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Set to quick draft after core 19 arena6/22/2023 Since packs on MTG Arena cost roughly a dollar, that means you could collect an entire set for somewhere in the ballpark of $250.Īt this point you may say to yourself, wow, for $1,000 a year I can basically play every Standard deck? The answer is yes, you can in fact. That means to get 212 rares to complete a set, you need to open roughly 261 packs (depending on your specific results). In reality though, because of mythic rares and wildcards, you actually only open a rare in approximately 81.5% of your packs. Magic Core Set 2021, for example, has 53 rares, which means that if you opened 212 packs and every pack had a rare in it, you would get exactly four copies of every rare in the set. Thanks to duplicate protection we know the approximate number of packs of a set you need to open to collect every single rare. Lastly, once you have four copies of every single card for this rarity in this specific set, you will start getting gems instead (20 gems for a rare and 40 for a mythic rare).Īnd that’s Duplicate (and Reprint) Protection! But what does it all mean? The Part With the Math Once you have four copies of every New Standard and Fully Reprinted card you will start getting Fully Reprinted cards that you already have four copies of in your collection and you can also start opening cards that are banned in Standard. If you already have four copies of every fully reprinted card, then you can only get new standard cards. Then, if its a rare or a mythic rare you are guaranteed to get a New Standard or Fully Reprinted card that you do not already have four copies of in your collection. So when you open a pack, Arena decides if you’re getting a rare, a mythic rare, or a wildcard in your rare slot. New Standard: Cards that do not fall into either of the other two categories.Fully Reprinted: Cards that have been printed in multiple sets with the same artwork.Standard Banned: Cards that are banned in standard.There are, currently, for our purposes in this discussion, three relevant categories of cards in MTG Arena: 1:30 Chance)Īdditionally you need to understand what I call Card Categories. When you open a normal 8-card booster on MTG Arena the rare slot will contain one of four things: The most efficient way to collect every rare in a set is to save up your coins until you can enter a draft and then pick every rare and mythic rare you open/get passed along the way that you don’t already have four copies of! If you do this, all you have to do is not open any of your packs until you have enough to immediately complete your set!įor the rest of you, lets talk about Duplicate Protection. Scroll down to “Premier Drafting versus Quick Drafting” and be on your merry way! Now, for the important part: If you’re returning or already familiar you may want to check out the new sections of the guide as well as the updating information. Welcome to the latest installment in our series of MTG Arena Free to Play guides! If you’re new here, welcome! I’ll be going over how to build your collection on MTG Arena in the most efficient way possible, maximizing your fun and minimizing the money you have to spend.
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