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Considering 34 reviews, most reviewers were let down by their experience overall. Many consumers explained that both physical and digital items are extremely overpriced, creating an environment where players must spend massive amounts of money just to participate. Buyers frequently highlighted severe quality control issues, receiving defective cards, severely damaged packaging, and premium products featuring frayed edges upon delivery. Some reviewers were not happy with the customer service, stating that support agents provide canned responses and ignore direct emails regarding missing orders. Furthermore, individual customers complained bitterly about enduring lengthy online purchase queues only to find their desired items completely unavailable.

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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Wizards is one of the worst companies in the world. it is completely ran by greed. their online game Magic the gathering Arena is a big scam. it is pay to win and if your not dropping thousands of dol... See more

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

As much as i love their game dnd. Their digital items are way too iver priced. I can underatand a physical copy with the works done to it being these prices. Not the digital stuff. That goes for all t... See more

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

I bought a board game, listed as age of 10+ appropriate via the French associate of wizards of the coast that deals with international orders. I did not receive any confirmation email, nor... See more

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

customer service only offers canned and copy/pasted responses, without often even addressing your actual concerns in emails. Their new shipping carrier, GOFO, is the worst, and my first secret lair fr... See more


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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Awful IRL, awful online. Classic Corporation

I've been collecting cards and playing arena for a collective 15 years and this greedy Corp never ceases to amaze and infuriate me at the same time with their selfish behavior and awful user experience. In paper forget about it. Anyone buying in paper is just foolish. But their mobile game is so awful. It often takes hours to play a single match and the server is very unreliable and slow. So is the queue, animations nobody likes that guzzle time and move at a painstakingly slow rate. Just now and it's gotta be the 1000th time (that's a conservative estimate) I was having a tedious but fine game in their format brawl and my screen just becomes unresponsive. Now it's not the phone because this phone never ever does that. And I mean never. As further proof when I close the app clear it from ram and reopen it, the game reconnects me to the match but takes a few minutes to do so. By that time my time bars have mostly run out. Then just 5 seconds later again! Completely unresponsive and no indicator. Nothing saying you were disconnected from the server or we are having technical difficulties. Nothing. So I do the same thing and by the time it's recconected me to the match I've been turn skipped automatically and been forced to discard to maximum hand size because I didn't get to take my turn. I think banging your head against a wall is likely more fun than this horrible game. They should rename themselves Gizzards of the Cost.

August 4, 2024
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

I never got a physical copy of my…

I never got a physical copy of my order. I have been back and forth with the company to get this missing book that they aparently resent. My information is correct and could not be more clear even after contacting and confirming a second time. I have had such issues and still never received it after whats been over a YEAR since my original purchase. I got the digital obviously just the physical product never came. STILL WAITING. Just emailed them again I just want a refund at this point.
Very disappointed.

July 9, 2024
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Magic arena could have been a fantastic…

Magic arena could have been a fantastic game.
1) Matchmaking is broken, it's too easy or way too hard, even after i took my rank i find it absolutely not balanced.

2) It seems as, card shuffler is rigged. sometimes you can get the best hand of your life, sometimes it's just lands for 5/6 turns. nothing in between.

3) You can play with (maybe) 1/3 of the total amount of cards.
Brand new releases and some "exclusive" cards are available, but, if you're looking for old cards, just can give up, and play mtgo instead.

4) Customer service is fast and kind but they'll copy-paste an answer, so not too helpful.

5) Mobile app is too strict. you can play only if your phone is brand new and high specs. otherwise there's no way for you to download it from the play store.
I've got a good phone, i can literally play any game on the market, but it's not enough for their standards.

So, overall it's a 1/5 stars, sorry wotc

June 6, 2024
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

I purchased the Fallout Commander Decks…

I purchased the Fallout Commander Decks and when I opened them I found that the tops of all the cards were cut improperly. I contacted WOTC and it took a couple weeks to get back to me. They agreed to take the product back and send me a new set of decks. This process took nearly a month. Once I finally got the new decks they were in just as bad of shape as the ones I sent back. I contacted the BBB regarding this and they refused to reply to them. So now I'm out $200+ and I have 4 decks with damage at the top of all the cards. I've been buying product from them for well over 20 years but this was the last purchase I'll be making from them.

