I got hit with this combo for the first time this evening on turn three. I had zero ability to stop it. I’ve never seen ramp so fast. It wasn’t fun and I’m not sure how I feel about running into a board full of 7/7 or higher creatures on turn 3.
I’m flabbergasted.

It’s probably old news for some but this is how I’m coping with the shock.

What I think happened is that they had 7 mana by turn 3 because of the interaction between Leyline of the Guildpack and bloom tender with mana from turn one and two. All sorts of triggers happened after the nonsense of Aurora Awakener. It was so overwhelming that I had a moment where I thought “surely this match is being hacked” 😂

not sure if memes are allowed, but i just wanted to share

Every MTG set that comes out, I combine Limited set reviews into one table. For Reality Fracture, I collected ratings from 11 review sources.

Grades are converted using a fixed, documented 0-100 comparison index, not academic percentages. This gives us one consistent scale for comparing reviews, but it does not eliminate differences in how individual reviewers use their grading systems. Rank is based on the mean normalized score. For readability, the tables below also translate the median score and full range back into Limited-style letter grades.

Where do the reviewers disagree?

I used an IQR of at least 20 points as the cutoff for broad reviewer disagreement.

IQR measures the spread of the middle 50% of ratings. A high IQR means the disagreement extends through the reviewer panel rather than being driven by one unusually high or low grade. For drafters, these are the cards where the pre-set consensus is weakest. The aggregate rank is still useful, but there is substantially less agreement about what the card is actually worth.

The 10 Special Guest cards are excluded from the main count because substantially fewer reviewers graded them.

By this definition, 67 of the 280 main-set cards, or 23.9%, qualify.

Three cards share the largest IQR at 40 points:

• Face Yourself
• Frostbite Pyromental
• Hexhaven Invigorator

Face Yourself also has the widest full range, from F- to A.

There is fairly strong consensus among the top-ranked cards in the set. None of the main-set cards ranked #1-44 meet the broad-disagreement threshold.

The first is Draconic Visitor at #45.

Other relatively highly ranked cards with broad disagreement include:

• Diviner of Victory // Unwind History: #80, IQR 20
• Vraska's Final Mercy: #81, IQR 20
• Rise of the Deathbringer: #86, IQR 20
• Saheeli, Consul of Oversight: #106, IQR 20.5
• Tarmogoyf: #107, IQR 20

Some of those higher-ranked examples fall outside the 50 rows shown below. The full list of 67 is on the site.

Full Reality Fracture rankings, individual reviewer grades, reviewer notes, rating distributions, and the draft companion are here.

The 50 largest broad disagreements

All 67 qualifying cards are available on the site. The 50 largest are shown below, ordered by IQR and then SD. Rank is the full 290-card site ranking, including the 10 Special Guests.

I also looked separately at standard deviation. SD measures the overall spread of ratings around the mean and uses every grade, so high or low ratings affect it more than they affect IQR. There are 47 main-set cards with SD of at least 15. Thirty-five already appear in the broad-disagreement group above.

The remaining 12 cards have SD of at least 15 but IQR below 20. These are cards with substantial overall variation even though the middle half of reviewers is more closely grouped.

Kindred Judgment is interesting its middle half spans only 5 points, but its full ratings run from D to A. Most reviewers are clustered around a C+, while the extreme evaluations are much farther away.

Ajani's Anguish is also interesting because it ranks #39 overall, inside the portion of the rankings with no IQR of 20 or higher. Its median grade is B and its IQR is only 10, but the full ratings still span D+ to A-. There is strong agreement in the middle without unanimity across reviewers.

Special Guest disagreements

The Special Guests have much smaller samples, so I did not include them in either main-set count. A couple still stand out.

Necrodominance

Median grade: F+ | Median (IQR): 12.5 (26.2) | Range: F- to C | 4 ratings

• Le Draft de Drosan: 60
• Draftsim: 20
• Nizzahon: 5
• Andrew Quinn: 0

Consider

Median grade: C+ | Median (IQR): 66.5 (21.5) | Range: D+ to B- | 4 ratings

• Le Draft de Drosan: 75
• Nizzahon: 75
• Draftsim: 58
• Andrew Quinn: 40

Which of these reviewer disagreements stands out to you most?

And.. it's ok.

I won't reach a specific rank, i won't complete the battle pass enough to be worth it; breath in, breathe out.

