Release 2.3

Release Date: Jan 22, 2019

Official Release Notes

Forum Announcement

Developer Notes on initial player level placement

Notable Changes

• Upon first logon in 2.3, all players' existing card mastery were converted to experience points, granting an initial player "Level".
• Introduction of Player Profile
• Introduction of Card Visual Aid
• Introduction of new Planeswalker, Sarkhan Unbroken
• Introduction of New Event: Tour de Ravnica
• Updated Event Battle of Four Tribes, split into Battle of Four Tribes: Part 1 and Battle of Four Tribes: Part 2
• Expert and Master Decks added for: Ajani Vengeant, Arlinn Kord, Chandra, Roaring Flame, Garruk Wildspeaker, Gideon, Ally of Zendikar, Gideon, Battle-Forged, Jace, Telepath Unbound, Jace, Unraveler of Secrets, Kiora, Master of the Depths, Koth of the Hammer, Liliana, Defiant Necromancer, Liliana, The Last Hope, Nahiri, the Harbinger, Nissa, Sage Animist, Ob Nixilis, Reignited, Sarkhan, the Mad, Sorin, Grim Nemesis, Tezzeret, the Seeker

Bug Fixes

• The specific button to rearrange the cards in the player’s hand is no longer missing.
• An infinite loop no longer occurs when casting a Support that buffs a Creature after summoning at least two Creatures with Vigilance, while the opponent controls a Support that Disables the first Creature the player controls.
• The player’s Planeswalker now retains ‘Prevent Damage’ when one Lich’s Mastery Support gem is destroyed while there are multiple Lich’s Mastery Support gems on the board.
• Kraul Harpooner’s ability no longer remains inactive when casting Kraul Harpooner while there are zero Creatures in the player’s graveyard.
• Part of the card destruction animation no longer displays in the middle of the screen when summoning a non-Angel token while Divine Visitation is on the board.
• A near-infinite loop no longer occurs when casting Blue Sun’s Zenith with both Stitch in Time and Expansion//Explosion in the deck while Blue Sun’s Zenith is the first card in the player’s Graveyard.
• Players now draw a card, instead of fetching the top card of their deck, when one of the player’s Djinn’s Wish Support token is destroyed.
• The player’s first Creature is now given to the opponent, instead of being destroyed, when casting Switcheroo while the opponent controls three Creatures on the battlefield.
• Gems are no longer converted to the opponent’s Planeswalker’s colors when beginning the turn while Primal Wellspring was on the board.
• Vigilant Angel tokens now receive Trostani Discordant’s buff when Trostani Discordant enters the battlefield while there are no Vigilant Angel tokens on the battlefield with Divine Visitation on the board.
• An extra non-Angel Creature Token is no longer created when creating one or more non-Angel Creature Tokens while Divine Visitation and Anointed Procession are on the board.
• An infinite loop no longer occurs when summoning a Zombie Token while Divine Visitation and Open the Graves are on the Board and Graveyard Marshal is on the Battlefield.
• The Creature in the player’s first position is now given to the opponent, instead of reinforcing, when casting Switcheroo while both players have the same Creature in the first position.
• An opponent’s Creature with five or less Toughness will no longer remain on the battlefield when casting Warping Wail while there are six or more Void gems on the board.
• Opponents are no longer able to cast Spell cards until the beginning of the player’s next turn when the opponent draws a Spell card after Azor, the Lawbringer enters the player’s battlefield on the previous turn.
• Soul-Scar Mage’s ability no longer remains inactive when casting a Spell while the opponent controls no Creatures.
• Squee, the Immortal is now considered summoned when Squee, the Immortal returns to the battlefield after being destroyed.
• Grunn, the Lonely King’s ability now activates when attacking while the player controls no other Creatures and Grunn, the Lonely King has one or more reinforcements.
• Mirror Image is no longer an invalid target to copy when Mirror Image enters the battlefield.
• The Haste Evergreen is no longer missing when a Colorless Token Creature is created by a Creature’s effect while Forerunner of Slaughter is on the battlefield.
• If the player doesn’t have any creatures on the battlefield when the AI uses Beacon Bolt, it will now target the player’s Planeswalker, instead of itself.
• The additional buff is no longer missing when reinforcing Venerated Loxodon.
• District Guide now activates when it is summoned from outside the player’s hand.
• Naru Meha, Master Wizard’s effect now activates when Naru Meha, Master Wizard enters the battlefield from anywhere other than the player’s hand.
• If the player’s hand is full, then Radical Idea will no longer be able to be cast from the player’s graveyard if it had full mana.
• Resplendent Angel is now destroyed, instead of being reinforced, when Resplendent Angel’s toughness is reduced to zero after blocking an opponent’s Creature while Resplendent Angel has Lifelink.
• Forest Tokens will now appear when casting a creature with Leader, while it was affected by Nissa, Worldwaker’s Worldwake ability, and while there is at least one token of the creature’s Leader type on the battlefield.
• Creatures with the Prevent Damage Evergreen are now destroyed when casting Tragic Arrogance.
• The Pacifist objective now only tracks when the player destroys an opponent’s Creatures.
• Players no longer only receive Agrus Kos, Wojek Veteran, instead of the Guild-specific exclusive card, when earning the 60 point reward in Rising Tensions Events.
• Ixalan cards are valid when viewing the available sets in any Standard event.
• Fixed some Text Issues.