MTG Arena’s Explorer Anthology 3 was met with unfavorable reaction from the community due to the inclusion of cards not making it any closer to Pioneer. In the latest patch notes, it was revealed that the bundle originally had Boros Charm in place of Gruul Charm and Gladecover Scout in place of Eidolon of Blossoms. This definitely would have spiced up the meta a bit more! Furthermore, Miscalculation was also in place of Repeal for Historic Anthology 7. Check out the full patch notes below.

Game Update Highlights

• Historic Anthology 7 and Explorer Anthology 3 are now available in the store! Grab some new cards to help level up your game in Historic or Explorer
• Explorer Anthology 2 is back in the store as well, for players who missed it the first time around

Upcoming MTG Arena Events

Additional events added to MTG Arena. Read the MTG Arena Weekly Announcements to learn more!

General

• Alchemy Rotation and Renewal is coming up this fall with the Wilds of Eldraine! With the upcoming changes, we’ve added a few prompts to give players more information about them. To learn more, navigate to the Codex of the Multiverse!
• Added a brand new page to the Codex of the Multiverse that provides more information about Renewal & Rotation.
• In preparing for the upcoming Alchemy Rotation coming this fall, we’ll be updating our 10 New Player Decks with cards released in the last few years.
  • In addition to the new decks, players will also have each of the current new player deck cards added to their collection. (NOTE: We’ve discovered some bugs with this that we’re working to address)
• Sparky’s Challenge and Starter Deck Duels have been updated to make use of the New Player Decks added with this update.
• While in the New Player Experience, players will have access to unique loading tips to facilitate learning the fundamentals of Magic: the Gathering.
• Improved messaging when we have a server outage to be more helpful.

Gameplay

• We now have specific VFX for a loss due to drawing from an empty library. Hopefully this will cut down on the number of games where you go “wait, what how did I… OH… oh.”
• Foretold cards weren’t visible at the end of the match if the opponent playing them conceded instead of the match completing normally. Now they are! Sideboard with confidence, Best of 3 players!
• When activating an ability to move counters in the hopes of drawing a card, we’ve now added a warning when it won’t result in the card draw as expected
• Added an automatic stop on Saga triggers when you have an untapped card that can manipulate those counters to allow Shenanigans more easily.
• Casualty costs are now greyed out when you cannot pay them. Previously, they didn’t, because the code that looked at if you had the necessary things to pay a cost insisted that people aren’t THINGS, man! But we’ve rewritten the code so that it understands that people are, in fact, things.

Store

Now Available

Bundles

Explorer Anthology 3

• 4x Each card:
  • Abbot of Keral Keep
  • Cyclonic Rift
  • Chord of Calling
  • Deathrite Shaman
  • Thespian's Stage
  • Obzedat, Ghost Council
  • Omnath, Locus of Rage
  •  Xenagos, God of Revels
  • Worldspine Wurm
  • Accorder's Shield
  • Judge's Familiar
  • Shrapnel Blast
  • Sylvan Scrying
  • Gladecover Scout
  • Golgari Charm
  • Simic Charm
  • Izzet Charm
  • Boros Charm
  • Orzhov Charm
  • Canopy Vista
  • Cinder Glade
  • Smoldering Marsh
  • Sunken Hollow
  • Prairie Stream
  • Voice of Resurgence

Cost: 

• 4,000 Gems
• 25,000 Gold

Historic Anthology 7

• 4x Each card:
  • Fiery Islet
  • Sunbaked Canyon
  • Nurturing Peatland
  • Silent Clearing
  • Waterlogged Grove
  • Giver of Runes
  • Vendillion Clique
  • Bloodghast
  • Tooth and Nail
  • Primeval Titan
  • Inferno Titan
  • Grave Titan
  • Frost Titan
  • Sun Titan
  • Wild Nacatl
  • Mortarpod
  • Worn Powerstone
  • Wayfarer's Bauble
  • Acidic Slim
  • Bloodbraid Elf
  • Miscalculation
  • Echoing Decay
  • Unearth
  • Sword of Fire and Ice
  • Tribal Flames

Cost: 

• 4,000 Gems
• 25,000 Gold

Explorer Anthology 2

• 4x Each card:
  • Courser of Kruphix 
  • Mutavault 
  • Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
  • Mana Confluence 
  • Eidolon of the Great Revel 
  • Matter Reshaper 
  • Thought-Knot Seer 
  • Kozilek, the Great Distortion 
  • World Breaker 
  • Eldrazi Displacer 
  • Satyr Wayfinder 
  • Brave the Elements
  • Soldier of the Pantheon 
  • Reflector Mage
  • Fiery Impulse 
  • Dispel 
  • Eerie Interlude 
  • Sliver Hivelord 
  • Clever Impersonator
  • Rending Volley 
  • Nylea’s Presence 
  • Shaman of the Pack 
  • Zulaport Cutthroat 
  • Ethereal Armor 