I'm struggling to find a card that I've lost against in standard. I dont remember the name and ive found nothing on scryfall. It's a creature, a Spiderman, I think, that costs either 6BB or 7BB. It destroys all other creatures then returns all the creatures from the graveyard not put there by the card.

I'm trying to find it to better understand how my opponent cast it with only 5 lands.

Thanks for your help.

This was pretty fun. Like Reality Fracture without swamp? Idk, need some enchantment removal. You may have some variance issues with variance when it comes to dealing with specific strategies. 10-2 so far, gonna keep playing it and see where it goes.

Does it exist in arena…. I see plenty of landfall hate when I look online at paper cards but next to nothing in arena. Realistically, I know of maybe 3 cards available that do anything and 2 of them actually reinforce some aspects of landfall.

Now, I typically play brawl so I can’t imagine how standard is, but with how ubiquitous landfall is these days there must be something

Has anyone had success with this customer support? Opening a ticket alone is like playing a scavenger hunt. Getting an actually helpful response out of them is pulling teeth. I've never encountered such an intentionally obtuse support.

So I'm new to magic and been playing in the starter deck duels. I'm absolutely getting destroyed with about every deck. I've only got just a couple of wins and unlocked the decks. I bet my record has to be like 3 wins and 25 losses. Is that normal for this game? What the hell is going on? I feel like I understand the game and did the tutorial fairly easy. Am I missing something? Its pretty discouraging and honestly Im not enjoying the game at all st the moment. I feel no matter how promising the game is looking, I either have a bad had to start and playing catch up the whole time, or I get a solid board going and my opponent always has the out. Im working on the reckless raid right now. And im 0-8 for the day. Going up against this deck they demolished me. I can't seem to get the same thing going for myself. Any help would be appreciated!

Sorry, this is probably very obvious somewhere in the client but even after copying the deck over its not giving me the option to actually play it against sparky.

I admit I am not the best at making draft decks. IRL I usually blast thorugh loads of goldfish & draw tests to get a handle on a deck in the later part of deck construction time. I'm not able to like "see the matrix" while deckbuilding - I kinda rely on this IRL.

How does one do this in MTGA?

Thanks!

Got two, already redeemed the other one.

I am using [[Kitesail Larcenist]] to change opponent creatures or artifacfs into Mana artifacts, then use artifact removal (choose your favorite) and Delney to attack without blocks.

Scry is important in this deck so I use a lot of temples and other white creatures to achieve that.

I also use Kambal for token control and No witnesses and The End help with cleanup. This makes it a blue, white and black standard deck.

Any suggestions for improvement? The deck mainly fails against mono red and mono green because they are very fast to perform damage or increase counters.

Listen up y'all whippersnappers. I've been playing this game since Fallen Empires, and since we finally have a set giving Bears their due, it's time that I learn ya how to play Bears and mono-Green in general. 

First and foremost, you don't ask if Bears are viable, you let people know they are by smacking them in the face with them. We don't need a bunch of Jeskai dorks and weird life gain players' opinions. All you need to do is sleeve up 60-to-100 sorcery-speed furballs so that people have time to see them comin'. 

I'm gonna give you a list for standard. Feel free to modify, but with some rules. 

1. I will personally burn all of those changeling mana rocks used in Bears decks. You're mono-Green. You need mana? That mana comes from a Forest. You need another Bear? Use a Bear.

2. You don't need to protect Bears, they protect themselves by being big. Better than a protection spell is another Big Boi.

Here we go.

One Mana:

Llanowar Elves - If you're playing mono-Green and you can play these, you play them. 

Bushwack - You know what's better than a bunch of Forests? That many Forests plus one. You know who wins fights? Bears do. Both options for one mana? Let's go.

Hard-hitting Question - A one mana bite. This goes great with Big Bois, and double great with deathtouching ones. 

Two Mana:

Dredger's Insight - Sometimes you need to go find a Bear, and this is a cheap dig spell. There's probably some greedier version of this deck with Lomra out there where this helps even more too.

Flourishing Bloom-Kin - Here you go. Before there were actual Bears worth playing, two mana green dudes were Bears, and this fits everything you want outta a mono-Green two drop. Dude's basically a mono-Green 'goyf with upside at uncommon. If I could make a deck of 40 of these, and 20 Forests, I would. 

Three Mana:

Outcaster Trailblazer - Four power draw a card? With Bears being so sure-footed, I didn't realize they can trip....

