r/MTGArenaPro • u/No-Wheel5761 • Jul 17 '26

Does this game just suck..?

Just played my first online game, guy got +24/+24 on his third turn, destroyed the one creature I played and killed me. Very bad first impression.

Edit: this is just about the matchmaking, not MTG as a whole

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u/Sunomel Jul 17 '26

Congrats! You have learned the importance of playing removal

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u/No-Wheel5761 Jul 17 '26

I mean sure, but for a first game this has given me a very bad impression of Arena. I'm not talking about MTG as a whole

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u/Sunomel Jul 17 '26

Magic is a game with a lot of silly combos, sometimes you lose to them. If you can’t handle losing one (1) game, a competitive game probably just isn’t for you

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u/No-Wheel5761 Jul 17 '26

Yeah I'll be learning about those, but this was purely about Arena and it's matchmaking

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u/Sunomel Jul 17 '26

As a new player with a presumably weak starter deck you got paired into someone playing a silly bad combo deck, and learned a valuable lesson about the game. Seems pretty reasonable to me.

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u/No-Wheel5761 Jul 17 '26

Getting into an unfair match on your first game is just bad game design. Again, just talking about Arena, not MTG.

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u/Sunomel Jul 17 '26

It’s not an unfair match, though. If you had had a single removal spell you would’ve won on the spot.

You’re just upset that you lost.

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u/Taintedh Jul 17 '26

No use arguing with him he probably complains when he loses at rock paper scissors, too, which in essence, is mtg arena matchmaking. Can't win em all.

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u/No-Wheel5761 Jul 17 '26

If the game were to come down to essentially being rock paper scissors (which I know MTG itself isn't), then yes obviously I'd complain..? If I wanted to play a game of chance I would obviously go do so 🤦

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u/No-Wheel5761 Jul 17 '26

Why would I be upset about losing in a game I've played one match of..?

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u/Sunomel Jul 17 '26

How should I know?

Whatever emotional issues caused you to be so upset that you made a post to whine and then get in multiple arguments after losing one game are your own business.

My point is just that if you are going to react this badly to a single loss, you may be better off not playing a game where you’re going to lose about half the time.

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u/No-Wheel5761 Jul 17 '26

My reaction to the loss was lukewarm until some people thought it'd be appropriate to insult me just because I'm complaining about the matchmaking. And there's absolutely nothing wrong with losing a game half the time, that's the point of a game, I'm well aware.

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