#mtg arena

[demilypyro]

anyway here's my standard deck and my alchemy deck. vampires and rats

[ernstiggroteadelaar]

MTG LORE FANS, please tell me about (random) characters from mtg stories you're obsessed with/a fan of/you just think they're neat, i'm trying to find the most fun bits of mtg lore

[loreleywrites]

Bloomburrow VO Dropped

I haven't talked about the Bloomburrow update for MTG Arena yet. Another one of my scripts is published! Ral got turned into an otter! This was sooo fun to write. Gonna highlight a few specific things here.

Usually, it's tricky writing the same character in back-to-back projects, and I had just penned Ral for Modern Horizons 3. Thankfully, a strong theme and tone can give direction to a script, and having this transformation happen gave me a lot of unique stuff to work with.

I do wanna also give a shout-out to the author of the Bloomburrow story, Valerie Valdes, for a running gag where Ral keeps hitting things with his tail because he's not used to his new anatomy. Those moments inspired a lot of the goofy lines in this script.

So yeah, lots of lines about being an otter in this one! It really helps separate from the last Ral script when he's talking about his whiskers or paws or fur, feeling embarrassed about how bad he's doing as an animal, or coping with some sarcastic humor.

I also hit a goal I've been chasing for a while: a unique Magic swear in Arena. Krokt is the Ravnican goblin god of bad luck, and his name gets used as an expletive by a lot of Ravnicans, Ral included. So he says it in a line! Small bits of flavor like that make me happy.

Like I mentioned, the lighter tone and silly situation made this one of the most fun scripts I've ever written, and I hope y'all enjoy hearing Ral's otterlicious lines as much as I enjoyed writing them.

[littjara-mirrorlake]

Grist has voicelines on Arena now!

Gotta say they're not at all what I expected...

Her little cackle is iconic but tbh I liked comic Grist more--an alien being who just earnestly wants to survive. She doesn't revel in death or the destruction she creates, she's just a queen who wants to feed the insects in her care. She didn't even know she was hurting people until Ajani spoke to her, and became more conscious of her actions once he did. It's a much more grounded take on black-green (especially black) that I appreciate. Not destruction for destruction's sake, but doing what's necessary for the survival of those she's responsible for. That does not mean going out of her way to hurt people.

Comic Grist is very much just a creature. It doesn't mean she's unintelligent, just that her priorities and worldview are far removed from the humanoid norm. She has no need for the humanoid conception of suffering, and certainly doesn't indulge in causing it. Arena Grist seems a lot more gleefully villainous in a way that just doesn't fit with her alien nature (or the much more interesting take on black-green that her comic version had), imo.

[magicwithclass]

There is a rumor going around that wotc and the commander rules committee are in cahoots and are colluding. Perhaps WOTC is trying to fracture he commander community in order to take over the format and make it an official Magic the Gathering format run internally. I think they are doing this to prepare for the official launch of commander on mtg arena during holiday 2025. Is this 4 person commander or 1 v 1? This is unclear but the rumor is that commander on arena will release to coincide with the marvel set.

[emberunderscore]

holding on for dear life. forcefully becomes a pacifist. fucking dies

[pigminted]

A MTG card someone requested...

[peoplegettingreallymadatcards]

[laracroftdaily]

Art for Tomb Raider x Secret Lair Crossover

[lady-of-the-upside-down]

Uncommon WotC W

Glad they are acknowledging that side of the fandom

[videogamepolls]

[danshive]

So I talked the Eldrazi into submission.

[loreleywrites]

MTG Arena has updated for Duskmourn, so that means it's time for me to talk a bit about the Kaito script!

Duskmourn has such a specific tone that I got to play with. Pitting Kaito's playful confidence against the very real horror around him was a lot of fun!

Kaito doesn't wear his emotions on his sleeves, so pushing his confidence levels even higher to mask his fear, and then letting that fear show in only a few moments adds some range that Kaito scripts in other settings may not get. I loved getting to push those extremes.

For his ETB lines in particular, playing around with the ninjutsu ability was interesting. I got to lean a little snarkier and more surprising there, as sometimes this card will show up in a combat phase, which isn't usually when those lines would play.

Overall, this is a Kaito card that pushes exciting and playful with some serious undertones. He's a brash guy, but he also recognizes real stakes and knows when to lock it in.

[8pxl]

the pixel art snow lands i did for magic the gathering are available in mtg arena today ✨

[awellboiledicicle]

The card "Petrify" stopped working in mtg arena.

I still have it, I can play it, it attaches to creatures.

But its abilities no longer work. It doesnt stop creatures from activating abilities, just stops them tapping.

Which is annoying because it's the only counter I reliably have in brawl vs the jerkoffs with a deck full of mythic rares jumping down my throat.

[magicwithclass]

Homarid Shaman is unplayable. It costs too much mana, has terrible stats, has an extremely niche ability and the ability requires additional mana. What is the point of talking about cards like these? Even newer players would likely realize that this card is jank. There are many reason why even cards like this one deserve a discussion. First, this is still a reserved list card. It is part of the history of the game that can never be reprinted so it is easy to forget. If you don't take a look even at unplayable cards then you might forget that recurring nightmare is on the reserved list too! Next, not everyone knows that this card shouldn't see play in any deck. Newer players may need to see a card like this too understand costs and what to expect for the amount of mana you pay. Third, you never know what card can come along that can break a card in half. They could make a card that draws ten cards when a play creature taps down a green creaure and then we would all have egg on our face when homarid shaman is 100 dollars. Never say never. Furthermore, you can use cards like these to talk about the living history of the game. Right now many creature types are being chaged to match the animal they are based on. For example, viashino became lizard and Cephalid became octopus. There is mixed reaction in the community if this is a positive change but change is usually met with some resistance. In 5 years this may all be forgotten and people may not realize why some of the lizard cards used to have creature type viashino. It could also hint at a subtle shift in mtg as a whole from an intellectual property trying to carve out an identity to a big business seeking conformity to appeal to a majority. After all, isn't one of the stated reasons behind universes beyond is to attract a broader audience? Even some mtg fans may not know what a cephalid is but everyone knows a lizard. The point of bringing this up is that homarids survived this creature type update. Homarid fans rejoice! Homarid remains homarid! However, that is merely because the creature type is not used very much. There is a very real chance that homarid becomes crab. What does everyone think about this? Do you want to see this change? What do you think about these latest creature type updates? Did you like this way of capturing living history in the discussion of a reserved list card where there is not much to say? If you must play homarid shaman in a deck I would suggest Hylda icy queen or any other commander with a tap theme. Most 4 person games should have some green creatures you can tap.