MTG Arena’s monthly update is now live, having been postponed for a week due to technical issues. As outlined in the State of the Game, this patch is focused primarily on bug fixes and gameplay improvements other than the usual events and store items.
As a reminder, there appears to be some new visual bugs introduced in the update, particularly with the popular Unsanctioned Basic Lands displaying incorrectly in game.
Update 8:30 PM PST: This has now been addressed in the hotfix, please click here for more information and other issues that has come up since the latest patch.
Learn more from the full official patch notes below:
GAME UPDATE HIGHLIGHTS
Festival of Adventure – Earn Zendikar Rising showcase card styles by participating in these limited time events!
New pets and cosmetic items in store, including the Black Lotus pet and Euro Lands.
You can now group select blockers for creatures with Menace.
. . . Yes, we know this is one of the most obvious times to want to group select blockers.
Yes, we were frustrated too.
The loop detector is now better at discerning when a loop is actually going somewhere and what the final game state will be.
Say your opponent has 100 life and you have a very s l o w Vito/Exquisite Blood combo ticking away. You’ll be able to get there!
Mousing over either player’s hand/graveyard/exile to display zone counts now displays the counts for both players.
Now you can check who is winning the mill race without moving your mouse!
We’ve tweaked the way we display text so cards are much less likely to overflow the type line, or require you to scroll.
Obviously if you add a ton of text via enchantments, mutate, etc. you’ll scroll as normal.
Replacement effects that are going to move a card to another zone (battlefield, exile, etc.) are now weighted to, by default, come earlier than other replacement effects.
Cards with a “must be blocked” annotation that only applies “this combat” now get a hanger just like cards that “must be blocked” forever.
Ability text on the stack now only changes color if there are two distinct abilities with distinct targets.
Mana icons in card text and back-side hint boxes are now bottom aligned. (We think this looks nicer, personally.)
We’ve added confirmation for discarding, even when you select the max number of cards.
CARDS
Demonic Pact now has a checklist hanger showing which modes have been selected.
The prompt displayed when an opponent’s Honden of Night's Reach activates now lists the number of cards to discard.
DECKS AND COLLECTION
When you disconnect or unexpectedly exit while building a deck, you can return to the deckbuilder to resume your progress where you left off.
EVENTS
QUICK DRAFT SCHEDULE
October 16 – October 30: Theros Beyond Death
October 30 – November 13: Zendikar Rising
November 13 – November 27: Throne of Eldraine
PREMIER DRAFT SCHEDULE
September 17 – Winter 2020: Zendikar Rising
October 23 – October 30: Throne of Eldraine
October 30 – November 6: Theros Beyond Death
November 6 – November 12: Ikoira: Lair of Behemoths
FNM HOME SCHEDULE
Note: FNM Home begins the Thursday before at 4:00pm Pacific (23:00 UTC)
October 16: Historic Brawl
October 23: Momir
October 30: Super Standard
November 5: Brawl
FESTIVAL OF ADVENTURE
October 17 – October 20: Zendikar World Tour
October 24 – October 26: Cascade Singleton
November 1 – November 4: Mastermind
November 7 – November 12: Mini
THE ARENA OPEN
IMPORTANT NOTE: Daylight Saving Time may affect join windows for this events. Please observe join times carefully if your live in a region where the clocks adjust on November 1!
October 31: Arena Open Day 1. Standard Best-of-One or Best-of-Three
November 1: Arena Open Day 2. Standard Best-of-Three
Players may qualify for the Day 2 event using either Day 1 event. See complete rules for details.
