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The full patch notes for the MTG Arena Alchemy: Dominaria game update brings 30 new cards to Alchemy and Historic, some rebalances for Historic and Streets of New Capenna limited (see here for details), collection progress tracking, more stuff to buy (including Warhammer 40,000 cosmetics that cost real money rather than Gems and Gold), and as always, a bunch of fixes and improvements. For further information about the update and upcoming events, check out our dedicated set guide.
The update otherwise went smoothly, other than an issue with players being able to enter draft events and as the queues were turned off, players in the middle of drafts were forced to retire. Please report any issues directly to Wizards of the Coast Support if you didn’t receive a refund for your lost draft.
In addition, please remember to claim your 3 free Alchemy: Dominaria packs using the code PlayDMUA! Even if you don’t use the cards, being able to progress your Wildcard track is always useful nonetheless.
Patch Notes 2022.20.0
Game Update Highlights
- Alchemy: Dominaria is here! Reinforce your deck and show off how you play Magic with new cards from Alchemy: Dominaria and Unfinity Avatars!
- We now have an in-game way to track the progress of your collection! Go to Profile, click the “Set Collection” button, and you can see your progress across all of the full sets on Arena
- The system will first show your progress to 1x collection of the set, then it will flip over to tracking 4x once that’s complete
- Click or tap on any set to see a breakdown of your progress by color and rarity
- We have removed the rebalanced versions of: Divide by Zero, Esika's Chariot, Faceless Haven, Goldspan Dragon, and Luminarch Aspirant, returning them to their unmodified versions now that they are only playable in Historic. (Alrund's Epiphany retains its increased Foretell cost.)
- Mobile clients now use full-resolution card art
Notable Bug Fixes
- Fixed a bug in draft where a card could sometimes appear in the card list as the wrong card during the draft, then pop back to being the picked card at the end
- Fixed a bug that caused the Decks tab on mobile to improperly have it’s “Something New” dot on permanently
Upcoming MTG Arena Events
Additional events added to MTG Arena. Read the MTG Arena Weekly Announcements to learn more!
General
- M21, IKO, and THB Mythic Packs have been added to the store in the Packs tab
- Note: An earlier article said ELD Mythic Packs would be available in this build. Due to a late-discovered bug, we have had to delay releasing ELD Mythic Packs.
- Players can now craft decks in deck folders directly
- Tokyo lands and Dracula lands now have rarity L, meaning they’ll show up with other basic lands, instead of being Rares
- Minor adjustments to some text in the Profile screen
Gameplay
- When your opponent plays a Sheoldred (or similar card with a trigger when you draw), we will now place an automatic stop on your upkeep if you have responses
- We’ve adjusted autotap preference so that you’re more likely to tap a creature than take damage from a pain land. If you’re running a complicated mana base CHECK YOUR TAP PREVIEW
- Made card names easier to read on cards with the stained glass style
- The pulse on View Battlefield is now suppressed if you’re opening a browser from inside a browser. At that point it JUST pulsed, and the extra pulses were just annoying
- Basic lands that have gained additional intrinsic mana abilities now use the fancy mana wheel like other permanents that can tap for different types of mana
- Updated the prompt for Liliana of the Veil‘s ultimate
Store
Now Available
Bundles
Alchemy Bundle
- 20x Alchemy: Dominaria boosters
Cost: 3,000 Gems or 15,000 Gold
Unfinity Space-ic Lands
- Orbital Space-ic Full Art Plains
- Orbital Space-ic Full Art Island
- Orbital Space-ic Full Art Swamp
- Orbital Space-ic Full Art Mountain
- Orbital Space-ic Full Art Forest
- Planetary Space-ic Full Art Plains
- Planetary Space-ic Full Art Island
- Planetary Space-ic Full Art Swamp
- Planetary Space-ic Full Art Mountain
- Planetary Space-ic Full Art Forest
Cost: 5,000 Gems or 25,000 Gold
Unfinity Borderless Shock Lands
- Hallowed Fountain Borderless Card Style
- Watery Grave Borderless Card Style
- Blood CryptBorderless Card Style
- Stomping Ground Borderless Card Style
- Temple GardenBorderless Card Style
- Godless Shrine Borderless Card Style
- Steam Vents Borderless Card Style
- Overgrown Tomb Borderless Card Style
- Sacred Foundry Borderless Card Style
- Breeding Pool Borderless Card Style
Cost: 3,000 Gems or 15,000 Gold
Timmy, Power Gamer Bundle
- Timmy Avatar
- Timmy Sleeve
Cost: 550 Gems or 2,750Gold
Johnny, Combo Player Bundle
- Johnny Avatar
- Johnny Sleeve
Cost: 550 Gems or 2,750Gold
Spike, Tournament Grinder Bundle
- Spike Avatar
- Spike Sleeve
Cost: 550 Gems or 2,750Gold
Vorthos, Steward of Myth Bundle
- Vorthos Avatar
- Vorthos Sleeve
Cost: 550 Gems or 2,750Gold
Squee Pet Bundle
- Squee Avatar
- Squee, the Immortal Pet
- Squee, Dubious Monarch Sleeve
- Squee, Dubious Monarch Showcase Style
Cost: 2,350 Gems or 11,750 Gold
Spooky Scary Transforming Sleeves
