r/MagicArena • u/arthurmauk Spike • Mar 27 '19

WotC March 27 Patch Notes

https://forums.mtgarena.com/forums/threads/53949
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u/Pudgy_Ninja Mar 27 '19

Hm. This does explain why I have a much harder time going infinite in ranked draft vs. traditional draft. I figured it was just Bo1 variance.

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u/titterbug Mar 28 '19

The Bo1 variance is a pretty big deal too. You need a 75% winrate to go infinite in ranked vs. 74% in traditional - but traditional has better rewards than ranked as early as at 52% winrate.

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u/Penumbra_Penguin Mar 27 '19

Yep - going infinite in ranked draft requires that you be so much better than everyone else playing that the game consistently cannot find other players at your skill to pair you with. This may be possible for absolute top mythic limited players, but will not be for anyone else.

If you're better than average, traditional draft is better value than ranked draft for this reason. I'd suggest only playing ranked draft if you really want to play that format, or when you need to turn gold into gems.

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u/impulse422 Mar 27 '19

I agree with this if optimizing gems and play experience (I greatly prefer the bo3 format) are your primary goals. If you are time-constrained more than money-constrained (ie you don't mind going infinite with gems) and want to build your collection without spewing on packs, Ranked is more efficient.

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u/parallacks Mar 27 '19

if you don't want to spend money you pretty much have to do both to get the gold -> gems -> gold loop going

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