AI Designs Its Own Magic: The Gathering Deck and Wins in Arena

Ethan Mollick reports that another 'informal nerd benchmark' has fallen: the AI Astra autonomously designed a Magic: The Gathering deck and used it to beat bots on Arena.

2026-09-08 ~ 2026-09-08 · 2 related posts

• AI clears a 'nerd benchmark': Astra designs original Magic deck and beats a bot on Arena — emollick · 2026-09-08
• AI's Astra designs an original Magic: The Gathering deck and beats a bot on Arena — emollick · 2026-09-08