Drifter
Drifter is a draft and strategy specialist, with hundreds of articles under his belt! Of special mention are his Limited Reviews and draft coaching service.
The Yawning Portal Event Guide and Decklists
The Yawning Portal event is live for the next two weeks from July 30 to August 12, where you get to play Standard Singleton. Build a 60-card deck with only one copy of each card (except basic lands) with a…
D&D: Adventures in the Forgotten Realms (AFR) Limited Tier List
MTG Arena Zone’s Limited Tier Lists rank every in the set, to provide a guideline you can use to pick cards for your draft deck or to build your sealed deck. Full written updates will be noted in the changelog…
D&D: Adventures in the Forgotten Realms (AFR) Limited Set Review: Multicolored, Artifacts, and Lands
D&D: Adventures in the Forgotten Realms (AFR) Decklists Constructed Review Limited Review Limited Guide Welcome back! Today is the big wrap-up, the final day of Limited Reviews, with possibly the widest range of complicated and interesting cards to rate, including…
D&D: Adventures in the Forgotten Realms (AFR) Limited Set Review: Green
D&D: Adventures in the Forgotten Realms (AFR) Decklists Constructed Review Limited Review Limited Guide Welcome back! Today is the penultimate day of Limited Reviews, a spellfinding fable of Druids and Wolves. Enjoy and make sure to check out the introduction…
D&D: Adventures in the Forgotten Realms (AFR) Limited Set Review: Red
D&D: Adventures in the Forgotten Realms (AFR) Decklists Constructed Review Limited Review Limited Guide It’s been quite the adventure, but the fourth Limited set review is now reddy! There are only two left after this before the full tier list…
D&D: Adventures in the Forgotten Realms (AFR) Limited Set Review: Black
D&D: Adventures in the Forgotten Realms (AFR) Decklists Constructed Review Limited Review Limited Guide Welcome back! Today we’re rating all those evil-aligned D&D creatures from mere obstacles to your dungeon raids: the skeleton and zombie cannon fodder, to the Big…
D&D: Adventures in the Forgotten Realms (AFR) Limited Set Review: Blue
D&D: Adventures in the Forgotten Realms (AFR) Constructed Review Limited Review Limited Guide Welcome back! Today is the second day of Limited Reviews, make sure to check out the Introduction if you haven’t already, and otherwise enjoy! Who is rating?…
D&D: Adventures in the Forgotten Realms (AFR) Limited Set Review: White
D&D: Adventures in the Forgotten Realms (AFR) Constructed Review Limited Review Limited Guide Welcome back! Make sure to check out the Introduction if you haven’t already, and otherwise enjoy perusing all the White cards. Who is rating? Drifter I’ve been…
D&D: Adventures in the Forgotten Realms (AFR) Limited Set Review: Introduction
D&D: Adventures in the Forgotten Realms (AFR) Constructed Review Limited Review Limited Guide Welcome back! I’m Drifter and I’m back with my sixth MTG Arena Zone set review in a row, with thanks to Terence for formatting and hosting! Similar…
Turbo Draft Guide (Ikoria: Lair of Behemoths)
Gain a massive edge in a completely new and fresh Draft environment, different from anything you've experienced before!
Historic Pauper – FNM at Home Event Guide and Decklists
FNM (Friday Night Magic) at Home is back yet again this week, to give you free stuff for your participation in various events! This week’s format is Historic Pauper, where you can play commons only from every set on Arena.…
Prepare for the Strixhaven Draft Challenge: Drifter’s Format Analysis and Tier List Update
Welcome back folks! I’ve been playing a lot of drafts and having a lot of fun since Strixhaven’s release last month, and I’m ready to bring you the first written update to my Tier List now. First I’ll go over…
Artisan – FNM at Home Event Guide and Decklists
The weekly FNM at Home event has returned to give you free stuff once again! This week’s format is Standard Artisan, where you can only use commons & uncommons that are legal in Standard, making for a vastly different experience…
Historic Brawl Fest Event Guide and Decklists – May 2021
The Historic Brawl event is a weeklong event that gives players an unlimited matchmaking queue for Historic Brawl. This is your chance to go wild, have fun and take a break from the competitive Standard and Historic queues. There are…
2021.4.50 Patch Notes
Today’s minor patch just fixes a few bugs, but there are some big things on the horizon! Check out our latest news update for more info. MAY 06 – 2021.4.50 Patch Notes Fixed a bug that could cause social/friends list…
Historic Brawl – FNM at Home Event Guide and Decklists
Another week, another FNM at Home Event, another free Promo Pack from your local game store up for grabs! This week’s format is Historic Brawl, where you can use cards from every single set on Arena to build the most…
Summer of Legend Announcement: Next D&D set, Historic Anthology V, and Upcoming MTG Arena Events
The Summer of Legends announcement has provided a ton of information on upcoming releases, and what to expect from Magic in the coming months! Get the cliff-notes up here, and scroll down for the full scoop. The next set is…
Strixhaven: School of Mages (STX) Limited Tier List
MTG Arena Zone’s Limited Tier Lists rank all the cards from the set, to assist with picking cards for your draft deck or building your sealed deck. Full written updates will be recorded in the changelog at the bottom, but…
Strixhaven Limited Set Review: Mystical Archives, Colourless, and Summary
Welcome back! Today is the final day of Limited Reviews, make sure to check out the Introduction if you haven’t already. Our set tier list will be going live shortly, so stay tuned! I’ll be keeping it updated as often…
Strixhaven Limited Set Review: Green and Witherbloom
Welcome back! Today is the fifth and penultimate day of Limited Reviews, make sure to check out the Introduction if you haven’t already, and otherwise enjoy! Tomorrow it’s release day and we’ll be releasing the final article alongside our usual…
