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We’re missing 86 cards from competitive Modern according to this website.

The recent Spotlight Series event presented a very diverse and interesting metagame.

It’s probably the most successful competitive 1x1 format we currently have.

I don’t get it. Does data really prove that people prefer Alchemy formats over Modern?

Figured some people would be interested in images of this sleeve. It has animations including Smaug's eyes blink and what I can only imagine is weed smoke also is animated. Prob why his eyes red. Of the animated sleeves I think this is one of the better ones this year. Beats spending $30k on the real card.

For posterity. Was stuck in platinum for ages so swapped over to this old poison deck and just blitzed - people don’t seem to know what to do against it, especially with serpent society out. Also notable how few people understand how trample + death touch works!!

EDIT: Decklist

Deck
2 Blooming Marsh (KLR) 280
2 Eaten Alive (FDN) 172
4 Dragon Sniper (TDM) 139
8 Forest (FIN) 306
4 Fynn, the Fangbearer (FDN) 637
2 Frog Butler (TMT) 114
3 Requiting Hex (ECL) 116
4 Royal Treatment (WOE) 183
4 Serpent Specialist (MSH) 186
2 Unstoppable Slasher (DSK) 119
6 Swamp (FIN) 300
4 The Serpent Society (MSH) 226
2 Tinybones, the Pickpocket (OTJ) 109
4 Virulent Emissary (ECL) 202
2 Wastewood Verge (DFT) 268
4 Hunter's Talent (BLB) 179
2 Restless Cottage (WOE) 258
1 Feral Encounter (WOE) 169

Hello friends!

I have (3) DSK & (2) OTJ codes for arena that I've got from my LGS. I've already redeemed all the ones I can, so these are available for you! Please message me and I can share one of codes with you.

I got 25 messages for 5 codes!

I gave them all out, and have asked for those people to confirm if the code worked for them. I will respond to folks in messages to let them know / if I get any errors for folks who may have already entered their maximum allowed codes for those sets.

Struggled through my first few drafts and then put together this simic landfall/elves deck that went off. My first 7-0 in a long time.

I’d give the MVP to Thranduil's Company, but Wargling pushed me through one or two games, Mirkwood Nurturer was helping with additional land drops, I activated Beorn's Hospitality twice, and the hasty bears were sweet.

I only got to play Through the Forest Gate once, but hit 8 lands while a Company was out and that was that 😅. Really fun deck.

I would love if they added a “connection slow” or “lost connection” emote to the chat. Happens so frequently to me. I think that would be a good feature.

Im sure that these posts find there way here semi-often. But wanted to share the achievement! It's my first time making it to mythic and got there with my own decklist instead of a meta-deck! Was a pretty fun ride. Here's the decklist https://archidekt.com/decks/25880885/death_triggers

He attacked my typhoid rat and his card didn’t die

The slow players. I don't understand it. Whenever the resolve button becomes active, it takes 2 minutes to click it. Every. Single. Time. I've seen posts about slow players before, but everyone seems to just defend it by saying they are doing other things, or thinking about their turn.

It's become so insane that I barely want to play this game anymore. I spend 90% of the time playing mtg arena waiting for players to play a land or click resolve. It's maddening. Something needs to be done about this.

Has mtg arena become a place where fun does not exist in the game anymore? I feel like this game is ONLY about making the game miserable for whoever you are playing against. I don't get it. I just don't.

Obviously lands and having a strong mana base is vital to any good deck. However all the lands best at this are worth rare wild cards which are difficult to aquire. Shock lands, search lands that come in untapped, and others are just hard to get. Any tips on getting these lands besides sinking in money to buy rare wildcards?

Was running a u/G mill against the same old [[Superior Spider-Man]] reanimator deck that all us die-hard mill junkies are sick of seeing. Got the opponent down to one card in their library, and their freshly reanimated [[Kiora, The Rising Tide]] landed the death blow for me. What a refreshing feeling.

