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July 5, 2022 Banned and Restricted Announcement Alchemy: Grinning Ignus is banned. Effective Date: July 7, 2022 The list of all banned and restricted cards, by format, is here. Alchemy Changes For an overview of the latest Alchemy changes, including the ban…
So far, all the decks I’ve made for you have been multi color decks for a variety of reasons, and today I will go into detail about how a multi-color deck building works for me. Now some of you will…
I wanted to share my version of an Alchemy Jund deck that took me to 97% mythic this season, with a win rate of 64%. It has not since been adapted to face the new Grinning Ignus/Cabaretti Revels combo deck…
There has been some division with the introduction of Alchemy on MTGA. Some say leave our favorite online CCG alone, and let bygones be bygones, while others trill with excitement at the opportunity to venture into the realm of contemporary…
Preorders begin tomorrow, June 23, for the exciting new set Alchemy Horizons: Baldur’s Gate, which includes 81 new cards and reprints from Dungeons & Dragons: Adventures in the Forgotten Realms that bring in even more D&D flavor. You’ll also find new mechanics…
So this deck is probably the meanest one I’ve cooked up yet and one of the last I will share amongst you all. The main purpose of this deck is not to bully, or win through force, or drown them…
In this article we’ll focus on some budget decks for Explorer to (hopefully) help people get into the format. We think it might be helpful to compile a few in a post and talk about getting into Explorer, expectations for…
Alchemy Horizons: Baldur’s Gate is on the . . . uh, horizon! Preorder the new set beginning next Thursday, June 23. Alchemy Horizons: Baldur’s Gate is MTG Arena‘s way of bringing the tabletop set Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur’s Gate to the digital space. The tabletop Commander…
As noted in previous updates, we want Pioneer to provide as diverse an experience as possible, built out of an ever-growing collection of Standards past. Over time, it has become clear that Naya Winota is suppressing diversity as its power…
The new Standard is a format dominated by midrange strategies since the introduction of Streets of New Capenna. This set provided the new Triome lands to help the multicolored strategies rise in popularity. The most prevalent one seems to be…
The 30-card Alchemy: New Capenna set hits MTG Arena June 2, with more cards and player experience updates. Here’s main updates coming today. Mythic Packs for all Standard-legal sets will be available in the Store under the Packs tab (located at the bottom…
Explorer is a Constructed, non-rotating, “true-to-tabletop” format using all the Pioneer-legal cards available on MTG Arena. Head over to our format hub for more information on Pioneer. It will feature the same Constructed queues and events available for Standard. It will begin…
The quest to earn an invitation to Magic World Championship XXVIII culminates in the New Capenna Championship May 20–22! Top players face off in Standard and Historic competitions for $450,000 in prizes and to determine who gets the remaining invitations to Magic World Championship XXVIII later this…
Welcome to Streets of New Capenna, where family means business. You’ve seen the cards, you’ve read the stories, and starting next week, you’ll be able to get your piece of the action when all the glamour and glitz arrives on MTG Arena. MECHANICS We…
When much of public gaming around the world closed down in early 2020, Magic: The Gathering Arena became one of the most practical ways for many players to engage with Magic, and especially with Magic‘s competitive system. With the return of the Pro Tour and…
STREETS OF NEW CAPENNA ARRIVES IN MTG ARENA APRIL 28! The glitzy new Magic set, Streets of New Capenna, and its greedy five crime families muscle into MTG Arena on Thursday, April 28! If you want to get an early tabletop taste of the set, head down to your…
STREETS OF NEW CAPENNA PREORDER BUNDLES AVAILABLE ON APRIL 7! Get a jump on collecting the new set with these bundles available for preorder beginning April 7: ELSPETH PACK BUNDLE $49.99 Elspeth Resplendent sleeve (available at purchase) 50x Streets of New…
The Historic format returns to Arena Open for this two-day event kicking off on April 16! Best your opponents in seven Best-of-One or four Best-of-Three matches and receive an invitation to Day 2’s intense competition for prizes up to $2,500!…
Coming Thursday, April 7, we’re adjusting several cards to better support decks focused around Warrior and Elf creatures, as well as other card changes to support deck diversity. Here are the card changes you can look forward to with the MTG…
20-PACK ALCHEMY: KAMIGAWA BUNDLE COMING THIS WEEK! Look for a single-purchase 20-pack Alchemy: Kamigawa bundle arriving in the Store tomorrow, Thursday, March 31. For 15,000 gold or 3,000 gems, this bundle will give you a boost as you add Alchemy: Kamigawa cards to your collection. Check…