March 22, 2024
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

MTG is a scam, boicot WotC until they fix it

MTG is a great game, spent tons of K money on it during last 25 years.
BUT
MTG Arena is a scam, aiming to farm people money by using scripts and algorithms to make you lose the game in some ways (topdecking a streak of lands, matchmaking with perfect counter opponents, using bots as opponents and so on).
The best way to fix this is to boicot WotC and its products: I stopped buying physical cards, packs and boxes and ofc I'm not buying anything for cash on the app.
When WotC will understand that people wants to buy their products (and it's doing it since ages) instead of being scammed?
Such a shame to ruin the best cards game in the world!

April 18, 2024
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Took over 4 months to get a damaged…

Took over 4 months to get a damaged card replaced, with almost daily messaging nearing the end of the last month before I even got a response.
No compensation at all for poor service, try and avoid this greedy company.

March 25, 2024
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Dire customer service

On arena. They don't reimburse you if you lose out because their system is buggy. They send you an email saying you're experiencing problems so often that they will just assume its not their fault. This is obviously criminally bad customer service and realy goes against their proclaimed ethos. They also add that they will ignore any further emails from you. This is so disrespectful and impolite that it can bearly be believed. They've got a lot of nerve treating paying customers this way. For this, I now hold them in very low esteem.

February 26, 2024
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

I used to like y'all

I used to like y'all. But it seems like the quality of what you offer goes down as the years go by. That DnD advent calendar was a sick joke. The value of what you put in it is nowhere near the price you made us pay. It really feels like a nasty joke. Never again.

December 15, 2023
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

WotC will incorrectly charge you and will not refund

On buying through their site there is no expression that you will be paying in US Dollars. Almost all websites that operate internationally will show prices in your currency, or at least mention that the price you are seeing is in their currency. However Wizards of the Coast, through their dndstore, will quote you a price, confirm that price once you've purchased it and then charge you almost double that without a single mention that the price is in fact in US dollars. When you then contact "Consumer Support", there is no support for days and then when they finally reply to your contact they say "once payment is direct debited it's final". We don't do refunds. Even if the transaction was fraudulent in nature. The worst part is that all their materials are available on the internet and, thinking I was doing the right thing and supporting the company that made the content by purchasing it from them, they then steal from me and tell me bad luck. Stay classy, WotC

November 29, 2023
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Rated 2 out of 5 stars

Downfall of MTG

It’s tough because I have really enjoyed playing this game and have been playing since elementary, but this company ever since the Hasbro link up and even a little bit before has been just over the top pushing product. Trying to get as much money as possible. They used to take their time with each set and actually have good cards, but now a lot are getting recycled or have a small upgrade. I just bought a lost caverns of ixalan set box. Since when do set boosters barely have packs with more than 1 rare or better? They used to be loaded with them and then the Jurassic world cards, I pulled 2 lands and a freaking token. Why the hell are those even a card and why would they count as the 1 outta 12 boosters that you can pull them. Like I said cause they’re unoriginal now and running out of ideas and couldn’t come up with any other cards for Jurassic park. Give me 5 min and I could easily come up with a set of Jurassic themed cards that are not recycled ideas.
This product isn’t worth buying anymore and they exhaust their consumers by pumping out 7+ sets a year (including crossovers and smaller sets) they just recycled LOTR into 2 diff sets… they only care about money now just like every other greedy company in America.

November 10, 2023
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Betrayal

Wizards of the coast is garbage. I personally will never pay money for anything haveing any connection to wizards of the coast. Boycot...you should be ashamed of yourselves...good luck in the comeing wars I think napalm for you and your home would be a good start...

