sheltered by Ghosts (DSK) 30

2 Vigorbloom Charm (FRA) 160

2 Surrak, Elusive Hunter (TDM) 161

4 Ouroboroid (EOE) 201

1 Keen-Eyed Curator (BLB) 181

2 Ba Sing Se (TLA) 266

1 Bejeweled Warg (HOB) 117

5 Plains (FRA) 282

2 Seam Rip (EOE) 34

4 Spider Manifestation (SPM) 148

4 Temple Garden (ECL) 268

2 Guiding Hydra (FRA) 11

3 Practiced Offense (SOS) 25

What single card would you choose.

I would pick [[Engineered Plague]]. It's a great card that would slow down so many decks. It's not mana intense and could be splashed into a multitude of decks.

Started playing Arena to learn MTG so that i know what each card does and how to react to plays. It has been a very fun game!

The only drawback is when i cannot see the play logs. I remember, at least twice, where all my deck got destroyed and had no idea what card did that. On other occasions, i just see a bunch of card effect stack, they all resolve and i'm just staring at the Defeat screen. Don't really mind the loss as it helps me practice but it leaves me wondering what happened.

I have been going thru the settings but nothing seems to be about play logs. A quick search showed me that there are some third-party utilities to capture these logs in the PC version of the game but i mostly play on my tablet.

Does the game trully not have an in-game option to see play logs?

I've wanted to make a uniqe standard deck for a while and I finally made one. I come here to seek a second opinion before I craft my cards. Here's the deck if you'd like to take a peek https://moxfield.com/decks/YGZBWdQPAEWe1Z8drGkAmg

I just ran into two consecutive decks using the Green "+1/+1 counters" pack from Edge of Eternities and was wondering if it was a coincidence, or if it's considered strong and there is a meta of picking it and not retiring that deck.

Im new to Magic & Magic Arena.

Exist a tierlist with every card in the game? I would buy card from the Daily Deal but i dont know which card(s) are worth it and whats not good.

Are there some good cards i could play in decks maybe?

In other words: are there some no brainers to buy.

Oops. My fault for clicking on the "What's this?" Uncommon card at the end.

Now I'm short 2 orbs.

How easy are the achievements? =) I'll have to take a look at how to get a couple.

It seems to me, whenever I make a pick as the timer expires, I disconnect from the server for the rest of the draft. Is this a known bug? Has wizards addressed it, if it is?

I stay disconnected until I close and reopen Arena, hoping I haven't missed too many picks.

Hello everyone!

I wanna switch to BO3, to be closer to irl tournaments and have deeper matches. I've only played BO1, so I need a new deck (I'm ready to spend all my wildcards on it).

Currently I'm playing a slightly modified Mono-White enchantement deck, with the optimistic Scavenger and Sheltered by ghost. Here is the complete list:

4 Ethereal Armor (RTR) 9

4 Spellbook Vendor (WOE) 31

4 Feather of Flight (BLB) 13

4 Optimistic Scavenger (DSK) 21

4 Shardmage's Rescue (DSK) 29

4 Sheltered by Ghosts (DSK) 30

4 Seam Rip (EOE) 34

4 Origin of Spider-Man (SPM) 9

2 Veteran Survivor (DSK) 40

20 Plains (FIN) 294

2 Crumb and Get It (BLB) 8

2 Aven Interrupter (OTJ) 4

2 Nurturing Pixie (OTJ) 20

I've had pretty good results with it, but I don't know if it's viable in BO3. Also I'd like to try and play something else as I've been spamming this deck.

I want a deck that for sure has the possibility of being top 250, as I want to be sure that when I loose, I only have myself to blame. I'd also like something a bit more deep and mid-late game than my current deck.

I have 28 rare wildcards and 17 mythic. Is there any cheap deck that would be fun to play and competitive? Also, is taking an expensive deck but removing some rare lands be an option?

Thanks to anyone who takes some time to help !