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Magic: The Gathering Arena or MTG Arena is a free-to-play digital collectible card game developed and published by Wizards of the Coast (WotC). The game is a digital adaption based on the Magic: The Gathering (MTG) card game, allowing players to gain cards through booster packs, in-game achievements or microtransaction purchases, and build their own decks to challenge other players.
Magic: The Gathering Arena is a free-to-play version of MtG [citation needed], streamlined for quick online play and to be easily used for live streaming. It initially supported Constructed Deck play (using cards earned from boosters by winning games or through microtransactions) and Draft play.
A game may calculate hate generated by a player on a mob based using factors such as: Whether the mob is set to attack players on sight (aggressive). The distance between the mob and the player. The area in which a player automatically gets hate or aggro is called the Aggro Radius. [2] The relative strength of the player compared to the mob.
In addition to the same losing conditions that exist in a normal game of Magic, each player starts the game with 40 life points instead of 20, and a player may lose if they are dealt 21 or more total points of combat damage from a single Commander throughout the game. [30] [3] The format "supports two to six players, sometimes more". [3]
Magic: The Gathering Online is a video game adaptation of Magic: The Gathering, utilizing the concept of a virtual economy to preserve the collectible aspect of the card game. [1] It is played through an Internet service operated by Wizards of the Coast , which went live on June 24, 2002. [ 2 ]
Aggro generally relies upon creatures as its accumulative source of damage. Aggro decks can quickly overwhelm unprepared opponents and proceed to eke out the last bit of damage they need to end the game. Aggro decks also generally have access to disruptive elements, which can inhibit the opponent's attempts to respond. [5] [6] [7] [8]
Magic: The Gathering formats are various ways in which the Magic: The Gathering collectible card game can be played. Each format provides rules for deck construction and gameplay, with many confining the pool of permitted cards to those released in a specified group of Magic card sets .
1 Aggro/Combo/Control vs. Damage/Mill/Alt-Win. 2 comments. 2 Attributing opinion. 15 comments. 3 More generally speaking. 8 comments. 4 "Beatdown" 2 comments. 5 "Comment"