October 31, 2023
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Trash

Trash, magic arena stays uninstalled this time, never seen a shuffler so bad, funk off wizards, glad I only spent a fiver on arena and my physical collection is getting sold because my enjoyment of magic is now that soiled, greedy nerds.

October 9, 2023
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Customer support don't read the…

Customer support don't read the messages they just copy and paste unrelated answers and then proceed to ignore you, they are si careless about their job that they even sent a follow up to the unanswered messages saying we havent heard from you with the copy of the messages they ignored

August 24, 2023
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Wiards of the coast will ignore you while talking to you

I filed for a refund due to missinformation onboard their platform Magic the gathering arena

In this platform, there is something called a "Rotation", where cards will be removed from the playable pool.
When you go to create a card that is going to leave on "Rotation" you get a warning that it is going to rotate [true for right now anyway 24.08.2023]

I made some cards that didn't say it will rotate, then those cards rotated out.
then they unrotated, after less than 24 hours,
and the rotation is only scheduled for 05.09.2023
[take a moment to aknowledge the unproffesionalizem]

I was and still am very confused. [Why were the cards I made rotated out?, will it happen again on the 05.09?]

I went and asked customer service if the cards I made will rotate in 05.09.2023, and if I can get a refund due to me making them recently, and them not being stated as part of the rotation [remember, when you go make a card that is being rotated, there is a warning that it will rotate]

At the begining they were nice and responded quickly
then things got bad.

they started responding, but somehow forgot previous messages and asking the same questions [felt like talking to bots], I made a summary of all previous messages fo them and said I was insulted for being asked the same questions multiple times [they wanted details about what happened to my cards, which I discloused as I have here, with some more details about what specific cards I made that were briefly rotated, and when did I make them]

During our conversation my questions were ignored repetatly, but I still got responses, so I wasn't sure what is going on [why are they answering as service, if they aren't answering my questions?] not only they did not answer the questions, they didn't even say "We will get back to you on that" or anything of the sorts, I was basically ghosted and was answered at the same time, being asked for details I already gave.

After saying I was insulted and sending a big summary [so they don't have to ask for the same details], I recieved a brief message saying:
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Hello,

Thank you for emailing us back. I have looked into your request and we unfortunately will not be able to provide Wildcards to your account. Cards or other items are not provided in place of cards being rotated out of a format. Your feedback and feelings about this has been collected.
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Note that in every other message I was told who I was talking to, not in this one though.
before this final response I talked to:
Westley‍, Linwood‍, Shauna‍, Frank‍, Jacob‍.

each talked to me exactly once, with Westley being the exception, sending me 2 mails, THAT WERE IDENTICAL, asking the same questions, again.

After the final mail [not the conversation with Westley], I asked about the missinformation in MTG Arena.
I am going to quote my response, and I know I am a bit salty in the mail but here is what I said:
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It did not state they were being rotated out, while other cards clearly stated that they are going to be rotated out.
Does that not seem misleading in your opinion?

Is this company protocol to label the cards as such?
I would really appreciate it if you will help me understand, so I can avoid this unfortunate occasion for next time.
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Since then I repetadely asked for a response, and was ghosted for about a week [they usually responded in less than 1 day]

In summary:
I was unheard, disrespected, mislead.
and you know what the worst thing is?
NO ONE CARES.

August 15, 2023
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

I purchased a phyrexia all will be one…

I purchased a phyrexia all will be one pre-release box and the outside of the container seals were not compromised however the packs inside were resealed and did not have any rares in them even though each pack is supposed to have a gold rare card in each. Somebody opened up the packs and then resealed them internally from employees of Wizards of the Coast this must be an inside job. This compromises the Integrity of the company and the trust customers have that they will get good quality product with the cards that are expected to be inside the fact that this box was compromised means others have been as well. This is a matter of principle. Never in the 30 years of Magic Game play has this happened to me and now I can never buy anything from you with same confidence as I did before.

June 18, 2023
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