Is MTG Arena rigged?

[JayDee Phoenix]

I remember when I used to play awhile ago when it came out I read about matchmaking being rigged so you would have to play longer to complete daily tasks. For example it put you against higher difficulty opponents so It took longer to complete daily wins. It certainly felt that way for me from what I remember. Has this been proven or has anything similar has happened? Because you know Wizards of the Coast is kinda sus these days. Also did they remove cards? I heard for some cards because of "racism".

[Jamjars]

to answer OP, yes it's very rigged

[Brother Alpha]

Jamjars lähetti viestin:

to answer OP, yes it's very rigged

It's not rigged for me.

So either WotC hates you personally, or you are wrong. Which is it?

[Jamjars]

Brother Alpha lähetti viestin:

Jamjars lähetti viestin:

to answer OP, yes it's very rigged

It's not rigged for me.

So either WotC hates you personally, or you are wrong. Which is it?

Just because it's rigged in your favor, doesn't mean it's not rigged.

[Brother Alpha]

Jamjars lähetti viestin:

Brother Alpha lähetti viestin:

It's not rigged for me.

So either WotC hates you personally, or you are wrong. Which is it?

Just because it's rigged in your favor, doesn't mean it's not rigged.

So why is it rigged in my favour and not in yours? Does WotC hate you?

Or is it because I make decks that are not fragile? My decks are not easily countered with any disruption, so it doesn't feel like I'm being targeted.

[Jamjars]

The 13 mountain deck should not work. It does not work on paper, only on arena.

I want a fair game without all this algo crap. Mtga is currently not a fair game. I don’t want to be cheated out of wins, I do not want to be handed them either.

[Brother Alpha]

Jamjars lähetti viestin:

The 13 mountain deck should not work. It does not work on paper, only on arena.

It only works on Arena, because you can concede in the mulligan screen and get a new game in under a minute, under 30 seconds in some cases. You can earn your 15 wins a day in under an hour if your deck wins or loses in under 2 minutes.

Jamjars lähetti viestin:

I want a fair game without all this algo crap.

I rarely see mono red on Arena and when I do, it is mostly Goblins and they are not playing just 13 lands.

[Jamjars]

The initial land massage in your draw is exploitable, which is why it is exploited. Sorry to break it to you.

https://tappedout.net/mtg-decks/arena-burn-13-lands/

[GoddessofEternity]

Jamjars lähetti viestin:

The initial land massage in your draw is exploitable, which is why it is exploited. Sorry to break it to you.

https://tappedout.net/mtg-decks/arena-burn-13-lands/

Oops 🤭

[Tenguninja]

I think it is, I played twenty games earlier won them all, I find it easy to get the daily challenges for xp, can easily play 15 games and win them all, so its got to be fixed for easy games

[Jamjars]

Tenguninja lähetti viestin:

I think it is, I played twenty games earlier won them all, I find it easy to get the daily challenges for xp, can easily play 15 games and win them all, so its got to be fixed for easy games

Did you recently start, spend money, or come back from a break away from the game?

[Brother Alpha]

Goddess of Eternity lähetti viestin:

Jamjars lähetti viestin:

The initial land massage in your draw is exploitable, which is why it is exploited. Sorry to break it to you.

https://tappedout.net/mtg-decks/arena-burn-13-lands/

Oops 🤭

Oops indeed. They posted a deck list without any context, making it worthless as evidence. They would need to post winrates, which I did and it showed they were wrong.

[Tenguninja]

Jamjars lähetti viestin:

Tenguninja lähetti viestin:

I think it is, I played twenty games earlier won them all, I find it easy to get the daily challenges for xp, can easily play 15 games and win them all, so its got to be fixed for easy games

Did you recently start, spend money, or come back from a break away from the game?

I played the game before it was on steam but I never spent any money on it,
My son plays too only on steam and he's encountered games where on the very first turn someone has played one land then ten creature cards worth 20 mana and all had haste attacked him and won. So I have no doubt there are hackers in the game.

[Jamjars]

Tenguninja lähetti viestin:

Jamjars lähetti viestin:

Did you recently start, spend money, or come back from a break away from the game?

I played the game before it was on steam but I never spent any money on it,
My son plays too only on steam and he's encountered games where on the very first turn someone has played one land then ten creature cards worth 20 mana and all had haste attacked him and won. So I have no doubt there are hackers in the game.

Damn, sorry to hear that happened. I haven’t seen that yet, but with an old unupdated client there are bound to be security issues. It’s probably a rare occurence.

Though most people will be complaining about the structural problems this game has. Like the land massage that makes 13-17 lands in a 60 card deck more powerful than it would otherwise be, including winning some of the pay to enter events back in 2019. Or the shuffler, going first or matchmaking systems picking favorites.

Pay to win games are just like that. They’ll usually ease in new or returning players while slowly turning up the heat so you don’t notice.

[Berserkr]

10 creatures with haste on the first turn with 1 land?

[Tenguninja]

Berserkr lähetti viestin:

10 creatures with haste on the first turn with 1 land?

yup he kept saying every now and then games he was playing weird things were happening, so i decided to watch his games, the guy he was playing played one land card then 10 goblin cards all in the same turn