Same Rank in Legend as another player?

[Schyla-1490]

I’ve never seen this before. My opponent and I were both the same rank…I won and I lost 1 rank…

[SwampFace-1579]

I have seen this happen a few times on streams over the years.

What I think happens is once you hit [Play] your rank is saved for display purposes.
BUT someone could hit [Play] after you and, due to the dynamic nature of legend ranks, could “own” the same rank you do/did when they hit [Play].

That is my theory.

It is pretty rare, but does happen.

[MoonUnit-21100]

Yeah fairly common this.

[ßƐƐ-1741]

@SwampFace-1579

I have seen this happen a few times on streams over the years.

What I think happens is once you hit [Play] your rank is saved for display purposes.
BUT someone could hit [Play] after you and, due to the dynamic nature of legend ranks, could “own” the same rank you do/did when they hit [Play].

That is my theory.

It is pretty rare, but does happen.

It’s also MMR based, so if both players have identical MMR, they have an identical rank I presume.

[Sigtyr-1686]

I hope you were both playing Highlander decks!

/rimshot

[Angorashi-1620]

There must always be two… One master… One apprentice…

[SwampFace-1579]

@ßƐƐ-1741

It’s also MMR based, so if both players have identical MMR, they have an identical rank I presume.

No. Each legend rank is (supposed to be) unique. First in first served for “ties” on MMR is my belief.
Look through all of the leaderboards and you will never see 2 people with the same rank, and top 200 is where MMR’s are the closest so the most likely bracket for this phenomenon to occur.