Free Give Away!!! Closed Beta Access to Magic the Gathering Arena for PC! 5 keys to give away!

Space Lynx · Jul 19, 2018

Hey folks, I am a closed beta tester for several months now of Magic the Gathering Arena on PC. I just got this email today as you can see below, if you want a key post here and I will PM you with one of the 5 free keys I am allowed to give away! Cheers and take care.

Ahhzz · Jul 19, 2018

Mighty nice of you

I recommend dropping in over here, as some people don't watch the whole "giveaway" forums

Vayra86 · Jul 19, 2018

Ooh! This looks very interesting indeed and I would certainly fancy a key!

Nice giveaway regardless :toast:

Space Lynx · Jul 19, 2018

Vayra86 said:
Ooh! This looks very interesting indeed and I would certainly fancy a key!

Nice giveaway regardless

PM sent with key!

Ahhzz said:
Mighty nice of you I recommend dropping in over here, as some people don't watch the whole "giveaway" forums

were you wanting a key? if so just let me know, thanks!

ne6togadno · Jul 19, 2018

@RCoon

toilet pepper · Jul 19, 2018

Wow! Can I have one? I want to test it out. Thanks

cucker tarlson · Jul 19, 2018

Isn't that the game from the family guy cutaway ?

Space Lynx · Jul 19, 2018

cucker tarlson said:
Isn't that the game from the family guy cutaway ?

I have no idea, but I have been playing magic the gathering in real life for over 18 years now.

toilet pepper said:
Wow! Can I have one? I want to test it out. Thanks

PM being sent now with key, thanks!

RCoon · Jul 19, 2018

ne6togadno said:
@RCoon

Got mine and didn't play for long

Not a fan of the digital game despite investing thousands into the physical product.

Ahhzz · Jul 19, 2018

lynx29 said:
were you wanting a key? if so just let me know, thanks!

No thank you, but thanks for the giveaway!

Space Lynx · Jul 19, 2018

RCoon said:
Got mine and didn't play for long Not a fan of the digital game despite investing thousands into the physical product.

I feel the same way, but still hoping it improves. I did play the original MTG client in 2004-2007, and it was very well done, but they butchered the UI when they updated it to 3.0. Shame, ruined the hobby for me. I only place a couple times a year now. I used to play daily and still would if they kept the UI the same as original client 2.0.

Vayra86 · Jul 19, 2018

RCoon said:
Got mine and didn't play for long Not a fan of the digital game despite investing thousands into the physical product.

I remember playing this

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magic:_The_Gathering_(1997_video_game)

Curious to see how its doing today

Thanks for the code!

And yes, still have a bunch of physical decks laying around too...

Ahhzz · Jul 19, 2018

Vayra86 said:
I remember playing this

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magic:_The_Gathering_(1997_video_game)

Curious to see how its doing today Thanks for the code!

And yes, still have a bunch of physical decks laying around too...

You and me both, to both

I remember running into a bug partway thru the game, and quitting for good, tho. I managed to get a Spirit Link on a buffed Serra, and was pounding away a vastly more powerful miniboss, and the game crashed: too many cards in play. I was furious, and never picked it back up heheh

Vayra86 · Jul 19, 2018

Ahhzz said:
You and me both, to both

I remember running into a bug partway thru the game, and quitting for good, tho. I managed to get a Spirit Link on a buffed Serra, and was pounding away a vastly more powerful miniboss, and the game crashed: too many cards in play. I was furious, and never picked it back up heheh

LOL. Too many cards in play. In a card game that is all about flexibility

That's like playing a soccer game without goal posts

Space Lynx · Jul 19, 2018

Vayra86 said:
LOL. Too many cards in play. In a card game that is all about flexibility

That's like playing a soccer game without goal posts

To be fair, coding for a game like MTG has to be a nightmare, some of the decks I have played in last 18 years were extremely complex tactics and special abilities. 2.0 original client in 2004-2006 nailed it though, I had 0 issues, I'll never understand why companies decide to break what isn't broken. oh well.

Vayra86 · Jul 19, 2018

lynx29 said:
To be fair, coding for a game like MTG has to be a nightmare, some of the decks I have played in last 18 years were extremely complex tactics and special abilities. 2.0 original client in 2004-2006 nailed it though, I had 0 issues, I'll never understand why companies decide to break what isn't broken. oh well.

Agreed, I did a few local tournaments back in the day and some decks blew my mind

I vividly remember waves of a few hundred saprolings coming my way, and other fun stuff such as a dude that just started dropping artifacts in turn one and basically burned a quarter of his deck by turn two.

Space Lynx · Jul 20, 2018

Vayra86 said:
Agreed, I did a few local tournaments back in the day and some decks blew my mind I vividly remember waves of a few hundred saprolings coming my way, and other fun stuff such as a dude that just started dropping artifacts in turn one and basically burned a quarter of his deck by turn two.

I remember one card that would let me change the ability of an instant or sorcery spell, so if it said destroy black permanent, i could change it to any color I wanted, or damage x targets i could change to how many x I wanted, I imagine a card like that would be hard to code for especially since it was an instant to be used on the opposite players main turn... I have had over 400 decks in my 18 years... one of my favorites was a an all black deck that used Mirari artifact, cabal coffers, corrupt, etc. another deck, green and white i still have, using miraris wake and exalted angel... there was one deck I made around Biorythmn card, that was a lot of fun. I had an unstoppable bird soldier deck and squirrel deck at one point, a fun all white soldier deck with a few rare Lions...

good times... unfortunately none of my decklists were saved from 2004-2007 when I mainly played the game. so i just have faint memories now sadly. I had a tournament winning firecat blitz deck and UG madness deck too.

Vayra86 · Jul 20, 2018

Cool

Not sure we've played in the same time, I think I dropped out around 2002-2003

Gotta say I'm really digging this MtG Arena so far. Its smooth, fast enough and I've already put a pretty sweet White/Blue/Green Artifact deck together... it has so many triggered stuff, its crazy, after turn 5-6 many players start wondering why they still keep playing. I just spawn Servo and Thopter tokens and line those with +1/+1 tokens... and every time something spawns I can pay some extra mana to add MORE tokens, and get free life. Its a bit like the good ol' Saprolings

Its a shame so many players play on the early rush though, at least that seems to be a pattern.

But dayum there are many new rules too.. been out of this game for so long

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Free Give Away!!! Closed Beta Access to Magic the Gathering Arena for PC! 5 keys to give away!

Space Lynx

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Ahhzz

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