I must confess that I never thought I would return to MTG: Arena ever again. Wizards of the Coast and the Arena team never fixed the problems that I had with the economy and impossibly slow rate at which cards are acquired for anything other than a Limited player. Problems that have been effectively solved by other games like Legends of Runeterra and YuGiOh: Master Duel.
But as it turns out, I’m a huge simp for Ajani. And even if they turn him into a villain, I can’t help but want to play if they print a new card for my favorite leonin planeswalker.
Thankfully, I had enough Sealed tokens saved up from old prerelease Arena codes that I was able to use as an entry point to return to the game.
We didn’t have the best luck in this Sealed pool, but out of all the Limited formats I have tried and bounced off of over the years, this is the one that finally stuck with me. (Before you ask, I was not playing prerelease events or Arena during the time Kamigawa: Neon Dynasty dropped. I hear that is another legendarily fun limited format.)
I’m not sure what’s different about this Limited format compared to so many of the others I’ve played, but I’m able to create at least decent Limited decks that perform well. It’s been far more approachable for me that something like an Ixalan format like the one of my first pre-release. It could simply be that I’ve gotten better at reading Sealed pools, but I also think another part of it is the flexible mana bases we can construct in this format.
I can’t say how long I’ll keep up with the game, but considering I’m close to building Mono-Black Midrange for Standard I imagine I’ll be back for a least some time as long as I free to play it.
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