MTG Arena | Developer Update: M20, Mastery System & Discussing Rotation

Then they add a rip-off battle pass because “it’s the new trend” like seriously.

Let me break this "rip-off" down for you based on what they show in the video. Assuming the last 40 are like the first 60:

Cost:

3400 gems

Rewards:

2000 gems (bringing the real cost down to 1400 gems)

10500 gold (at this point, you're down less than the cost of two drafts and have enough gold to draft twice; everything else is profit)

20 booster packs

cat pet

random cards

tons of card MTXs

whatever those big dots are

possibly more I can't remember

If you're lucky, WOTC will keep trying to rip you off. Apparently they're terrible at it.

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