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Historic Anthology 3 Decks – MTG Pro and Streamer Mythic Decklists and Deck Ideas!

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Historic Anthology 3 is the latest set of 27 cards from Magic: The Gathering’s past that has been added to the Historic card pool along with MTG Arena’s latest patch on May 21, 2020. In this article, we will be featuring…

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May 22, 2020

Jeskai Lukka: Learning the Second Best Standard Deck of All Time

Standard

Hello! This is Oliver Tiu writing my first article for MTG Arena Zone. Over the past few weeks, I have won a MagicFest Online event and qualified for the Mythic Invitational with the help of what I have been calling…

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May 21, 2020

Zendikar Rising Mythic Invitational Qualifier #1 Decklists

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The top 1200 Mythic players from the April ranked season were eligible to participate in today’s Zedikar Rising Mythic Invitational Qualifier! All players who reach 10 wins before 2 losses qualify for the big $750,000 tournament, Mythic Invitational – Zendikar Rising planned…

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May 20, 2020

MTG Arena: State of the Game – May 2020

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MTG Arena’s monthly update is coming on Thursday May 21, 2020 at 8 AM PT! Here is the summary of today’s post and a round up of what’s to come in the upcoming patch as well as features in development:…

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May 19, 2020

Historic Famished Paladin Infinite Damage Combo: Knights and Vampires

Historic

The infinite damage combo revolving around Famished Paladin and Sorcerer’s Wand is a relatively well-known combo. While not necessarily a top tier deck, Famished Paladin is both a Vampire and a Knight, which are both well-supported tribes in Historic. In…

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May 18, 2020

Red Bull Untapped International Qualifier 1 Decklists and Metagame

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A whopping 4661 players have registered for the first online Red Bull Untapped International Qualifier to win one of the 16 spots in the grand finals, as well as a $5,000 prize pool at stake. This will be a two…

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May 17, 2020

Festival of Monsters: Battle Royale Event Guide

Festival

In the second week of the Festival of Monsters event, it will have us battle each other using the same preconstructed singleton deck enabled by the Omniscience Emblem. Check out the event details, rewards and what you will be playing…

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May 16, 2020

The Latest MTG Arena 3.5 GB Patch Hotfixes the Missing Assets “Black Card” Issue

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An update to MTG Arena should have just gone live to everyone, and all players will need to download a huge 3.5 GB hotfix to address the “black card” issue. Some players were experiencing missing game asset files, which meant…

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May 15, 2020

Mono Red Obosh Aggro Deck Guide

Deck Guides Standard

Who am I? My name is Mark Gabriele, and I am an SCG Tour Grinder and avid Arena player. My absolute favorite decks in Standard are all flavors of Mono-Colored aggro decks, and I recently ground all the way through…

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May 14, 2020

Best-Of-One Mardu Lurrus Knights Deck Guide

Deck Guides Standard

When Ikoria’s spoiler season ended, one of the first things I looked for was for any tools to improve the Mardu Knights decks that had a strong run during Throne of Eldraine. While there were no new knights (boooo!), there…

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May 13, 2020

Wizards Confirm Next Banned and Restricted Announcement to be Made May 18

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Wizards of the Coast has just confirmed that the next Magic: The Gathering banned and restricted announcement will be made on May 18, and will be discussing changes to the Vintage, Legacy and formats. This means that there will not…

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May 11, 2020

A Complete and Definitive Guide to Gruul Kaheera Fires

Standard

Hi there! I’m Delmo, writing for MTG Arena Zone for the first time. You can follow me on Twitter and my stream on Twitch! As you may be aware, I’ve been forcing Gruul Kaheera Fires to be a tier deck…

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May 11, 2020

MagicFest Online Season 2 Finals Decklists and Metagame Breakdown – Top 8 and Final Standings

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The grand finals of MagicFest Online Season 2 is now underway, with 128 qualified players throughout the two weeks of the tournament participating for the top prize. The first day of the tournament consists of 7 rounds of Swiss, followed…

