Ah battle passes: the “natural evolution” of the loot box.
But it’s not so natural for a lot of studios, who saw the legislative writing on the wall for loot boxes and decided to give their playerbase another rat race to run. While several big companies are surprisingly doing right by the system, Magic: Arena still has a long ways to go, even after a number of course corrections.
Source: Destructoid Wizards of the Coast needs to revamp Magic: Arena’s battle pass philosophy