Testing Grounds

This page contains information about aborted or removed features.

This page is about the aborted game mode Testing Grounds. For the trial, see Testing ground.

Testing Grounds was a game mode that replaced multiplayer Quick Match in the 0.112 beta update.

It worked the same as multiplayer quick match used to, with the addition of different rulesets. The rulesets were added by Mojang and were used to test potential changes to the main Scrolls ruleset, as well as offering players a chance to try something different. Testing Grounds matches didn't affect the player's rating.

However, because now everyone has access to the test server on Mondays, Mojang decided to revert it to Quick Match in the 0.131 beta update.

Contents 1 Rulesets 1.1 As of 0.119.1 beta 1.2 As of 0.117 beta 1.3 As of 0.112.2 beta 1.4 As of 0.112 beta

Rulesets

As of 0.119.1 beta

• Time per turn was 75 seconds.
• The Wild resource was added.

Wild is a fifth resource that is being tested in the Testing Grounds. It is a resource that can only be used with multi-resource decks. Once you have sacrificed scrolls to the Wild resource, it can be used to pay any resource costs.

There is a limit to how much Wild you can sacrifice to. You can not sacrifice to more Wild than the lowest you have of any of the regular resources included in your deck. For example; if you play a deck with Growth and Order scrolls, before you can sacrifice to your first Wild, you need at least 1 of both Growth and Order. Once you have 1 of each and a Wild, the Wild will let you play a scroll that costs 2 Growth or 2 Order, by using 1 of the regular resources and 1 Wild.

As of 0.117 beta

• Time per turn was 75 seconds.
• Mulligan was added.

As of 0.112.2 beta

• Idols respectively had 6, 8, 10, 8 and 6 Health points.
• Time per turn was 60 seconds.

As of 0.112 beta

• Idols had 8 Health each.
• Time per turn was 60 seconds.

Features
Main menu	Arena • Deck Builder • Crafting • Store • Profile • Friends List
Game types	Tutorial • Skirmish • Trial • Quick Match • Ranked Match • Judgement • Challenge • Custom match • Testing Grounds (aborted)
Game mechanics	Turn • Damage (Physical • Magic • Poison • Pure) • Death effect • Effect • Randomness • Victory Conditions • Tactics Game elements Scroll • Deck • Resources • Units • Game Board • Tiles • Idols • Battlefield • Library and Graveyard Actions Sacrifice • Draw • Summoning • Movement • Attacking • Defending • Sift • Surrendering
Acquiring scrolls	Preconstructed deck • Gold • Shards • Black market • Trading • Scroll Prices
Other features	Spectate • Replay • Chat • Achievements • Avatar • Rank • Ranking • Rating • Weekly Winners
Miscellaneous	Scrolls (game) • Demo version • Scrolls Database (Test) • Version history (Test) • Test server • Special Events • Lore • Mods • Known bugs