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AceClown: Sep 11, 2005

TL:DR for the MTGA "State of the Beta"

The stress test was a success, nothing broke and everything worked as it should.
Brawl is not even nearly a high priority, they want to see how popular the format is in paper before committing.
Draft will be the next format and we should see it "very soon"
They're adding more sorting options to the collection screen including "Set" fields. They are asking for further feedback on this
The somewhat random shuffler will stay for single matches but will be truly (or as close as a computer can get) random for best of 3
They're considering not giving the die roll winner the option to pass play as MTGO data diving shows 95%+ of people always take the play anyway. The 5% is also usually people trying something funky post sideboard
The Exert ability is being looked at as it's not ideal
They are looking at the new player experience but not right now as other stuff is more important
Matchmaking is how it is, the reason you sometimes get odd matches is that you have a separate hidden MMR that could be very different to your actual rank

No mention of either the lovely roadblock quests or anything at all about the economy.

# ? Apr 12, 2018 07:46

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# ? Jun 6, 2024 10:06

Gustav: Jul 12, 2006; This is all very confusing. Do you mind if I call you Rodriguez?

Has hidden MMR ever been well received in any game ever? Serious players hate it because they want to see their MMR and casual players get mad when they're matched against higher ranked players. Why do game developers keep doing this to themselves?

Not giving the die roll winner the option is brilliant and something I wish they would implement in paper too. I'm way too tired of people asking me if I want to go first every time I win a die roll. In standard. With my red aggro deck.

# ? Apr 12, 2018 09:28

Jabor: Jul 16, 2010; #1 Loser at SpaceChem

tbf the red aggro mirror has historically been one of the few times you'd prefer to be on the draw

# ? Apr 12, 2018 09:30

mandatory lesbian: Dec 18, 2012

Manaless dredge is the only deck I can think of where being forced to play is actively hurtful, but people who play that are already masochists so whatever

# ? Apr 12, 2018 10:36

AceClown: Sep 11, 2005

mandatory lesbian posted:

Manaless dredge is the only deck I can think of where being forced to play is actively hurtful, but people who play that are already masochists so whatever

Yeah that's called out in the dev post as one of the specific fringe cases.

# ? Apr 12, 2018 10:56

Bulky Bartokomous: Nov 3, 2006; In Mypos, only the strong survive.

Am I correct in my assessment that a play set of all the Ixalan check lands is a solid investment for present/future deck building? They seem really strong for 2 colored decks.

# ? Apr 12, 2018 11:44

AceClown: Sep 11, 2005

Bulky Bartokomous posted:

Am I correct in my assessment that a play set of all the Ixalan check lands is a solid investment for present/future deck building? They seem really strong for 2 colored decks.

Yeah, lands are (almost) always a solid choice and worth picking up, the enemy pair check lands are coming in DOM too so the full cycle will be available soon.

# ? Apr 12, 2018 11:48

Bulky Bartokomous: Nov 3, 2006; In Mypos, only the strong survive.

Cool. The fast lands look decent to me also. Cycling lands I�m not as sure about. Would they be for something like Approach where you need to get certain cards into your hand ASAP?

# ? Apr 12, 2018 13:06

Owlbear Camus: Jan 3, 2013; Maybe this guy that flies is just sort of passing through, you know?

Bulky Bartokomous posted:

Cool. The fast lands look decent to me also. Cycling lands I�m not as sure about. Would they be for something like Approach where you need to get certain cards into your hand ASAP?

The cycling is nice when you've hit the top of your curve and you'd rather have a spell than topdeck another land drop.

Note that they also have the subtypes, which is important if you're running checks (for example Fetid Pools is a swamp-island, which means it lets your Dragonskull Summits and Drowned Catacombs come in untapped)

# ? Apr 12, 2018 13:15

Kurtofan: Feb 16, 2011; hon hon hon

They need to make Morph lands

edit: oh wait no that would probably suck a lot

Mill Lands or Discard Lands? as in you mill three or discard a card or something like that or it enters tapped.

Bonus: the Mill lands are actual mills

Kurtofan fucked around with this message at 13:31 on Apr 12, 2018

# ? Apr 12, 2018 13:29

Buffis: Apr 29, 2006; I paid for this; Fallen Rib

Kurtofan posted:

They need to make Morph lands

edit: oh wait no that would probably suck a lot

Mill Lands or Discard Lands? as in you mill three or discard a card or something like that or it enters tapped.

Bonus: the Mill lands are actual mills

Both of those effects would be beneficial for Dredge

# ? Apr 12, 2018 13:34

Siivola: Dec 23, 2012

Kurtofan posted:

They need to make Morph lands

edit: oh wait no that would probably suck a lot

# ? Apr 12, 2018 13:37

whydirt: Apr 18, 2001; Gaz Posting Brigade

Yeah those are both upsides, not downsides.

