MTG Arena News: October 2021

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,…

October 13, 2021 Historic Banned and Restricted Announcement

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…

Rebalancing, new events and more: October 13, 2021 MTGA Announcements

HISTORIC: BANS, SUSPENSIONS, AND REBALANCING ANNOUNCED As we continue to improve the Historic format, we have announced the rebalancing of five digital-only cards, plus some bans and suspensions: Suspended in Historic: Memory Lapse Banned in Historic: Brainstorm (moved from suspended) Tibalt’s Trickery…

MTG Arena Announcements, September 29, 2021

We have two Qualifier Weekends coming up in October: October 9–10 October 30–31* The entry window for Day 1 and Day 2 of events is from 6–8 a.m. PT. *Note: for those in Europe, the October 31 Day 2 event will start…

MTG Arena Patch Notes – 2021.9.0

Game Update Highlights Innistrad: Midnight Hunt is now released! New packs are available in the store, new Draft & Sealed Events are available, and there’s a new Mastery Pass. Renewal rewards are available to all accounts created before September 16th 2021.…

MTG Arena Announcements, September 15, 2021

STABILIZATION PROGRESS The team has made progress on improving stability and eliminating bugs following the update. Thursday’s (September 16) update will bring a few notable fixes:: Fix for a bug that caused some players ranking up to Mythic in Limited…

MTG Arena: State of the Game – Innistrad: Midnight Hunt

ROTATION AND RENEWAL It’s that time of the year again! Cards aren’t the only thing transforming on Innistrad—with the release of Innistrad: Midnight Hunt also comes Standard rotation. This means we’ll be bidding a fond farewell to Throne of Eldraine, Theros Beyond Death, Ikoria: Lair of…

Similarities Between MTG Arena and Poker

Back in 1993, when Magic: The Gathering first came out, many people thought the game was just a fad and would die out in a little while. However, the game proved everyone wrong and became a sensation pretty quickly. There’s…

Can MTG Arena Be Considered Gambling?

In recent years, esports betting has become a significant part of online gambling, and now the spotlight is on tradable card games. This attention is from opportunists seeking to take advantage of the tournaments and in-game assets in the games.…