Strixhaven Limited Set Review: Red and Prismari
Welcome back! We’re delving into all manner of wacky giant spells and Elementals today as part of our fourth Limited set review of six, the Blue-Red Strixhaven college! Make sure to check out the introduction for some crucial background info…
Strixhaven Limited Set Review: Black and Silverquill
Welcome back! Today is the third of six days of Limited Reviews, make sure to check out the Introduction if you haven’t already! Remember that we’re excluding Mystical Archives for now – instead, those will feature in the sixth review…
Strixhaven Limited Set Review: Blue and Quandrix
Welcome back! Today is the second day of Limited Reviews, make sure to check out the Introduction if you haven’t already, and otherwise enjoy! Who is rating? Drifter I’ve been enthralled by Limited ever since I began playing Magic, almost…
Strixhaven Limited Set Review: White and Lorehold
Welcome back! I’m Drifter and I’m back with the fifth MTG Arena Zone set review in a row, my first solo run, with thanks to Terence for formatting and hosting! Similar to other set reviews you might’ve seen in the…
Historic Brawl – Kaldheim Festival Event Guide and Decklists
The Festival events series continues with Historic Brawl, a fan-favourite singleton format where you have 59 cards alongside your favourite Commander, using Commander format rules. As always, our event guides give you all the background info and rewards, alongside far…
Standard Shakeup – FNM at Home Event Guide and Decklists
Please refer to our latest Standard Shakeup guide for the Midweek Magic event! Standard Shakeup is back for the Kaldheim Standard metagame! This event bans the most played cards in the current Standard format, in addition to the ones already…
Historic Artisan – Festival Event Guide and Decklists
The Festival events series is back! We’re kicking things off the second week with Historic Artisan, a very different format from the regular constructed formats on Arena, in that you’re only allowed to use commons and uncommons. As a result,…
Limited Spotlight: A Guide to War of the Spark’s Archetypes and Nuances
Welcome back, folks! War of the Spark just landed back on Arena, and it was absolutely my favourite bot draft format, so I’m incredibly excited to see how it plays out when drafting against players! This is the very first…
Super Standard – FNM at Home Event Guide and Decklists
This week’s FNM at Home format for MTG Arena is called Super Standard, where everybody’s minimum deck size is 100 cards! As usual, you can enter the event for free, have quite a different experience from the regular Standard environment,…
Limited Spotlight: General Sealed Strategy and Approaches, for the Kaldheim Arena Open and Beyond
Hey folks! My Limited Spotlight series has focused mostly on Draft before, but now that we have the Arena Open coming up this weekend and Sealed is being supported as a tournament format moving forward, I wanted to talk about…
February 15, 2021 Banned and Restricted Announcement: Changes to Every Major Format except Standard!
Wizards of the Coast has released their Banned and Restricted Announcement today, as announced with their Secret Lair post, and there are a ton of changes to Historic and to older formats! On Arena, this will be effective from today, February 15th,…
New Secret Lair Announces Upcoming Uro Ban in Historic
Source: This Secret Lair Announcement. Wizards are deliberately vague on which week the B&R announcement will be released on, but it’s likely to be in February and will probably include other cards – Uro is specifically forewarned because it’s one…
Treasure Singleton – FNM at Home Event Guide and Decklists
Merry Christmas and welcome back to another FNM At Home Event, friends! These are a series of free-to-play events aimed at connecting players to their local gaming stores and communities, which will net you some free rewards. Your participation can…
Kaldheim (KHM) Limited Tier List
MTG Arena Zone’s Limited Tier Lists rank all the cards from the set, to assist with picking cards for your draft deck or building your sealed deck. Full written updates will be recorded in the changelog at the bottom, but…
Watch Drifter and JustLolaman Draft at the Kaldheim Early Access Streamer Event!
JustLolaMan is an amazing Draft streamer, an infinite drafter who is consistently in the top 10 Mythic leaderboards. He and I have been friends for a long time and did some set reviews together, including for M20. We will be…
Kaldheim Limited Set Review: Green
Remember to check out Introduction and White first, for all the background and specifics of this review! Who’s rating? Drifter I’ve been enthralled by Limited ever since I began playing Magic, almost ten years ago now. With a particular fondness…
Kaldheim Limited Set Review: Black
Remember to check out Introduction and White first, for all the background and specifics of this review! Who’s rating? Drifter I’ve been enthralled by Limited ever since I began playing Magic, almost ten years ago now. With a particular fondness…
Kaldheim Limited Set Review: Introduction and White
Welcome back! Raszero and I (hello, I’m Drifter!) are back with the fifth MTG Arena Zone set review in a row, with thanks to Terence for formatting and hosting! Similar to other set reviews you might’ve seen in the past,…
Limited Spotlight: 3 Misplays Constructed Players Make in Draft
Hey folks, welcome back! Here’s yet another edition of Limited Spotlight, inspired by my coaching sessions, where I’ve noticed a trend in some of the mistakes my students make. This is the second of these I’ve done, and I’ve gotten…
Limited Spotlight: Understanding Signals and Gaining the Edge in a Balanced Format
Welcome back folks! I’ve been updating my Zendikar Rising Tier List regularly on the fly; stay tuned for a full written update soon! First though, I wanted to discuss an aspect of strategy I get asked about all the time:…