How did I lose?

[xBARONx]

I really hate a whole lot about this game. One of the biggest problems is the lack of a match or combat log to review. Opponent played some card that triggered a whole slew of actions. After all was done, I had 81 health and he had 3, but I somehow instantly lost the match. Some gray or green skull just appeared in my avatar window and I lost. I dug thru his expelled and graveyard stacks. And looked over every card on the board. I can't figure out what caused the loss.
https://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561197991587997/screenshot/2303090939594064111/

[HighLanderPony]

I think you had to draw from an empty library. That loses you the game.

[Winter Wolf]

Originally posted by HighLanderPony:

I think you had to draw from an empty library. That loses you the game.

This.

[HighLanderPony]

Originally posted by Winter Wolf:

Originally posted by HighLanderPony:

I think you had to draw from an empty library. That loses you the game.

This.

Thx for the reassurance!

[Winter Wolf]

Originally posted by HighLanderPony:

Originally posted by Winter Wolf:

This.

Thx for the reassurance!

I about to answer it myself and I noticed your answer was correct and wanted to reinforce it so there is no doubt.

[BobbyRunout]

Speaking of....is there really no 1st or 3rd party match history replayer for Arena?! I know there are tools that give you info about your win rate, performance against various decks, etc. But what about just a tool where you can replay your matches in a nice GUI?

[HighLanderPony]

Originally posted by wly_cdgr:

Speaking of....is there really no 1st or 3rd party match history replayer for Arena?! I know there are tools that give you info about your win rate, performance against various decks, etc. But what about just a tool where you can replay your matches in a nice GUI?

I don't recall any CCG/TCG having that.

[BobbyRunout]

Originally posted by HighLanderPony:

Originally posted by wly_cdgr:

Speaking of....is there really no 1st or 3rd party match history replayer for Arena?! I know there are tools that give you info about your win rate, performance against various decks, etc. But what about just a tool where you can replay your matches in a nice GUI?

I don't recall any CCG/TCG having that.

Boo! It would be so useful.
(Doesn't MTGO kinda have a (janky) one?)

[HighLanderPony]

Originally posted by wly_cdgr:

Originally posted by HighLanderPony:

I don't recall any CCG/TCG having that.

Boo! It would be so useful.
(Doesn't MTGO kinda have a (janky) one?)

It'd be great yeah!

I dunno, never played MTGO myself.

[BobbyRunout]

Originally posted by HighLanderPony:

Originally posted by wly_cdgr:

Boo! It would be so useful.
(Doesn't MTGO kinda have a (janky) one?)

It'd be great yeah!

I dunno, never played MTGO myself.

My friend who's a much more experienced and long-time player than me has tried a bunch of times to get me to switch to MTGO. More formats are supported there, like custom cubes and stuff I think. Also you can actually trade your cards with other players and possibly even sell them for money I guess (although I think not directly through the client? not sure). It's also more stable than Arena, I hear (even though it's not as sparkly), probably cos it's developed by Daybreak, who work on heavyweight stuff like EQII and LoTRO. One big (IMO) downside to playing there is your cards are kinda like NFTs in that you can't reuse them across multiple of your decks. Just seems like it would make brewxperimenting more annoying.
But yeah, looks like they def have more game analysis tools right in the client - https://www.mtgo.com/en/mtgo/advanced (I guess you can build your own match replayer for Arena since detailed logs are available through the settings, but that's a whole big serious project).

[HighLanderPony]

Originally posted by wly_cdgr:

Originally posted by HighLanderPony:

It'd be great yeah!

I dunno, never played MTGO myself.

My friend who's a much more experienced and long-time player than me has tried a bunch of times to get me to switch to MTGO. More formats are supported there, like custom cubes and stuff I think. Also you can actually trade your cards with other players and possibly even sell them for money I guess (although I think not directly through the client? not sure). It's also more stable than Arena, I hear (even though it's not as sparkly), probably cos it's developed by Daybreak, who work on heavyweight stuff like EQII and LoTRO. One big (IMO) downside to playing there is your cards are kinda like NFTs in that you can't reuse them across multiple of your decks. Just seems like it would make brewxperimenting more annoying.
But yeah, looks like they def have more game analysis tools right in the client - https://www.mtgo.com/en/mtgo/advanced (I guess you can build your own match replayer for Arena since detailed logs are available through the settings, but that's a whole big serious project).

Thx for the summary, the replay thing sounds good. I did check on the game before but the aesthetic and UI/UX turned me off.

Arena should've been that but better looking but alas it's a PoS software. :P

[BobbyRunout]

Originally posted by HighLanderPony:

Originally posted by wly_cdgr:

My friend who's a much more experienced and long-time player than me has tried a bunch of times to get me to switch to MTGO. More formats are supported there, like custom cubes and stuff I think. Also you can actually trade your cards with other players and possibly even sell them for money I guess (although I think not directly through the client? not sure). It's also more stable than Arena, I hear (even though it's not as sparkly), probably cos it's developed by Daybreak, who work on heavyweight stuff like EQII and LoTRO. One big (IMO) downside to playing there is your cards are kinda like NFTs in that you can't reuse them across multiple of your decks. Just seems like it would make brewxperimenting more annoying.
But yeah, looks like they def have more game analysis tools right in the client - https://www.mtgo.com/en/mtgo/advanced (I guess you can build your own match replayer for Arena since detailed logs are available through the settings, but that's a whole big serious project).

Thx for the summary, the replay thing sounds good. I did check on the game before but the aesthetic and UI/UX turned me off.

Arena should've been that but better looking but alas it's a PoS software. :P

Haha, agreed on all fronts, cheers.