MTG Arena

The economy's the main thing holding me back - I'm the type of person that prefers to brew and playtest with all the cards possible for a format. If I wanted a difficult time of obtaining cards for uneven matches, there are other card games for that (or I could just play Sealed/Draft).

Some of my friends enjoy it a lot, but I think they're more in the target audience as they are streamers.

My fave way to play is limited and with the economy the way it is it plays like a limited league almost. Which is fine at least for now. I’m having fun. Don’t know if that can stay long term though as eventually I’d want to brew. I could easily use it to play just draft and sealed though.

I just got my key and played a few games tonight. Really like it. Earning in-game currency to buy packs and getting cards from doing challenges is how virtual card games should be. I like that I can pull those wild cards from packs and then exchange them for any one card of a matching rarity. I hope that there is NEVER a marketplace between players; instead, have trading between players and cashing cards in for in-game currency (one set value based on rarity, not the card itself). Also, selling singles that rotate and go on sales.

The only other thing I can think of to ask for would be a single player mode. Have us face AI in Vanguard/Archenemy/Planechase/Explorers of Ixalan style games where we can earn exclusive artwork cards, in-game currency, and packs/cards. If they came out with a free single player campaign and then released additional ones for a couple of bucks (like what they do with the Elder Scrolls card game on Steam), that's where my money would go to; not buying virtual cards with real money, but buying new game modes. That shit would be AMAZING!

~Zuty

So it really depends on what this is supposed to be to players and who they are gearing towards.  I have used MTGO to playtest a TON. MTG Arena is great for a casual experience but the way the economy is it is horrible for any type of competitive play or playtesting. This is because you can't really switch decks. It can take weeks/months to build one deck as you want cause you have to collect wildcards which is a really slow way to build a specific deck (unless it is budget lol). I have opened like six mythics that I will never use and I can't do anything with since there is no planned trading or a way to dust singles (unless you already have a playset). This can be frustrating if you want to build a specific deck and have to pretty much rely on randomness to get your cards. If you want to playtest a deck it can take weeks to build and then if you want to playtest a new deck another few weeks/months. So from that sense the economy doesn't work. I would like to see some type of either marketplace or way to trade in cards you don't need. This doesn't mean we have to get into the world of a full economy. Wildcards will always keep things pretty even. If a card ever did become valuable the wildcards would all be used for that card.

Why play against the AI? I have been in beta and have never waited more then like 7 seconds to get paired for a game. Human players are much better than AI.

One thing I will say is I can't stand the hand placement. Why do they hide your cards? And it is really difficult to select a specific card if you have multiple cards in hand or that can be activated from the grave (since they come up next to your hand). They need to devote more space to showing your hand. Hiding it is annoying. But that is going in my feedback for the beta lol.