For several months now, the community has been having a robust conversation about Magic: The Gathering Arena‘s economy. We haven’t had much to say in the interim as we listened, collected data, and discussed internally. Throughout that time, more and more players…
STREETS OF NEW CAPENNA LAUNCHES ON MTG ARENA APRIL 28! The forthcoming set Streets of New Capenna will be released on MTG Arena and Magic Online on April 28. The tabletop Prerelease in your local game stores will start a bit earlier, on April 22. LIGHT IT UP IN…
The MTG Neon Dynasty is set to release two Dimir Ninja Decks. The Dimir decks, whether Standard, Pioneer or Historic, have previously been control based. Recently there has been a standard format where Dimir Rogues become very popular, meaning there…
While the ever-illustrious Matt Tabak has already shone a light on the new abilities and game mechanics that await you in Kamigawa: Neon Dynasty, there is some extra information on how these bright and beautiful cards work on the technological marvels of…
Since Alchemy’s launch, we have been happy with the overall deck diversity in the format. Our intent with this round of changes is to better balance the play rates between the top decks while ensuring they all remain viable. We…
Standard: Alrund’s Epiphany is banned. Divide by Zero is banned. Faceless Haven is banned. Legacy: Ragavan, Nimble Pilferer is banned. Historic: Memory Lapse is banned (from suspended). Teferi, Time Raveler has been rebalanced and unbanned. Tabletop Effective Date: January 25, 2022 Magic Online and MTG Arena effective date: January…
ARENA CUBE HAPPENING NOW Draft with the best cards in Magic‘s history and play Best-of-One and Best-of-Three matches in Arena Cube, available right now! Check out the full Arena Cube card list. Don’t miss out—Arena Cube is only here until Thursday, January 20. MAD SCIENCE BEGINS FRIDAY!…
On this page we gathered all non-unique MTGA codes, which you can redeem in MTG Arena Store. Codes can only be redeemed once per account. New players should only open booster packs after obtaining all the New Player Experience decks…
We’ve had a couple of updates and fixes ship recently. On Thursday of last week, the release included some bug fixes you can check out in the patch notes: Notable Bug Fixes Fixed a deckbuilder bug that caused clicking/tapping on styled…
Players of Magic The Gathering (MTG) Arena have criticized the in-game economy of the game for quite some time now. But after the new format from Alchemy was launched, MTG players even showed signs of anger. Alchemy’s format is digital,…
Welcome, one and all, to the Arena Decathlon! In this multi-week series, you can take a whirlwind tour of MTG Arena by competing in different game modes from across the Magic experience. Whether you are a Draft fanatic, a Historic specialist, or even a…
Alchemy launches December 9! This is a new format in MTG Arena, much like Standard or Historic. It introduces new digital-only cards, legal in Alchemy and Historic, and Alchemy packs that become available about a month after each Magic set released in MTG…
To foster an evolving metagame and to keep pace with the millions of games played on MTG Arena each day, we will be regularly rebalancing cards in Alchemy. Weakening cards (nerfs) will be the primary tool to affect the metagame. Nerfs will…
Alchemy, a new format on MTG Arena, debuts December 9. The release includes eleven rebalanced cards and the Alchemy: Innistrad supplemental set, which adds 63 totally new cards. Below you can see the Alchemy: Innistrad cards previewed so far and check back as we…
This December, MTG Arena will launch a new digital-first format called Alchemy, a new play blade, our first Draft Arena Open, and more. There’s a lot to go over here, so let’s dive right in. ALCHEMY Alchemy is a new digital-only format…
Alchemy is our new MTG Arena play mode based on the Standard format that incorporates new-to-digital Magic alongside rebalanced Standard cards to create a fast, ever-evolving experience for our players. An Ever-Evolving Play Mode Build decks with Standard cards, new-to-digital cards, and rebalanced cards…
Arena Open returns this weekend, December 4–5, featuring both Best-of-One and Traditional Best-of-Three Draft matches on Day 1 (Saturday, December 4). Earn an invitation token during Day 1 to enter Day 2’s high-stakes Traditional (Best-of-Three) Player Draft (December 5). Check…
Save the date! The pleasure of your company is requested to the most lavish vampire wedding in ages. And because this is 2021, of course this celebration is going digital! The ceremony begins on November 11, and we made sure…
INNISTRAD: CRIMSON VOW PREORDERS START TOMORROW! Preorders for Innistrad: Crimson Vow begin tomorrow, October 28, with these bundles available—purchase one or get them both! PACK BUNDLE $49.99 Crimson Bride sleeve (available at purchase) 50x Innistrad: Crimson Vow Store Packs (available at set release) 1x Olivia,…
We’ve been carefully monitoring the Standard metagame since the format rotation and release of Innistrad: Midnight Hunt. As Innistrad: Midnight Hunt‘s Standard season winds down and we approach the release of Innistrad: Crimson Vow next month, we’ve been aware of some players’ concerns about…