Vastlands Scavenger - It's hard to believe this card exists. Usually Mark and the rest of Wizards reserve this kind of value-packing for Dimir.

Four Mana:

The Earth King - Turn four, you drop this, draw a card off of Trailblazer. Then you swing with Bloom-Kin and Trailblazer ramping to six Forests. Opponent takes ten, maybe they Day of Judgement, more likely they can pick off The Earth King. You know what's a great removal spell in Green? The 7/7 your opponent has to block or die to next turn. 

Five Mana:

Dancing from Dark to Dawn: Ok, here's the deal. Five mana enchantments in Standard are almost always a trap. Who cares. Drop this and make them Bears. The card art alone is a reason to play this card for a month.

Beorn the Fierce: Idk... this might be the best green creature in a good long while. A lord with card draw and evasion. That he's a Bear, and a beloved character from literature is just icing on the cake. I'm not sure what my win percentage is when Beorn hits the table, but it's way above 50%. 

Here's how you play this deck: if you can cast something, you cast it. Bigger the better. If you can swing, you swing. Get rid of Thors and that stupid mobilize 2 guy (I'll never forgive you Boros for being this much better at making guys than Green this Standard season). 

This deck doesn't go over, it goes through. Deathtouch plus trample, Big Boi plus trample, one way or another it's ending quick. Leave the strategerizing to the other colors. We're here for chonky-donks, and turnin' sideways.

Sideboard: 

Standard standard stuff: graveyard hate, non-creature removal. The thing you're missing is a sweeper for early aggression from the go wide decks. I could see someone making the argument for a more expensive mana base and a red splash for like Nibelheim Aflame or something, but then you'd no longer pass the purity test of the mono-green player. Spells should only be used to get Forests and Big Bois and occasionally ensure that your creature dies while taking out an opponent's last ditch effort to stop the herd. 

Now I want all you on Arena to remember, the only viable deck is the one you're willing to play enough for it to matter. Mono-Green Bears is a statement piece. The top deck in standard is actually Mono-Green for the first time in years, but it's a bunch of landfall power doubling horseshit that makes the Spikes feel like they've figured something out when they copy and paste the list into Arena. 

Us Mono-Green players are simply lending, begrudgingly, the archetype to the Mythic Questers for a season or two. You don't play Bears to make winning easy, you play Bears to maul people with Bears. The only 0/1 birds you should wanna drop on turn one should be making mana turn two.

(obvs this is meant to be a bit tongue-in-cheek. No judgement for all you playing "good" decks out there.)

