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theres a saying. Good, Fast, Cheap: You Can Only Pick Two! here it would be quantity over quality tho
Pros of real cards:
- you can keep those as long as you want (no risk that servers will go down)
- you can trade them
- you can modify rules however you want, as long your opponent agrees
- you can print proxies
Pros of MTG Arena:
- you can play with players worldwide
- players matched to you according to your rank
- you can easily manage you collection (filtering, sorting, using the same card in multiple decks etc.)
- you can create some missing cards with wild cards
- automation (shuffling, deck searching, graveyard searching, effect triggering, following the game rules etc.)
- you can play it on multiple platforms (even when you're in toilet)
- doesn't take so much physical space
What's better? Both are just a matter of preferences.
Correct. Don't spend money on this.
But if you play just to play and kill some time, then for free is ok.
Why buy boosters? To have bigger collection of cards you can use to build decks. Also opening boosters gives player wildcards, and buying boosters gives gold packs full of random rares. Im not sure is buying packs better than just buying wildcards (didnt count what is cheaper), but think it is better in long run. And opening packs is just super cool.
So you either oblige them by giving them exactly what they want while renting virtual cards in return (they are connected to your account but you do not "own" them) or you simply do not buy stuff on MTGA for real money and only use the virtual currency that you grind to purchase said virtual cards. Instead freeing up that money to buy MtG cards IRL or other games you like.
As far as boosters go in general, they're never worth their cost. It's gambling. Singles is the way, unfortunately you can not buy singles on MTGA.
In the end, the choice is and always will be yours.
Personally I have not spent a single crown in-game, this question is a no brainer for me. I adopt the same mindset when I play any other game with in-game purchases. To each their own.
Let's start by saying that I wouldn't advocate buying gems just to purchase boosters... I don't think it's a particularly wise decision.
I also know that localisation is gonna change prices somewhat, so I can only really speak regarding my own locale. (although I wouldn't expect massive variations in price over region.)
But with all that said: 3,400 gems will set me back about £20. with those gems I can buy 17 packs. Meaning arena packs cost a little over £1 each.
Real boosters? they cost somewhere in the region of £6 each. That's damn near a 5/1 ratio.
Again: I'm not advocating for people to be buying boosters with real money on arena. (I got no issue with people that do, but I prefer not to.) But that price comparison is just straight up untrue for anyone in my localisation, and probably for the vast majority of people playing the game.
You have to buy the Battlepass. That's it. You don't have to spend anything else on it. I don't. Why would you?
Smart. Don't spend money on it.
Secondly let's not forget its a FREE game. Yes, I like free games as much as the next person, but at the end of the day, WotC/Hasbro/Whoever is a business, and businesses need to make money. That means there's going to have to be in app purchases no matter what. The only other alternative would be filling it with ads instead, which, to me at least, would be far worse.
Again, not saying you have to play it any other way then how you want. If you want to play free, go for it, I do. If you splurge on a few packs here and there, I'm not gonna judge you.
You don't have to buy anything from them, and I suggest you do NOT until they get rid of their DEI staff.
They don't need MTGA in the least to be a profitable business. MTGA is a drop in the ocean compared to what they make on their physical MtG products. So there doesn't need to be in-app purchases.
Just look at boosters, the perfect gambling product, even when you "lose" you get the feeling that you recieved something so it becomes extremely addicting but we all know most commons (0,01€ cards) are just toilet paper, it's why we sell them in bulk and they make up most of the booster packs. A fair gamble would be a 50/50 chance of loss or profit, which is why singles is the way to go since we cut out the gambling aspect completely.
A common argument would be to say that one enjoys the opening of boosters, but going to the movies instead would be more than 10x the value or purchasing a video game which can be INFx the value depending on how much you play. It only takes 5 minutes to open a booster and that is a generous estimate. Once you realize your booster only contained garbage the excitement quickly fades as well. Addicts enjoys taking the drug of their choice.
The only difference between boosters and meth for example is that meth is physically harmful, but both are financially and mentally harmful.
They know all this and uses the mental weakness inherent in us to their absolute benefit. A glorified casino and their products are also aimed towards the youth, Bloomburrow was designed with the youth in mind.
You should also definitely judge people publically for buying boosters, it's the only way to make them feel somewhat wierd about it and perhaps it's enough to get them to re-evaluate what they're doing. Otherwise we might just as well tell them directly to their face how little we care for their well being.
Everyone is free to champion for a cause, but the cause is what defines you. So be mindful of what cause you want to champion.
TLDR
Advocating for a company is fine, when said company deserves it. WOTC & Hasbro does not belong in that category due to their business practices.
I guess it is easy for misunderstanding to occur on the Steam forums considering how toxic it usually is, so that's understandable.
No one called you a shill. Relax.