Hello everyone, and welcome to my first post on mtgazone.com!

This post is about the Daily Arena Deck Advisor tool, for which version 1.0.3.3 was released today.

First off — find download links and a user guide over at the Deck Advisor Tools Page.

This week’s main update is the inclusion of alternate deck configurations for a lot of Standard decks, but there are a few other changes detailed below:

Alternate Deck Configurations

For Standard decks where the information is available, Daily Arena Deck Advisor now makes alternate deck configurations available to view. Some of these configrations may require crafting fewer cards to build, and it can be useful to see how different versions of the deck handle the sideboard differently for comparison, etc.

When alternate deck configurations are available, they will show up as a list of links under the Alternate Configurations heading on the main deck details screen. Each version shows its expected booster cost with and without using wildcards from your collection.

Clicking one of these links loads the alternate configuration into the deck details section and replaces the Alternate Configurations list with a “Back to Main Deck” link, which (as it says) brings you back to the main deck configuration.

Ordering Tweak for Arena Standard

The default ordering for Arena Standard decks has been modified slightly to favor win rate over expected booster cost.

Basically, for Arena Standard decks, the default ordering will first order the decks into three sections: 1) Decks you own all the cards for; 2) Decks you can complete with wildcards you own; 3) Decks you would need to open additional boosters to craft. Within those sections it will order decks according to win rate (highest win rate percentage to lowest), and then finally order decks with the same win rate so that ones you are closer to crafting come first on the list.

I made this change because it better reflected how I was using the tool. There are plans for allowing custom ordering of results in the future, as well.

Minor and Under-the-Hood Changes

Some other minor and under-the-hood changes were made in this release, listed briefly here:

Default window size increased.

Max number of cards shown on Meta Report increased to 98 (from 70).

Additional logging added in the code that loads the deck library, to help with debuggind issues related to that code in the future.

Some basic functionality has been broken out into a separate “Common” library that can be used in other Daily Arena applications (or even applications created by other developers).

.NET Framework version increased from 4.6.1 to 4.6.2 (this is due to an issue I ran into when creating the “Common” library).

Future Enhancements/Bug Reports

All planned enhancements can be found on the Github Issues Page (and any bug reports should be submitted there, as well). If you’re so inclined, go take a look and vote below on which enhancement you’d most like to see. (Or even add your own feature request on Github!)

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Free Account Progress Update

I’m still playing Cavalcade in best-of-three and in the Standard 2020 event, but have switched to a mono-White Angels Lifegain deck in best-of-one and made some tweaks to the deck for Standard 2020.

Here are the different decks/configurations I’ve been playing since last week’s update:

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Creatures

2 Lyra Dawnbringer (DAR) 26

4 Ajani’s Pridemate (WAR) 4

4 Leonin Vanguard (M19) 22

4 Resplendent Angel (M19) 34

4 Angel of Vitality (M20) 4

4 Bishop of Wings (M20) 8

4 Soulmender (M20) 37

Enchantments

2 Dawn of Hope (GRN) 8

4 Prison Realm (WAR) 26

Planeswalkers

4 Ajani, Strength of the Pride (M20) 2

Lands

2 Zhalfirin Void (DAR) 249

22 Plains (DAR) 250

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Creatures

2 Goblin Banneret (GRN) 102

4 Legion Warboss (GRN) 109

4 Torch Courier (GRN) 119

4 Tin Street Dodger (RNA) 120

4 Chandra’s Spitfire (M20) 132

2 Scampering Scorcher (M20) 158

4 Scorch Spitter (M20) 159

Instants

4 Shock (M20) 160

Sorceries

4 Light Up the Stage (RNA) 107

Enchantments

4 Cavalcade of Calamity (RNA) 95

Planeswalkers

4 Chandra, Acolyte of Flame (M20) 126

Lands

20 Mountain (DAR) 262

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Thank you to all the users who have tried out this application, and passed it on to your friends. I look forward to making further improvements, and putting together other useful tools like this in the future!

Feel free to send any questions, comments and criticisms to me here, on Reddit, on Twitter at @DailyArena or on Facebook via the @DailyArenaMTG page.

Cheers!