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Magic Spellslingers Review
Introduction Magic Spellslingers had what could be called a relatively muted “official” launch. The game released without much fanfare or even promotion from either Wizards or the teams that developed the game. Initially announced as “Valor’s Reach”, the game is…
MTG Arena Community Spotlight: Gladiator Event Guide and Decklists
Hello everyone! Today we’re going over the first Community Spotlight Event of Gladiator! Gladiator is a relatively popular format that is extremely similar to Historic Brawl, but it’s sans Commander and a Best of Three (Bo3) format! This adds the…
MTG Arena Codes: Complete List – Free Packs, Cosmetics, XP, and More
Below is the full list of all the currently available, non-unique promotional MTG Arena codes you can redeem for free booster packs, cosmetics, Mastery XP, individual cards, and more. New codes are added from time to time, so be sure…
MTG Arena Releases Compensation Code “StickTogether” for Patch Issues
Today’s small patch for MTG Arena (2022.18.20 patch notes) has caused a bit of disruption to the game, as players were unable to log in and the Alchemy card rebalances caused issues with the draft queues. The maintenance is now…
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Keep or Mulligan #3: Level up Your Game
Hey everyone! Today we’re going to do another Keep or Mulligan article. We’ll be using interesting hands that happened during coaching or that happened to me or my teammates during high-profile tournaments, and the idea is that I present you…
The Top 5 Decks You Should Play to Get 7 Wins in the Historic Metagame Challenge
Historic Selesnya Humans Deck Guide: Master Historic’s Best Aggro Deck
My Top Five off Meta Decks That May Be Competitive With the Explorer and Historic Anthologies
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MTG Arena Codes: Complete List – Free Packs, Cosmetics, XP, and More
Below is the full list of all the currently available, non-unique promotional MTG Arena codes you can redeem for free booster packs, cosmetics, Mastery XP, individual cards, and more. New codes are added from time to time, so be sure…
Alchemy Horizons: Baldur’s Gate (HBG) Limited Tier List
MTG Arena Zone’s Alchemy Horizons: (HBG) Limited Tier List ranks every card in the set, to provide a guideline you can use to pick cards for your draft deck or to build your sealed deck. The ratings initially come from…
Jump In! Event Guide, Packet Themes and Contents – Alchemy Horizons: Baldur’s Gate Update
MTG Standard Rotation Guide
What is Standard Rotation? With the advent of MTG Arena, Standard is the most accessible and widely played constructed format in Magic: The Gathering. Four Magic sets are released (one approximately every three months) and added to Standard each year, and subsequently…
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MTG Arena Releases Compensation Code “StickTogether” for Patch Issues
Today’s small patch for MTG Arena (2022.18.20 patch notes) has caused a bit of disruption to the game, as players were unable to log in and the Alchemy card rebalances caused issues with the draft queues. The maintenance is now…
2022.18.20 Patch Notes
MTG Arena Patch 2022.18.20 is another small patch that brings several bug fixes. Players are experiencing various issues logging in and the Matt Jukes lands are still at large again after being added for the second time to the Summer…
MTG Arena Announcements: August 11, 2022
In this week’s MTG Arena Announcements, we have Alchemy card rebalances coming up tomorrow! It focuses on the two trouble combo cards and , as well as a host of changes specifically to shakeup the Limited format (though it will…
August 11th, 2022 Banned and Restricted Announcement: Cabaretti Revels and Racketeer Boss Changed, Limited Overhauls
Standard
Standard 2023 Mono Black Aggro Deck Guide – Rotation Proof Decks
Standard 2023 Boros Aggro Deck Guide – Rotation Proof Decks
Bo1 Standard Mardu Midrange Deck Guide: The Potential Secret Tier 1 Deck
Standard Four-Color Greasefang Control Deck Guide: Who Says Greasefang Is an Eternal Format Card?
Explorer
Explorer Anthology 2 Wishlist: What Could It Look Like?
Explorer Anthology 1 released a couple of weeks ago, and I’m already thinking about the future once again. The first Anthology did a decent job of adding a few necessary cards to the Explorer format, but many felt it wasn’t…
Explorer #3 Mythic Mono Green Turbo Henge Deck Guide
Hey everyone! Today I’m going to be covering my Mono Green Turbo Henge deck in Explorer which I recently used to go 27-6 and hit rank #3 with on the Arena ladder. This is a green aggressive deck, that is…
Explorer Golgari Rock Deck Guide: Classic Midrange
Explorer Song of Creation Combo Deck Guide: Explorer’s Storm Strategy
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The Draft Lab Podcast Episode 53: Underappreciated Archetypes of HBG
Welcome back to episode 53 of the Draft Lab Podcast where Josh and Chris go over some of the HBG archetypes that have been flying under the radar. We start out with our weekly update before Josh acquiesces to Chris’s…
The Draft Lab Podcast Episode 52: Bo1 vs Bo3 Debate with NCAA
Welcome back to episode 52 of the Draft Lab Podcast where Josh says the wrong episode number… Oh and Chris is here with NCAA to debate over Bo1 vs Bo3. We start out with our weekly update before Josh acquiesces…
How to Wheel in Drafts
Alchemy Horizons: Baldur’s Gate (HBG) Limited Tier List
MTG Arena Zone’s Alchemy Horizons: (HBG) Limited Tier List ranks every card in the set, to provide a guideline you can use to pick cards for your draft deck or to build your sealed deck. The ratings initially come from…
Alchemy
Alchemy Metagame Snapshot and Tier List Update – August 4, 2022
Arena Alchemy (BO1) Metagame Tier List and Rankings
Traditional Alchemy (BO3) Metagame Tier List and Rankings
Alchemy #1 Mythic Jund Trapfinder Combo Deck Guide
Historic
Historic Azorius Affinity Deck Guide: 28-0 in the Historic Metagame Challenge
Historic Mono Green Ramp Deck Guide: Unbeatable Board States Starting Turn 3
Historic Metagame Challenge: Event Guide, Resources, and 7 Win Decklists
The Historic Metagame Challenge event is a limited-time competitive event held over this weekend, where players can compete for some big prizes in a fresh new metagame. This August 2022 edition of the event is for Historic Anthology 6 and…
The Top 5 Decks You Should Play to Get 7 Wins in the Historic Metagame Challenge
Standard 2023 – Rotation Proof
Standard 2023 Mono Black Aggro Deck Guide – Rotation Proof Decks
Standard 2023 Boros Aggro Deck Guide – Rotation Proof Decks
Standard 2023 Selesnya Enchantments Deck Guide – Rotation Proof Decks
Standard 2023 Rakdos Anvil Deck Guide – Rotation Proof Decks
Pioneer
Top Pioneer Trophy Brews of the Week – August 3, 2022
Pioneer Metalwork Colossus Deck Guide
We’ve seen various decks in the past, but with Streets of New Capenna and the release of , these decks started showing up in the 5-0 deck dumps and made a splash with a 23rd place finish in the Pioneer…
Pioneer Abzan Greasefang Deck Guide
The rat is back! From the printing of in Kamigawa, Neon Dynasty, we’ve had various styles of decks leveraging the power of Greasefang with . While the rise of Mono Green Devotion temporarily kept the rat down, we saw Abzan…
