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MTG Arena Announcements – June 3, 2024 (magic.wizards.com)

submitted 7 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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In this edition:

Modern Horizons 3 Streamer Event June 5
Modern Horizons 3 Historic and Brawl Pre-Bans
MTG Arena Matchmaking and You
Card Styles Button Returns
Explorer Best-of-One Play-In This Weekend
Currency Update for Players in Japan
Event Schedule

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago

I think they have to be doing some player-skill-based matchmaking in those queues. I think it would just be really un-fun if they didn't, and I'd bet Arena is optimizing for player hours over anything else. Nothing ends an Arena session like getting dunked on multiple games in a row in a ranked queue lol.

I’d bet that each format – Standard, Explorer, Alchemy, etc. – has its own set of weights.

I never thought about that but I'd bet you're right and I'd hope they're getting updated a lot more regularly than the Brawl ones.