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MTG Arena Announcements – July 15, 2024 (magic.wizards.com)

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In this edition:

Congratulations to the Winner of Arena Championship 6, Wouter Noordzij!
Win $2,000 and an Invite to Qualifier Weekend in Arena Open This Weekend
Arena Direct Returns with 2x Outlaws of Thunder Junction Play Booster Boxes
Bloomburrow Preorder Bundles Available Now
Magic: The Gathering® – Assassin's Creed® Bundles
Preorder Duskmourn: House of Horror Play Booster Box on Amazon, Get a Special MTG Arena Sleeve
Event Schedule

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[–] meant2live218@lemmy.world 5 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I missed the Arena Championship! I'm assuming it (like Modern) was just MH3 Set constructed, basically?

I understand that Amazon is a way a lot of players buy cards, but... I don't think it comes with the buy-a-box promo? It also feels kinda bad that they're essentially drawing customers away from shopping at their LGS.

[–] mike@mtgzone.com 4 points 4 months ago (1 children)

It was unwatchable, almost every game was Boros Energy vs Boros Energy, or you could get lucky and see Boros Energy vs. Jeskai Energy, oops I mean Jeskai Control. 32 copies of Galvanic Discharge in the top 8 decks!

I understand that Amazon is a way a lot of players buy cards, but… I don’t think it comes with the buy-a-box promo? It also feels kinda bad that they’re essentially drawing customers away from shopping at their LGS.

I completely agree. Honestly, this seems like the direction they're going and it just totally screws over the LGS market. It's clear as day they want to scrape every available penny from every product they sell, but this is all at the expense of the game stores that have been a huge part of Magic's history and success.

[–] meant2live218@lemmy.world 4 points 4 months ago (1 children)

MH3 seems to be a hit for WotC, but maybe a negative for every format it's legal in. It seems to have homogenized Modern and Historic, and it looks like even Timeless is rolling in these new cards.

[–] mike@mtgzone.com 3 points 4 months ago

I think it homogenizes everything it touches, to be honest. The cards are purposefully designed to be more powerful every release, and every time they do one it squeezes out more and more older cards. Even Vintage seems to not be immune from these sets.