What Is the Magic Online Bug Blog?
While the Known Issues List is simply that—a running list of issues we expect players to encounter most often—this accompanying “Bug Blog” is the list’s companion. Here you’ll find updates regarding emergent new issues, details around issue statuses when applicable, known issue workarounds, and a running tally of Known Issues List updates.
Beginning today, we will be switching to a release schedule of every other week for the Bug Blog. Expect the next Bug Blog to land on Thursday, March 26. This change will allow us to devote time in the off-weeks to making the next issue a more comprehensive resource for Magic Online players.
Known Issues List Updates
We're currently prioritizing what fixes will be going into our next big deployment. Nothing new to report this week. Refer to the Known Issues List for the most current Magic Online Known Issues.
Temporary Workarounds for Known Issues
We're hard at work on whittling down the Known Issues List. In the meantime, we've found temporary solutions that may help alleviate certain problems that players are experiencing. Refer to the table below to see if there is a suggested temporary workaround for an issue that you are experiencing.
Game Play
| Issue Description | Temporary Workaround |
| General | Umezawa's Jitte counters are obscured by the equipped creature | Players can use card zoom or the preview pane to determine the number of counters |
| FRF | Archfiend of Depravity’s user interface needs to be updated | Archfiend of Depravity requires the player to select the two creatures to keep each turn. Make sure to select both creatures before hitting OK. |
Client
| Issue Description | Temporary Workaround |
| Collection | Dragging or adding a large number of cards to a deck or trade binder causes Magic Online to freeze while processing, resulting in a "Main Navigation is Not Responding" error | While the client is not responsive, waiting several minutes will allow the process to complete. Using the error dialog to close the client will cancel the transaction. |
| Duel Scene | Cancellation message appears if user does not return to play lobby after a duel has concluded. | When you finish playing in an event, please close the Event Details window. If this window remains open in the background, within minutes it will incorrectly display an error message indicating that the event has been canceled with your entry option returned. We are currently working on a fix for this issue. |
| Duel Scene | Land can visually appear tapped at the start of a turn if a player unmorphs a creature during their opponent's end step | The issue is visual only and clicking the tapped lands will add mana to the mana pool correctly |
| General | Players can experience memory leaks in some situations | Restarting the client can temporarily resolve these issues |
| Store | Updating billing and shipping information during the checkout process can have inconsistent results | Players who update from the Account Settings page should not have issues |
Server
| Issue Description | Temporary Workaround |
| Duel Scene | Both players show as waiting for opponent, one player times out | If you suspect this is happening to you, logging out and back in may resolve the problem |