Known Issues List

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Sometimes games will have some bugs and known issues present. We want to make sure our players know about these bugs with every update we release of the game.

Here is a list of some new issues we are aware of in the latest release:

Summary Notes
Social | Very rarely a PC account may fail register correctly as online to other friends on PC  Challenge requests will not be delivered from the affected account to PC friends.  The account still behaves correctly with Mobile friends. 
NPE | Unlock Play Modes does not unlock the rest of the game until after relogging  
NPE | Sparky's Challenge is disabled before user can claim 3rd win reward  
Deck Builder | Dragging to apply card styles or alt printings to cards in a deck doesn't work  
Limited Events | The card styles button in the deck builder is non-functional Only occurs in limited events
SOS | Android Client reloads after closing RMT confirmation   
Challenges | Player with a pending challenge invite occasionally have their friend list disappear after reconnecting Switch status to appear offline then back to online to restore list
Disconnecting mid match doesn't put the user back into the match upon reconnect  
Challenges | The options to "Add Friend" or "Block" do not appear when right clicking or tap and hold on a lobby challenge invitation  
Challenges | Challenge persists after host logs out or closes the client  
Mobile | The sideboard pool is not visible when adding a card in horizontal view in the mobile deck editor  
Challenges | Unable to edit a Brawl deck to make it legal in another format in Friend/Direct Challenge  
Challenges | Player won't be automatically taken to the challenge while on the Inbox tab  
Domain Badge doesn't light up when the ability is on Koh, the Face Stealer  
Redirecting an opponent's spell to target a ward creature they control gives you a warning Visual only
Deck Builder | Deck art can't be updated by dragging cards from the Deck List on Horizontal Layout on Mobile Still works in Vertical
Dream Devourer’s granted Foretell ability displays costs erroneously for Rooms and split cards Visual Only
Powered Cube | The card named “Flash” does not include Phyrexian Mana cost when determining a card's mana cost  
Card Presentation | Missing text box for acquired abilities on EOE Full Art Basic Lands Visual Only; toggle the simplified version to read the text
Duel Scene | Notification about exceeding the card limit in hand appears despite not having a maximum hand size Visual Only
Cosmetics | The sleeve selected to be Profile Default doesn't display in the deck box visualization The selected sleeves will still appear in the match
Cosmetics | Companions may stop displaying correctly after returning to a match in progress Displays wrong version or doesn't display at all
Deck Builder | The ‘Apply Style’ button still appears even when the style has already been applied  
TOHO Styled Ability CDCs have wrong text color Can make the text difficult to read
Social | Friends still appear to be Online after they log out or exit the Client  
Count doesn't update if your targeted creature leaves the battlefield before Self-Destruct resolves Visual only
Social | Edit Deck is inactive upon selecting the first deck Player needs to select a different deck to activate the button, then select the intended one again.
Deck Builder | Previously edited deck opens when creating a new deck after logging out and into a new account.   
Social | UI does not indicate a message was received if the social menu is open when set to Busy.  
Social | When making a new deck via the friend challenge play blade, the new deck doesn't auto-populate the selected deck slot.  
Social | Deck for friend/direct challenge becomes unselected after collapsing the "my decks" folder  
Social | Online status setting persists between different accounts on the same client  
Social | Friend request still appears in the "Sent Request" list after it has been accepted  
Full screen yellow pulse occurs if there's a Challenge Request between Tutorial matches while replaying Tutorial  
Social | Scrolling a long series of messages stops working with trackpad  
Social | Friend Challenge dual sword animation continuously loops behind social bust  
AutoTap applies Nyxbloom Ancient to "any combination of colors" incorrectly  
AutoTap underpays with Selvala, Heart of the Wilds and Leyline of Abundance  
Social | A persistent erroneous friend request can appear in the social tab after unblocking a friend or getting unblocked by a friend  
Duel Scene | Damage assignment window is triggered when a creature with 0 power is blocked by more than 1 creature  
Room spells display the combined mana cost of both doors when played with Escape Visual only
Predictive auto-tap offers a solution if a spell with convoke would need a creature to be used for tapping and sacrificed for mana  
Cosmetics | Companions | The Set Mastery Beasties have the wrong rarity text  
Deck Builder | Format selection clears and must be reselected after switching to vertical deck view  
Profile tab users getting redirected to other profile sections when leaving  
Network error is thrown after returning to a premier draft after being removed for inactivity Player will be able to resume drafting after clicking OK
Clicking the "Win one game against Sparky" quest does not navigate to bot match  
