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MTG: Arena Announcements, September 1, 2021

Every Wednesday, Wizards of the Coast releases an announcement bulletin bringing us the latest of their plans for Magic: Arena. Today, Wizards has revealed what the Innistrad preorder bundles will look like, along with details of their ongoing bugfixes and…

Innistrad: Midnight Hunt Spoiler Schedule Revealed

The preview season rapidly approaches for the upcoming Magic set Innistrad: Midnight Hunt! Yesterday, MTG Head Designed Mark Rosewater gave us his usual teaser, providing us with just a little taste of what will be coming in the set- check…

Mark Rosewater’s Midnight Hunt Teaser

Innistrad: Midnight Hunt

With September coming up on us fast, so too is the release of the next Magic: The Gathering Standard set- Innistrad: Midnight Hunt. The official preview season will be getting started on September 2, but in the meantime, MTG Head…

Jumpstart: Historic Horizons – Day 1 Decks from Across the Web

Jumpstart: Historic Horizons Today saw the release of Jumpstart: Historic Horizons, the first set to ever feature cards designed specifically for digital play. Like its predecessor, Jumpstart: Historic Horizons is a designed play experience where two packs with different themes…

Latest Arena Patch Brings a Slew of New Bugs

UPDATE: The patch that unlocked Jumpstart: Historic Horizons this morning, August 26, also included fixes for many of the issues listed in this article: Notable Bug Fixes Multiple fixes to improve server stability Fixed a bug where life totals in…

MTG: Arena Announcements, August 25, 2021

Jumpstart: Historic Horizons

Wizards of the Coast has released this week’s MTG Arena Announcements, and this time, much of the article is dedicated to reviewing a list of known issues caused by the backend changes that were deployed yesterday, August 24. Here’s the…

Magic Showcase 2021: Next Year’s Sets Revealed and More

Magic Showcase 2021

Welcome to Magic’s biggest announcement day ever! Hosts Jimmy Wong, Joe Johnson, and Becca Scott are joined by members of the Magic team to reveal what is coming to tabletop, MTG Arena, and more in 2022 — plus exciting partnerships…

Mired in Controversy, Insight Esports Disbands

In this article: Insight Esports has been a significant host of digital tournaments on MTGMelee, regularly hosting 1ks and 5ks on the platform. Now, the organization is being shut down after lying about corporate sponsorships and running thousands of dollars…

MTG: Arena Announcements, August 18, 2021

Jumpstart: Historic Horizons

It’s Wednesday again, which means it’s time for us to review another MTG Arena Announcements bulletin from Wizards of the Coast. We’re approaching the scheduled downtime for Arena which will coincide with a significant client update on Tuesday, August 24.…

MTG: Arena Announcements, August 11, 2021

Every Wednesday, Wizards of the Coast publishes a news bulletin for MTG Arena featuring news and upcoming events related to the client. This week, the Arena Announcements are focused on the upcoming release of the delayed set Jumpstart: Historic Horizons.…

SCG Tour Online: Results from the Weekend of August 6

The Star City Games Tour Online continues, with the latest weekend being the third in the series. Star City Games is one of Magic: The Gathering’s largest and most prestigious tournament hosts, and the SCG Tour Online typically feeds into…

Jumpstart: Historic Horizons Delayed by Two Weeks

In late July, Wizards of the Coast announced a surprise product that has created a huge buzz the MTG Arena community- Jumpstart: Historic Horizons. The new set brings many of the cards from the straight-to-Modern paper sets Modern Horizons 1…

2021 Challenger Gauntlet: Final Results and Decklists

Over the course of the weekend, Magic Esports hosted the Challenger Gauntlet, a pro-level event where some of the best players from the pro season who aren’t already in the Magic Pro League (MPL) were pitted against each other with…

2021 Challenger Gauntlet: Day Two Highlights and Results

This Saturday marked the second day of the Challenger Gauntlet, a high-level Magic tournament where players who aren’t a part of this season’s Magic Pro League (MPL) compete for a chance to compete at World Championship XXVII and in next…

2021 Challenger Gauntlet: Day One Highlights and Results

The Challenger Gauntlet kicked off this weekend as the first official event in the ’20-’21 Postseason. The three day tournament is an invitation-only event that pits some of the most successful non-MPL players from the regular season against each other…

Innistrad: Midnight Hunt Spoilers – 7 Early Previews

Innistrad: Midnight Hunt

It feels like only yesterday we were looking through spoilers from Adventures in the Forgotten Realms, the most recent Standard set released for Magic: The Gathering. Today, however, Wizards of the Coast has given us a few early previews for…

MTG: Arena Announcements, August 4, 2021

Jumpstart: Historic Horizons

It’s Wednesday, so that means it’s time once again to review the latest MTG Arena announcements bulletin from Wizards of the Coast. This time around, Wizards has provided more details on the August ranked season, which will be split into…

SCG Tour Online: Results from the Weekend of July 30

Star City Games is one of Magic: The Gathering’s largest and most prestigious tournament hosts. Last weekend, they kicked off the new season of the SCG Tour Online, a series of competitive tournaments featuring the Standard format. If you missed…

J:HH Combos – Infinite Death Triggers in Historic

See also: New 2 Kill in Historic Jumpstart: Historic Horizons has been generating quite a buzz in the Magic: Arena community, both because it is bringing a ton of cards from Modern Horizons and Modern Horizons 2 into the Historic…

J:HH Combos – New Turn 2 Kill in Historic

See also: Infinite Death Triggers in Historic The upcoming direct-to-Arena set Jumpstart: Historic Horizons will be bringing a slew of cards from Modern Horizons and Modern Horizons 2 into the Historic format on August 12, along with 31 cards that…

MTG: Arena Announcements, July 28, 2021

This afternoon, Wizards of the Coast published their regular MTG Arena announcements bulletin with some new details about upcoming events. There are three main points of interest for Arena players in this week’s announcement: The Arena Open takes place this…

SCG Tour Online: Results from the Weekend of July 23

The SCG Tour Online is back! Star City Games is one of Magic: The Gathering’s largest and most prestigious tournament hosts, and on Tuesday of last week, they announced that their MTG Arena-based tournaments would be returning beginning this weekend…

Jumpstart: Historic Horizons Leaked through Discord

Earlier this afternoon, July 23, an official Magic: The Gathering Discord bot apparently leaked an article dated July 26 describing the upcoming release of a product that will be exclusive to MTG Arena- Jumpstart: Historic Horizons. Robert Taylor (@fireshoes on…

Ban Announcement Uncovered for Tomorrow, July 21

[UPDATE: The Announcement has been made- Brainstorm is Suspended in Historic.] Clever minds in the Magic social media sphere have discovered that banned and restricted announcements from Wizards of the Coast are usually created the day before they go public.…