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Hasbro CEO Teases Commander For MTG Arena

By 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:James Lucas

Published Apr 25, 2024

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Hasbro CEO Chris Cocks said in an earnings call that Wizards of the Coast plans to invest in "social-based play like Commander" for MTG Arena.
He said last year that the team is "figuring out how we can get a true multiplayer experience beyond two players".
Wizards of the Coast also plans to boost "collectibility" for MTG Arena over the next two years.

During an earnings call, Hasbro CEO Chris Cocks teased that 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Magic: The Gathering Arena may finally get the Commander format.

As reported by , Cocks said that "social-based play like Commander" helped boost tabletop MTG, and so the company plans to invest in it for the "✅;digital platform in the long term⛄" as well.

While Arena matches are between two players, Commander is played with four. If Arena were to implement this format, you'd likely have players on the top and bottom as per usual, but with one on the right and left as well.

Cocks said last year that Wizards of the Coast plans to implement🌊 Commander at some point, mentioning that "[COO and CEO] Cynthia [Williams] and the team are figuring out how we can get a true multiplayer experience beyond two players". A card was even added to the game as part of the Karlov Manor set that seemed to 168༒澳洲幸运5开奖网:hint ༺at future four-player functionality, as it mentioned "the player to their right" in the flavour t🤪ext.

MTG Arena Wants To Boost "Collectibility"

Not only did Chris Cocks discuss bringing the Commander format to Arena, but he also mentioned boosting the digital card game's "collectibility" to better match its tabletop counterpart.

This was raised afꦜter an investor noted that Arena is not performing as well as Magic: The Gathering when it comes to revᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚenue, which Cock believes is because the digital TCG had one less set last year. He claimed that Arena is, as a matter of fact, "roughly in line" with standard Magic, but that the company is aiming to "refresh the platform" within the next two years.

It's unclear how Arena will improve its collectibility when it already has card packs and cosmetics. We'll just have to wait and see what WotC has planned.