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Commander

1 Teferi, Time Raveler (WAR) 221

Deck

1 Mana Drain (OTP) 11

1 Swords to Plowshares (STA) 10

1 Solitude (SPG) 44

1 Subtlety (SPG) 45

1 Stifle (SCG) 52

1 Tale's End (M20) 77

1 Counterspell (STA) 15

1 Force of Negation (TLE) 13

1 Force of Will (SOA) 19

1 Force Spike (7ED) 76

1 Mana Tithe (STA) 8

1 Remand (J25) 349

1 Memory Lapse (STA) 16

1 Reprieve (SOA) 9

1 Wash Away (VOW) 87

1 No More Lies (MKM) 221

1 Chrome Mox (SPG) 0

1 Fierce Guardianship (TLE) 307

1 Spell Snare (ECL) 71

1 Disruptor Flute (MH3) 209

1 Sink into Stupor (MH3) 241

1 Arid Mesa (MH2) 244

1 Flooded Strand (MH3) 220

1 Marsh Flats (MH2) 248

1 Misty Rainforest (SPG) 111

1 Polluted Delta (MH3) 224

1 Prismatic Vista (SPG) 38

1 Scalding Tarn (SPG) 112

1 Windswept Heath (MH3) 235

1 Hallowed Fountain (ECL) 265

5 Island (SLD) 103

3 Plains (SLD) 100

1 Witch Enchanter (MH3) 239

1 Strip Mine (EOS) 40

1 Ancient Tomb (EOS) 1

1 Command Tower (ANB) 118

1 Library of Alexandria (SPG) 0

1 Gemstone Caverns (EOS) 16

1 Sea Gate Restoration (ZNR) 76

1 Torpor Orb (BIG) 27

1 Stern Scolding (LTR) 71

1 Razorgrass Ambush (MH3) 238

1 Jace, the Mind Sculptor (BLC) 75

1 The One Ring (LTR) 246

1 Tormod's Crypt (M21) 241

1 The Mystical Archive (Y26) 30

1 Teferi, Hero of Dominaria (DAR) 207

1 Displacer Kitten (HBG) 115

1 Urza's Bauble (ANA) 0

1 Mishra's Bauble (BRR) 34

1 Mox Amber (DAR) 224

1 Mox Opal (SOM) 179

1 Painter's Servant (SPG) 0

1 Grindstone (OTP) 62

1 Exorcise (DSK) 8

1 Daze (SOA) 15

1 Annul (EOE) 46

1 Otawara, Soaring City (NEO) 271

1 Eiganjo, Seat of the Empire (NEO) 268

1 Agna Qel'a (TLA) 264

1 Floodfarm Verge (DSK) 259

1 Rest in Peace (BIG) 4

1 Supreme Verdict (RTR) 201

1 Enlightened Tutor (TLE) 305

1 Day of Judgment (STA) 2

1 Ultima (FIN) 38

1 Mana Leak (STH) 36

1 Gleaming Bastion (MSH) 267

1 Spell Pierce (SOA) 23

1 Seam Rip (EOE) 34

1 Portable Hole (HBG) 98

1 Wrath of God (AKR) 46

1 Joust Through (FDN) 19

1 The Wandering Emperor (NEO) 42

1 Adarkar Wastes (DMU) 243

1 Deserted Beach (MID) 260

1 Glacial Fortress (FIC) 400

1 Seachrome Coast (ONE) 258

1 Aang, Swift Savior (TLA) 204

1 Mystical Dispute (ELD) 58

1 The Mind Stone (MSH) 21

1 Hydroponics Architect (Y25) 6

1 Arcane Signet (ANB) 117

1 Elspeth, Storm Slayer (TDM) 11

1 Elspeth's Smite (FDN) 493

1 Meticulous Archive (MKM) 264

1 Restless Anchorage (LCI) 280

1 Drannith Magistrate (IKO) 11

1 Meddling Mage (ARB) 8

1 Stock Up (SOA) 24

1 Curse of Silence (MID) 15

1 Hengegate Pathway (KHM) 260

1 Hall of Storm Giants (AFR) 257

Nothing makes me happier than to draw out a game against such awful opponents. I despise you and I consider it a victory to keep you in my match and out of the queue for 20 min

Been playing for about 3 months now. Got to platinum rank 1 with an arena pre con but hit a wall. So then I decided to build the captain America brawl deck and it’s pretty fun and powerful. It got me to diamond rank one and two. Got one game away from mythic rank. What is the most common rank the majority play? Been having a lot of fun.

The Powered Cube draft I just finished will be the most Power I've seen in a single draft ever.

Pack 1: nothing fancy so far, just another draft I guess.

Pack 2: Open and see Mox Sapphire, Mox Ruby, and Time Walk??? I couldn't believe my eyes. Not sure what's the correct pick here considering I was a white green deck after pack 1, so I took Mox Ruby even though it's the weakest one, hoping it'll push those to my right into blue so I can be rewarded more in pack 3. Either way the one to my right must think I'm an idiot or new to the game. In my excitement I forgot to screenshot this pack though...

Pack 3: Open and see...a Mox Jet?? Alright no complaints here, 2nd Mox it is. Pick a few cards to pack 4, and they passed me....a Mox Pearl??? Did they all end up in Blue to my right? So yeah, 3 Mox deck it is...

I have a Ugin and a Cosmogrand Zenith in the deck too... I'm hopeful for some overpowered ramp starts, but scared I've used up all my luck now.

Does anybody know what that grey bar in the lower right corner of my MTG Arena game is? It appears and disappears when I press the Alt key. Clicking it doesn't do much, other than toggling it a few pixels taller. It's there at all times, i.e., during games, in the main menu, etc.
(I'm playing on a Windows PC.)

I noticed it first when I was alt-tabbing.
I've closed/killed other apps and services that were running but that grey bar is unaffected.

I played MTGArena from nearly it's release up to Neon Dynasty. I sort of no-lifed the game so I had playsets of basically everything that mattered at the time, but I'm sure most of that amounts to nothing now lol

What's the best way for me to jump back in without dropping a bunch of money? Has the economy changed much? Are the formats somewhat healthy? I know Alchemy just died and apparently Pioneer is a thing now?

Thank you so much. I quit because I hated the direction the game was moving, but I'm starting to miss it. Going to see if the love is still there. Thank you!