Cost: 

• 4,000 Gems
• 25,000 Gold

Full Art Wastes Basic Land

• Full Art Basic Land Wastes 

Cost: 

• 500 Gems
• 2,500 Gold

Secret Lair: KOZYNDAN Basic Lands

• KOZYNDAN Full Art Basic Land Plains
• KOZYNDAN Full Art Basic Land Island
• KOZYNDAN Full Art Basic Land Swamp
• KOZYNDAN Full Art  Basic Land Mountain

Cost: 

• 2,500 Gems
• 12,500 Gold

Secret Lair: Just Add Milk Sleeves

• Etali, Primal Storm Sleeve
• Ghalta, Primal Hunger Sleeve
• Ulamog, the Ceaseless Hunger Sleeve 

Cost: 

• 900 Gems
• 4,500 Gold

Secret Lair: Time Trouble Two Sleeves

• Narset, Parter of Veils Sleeve
• Nissa, Who Shakes the World Sleeve
• Tezzeret, Agent of BolasSleeve 

Cost:

• 900 Gems
• 4,500 Gold

Secret Lair: Wizards of the Street Sleeves

• Baral, Chief of ComplianceSleeve
• Spellseeker Sleeve
• Magus of the Wheel Sleeve
• Kess, Dissident Mage Sleeve

Cost: 

• 1,200 Gems
• 6,000 Gold

Secret Lair: Meaning of Life Sleeves

• Forced Fruition Sleeve
• Future Sight Sleeve
• Mental Misstep Sleeve
• Mind's Dilation Sleeve
• Well of Lost Dreams Sleeve

Cost: 

• 1,500 Gems
• 7,500 Gold

Explorer Styles: Call of Adventure

•  Thespian’s Stage Card Style
• Sylvan Scrying Card Style
• Canopy Vista Card Style
• Cinder Glade Card Style
• Smoldering Marsh Card Style
• Sunken Hollow Card Style
• Prairie Stream Card Style
• Omnath, Locus of Rage Card Style

Cost: 

• 3,900 Gems
• 19,500 Gold

Explorer Styles: Hear Me Roar

• Chord of Calling Card Style
• Deathrite Shaman Card Style
• Obzedat, Ghost Council Card Style
• Xenagos, God of Revels Card Style
• Worldspine Wurm Card Style
• Accorder's Shield Card Style
• Gladecover Scout Card Style
• Voice of Resurgence Card Style 

Cost:

• 3,700 Gems
• 18,500 Gold

Explorer Styles: Spells Disaster

• Abbot of Keral Keep Card Style
• Cyclonic Rift Card Style
• Judge's Familiar Card Style
• Shrapnel Blast Card Style
• Golgari Charm Card Style
• Simic Charm Card Style
• Izzet Charm Card Style
• Boros Charm Card Style
• Orzhov Charm Card Style 

Cost:

• 3,100 Gems
• 15,500 Gold

Historic Styles: Titanic Ambition

• Frost Titan Card Style
• Grave Titan Card Style
• Inferno Titan Card Style
• Primeval Titan Card Style
• Sun Titan Card Style
• Tooth and NailCard Style 

Cost:

• 3,500 Gems
• 17,500 Gold

Historic Styles: Tools of Trickery

• Acidic Slime Card Style
• Bloodbraid Elf Card Style
• Giver of Runes Card Style
• Mortarpod Card Style
• Sword of Fire and Ice Card Style
• Bloodghast Card Style
• Unearth Card Style
• Echoing Decay Card Style
• Miscalculation Card Style
• Vendilion Clique Card Style 

Cost:

• 3,600 Gems
• 18,000 Gold

Historic Styles: Across the Domains

• Fiery Islet Card Style
• Nurturing Peatland Card Style
• Silent Clearing Card Style
• Sunbaked Canyon Card Style
• Waterlogged Grove Card Style
• Tribal Flames Card Style
• Wild Nacatl Card Style
• Worn Powerstone Card Style
• Wayfarer's Bauble Card Style

Cost: 

• 3,400 Gems
• 17,000 Gold

Bug Fixes

General

• Fixed a bug so players in Spark Rank can now see their opponent’s rank.

Gameplay

• Improved hot/cold highlighting and warnings so more enchantments now understand that killing your opponent’s creatures is good, actually.
• Minor issue with Tear Asunder causing a player to hold priority when it had legal targets in its kicked mode, but could only be cast in its unkicked mode (which had no legal targets).
• Permanents with Protection from Battles now have correct VFX and hangers.
• We’ve cleaned up the Backup VFX for tokens.