Earlier in the beta, the land algorithm was pretty messed up. Decks with 22-25 lands favored opening hands with 2 lands. You had to go to 26 lands to get preferred 3-4 land hands. I've stepped away from the beta for a long break, and I'm curious if this is still the case? It appears that way, as I endlessly open with 2 lands unless I bump land to 26 (and then I flood every game of course ).

This could just be my own perception/bias, but wanted to see if this is still a thing?

Thank you

The starting hand algorithm hasn't changed, but it's also not necessarily "messed up". I don't think it was ever actually messed up.

Also, it's only like that in Bo1, not Bo3. So for Bo1 it favors hands with 2 lands, but other amounts still happen, it's not a guarantee.

messed up was a poor choice of words. I just always found it awkward playing decks with 24 lands because of the algorithm. Messed up in my own head.

Also, Turbo...that's interesting. How does it work in BO3?

In Bo3 it should be true "random", as good as it gets with software anyway. I can't say I have seen or felt anything to the contrary though in all the 100's of Bo3 matches I played on arena to date.