MTG:Arena World Premiere
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Posted on Sept. 7, 2017, 5:46 p.m. by clayperce
Our first look at Wizards' new digital Magic product!
Featuring Amaz on Naya Dinosaurs vs. Gaby Spartz on "Grixis Yarrr"
smackjack,
MTGO, but with a decent interface. Though way too many sound effects/animations IMO. And a limited card pool, for now.
Not sure on iOS (or Android), but I really hope that's part of the plan.
September 7, 2017 8:49 p.m.
Here's a short article from MTGgoldfish and a longer one from the mothership.
September 7, 2017 11:23 p.m. Edited.
Ohthenoises says... #5
If it doesn't have all the cards from sets that it includes it's not worth it for me. If they leave cards out they can get fucked.
I expect to be able to playtest my IRL standard decks on this and as such I expect all the cards to be available.
That was my biggest gripe with duels
September 8, 2017 12:03 a.m.
Ohthenoises,
They'll have everything in Standard for sure, but it sounds like Eternal formats are only going to be on MTGO. At least for quite a while ...
September 8, 2017 12:13 a.m.
Ohthenoises says... #7
Oh I meant as far as whenever they decide the start is. I don't really care if they add eternal formats.
The videos on this weren't clear about it containing all the cards but the article you payed was: "MTG Arena will feature the full card sets in Standard"
For example, in duels they were missing a bunch of cards like felidar cub (before it's banning) and a bunch of other good cards
September 8, 2017 12:15 a.m. Edited.
So, since I already play MTGO, this seems like another digital product that I can just safely ignore. It doesn't offer anything that Magic Online doesn't already have, right?
September 8, 2017 4:36 a.m.
Lame_Duck,
It's speculation of course, but imo ...
- Short-term: No impact at all.
- Mid-term: Depends on your format. I suspect a bunch of Limited and Standard MTGO players (and probably all the non-English speakers) will make the move to Arena. Any new Limited and Standard players, including a ton of folks from Hearthstone, will of course start there. All of that is going to make the Limited and Standard areas of MTGO a bit of a Ghost Town. The only chance to the Eternal formats is that with fewer drafters, the supply of cards (from both new sets and flash-back events) will go down and costs will go up.
- Long-term: Assuming Arena is successful product, it will eventually expand to include all formats.
smackjack says... #2
So what is this new product, for us who dont want to watch an hour long video? And most important, will it come to iPad?
September 7, 2017 7:14 p.m.