Events

In this section, you will find MTG Arena’s in-game events and tournaments, guides, decks, and schedule. We go through event details and provide you with excellent sample decklists ready to go so you can claim the maximum rewards as painlessly as possible.

Event Schedule

Events open at 8 a.m. PT on their starting dates (excluding Midweek Magic) and close to entries at 8 a.m. PT (UTC-07:00) on the ending date shown unless otherwise noted.

Midweek Magic

Midweek Magic events open on Tuesdays at 2 p.m. PT and close to new entries on Thursdays at 2 p.m. PT (UTC-07:00).

July 16–18: Explorer Showcase
July 23–25: Modern Horizon 3 Bot Draft
July 30–August 1: Jump Into Bloomburrow
August 6–8: Bloomburrow Constructed

Quick Draft

July 16–30: Outlaws of Thunder Junction
July 30–August 9: March of the Machines

Other Events

Draft Until Bloomburrow Drops!

July 16–22: The Brothers’ War Premier Draft
July 16–30: Arena Cube Draft
July 22–30: Adventures in the Forgotten Realms Premier Draft

August Qualifier Events – Bloomburrow Limited

August 3: Best-of-One Play-In
August 9: Best-of-Three Play-In
August 10–11: Qualifier Weekend

Competitive Play Schedule

All times listed are Pacific time (UTC-07:00).

Premier Play

Qualifier Play-In events are single-day tournaments in which players compete to earn invitations to that month’s Qualifier Weekend events.

Qualifier Weekend events are two-day events in which eligible players compete for invitations to upcoming Arena Championship events.

Qualifier tokens earned through Seasonal Rewards are delivered to your MTG Arena inbox. Remember to claim them before the event starts!

August

Qualifier Play-In (Best-of-One)
August 3, 6 a.m. PT–August 4, 3 a.m. PT
- Format: Bloomburrow Sealed
Qualifier Play-In (Best-of-Three)
August 9, 6 a.m. PT–August 10, 3 a.m. PT
- Format: Bloomburrow Sealed
Qualifier Weekend
August 10, 6 a.m. PT–July 11, 4 p.m. PT
- Format: Bloomburrow Sealed

Arena Open

The Arena Open Day One entry window begins at 6 a.m. PT and closes to new entries the following day at 3 a.m. PT (UTC-07:00). The Day Two entry window is 2 hours only, from 6 a.m. PT until 8 a.m. PT (UTC-07:00).

Arena Open: Modern Horizons 3
- July 20: Day One, Modern Horizons 3 Sealed (Best-of-One and Best-of-Three)
- July 21: Day Two, Modern Horizons 3 Draft (Best-of-Three)

All entrants receive the Blade Splicer card sleeve

July 2024 Ranked Season

The July 2024 Ranked Season begins June 30 at 12:05 p.m. PT (UTC-07:00) and ends July 31 at 12 p.m. PT (UTC-07:00).

Bronze Reward: 1 Bloomburrow pack
Silver Reward: 1 Bloomburrow pack + 500 gold
Gold Reward: Bloomburrow packs + 1,000 gold + Harnesser of Storms card style
Platinum Reward: 3 Bloomburrow packs + 1,000 gold + Harnesser of Storms card style + Three Tree City card style
Diamond Reward: 4 Bloomburrow packs + 1,000 gold + Harnesser of Storms card style + Three Tree City card style
Mythic Reward: 5 Bloomburrow packs + 1,000 gold + Harnesser of Storms card style + Three Tree City card style

Core Set Constructed Event Guide and Decklists

Events

This weekend’s event is Core Set Constructed, where you are only allowed to use cards from the three Core Sets in MTG Arena – 2019, 2020 and 2021. This is an opportunity to get to use more of the new…

DotGG
July 11, 2020

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Omniscience Draft Guide – Core Set 2020

Events

Omniscience Draft returns for Core Set 2020 for the MTG Arena weekend event. In this guide we will show you how to draft this set and explore the best cards and combos!

DotGG
June 6, 2020

Historic – FNM at Home Event Guide and Decklists

Events

This week’s FNM at Home event is free for all, where you can bring in any Historic deck of your choice – no strings attached, other than the usual banned and suspended card list. Please note that the enforcement of…

DotGG
June 5, 2020

Standard Cascade – FNM at Home Event Guide and Decklists

Events

Have you been looking at Standard’s recent power creep and thinking to yourself “this just isn’t enough; I miss the days when I could do brain-burstingly busted things every single turn. They really need to let me play Dredge on…

Drifter
May 28, 2020

Historic Artisan – Festival of Monsters: Clever Reflections Event Guide and Decklists

Festival

Bored of every deck rigidly being built around a handful of busted cards, the same old faces every time? Do you crave a wide-open format with myriad archetypes, where each game you get to go “Ooh, what’s that card?” for…