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May 10, 2020

Jeskai Yorion Winota Fires Deck Guide

Deck Guides Standard

Who am I? My name is Mark Gabriele, and I am an SCG Tour Grinder and avid Arena player. My absolute favorite decks in Standard are all flavors of Mono-Colored aggro decks, and I’ve recently been having a ton of…

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May 10, 2020

Treasure – Festival of Monsters: Mountains of Mana Event Guide and Decklists

Festival

Welcome to the first (unexpected) Festival of Monsters event, where we can obtain the showcase card styles for the creatures with Mutate in Ikoria: Lair of Behemoths. This week, we see the return of Treasure Constructed, where ramping and mana…

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May 9, 2020

Historic Anthology 3

Set Guides

The rest of the cards from Historic Anthology 3 have been revealed – you will find the complete card gallery below! With MTG Arena’s monthly game update on May 21, the 27 curated cards below will be added to the…

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May 8, 2020

Historic Anthology 3 Previews: Four Cycling Cards Revealed

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LegenVD on YouTube just revealed four cards with the Cycling mechanic to be introduced in Historic Anthology 3 (click on the link to view the cards revealed so far), to be released on May 21. Check out LegenVD’s video discussing…

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May 8, 2020

Historic Anthology 3 Previews: The Honden Cycle Revealed

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CovertGoBlue on YouTube just revealed five cards to be introduced in Historic Anthology 3 (click on the link to view the cards revealed so far), to be released on May 21. The Honden Cycle from Champions of Kamigawa makes its…

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May 8, 2020

Historic Anthology 3 Previews: Five Flashback Cards Revealed

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Merchant on YouTube just revealed five cards to be introduced in Historic Anthology 3 (click on the link to view the cards revealed so far), to be released on May 21. These cards feature the returning Flashback mechanic, first introduced…

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May 8, 2020

Ondrej Strasky’s Guide to Bant Yorion Ramp / Control

Standard

Introduction Hello guys, welcome to my second article for MTG Arena Zone. This past weekend, I took part in the MagicFest Online Season 2 Weekly Championship. After finishing day 1 with a 7-1 record, I had high hopes of doing…

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May 5, 2020

Boros or Jeskai? The Ultimate Lurrus Cycling Deck Guide

Deck Guides Standard

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May 4, 2020

MagicFest Online Season 2 Week 2 Weekly Championship Top 32 Decklists

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The second and final week of MagicFest Online Season 2 has now wrapped up! The Weekly Championship consisted of Magic Pro League and Rival League members, and all players who managed a 5-1 or better record in one of the…

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May 3, 2020

Standard Metagame Update – May 3, 2020: New Season with Jeskai Yorion Lukka

Lukka, Coppercoat Outcast Showcase Art by Kieran Yanner

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The second week of MagicFest Online is almost at the end – all the Daily Qualifiers have wrapped up, and we now wait for the results from the Weekly Championship today, and then the grand Finals starting next weekend on…

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May 3, 2020

Historic Anthology 3 and Permanent Ranked Queues Coming May 21 – Two Cards Spoiled!

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Weekly MTG (VOD of the steam below) has revealed some exciting news regarding the Historic format! MTG Arena’s monthly game update is coming May 21, and teased some new things coming along with it: Historic Anthology 3 is dropping with…

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April 30, 2020

May 2020 Ranked Season

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The May 2020 Ranked Season starts April 30, 12:05 PT (20:05 UTC), ends May 31 at 12:00 PT (19:00 UTC). This is an important month for competitive players, as finishing in the top 1200 Mythic at the end of the…

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April 30, 2020

1.07.01.00 Patch Notes

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MTG Arena has been updated with the latest patch, bringing fixes to various known issues and other minor bugs. BUG FIXES Godzilla Monster Series card styles now correctly respect the “Hide Alternate Art Styles” setting Setting/removing a companion now properly…