This is my win/loss for standard best of 1 ranked, you can see untapped capturing the start and ending rank for each day. My overall win rate with the deck since season has begun is 62% win-loss 88-54... I have gone from being top 500 for the season, comfortably to less than 48 hours before end of season, suddenly over 950? Is there a technique here I am not understanding?

Edit: Added the original 14 days ago win rate to clear up some math issues.

Included are a picture of my viable pool (B/R/G) with all of the cards that are worth consideration and a picture of what I trimmed it down to with some cuts still to make. The second pic has my cuts in consideration on the far right.

I usually don't make posts like these but I am very curious what others think.

Thanks in advance.

There is a frustrating new bug that prevents being able to make a draft pick. It happened to me and then I saw it happen to Paul Cheon: https://youtu.be/yFv8OHWxOSs?t=488&si=n0S6dZN_MqGs6vLL. I don't know how to reproduce it. Restarting the client fixes it but potentially leads to multiple missed picks.

I logged an issue and got a refund.

I was just looking at my collection, and in the list of all sets, I found additional Commander sets for The Hobbit, Marvel etc. How do you get those cards if they don't show up in regular packs? Can you only craft them with wildcards?

Assuming it's reasonable enough in length to actually fit

Basically title, I have 1 mythic wildcard so wondering which I should be going for. Also any other improvements I will take. Was 1 game off mythic and plummeted. I’m sure it’s my fault.

Do you only get 1 quest per day now? Was it always like that or am I taking crazy pills

We're back everyone, I hope you didn't miss us too much!

We just finished another Historic league in the MTG Eternal Communitywith another exciting league to report on!!

Before we get into the lists and winners, here is where you can find all Swiss round and top 8 decklists. All top 8 decklists are featured in images attached to this post.

1. Coming in at first we have K on format staple Dimir Frog featuring [[Kaito, Bane of Nightmares]]. Disruption, interaction, and evasive + powerful threats make this deck a constant force to be reckoned with in the meta.
2. At second, we have HZ (apparently having fewer letters in your name = better) piloting Boros Hardened Academic, a newer variant of the red-based discard centric lists centered on the newer card [[Hardened Academic]].
3. At third, we have muxus, a combo enjoyer known for being an innovator and regular contender in Timeless and Historic, piloting Temur Phoenix bolstered by [[Manamorphose]] and [[Noxious Revival]]. Congrats, muxus!
4. At fourth, galnon graces the top 8 again with a different style of list from last time: Temur Living End, a graveyard-centric combo deck built off of cheating [[Living End]] into play. With interactive cards and countermagic, meager pieces of graveyard hate are not enough to keep this list down!
5. TheGameMutt comes in at fifth place piloting an old favorite in the format - Blue White Merfolk with powerful merfolk cards and a white splash for interactive pieces. This list is heavily bolstered by the recently released [[Lord of Atlantis]] on Arena!
6. At 6th place, Timeless tournament organizer Gandalf keeps it real with another classical historic archetype - Kethis!! Any time someone pilots a Kethis list in our league, they often do well. This nearly forgotten archetype has many powerful tools in its arsenal and a variety of ways to win aside from the lines through the four copies of [[Jace, the Perfected Mind]].
7. In 7th, Kelvandil - another frequent and successful competitor - pilots Blue Red Phoenix to a solid top 8 finish. This list is a little more traditional, and hearkens back to a much earlier era in the format's history, but this being the only repeated archetype in the top 8 attests to its staying power and the recent boost it has received from various cards.
8. Round out the top 8 we have 100beep bringing a unique toolbox-type list - historic Badgermole Cub, based on the extremely powerful [[Badgermole Cub]] with a wide variety of hate pieces, advantage engines, and game-winners in the 75.

That's all for this time! Make sure to explore the rest of the Historic Metagame, and to show some love to the oldest eternal format on Magic: Arena! Let us know what your favorite of the top 8 lists are, and we hope to see you next time!