The Bestow alternate cast incorrectly shows up as an artifact during the cast selection with Encroaching Mycosynth in play Visual only, it won't be an artifact
MDFC lands display having Dredge 2 in the graveyard when The Necrobloom is in play Visual only, the lands will not appear in dredge prompt
There is no reward pop-up of the acquired 2025 NPE deck after winning a Starter Deck Duel match Visual Only
Phantom limited events are not showing card pool in deck editor  
Store | Packs | Set icons cannot be scrolled by selecting the arrows  
Archway of Innovation's mini-CDC disappears if user cancels casting Visual Only, effect still active
Friend requests do not appear until after relogging under certain conditions Avoidable scenarios:  1. Sent request during maintenance.  2. Used email rather than username to send request.
NPE | Reward overlay is not present upon completing the Complete [3] Quick Draft Matches quest Visual only
NPE | Reward overlay is not present upon completing Sparky's Challenge quest Visual only
NPE | Reward overlays are not present upon completing the Jump In! quests Visual only
NPE | Reward Overlay does not trigger after completing the Starter Duel Deck Quest Visual only
Ghired, Mirror of the Wilds causes performance issues when non-legendary token copies are made of itself  
All Set Mastery level 1 & 2 pets display incorrect rarity text on the Companion select screen  
Conjured card with Nashi, Illusion Gadgeteer is not revealed when only one card is in graveyard  
NPE | NPE Quests sometimes displays quest rewards twice Visual only
The correct prompt doesn't show after activating Conduit of Worlds for the second time  
Lumbering Laundry Mini-CDC usually doesn't last till end of turn Visual only, effect is still active
Set Mastery | Infinite Level Uncommon ICR overlay not popping up when rewarded Visual only, ICR is received
Cards in hand will display as castable even if only one of two Cryptex is activatable Visual only, card is not actually castable.
NPE | Sparky's Profile Tour carries over to other scenes when cutting her off  
Profile | Spark Rank Tier 1 reward has incorrect text Visual only
Store | LCI Preorder | The preorder sleeves remain visible as locked in the Sleeves scene even though they've been purchased  
Deck Builder | Deck format is not updated after selecting the default format in the Advanced Filters  
Store | Client crashes on reward screen after purchasing certain bundles with RMT on Android  
Mac | UI elements are sometimes missing text. ~20% chance of happening.
NPE|Using Unlock Play Modes doesn't show you the reward popup for moving out of Spark Tier  
NPE | Duplicate Rewards Display Occasionally Visual only
iOS | Store Error is thrown when idling in the store  
Mythic numbered position infrequently does not update on the rank scene Visual only
XP string on Set Mastery hanger does not update immediately upon XP gain on the Home scene  
Ichormoon Gauntlet granted abilities show up as coming from another Planeswalker with Nicol Bolas, Dragon-God  
Type-based cost reduction not predicted accurately on face-down cards in exile Visual only
Audio | Urza, Planeswalker's Defeat and Ultimate Ability VO overlap  
Owning 4x BAB promos and buying additional results in random BRO rare grant  
"Play Audio While Minimized" plays sounds incorrectly.  
Duel Scene | Orcus, Prince of Undeath displays inconsistent costs when given the Blitz ability  
Android | Changing the screen orientation causes the client to reload each time  
Collection | Crafting cards causes NRE and softlock  
Events | Pips inconsistently highlighted in Sealed events  
Calim's reflexive trigger appears as though it has a target  
Events | Missing Gem reward overlay in limited events for duplication protected grants  
Deck Builder | Expanded sleeve remains visible after returning to Deck Details  
Profile | Sparky's Tour VO is missing translations  
Players can not apply Stain Glass alternative art styles to the Deck Box  
Collection | Card Styles price overlap Important Note text on Galaxy S7  
Client launches at smallest resolution option  
Events | Sealed Arena Open Day 1 Limited packs display placeholder art  
Events | Adding/Removing Dracula or Bob Ross lands during sideboarding phases will reset sideboards  
Mac | Full screen resolution quality is low by default on MacOS  
Deck Manager | Inconsistency between Historic and Standard missing card icons  
Events | The chosen deck is missing when unlocking a reward in Midweek Magic: Rule of Law and Midweek Magic: Artisan  
Profile | Pet Selector - Previously available pre-order Pets are present and locked  
Mastery Pass | Unable to apply both Pet and Avatar in the Reward Overlay after purchasing Mastery Pass  
AutoTap| Casting Chamber Sentry while the player has Kalain and Treasure is not optimizing to use both abilities  
Copied Activations of Blackstaff of Waterdeep Don't Copy forward the Duration of the original Activation  
Cards targeted with Mavinda, Students' Advocate do not show the increased cost as NHC's  
Casting Duress targeting a player with only ZNR MDFC noncreature/lands doesn't provide a browser for the player to choose a card  
Pay with Snow Button Appears with Boreal Outrider in Play Even if Doing So Provides No Effect  
Undo button clips underneath card stack when auto-tap is off in Duel Scene.  
Prompts for Entrancing Lyre are misleading when opponent controls a Dovin Baan emblem  
Multiple cards can be selected for "choose/select one" effects with full control on  

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