Drifter
May 22, 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…

DotGG
May 16, 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…

DotGG
May 9, 2020

Pauper – FNM at Home Event Guide and Decklists

Events

Want to escape the unplanned Matrix sequel that is Standard right now? Just pining for some normal Magic where you don’t have to lose a land or two to Agent of Treachery on turns 4 or 5? Well, have I…

Drifter
May 7, 2020

Brawler’s Guildhall: May 2020

Events

Welcome to another week of free Brawl; from dusk till dawn you can yet again dive into Arena’s premier singleton format! Today, we’re bringing you Ikoria’s greatest innovations on Brawl – the new commanders that have stolen hearts rather than…

Drifter
May 6, 2020

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Ikoria Constructed Event Guide and Decklists

Events

Welcome folks! This weekend’s event is Ikoria Constructed, a format reminiscent of the old Block Constructed format, which has the stipulation that your decks must consist only of Ikoria: Lair of Behemoths cards; all cards from other sets are prohibited.…

Drifter
May 2, 2020

Historic Pauper Event Guide and Decklists

Events

Historic Pauper is back to MTG Arena for the next week as part of the Historic season! As usual, we are able to use all the available commons from the full Historic card pool. This event is a fantastic way…

DotGG
March 28, 2020

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Festival of the Gods: Thassa’s Briny Bounty Event Guide

Festival

In the final week of MTG Arena’s Festival of the Gods event, we’re battling each other using an oversized mono blue Historic Singleton deck to win the final bunch of Theros Beyond Death showcase card styles. We don’t need to…

DotGG
March 21, 2020

Brawlers’ Guildhall – March 2020

Events

Welcome to this month’s Brawlers’ Guildhall! The usual Wednesday Brawl queue will be wrapping up soon but not to worry – we have some updates to Brawl for you today if you missed it, as well as some new decklists…

DotGG
March 19, 2020

Historic Brawl – Festival of the Gods: Erebos’s Memoir of Death Event Guide and Decklists

Festival

MTG Arena is officially supporting the Historic Brawl format for the first time in this week’s Festival of the Gods! In Historic Brawl, we can build a Brawl deck using any of the cards available in MTG Arena (except for…

DotGG
March 13, 2020

Heliod, Sun-Crowned Showcase Art by Jason Engle

The Immortal Sun – Festival of the Gods: Heliod’s Glory Event Guide and Decklists

Festival

In the third week of Festival of the Gods, we are basking in Heliod’s Glory and Emblem! In this event, our spells cost 1 less, all our creatures get +1/+1 and we get to draw an extra card each turn…

DotGG
March 7, 2020

Nylea, Keen-Eyed Showcase Art by Jason Engle

Giant Monsters – Festival of the Gods: Nylea’s Call of the Wild Event Guide and Decklists

Festival

The second week of Festival of the Gods is here, and it involves and building decks around big creatures. The Giant Monsters Emblem returns for this event, where you get to draw an extra card by casting creatures with converted…

DotGG
February 29, 2020

Standard Artisan – Festival of the Gods: Fires of Purphoros Event Guide and Decklists

Festival

Over the next five weeks, we will be celebrating the Festival of the Gods, each with their unique format and Showcase Card Style rewards to match! This week’s event is the return of Standard Artisan, where we can build decks…

DotGG
February 22, 2020

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Brawlers’ Guildhall – February 2020

Events

Today we have some news and updates to the Brawl format for you, following the latest MTG Arena patch today! Brawlers’ Guildhall is being refreshed for another month with a new Commander to build around, changes to Wednesday Brawl times…

DotGG
February 12, 2020

Standard Treasure Constructed Event Guide and Decklists

Events

This weekend’s event is Standard Treasure Constructed, which creates a Treasure Token on each of your turns! This allows for some fun and wacky decks due to the mana acceleration and almost no restriction on the colors you can use.

DotGG
February 9, 2020

Theros Constructed Event Guide and Decklists

Events

This weekend’s event is Theros Constructed, which only allows you to play with decks only consisting of Theros Beyond Death cards. This is an opportunity to get to use more of the new cards, experience a different metagame and win…

DotGG
February 2, 2020

The Game Awards After Party Event Guide

Events

The Game Awards revealed the official trailer for Theros: Beyond Death and MTG Arena has a surprise event for everyone! As previewed in the preorders for the Ashiok and Elspeth bundle and datamine from the game files in the new…

DotGG
December 12, 2019

Historic Anthology Launch Event Guide and Decklists

Events

Historic is being officially introduced to MTG Arena with the November 21 game update! This follows the launch of Brawl last month as players seek different ways of playing MTG Arena other than Standard. Read on to find out all…

DotGG
November 21, 2019

Standard Cascade – Festival of the Fae Event Guide and Decklists

Festival

Festival of the Fae is now on to its third and final week for your chance to obtain the last batches of five Adventure Showcase Card Styles from Throne of Eldraine. This weekend marks the return of Standard Cascade, which…

