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[Glix]

MTGO apparently not going anywhere: https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/news/magic-online-moving-forward-2017-09-07

So

Fucking

Dumb.

Pour all this money into Arena, and then split your userbase? Do they really think pros are going to EVER stream Arena?

 

[Santiako]

This seems really good. Really good.

 

[A Serious Man]

Game seems to autotap lands when you cast something, but you can change which lands tap if you want.

 

[Familienoberhauptvogel]

That looks pretty good.

because having to strip mine the first gaeas cradle wasn't enough.

 

[Ashodin]

This seems really good. Really good.

holy shit that's amazing

Also Gaea's Cradle reprint boyz

Game seems to autotap lands when you cast something, but you can change which lands tap if you want.

Probably preferences more cards being cast in a turn.

 

[y2dvd]

New card:

Edit: Seems good.

There's a combo waiting to happen here isn't there?

 

[Royal_Flush]

They are reprinting gaia's cradle (kind of. 3 mana. Creature won't be a big problem for the deck that wants it.)?! What on earth?

Also, the "tapping" looks horrible.

 

[kirblar]

There's your chase card of the set, boys and girls.

 

[The Technomancer]

The...graphics of this UI need work, but a lot of the actual layout and flow decisions seem smart? Like the way Jace's abilities pop up like two mini cards to pick from

 

[Ashodin]

Growing Rites of Itlimoc is... wow

 

[Santiako]

Growing Rites of Itlimoc is... wow

Elves in Modern is about to get real dumb.

 

[kirblar]

Rites and the Greed enchantment are clearly a cycle.

REAL curious what the blue one is now.

 

[Ashodin]

EDH players eyes just bulged

Rites and the Greed enchantment are clearly a cycle.

REAL curious what the blue one is now.

show me the red and white ones!

 

[Royal_Flush]

The...graphics of this UI need work, but a lot of the actual layout and flow decisions seem smart? Like the way Jace's abilities pop up like two mini cards to pick from

I fully agree. There are some pretty brilliant visualization ideas in there. But I really would like to know how they handle priority... Are they both just on auto-pass right now? Because I don't see any time window to react to anything.

 

[Familienoberhauptvogel]

see the flip lands don't have reminder text on mtg arena

 

[FreedomFrisbee]

Have they shown "The Stack" at all?

Theres a big RESOLVE button a player has to click to let a spell resolve. I'm assuming it's there, there was an unsummon earlier that I missed. Block ordering was shown and looked spiffy.

 

[Angry Grimace]

So

Fucking

Dumb.

Pour all this money into Arena, and then split your userbase? Do they really think pros are going to EVER stream Arena?

there isn't as much overlap between the two as you might imagine.

Lots of people played Duels but had 0 cards.

 

[Ashodin]

Looks like there's a two mana Dino discounter

1R
1/2
Dinosaurs you cast cost 2 less to cast

 

[Justin]

see the flip lands don't have reminder text on mtg arena

Because its impossible to play the wrong side...

 

[Familienoberhauptvogel]

is canyon sleugh the first non ixalan card we've seen?

 

[A Serious Man]

Yeah, you have to pass priority with a "Resolve" button if you have an instant or ability, there is also a prompt to advance past your upkeep. I wonder if there will be an option for bluffing.

 

[Ashodin]

is canyon sleugh the first non ixalan card we've seen?

Before this started I figured they would go all in on Ixalan cards

 

[StrategyFan]

is canyon sleugh the first non ixalan card we've seen?

samut walker

 

[Familienoberhauptvogel]

samut walker

oh right, so easy to forget.

 

[Glix]

there isn't as much overlap between the two as you might imagine.

Lots of people played Duels but had 0 cards.

Sure. But they want this to be much bigger than Duels.

 

[Justin]

There is the priority mode

 

[A Serious Man]

Oh shit.

Full control mode.

Just answered all my questions.

Bluff away guys.

 

[Ashodin]

ok, so they have auto pass, but they can toggle full control for minute decisions

 

[aidan]

Ah. Gaby just entered something called "Full Control Mode," which allows her to go through her turn/priority one step at a time.

 

[Santiako]

Looks like there's a two mana Dino discounter

1R
1/2
Dinosaurs you cast cost 2 less to cast

It also taps to give a dinousar haste. Premium uncommon for the dino deck in limited.

 

[FreedomFrisbee]

Ok, they just showed 'FULL CONTROL' which pauses things at every opportunity or something.

 

[Firemind]

so where's the land destruction 😏

 

[blindrocket]

Since this is so casual I'd love to see Commander integrated. The problem there though I am sure would be the vast card pool.

 

[aidan]

Basic lands look a lot like non-land cards because of the coloured borders. I'm surprised they didn't do more to differentiate them visually when they're in your hand.

 

[Justin]

And there is a stack. I like the look of it.

 

[Ashodin]

so where's the land destruction

they don't want feelbads in magic

 

[Tunoku]

They need to work on those fonts. Otherwise, this seems decent enough.

 

[Ashodin]

They need to work on those fonts. Otherwise, this seems decent enough.

yeah fucking arial in the text box

 

[A Serious Man]

Flavorful custom animations (like this pirate flag animation for pirates) are pretty dope. I really like how the cards are handled, prioritizing the art and vital attributes with the full text easily available is a good thing to steal from Qwent and other CCGs.

 

[blindrocket]

Elves in Modern is about to get real dumb.

Quick, buyout Craterhoof Behemoth.

 

[The Technomancer]

This UI looks like a really good UI for solving the very specific UI problems Magic has, which is....huge, honestly

 

[Ashodin]

Flavorful custom animations (like this pirate flag animation for pirates) are pretty dope. I really like how the cards are handled, prioritizing the art and vital attributes with the full text easily available is a good thing to steal from Qwent and other CCGs.

I'm excited for Boros Legion

 

[Santiako]

Flavorful custom animations (like this pirate flag animation for pirates) are pretty dope. I really like how the cards are handled, prioritizing the art and vital attributes with the full text easily available is a good thing to steal from Qwent and other CCGs.

Coming full circle:

 

[bigkrev]

The UI seems fine, but I don't know how the fuck it's going to work on a cell phone.

so where's the land destruction ��

 

[Familienoberhauptvogel]

now I want to see someone play new perspectives combo on this.

 

[Ri'Orius]

So, one of my biggest annoyances in Hearthstone is the fixed hand ordering, and it looks like they're doing it in Arena, too. It's just the sort of mechanic that can give a player a tiny advantage for having a good memory and bothering to keep track of it, which drives me nuts.

 

[Ashodin]

FREE TO PLAY

 

[A Serious Man]

F2P but no other details so far.

 

[Fou-Lu]

Looks pretty good to me so far. Much better than Duels or MTGO at least. Probably will be my prefered way to play MTG until I move back closer to my friends.

 

[FreedomFrisbee]

Ok, free to play confirmed. No other details yet.