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April 30, 2020

Mono Black Obosh Aggro Deck Guide

Hunted Nightmare Art by Antonio Jose Manzanedo

Deck Guides Standard

Who am I? My name is Mark Gabriele, and I am an SCG Tour Grinder and avid Arena player. My absolute favorite deck in Standard is all flavors of Mono-Colored aggro decks, and I recently took Aaron Barich’s Mono Black…

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April 30, 2020

Ivan Floch’s Temur Reclamation Deck Guide: Navigating Around Ikoria Standard

Wilderness Reclamation Art by Tyler Walpole

Deck Guides Standard

Originally, I wanted to write about Temur Reclamation more than a month ago, after we played it at the Mythic Qualifier. However, in these unusual times, priorities shift really quickly and was pushed out of the metagame soon afterwards. Now…

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April 29, 2020

PC Gamer to Giveaway 1000 Core Set 2020 Chandra Planeswalker Decks

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PC Gamer is partnering up with MTG Arena to giveaway 1000 free Chandra’s decks. Click here to head to PC Gamer and enter your email address to be in the raffle to win a code for a copy of the…

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April 27, 2020

MagicFest Online Season 2 Week 1 Weekly Championship Top 32 Decklists

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The first week of MagicFest Online Season 2 has now wrapped up! The Weekly Championship consisted of Magic Pro League and Rival League members, and all players who managed a 5-1 or better record in one of the Daily Qualifiers…

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April 26, 2020

Mardu Humans: Applied Theorycrafting in Best-Of-One

General Kudro of Drannith Art by Ryan Pancoast

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Playing tribal Humans in Magic has always felt wrong to me. Kind of like playing a human in D&D, it just feels like a copout. Boring. Fortunately, the Humans are anything but dull and are going some way towards changing…

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April 25, 2020

Dimir Flash: Applied Theorycrafting in Best-Of-One

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Ikoria: Lair of Behemoths is here! And with it comes a brand new best-of-one metagame environment chock full of chaos! What deck will emerge as the deck to beat? Will Red Deck Wins hold onto its crown? Will Companions break…

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April 24, 2020

MagicFest Online Season 2 Week 1 Friday Qualifier Decklists

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The second season of MagicFest Online has now commenced, and is starting fresh with the release of Ikoria: Lair of Behemoths! There will be up to five flights of Daily Qualifiers during the week and all players who achieve a…

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April 24, 2020

New MTG Arena Code: FNMATHOME

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The official MTG Arena Twitter account has shared the free code FNMATHOME that redeems for a MTG Arena Promo Pack for everybody, which contains two in-game cosmetic items including sleeves, Ikoria card styles, the Tamiyo player avatar, and more. Head…

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April 24, 2020

Ondrej Strasky’s Standard Metagame Update – April 24, 2020: The Best Four Archetypes

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Ever since Ikoria came out, I’ve been jamming a lot of Standard trying to figure out this Companion madness. I don’t love the mechanic, and I think some of those cards are outrageously powerful, but it’s been a fun change…

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April 24, 2020

MagicFest Online Season 2 Week 1 Thursday Qualifier Decklists

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April 23, 2020

1.07.00.05 Patch Notes – Premier Draft Adjustments and Loading Time Bug Fixes

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MTG Arena has been updated with the latest patch, bringing fixes to various known issues. The major one was matchmaking and change in hand smoothing algorithm for Premier (best-of-one) draft, which you can read about in the patch notes below.…

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April 23, 2020

MagicFest Online Season 2 Week 1 Wednesday Qualifier Decklists

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April 22, 2020

Ikoria: Lair of Behemoths Standard Metagame Update – April 22, 2020: Upgrading the Top Tier Decks

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What are currently the best decks in Ikoria: Lair of Behemoths Standard? The new expansion has been out for almost a week, and already a bunch of events and tournaments have been held. The largest data point we have going…

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April 22, 2020

MagicFest Online Season 2 Week 1 Tuesday Qualifier Decklists

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April 21, 2020