DotGG
November 16, 2019

Oko’s Madness – Festival of the Fae Event Guide

Festival

It is time for the second Festival of the Fae event, featuring Oko’s Madness! For those that missed the last event, here you can obtain some beautiful Showcase Adventure Card Styles from Throne of Eldraine. This week’s format marks the…

DotGG
November 9, 2019

Standard Artisan – Festival of the Fae Event Guide and Decklists

Festival

Festival of the Fae is here for the next three weeks! This is a set of three special events where you can win some beautiful Showcase Card Styles from Throne of Eldraine. The event kicks off with the first chapter…

DotGG
November 2, 2019

Extra Life Event Guide and Decklists

Events

Each year, Wizards of the Coast partners with the Extra Life charity to raise money for the Seattle Children’s Hospital in collaboration with the Magic: The Gathering community. In this event guide we explain what the charity is, how MTG Arena is…

DotGG
November 1, 2019

Brawl Launch Celebration Event Guide and Decklists

Events

Brawl is now officially arriving to MTG Arena! This is a fun format where you choose your commander, and build a singleton deck around it. For the next week, you can participate in the Brawl Launch Celebration event for your…

DotGG
October 24, 2019

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Eldraine Constructed Event Guide and Decklists

Events

This weekend’s event allows players to experience different metagame and take a break from the usual Standard decks that are prevalent right now, especially since there is a potential banning coming up, which will result in the shakeup of the…

DotGG
October 17, 2019

Win Every Card Challenge Event Guide and Decklists

Events

It has now already been more than a week since the new expansion Throne of Eldraine has been released, and we are on to the second part of the launch celebration event – Win Every Card Challenge. Like the previous…

DotGG
October 5, 2019

Play Any Deck Event Guide and Decklists

Events

The new expansion Throne of Eldraine and the new Standard format is here, and MTG Arena is making its official launch out of the open beta phase after almost exactly one year. To commemorate this occasion, MTG Arena is holding…

DotGG
September 26, 2019

Standard 2020 Event Guide and Decklists

Events

Throne of Eldraine release and Standard rotation is approaching fast! This special Magic: The Gathering Arena event is your perfect chance to catch up on your Core Set Mastery levels to your hearts desire (before it is replaced by the…

DotGG
September 9, 2019

Eldraine Courtside Brawl Event Guide and Decklists

Events

MTG Arena players were caught surprised by the latest 0.18.00.00 update which introduced Brawl to MTG Arena – Wizards even had a great full guide prepared to the event! So rather than us trying to reinvent the wheel, we re-purposed…

DotGG
September 6, 2019

Landfall Zendikar Plane-cation Chronicles Event Guide and Decklists

Events

The final destination for the MTG Arena Plane-cation Chronicles event is Zendikar! This week features a new format dubbed Landfall. This event completes the promotional Unhinged full art land set - read on for event details, rewards, tips, strategies, and decklists.

DotGG
August 23, 2019

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Standard Shakeup Dominaria Plane-cation Chronicles Event Guide and Decklists

Events

This week we travel to Dominaria for the fourth MTG Arena Plane-cation Chronicles event! The Standard Shakeup format bans popular cards in the current metagame - read on for event details, rewards, tips, strategies, and decks you could be playing.

DotGG
August 17, 2019

Ravnica Sealed Event Guide and Strategy

Events

For the next week we have a special limited format event called Sealed Ravnica, where players receive 3 fifteen-card Guilds of Ravnica and 3 Ravnica Allegiance packs to use plus basic lands to build a 40-card deck. This event will…

Compulsion
August 16, 2019

Singleton Amonkhet Plane-cation Chronicles Event Guide and Decklists

Events

The MTG Arena Plane-cation Chronicles event is already on its third week and this time we are making a journey to Amonkhet! The popular Singleton format returns, and we will look at the event details, rewards, tips, strategies, and various decklists.

DotGG
August 9, 2019

Treasure Constructed Ixalan Plane-cation Chronicles Event Guide and Decklists

Events

The MTG Arena Plane-cation Chronicles event is on its second week and we are visiting the world of Ixalan! Treasure Constructed format returns for this event, and we will look at the rewards, duration, and various decklists.

DotGG
August 2, 2019

Plane-cation Chronicles Ravnica – Guild Battle Guide

Events

The Plane-cation Chronicles series of events kicks off this Sunday July 28, and each week for the next five weeks we will be getting a different format to play in! For the first event, we will be visiting Ravnica, and…

DotGG
July 25, 2019

Giant Monsters

Events

This weekend's specialty MTG Arena event - named Giant Monsters - was formerly a streamer event called Kibler's Giant Monsters. This is a great chance to add some coveted rare and mythic rare cards to your collection - read on as we cover how the event works.

DotGG
July 18, 2019

Omniscience War of the Spark Draft Guide

Events

This weekend's MTG Arena draft event is all about casting your spells for free! Have a bit of fun and boost your collection just before we welcome the release of Core Set 2020.

DotGG
June 27, 2019