# ? Apr 12, 2018 13:37

Kurtofan: Feb 16, 2011; hon hon hon

Buffis posted:

Both of those effects would be beneficial for Dredge

oh yeah I didn't think this through

# ? Apr 12, 2018 13:43

A Moose: Oct 22, 2009

Getting rare lands in MTG arena feels SO drat BAD. I get rare wildcards roughly every... 2 weeks? I'm definitely spending those on 3 more Champion of Wits, a 2nd Approach of the Second Sun, 4 Vraska's Contempt, etc. Lands are a luxury otherwise you don't have anything good to cast with them. So you pretty much have to hope for getting them out of packs, which sucks if you don't open the right packs.

# ? Apr 12, 2018 14:32

TheChirurgeon: Aug 7, 2002; Remember how good you are; Taco Defender

What an odd reversal from regular magic, where dual lands almost always have utility and are one of the better things you can pull from any given pack

# ? Apr 12, 2018 15:02

OgreNoah: Nov 18, 2003

Zoetic Cavern was good before M10 and the combat damage isn't on the stack anymore rule. You could block, kill something, then flip it and the damage wouldn't matter because hey, it's a land.

# ? Apr 12, 2018 15:05

Kurtofan: Feb 16, 2011; hon hon hon

Full spoiler is tomorrow, right?

# ? Apr 12, 2018 15:11

Owlbear Camus: Jan 3, 2013; Maybe this guy that flies is just sort of passing through, you know?

TheChirurgeon posted:

What an odd reversal from regular magic, where dual lands almost always have utility and are one of the better things you can pull from any given pack

I'm still happy enough to pull ones that match the decks I'm working on. Straight up untyped taplands are trash, for the garbage.

# ? Apr 12, 2018 15:25

Tainen: Jan 23, 2004

https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/card-image-gallery/dominaria?ab

Full spoiler

# ? Apr 12, 2018 15:34

Kurtofan: Feb 16, 2011; hon hon hon

Oh poo poo

https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/card-image-gallery/dominaria

(full spoiler is up)

Kurtofan fucked around with this message at 15:36 on Apr 12, 2018

# ? Apr 12, 2018 15:34

Kurtofan: Feb 16, 2011; hon hon hon

power creep

# ? Apr 12, 2018 15:36

Tainen: Jan 23, 2004

Tokens

https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/card-preview/tokens-dominaria-2018-04-12?a

# ? Apr 12, 2018 15:36

Stangg: Mar 17, 2009

The knight token is gorgeous, I don't know if I'll ever play with them but I want a full art foil one right now.

# ? Apr 12, 2018 15:37

Kurtofan: Feb 16, 2011; hon hon hon

Tainen posted:

Tokens

https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/card-preview/tokens-dominaria-2018-04-12?a

those saproling tokens are too cute

# ? Apr 12, 2018 15:38

Kurtofan: Feb 16, 2011; hon hon hon

birb

edit:

lol eye like this one

# ? Apr 12, 2018 15:39

Soul Glo: Aug 27, 2003; Just let it shine through

i like how the gideon's reproach reprint implies gideon can kill two bears with a single punch

# ? Apr 12, 2018 15:39

TheChirurgeon: Aug 7, 2002; Remember how good you are; Taco Defender

Owlbear Camus posted:

I'm still happy enough to pull ones that match the decks I'm working on. Straight up untyped taplands are trash, for the garbage.

Untyped taplands are usually uncommons, and the triple color ones have enough utility to use in constructed play from time to time. The dual taplands aren't constructed good, but I'm glad they make them because I use them a lot for casual decks I put together

# ? Apr 12, 2018 15:41

Kurtofan: Feb 16, 2011; hon hon hon

the size of that thallid's gullet

# ? Apr 12, 2018 15:45

Madmarker: Jan 7, 2007

Kurtofan posted:

birb

edit:

lol eye like this one

Glad to have Into the Roil back

# ? Apr 12, 2018 15:47

Fajita Queen: Jun 21, 2012

Into the Roil was a solid limited card, this functional reprint should prove to be equally good. Especially since it seems like the rest of the limited environment is less insanely aggressive than Zendikar limited was.

# ? Apr 12, 2018 15:55

Tainen: Jan 23, 2004

This "plains" made me laugh

# ? Apr 12, 2018 16:00

Sickening: Jul 16, 2007; Black summer was the best summer.

For standard constructed, this set seems like another meh.

For everything else, this set seems pretty interesting. Maybe that was the goal?

# ? Apr 12, 2018 16:01

Siivola: Dec 23, 2012

Kurtofan posted:

birb

Time to build Flying Men in standard.

# ? Apr 12, 2018 16:03

Mat Cauthon: Jan 2, 2006; The more tragic things get,
the more I feel like laughing.

Murder is too strong for standard, so we get.... Eviscerate? Lame.

I think some of the equipment might not be too bad. Forebear's blade seems good if you can get it rolling early, and short sword is cheap enough to run and equip for some of the equipment-based abilities.

# ? Apr 12, 2018 16:03