What Standard Decks You Should Play at the Mythic Qualifier Weekend and Why
Hello everyone! May’s Standard MIQ is coming up tomorrow and there are plenty of options to consider going into it. What are you best at, what’s the meta looking like,...
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Standard Dimir Control Deck Guide: Seriously Slap Sultai
Hello everyone! Today I’m bringing you the quintessential Sultai slapper, suplexer, and smasher: Dimir Control. I’ve had quite a love affair with Dimir Control for awhile, but after Zendikar Rising,...
A Pinch of Spice: Four Off-Meta Decks from the May Strixhaven League Weekend
This weekend, we got to watch some of the best Magic players in the world battle it out for standings and a shot at clinching their place in the upcoming...
Historic Anthology 5
The fifth instalment of the Historic Anthology series of cards is coming to MTG Arena on May 27th, 2021. It adds 25 curated cards from Magic’s past to the Historic...
Qualifier Weekend Day 2 Forced to Restart due to Registration Issue
The Qualifier Weekend is taking place on MTG: Arena, but while day one was largely a success, day two has started out with a significant technical snafu: apparently, the event...
Ikoria: Lair of Behemoths Limited Guide
In this guide, you will find tips and advice to tackle the Ikoria: Lair of Behemoths limited (sealed and draft) format in Magic: The Gathering. Overview Ikoria: Lair of Behemoths...
May Strixhaven League Weekend – Rivals League Historic Decklists and Metagame
This month’s Strixhaven League Weekend takes place this weekend, featuring the best players in the world battling to secure their place at the World Championship XXVII. As with last month,...
May Strixhaven League Weekend – Rivals League Standard Decklists and Metagame
This month’s Strixhaven League Weekend takes place this weekend, featuring the best players in the world battling to secure their place at the World Championship XXVII. As with last month,...
May Strixhaven League Weekend – MPL League Historic Decklists and Metagame
This month’s Strixhaven League Weekend takes place this weekend, featuring the best players in the world battling to secure their place at the World Championship XXVII. As with last month,...
May Strixhaven League Weekend – MPL League Standard Decklists and Metagame
This month’s Strixhaven League Weekend takes place this weekend, featuring the best players in the world battling to secure their place at the World Championship XXVII. As with last month,...
Standard Gruul Adventures Deck Guide: May 2021 Update
Hello everyone! Today I’m going to go over what I consider to be the best aggro deck in the format: Gruul Adventures. Gruul Adventures rose to prominence in Zendikar Rising...
Standard Mythic Decks: May 2021 Ranked Season – Week 2
Mythic is the highest rank that can be achieved in the MTG Arena ladder system. The ranked season resets each calendar month, and the most competitive players aim to reach...
Historic Mythic Decks: May 2021 Ranked Season – Week 2
Mythic is the highest rank that can be achieved in the MTG Arena ladder system. The ranked season resets each calendar month, and the most competitive players aim to reach...
College Cup Event Guide
MTG Arena will be hosting a series of three events over three weeks called the College Cup, which is the festival equivalent for the Strixhaven: School of Mages expansion. This...
Daily Deals May 13, 2021: More Relevant Card Styles and and an Ikoria Pack
The MTG Arena team keeps it coming with today’s daily deals- all five of the card styles being offered are quite relevant in Standard this time around, and you can...
Historic Simic Stompy Deck Guide
Hey everybody! My name’s Maxim Salmin aka Rint and today I’m introducing you to the refined Simic Stompy deck that I used to 6-0 an SCG Satellite tournament and land...
Top Players Weigh in and Wizards’ Response on the Future of MTG Competitive Play
On Thursday morning, Wizards of the Coast posted an article via Magic.gg about the upcoming 2021-2022 competitive season, including an announcement that has become a major discussion point in the...
Daily Deals May 13, 2021: A Variety of Relevant Standard Cardstyles
The Daily Deals for today in MTG Arena feature a mix of card styles from various archetypes, and most of the cards this time see some amount of play in...
The Future of MTG Competitive Play: Details of the 2021-2022 Season Revealed
Wizards of the Coast has broadly outlined their vision for competitive play in a post COVID-19 world. Essentially, WotC will be doing some significant reworks of competitive play systems and...
College Cup: Test of Knowledge Event Guide and Singleton Emeritus Decklists
Hello everyone! Today will be the first guide on the three part event series that is the College Cup. Each week there will be a different variation of a Standard...
Historic Selesnya Company Deck Guide: For Both Bo1 and Bo3 – The Best Collected Company Deck!
Welcome to our Selesnya Company deck guide for the Magic: The Gathering Arena Historic format, updated for Strixhaven: School of Mages! Here, you will learn how to play this green-white...
Daily Deals May 12, 2021: Assorted Historic Card Styles
Today’s Daily Deals are a variety of Historic legal card styles offered at 75% off, along with which is the only card among today’s offers currently still legal in Standard....
Standard Mono Black Auras Bo1 Deck Guide: The Bane of Creature Decks
Hello everyone! As promised, since the previous Bo1 Standard article did well, Dany and I are looking into making it a regular thing! Last time we tackled what was considered...
Standard Esper Control Deck Guide
Tired of the same old metagame decks that have been around for the past couple seasons? Here’s something a bit different for the control player in all of us. This...
MTG Arena Zone State of the Website – May 2021 Update
Hello our valued visitors! As always, we trust that you are all well. It’s been a while since our last update in February, and we apologize for the lack of...
2020-21 Magic Esports Postseason Tournament Dates Announced
Wizards of the Coast has officially announced the dates of the four major competitive events in this year’s postseason via Magic.gg: The Challenger Gauntlet, MPL Gauntlet, Rivals Gauntlet, and of...
Daily Deals May 11, 2021: Triome Card Styles and Free Gold
Today’s Daily Deals offers a free Gold boost (STONKS!!), given you have enough currency to purchase it. Using gold is going to give you more value as Gems are harder...
Standard Lorehold Aggro Deck Guide
In my opinion, synergy is power. Cards need to feed off each other to reach their potential. Rarely do we see cards so powerful that they end a game on...
Historic Gruul Aggro Deck Guide: Face is the Place
Hello everyone! Today I’m talking about the premiere SMORC deck in Historic: Gruul Aggro. Historic is a cool format as it spans so many sets throughout the course of Magic’s...
MTG Arena Releases Compensation Code “ExperimentalOverload” for Weekend Issues
Last week saw the popularity of the much anticipated Historic Brawl and the Arena Open events marred by technical issues and overall delays. Players ran into “Waiting for the Server”...