- Arlinn Transforming Sleeve
- Lucy Westenra Transforming Sleeve
Cost: 1,200 Gems or 7,750 Gold
Alchemy Styles: Time and Tide
- Ghitu Embercoiler
- Spellchain Scatter
- Vesuvan Mist
- Pull of the Mist Moon
- Teferi's Contingency
- Skywriter Djinn
- Darigaaz, Shivan Champion
- Vodalian Tide Mage
Cost: 1,750 Gems or 7,750 Gold
Alchemy Styles: Growth and Decay
- Reezug, the Bonecobbler
- Diminished Returner
- Nantuko Slicer
- Vinesoul Spider
- Arvad, Weatherlight Smuggler
- Niambi, Beloved Protector
- Bloodsprout Talisman
Cost: 1,000 Gems or 8,000 Gold
Alchemy Styles: Unite the Coalition
- Darigaaz's Whelp
Marwyn’s Kindred - Wandering Treefolk
- Goblin Morale Sergeant
- Priest of Possibility
- Benalish Knight-Counselor
- Goblin Influx Array
- Slimefoot, Thallid Transplant
Cost: 1,650 Gems or 8,250 Gold
Alchemy Styles: Arms and Artifice
- Coalition Construct
- Smogbelcher Chariot
- Oracle of the Alpha
- Trove Mage
- Juggernaut Peddler
- Tiana, Angelic Mechanic
- Protean War Engine
Cost: 1,750 Gems or 7,750 Gold
Card Styles
Now available for purchase through the Deckbuilder:
Depth Art:
Coalition Construct Card Style
Reezug, the Bonecobbler Card Style
Smogbelcher Chariot Card Style
Darigaaz's Whelp Card Style
Diminished Returner Card Style
Marwyn's Kindred Card Style
Nantuko Slicer Card Style
Vinesoul Spider Card Style
Wandering Treefolk Card Style
Ghitu Embercoiler Card Style
Goblin Influx Array Card Style
Goblin Morale Sergeant Card Style
Spellchain Scatter Card Style
Oracle of the Alpha Card Style
Skywriter Djinn Card Style
Trove Mage Card Style
Vesuvan Mist Card Style
Priest of Possibility Card Style
Benalish Knight-CounselorCard Style
Pull of the Mist Moon Card Style
Darigaaz, Shivan Champion Card Style
Protean War Engine Card Style
Arvad, Weatherlight Smuggler Card Style
Bloodsprout TalismanCard Style
Juggernaut Peddler Card Style
Niambi, Beloved Protector Card Style
Slimefoot, Thallid Transplant Card Style
Teferi's ContingencyCard Style
Tiana, Angelic Mechanic Card Style
Vodalian Tide Mage Card Style
Showcase Styles
Squee, Dubious Monarch Card Style
Phyrexian Styles
Ajani, Sleeper Agent Card Style
Bug Fixes
General
- Fixed a bug where the Orb rewards weren’t displaying properly when hovered over on the Mastery Track
- Fixed a bug that caused the Renewal Egg to show up in screens where it shouldn’t (Also, it won’t show back up for ~10 months anyway, but when it does it will only be on the proper screen)
- Fixed a typo on the Advanced Filters screen
- Starter decks now appear correctly as Alchemy instead of Standard
Gameplay
- Fixed an issue where Verdant Mastery was putting land cards you’d put on the battlefield back into your hand
- If additional creatures were cast by Serra Paragon while other creatures cast with it are still alive, the still alive creatures gained an additional instance of the ability. This has been fixed
- Fixed a bug where the “won’t untap” chains on cards in-game could cover counters on those cards
- Fixed a bug where the Domain VFX on the stack could cover the Domain badge
- Fixed a bug where the “damaged slashes” on cards in game could layer inappropriately
- Fixed an issue where Faceless Agent was pulling non-changelings before changelings. I know some of you were playing decks that took advantage of this, and I want you to know I’m not sorry
- Fixed a bug that caused Serra Paragon’s exile trigger for permanents cast from your graveyard to not be properly applied/granted to creatures cast with Mutate or to the resulting Mutate stack
- Split cards and cards with Aftermath were showing elements of the wrong facet in each side. Fixed!
- Most vehicles show summoning sickness even as artifacts, but Weatherlight Compleated didn’t. Probably something with the lack of a crew ability. Anyway, now it does!
- Fixed an issue with creature Gideon looking all wonky on the Battlefield
- Okay, so! If you have a mutate pile and then you use Metamorphic Alteration to make that pile a copy of an Old Growth Troll, and then it dies, and you attach each of the cards from the pile to forests, it will display additional instances of the abilities. Now, it doesn’t MATTER, because you can’t activate more than one of them, but maybe someday it would matter, so we fixed it
- Fixed an issue where some class abilities showed up twice on Class Enchantments higher levels
- Fixed an issue where, if a rebalanced card used its own name more than once, the second usage would often not have the stylized “A” in front
- Fixed an issue where when Choking Miasma killed every creature we still played individual death animations instead of the Everyone Died animation
- Classes and Sagas that have been animated as creatures had slightly offset highlights. Now your Zur deck will look totally reasonable while a creature that is also the concept of being a Wizard starts punching someone
- Fixed an issue where Anointed Peacekeeper’s mini-CDC had “CARDNAME” instead of the card’s name
- Fixed an issue where a handful of hangers were blank in non-english languages
- MDFC reminder text has been fixed
- Fixed a translation issue with Liliana of the Veil’s -6 ability
- Fixed issue with mistranslation of Planeswalker type in some languages
