How Long It Actually Takes to Program MTG Arena!

Welcome to an interview with MTG Arena Developer Ian Adams, and thank you to Wizards of the Coast for sponsoring this video and giving me the opportunity to chat with him! In this conversation with MTG Arena's Product Owner of Card Set, I got the chance to ask tons of questions about how MTG Arena works behind the scenes and how long it actually takes to build the game. We discussed how long it takes to program an individual card, what it was like to make MTG Arena playable on mobile phones, how Quick Draft bots work, whether the developers actually play the game, and tons of other details about MTG Arena that only someone working on it for years would know! I am very grateful to have had this opportunity and I hope you enjoy hearing these answers as much as I did! Subscribe for more MTG videos:    / nicolaibolas   ! Support my channel via Patreon:   / nicolaibolas   ! Discuss all things MTG on the NicolaiBolas Community Discord server here:   / discord   ! #MagicTheGathering #MTG #MTGArena