Budget Standard 2022 Decks and Upgrade Guides for Beginners
Hello everyone! Standard 2022 has been an absolute blast to play, but admittedly, it’s not the easiest on the wildcards. It’s much better than any other constructed format, but for...
Category: Beginners
New to Magic: The Gathering and MTG Arena? Start here! We’ll walk you through options that introduce and teach the game for beginners, and help get you started!
MTG Arena Codes – July 2021
Below is the full list of all the currently available, non-unique promotional MTG Arena codes you can redeem for free booster packs, cosmetics, Mastery XP, individual cards, and more. New...
MTG Arena Budget Historic Decks for Beginners – July 2021
If you’re new to MTG Arena, building a cheap budget competitive deck can be challenging, especially if you’re looking to spend as little real-world gold as you can! This can...
Adventures in the Forgotten Realms Mastery and Mastery Pass
The Mastery system for Adventures in the Forgotten Realm (AFR) is a way for players to receive in-game content through regular gameplay. It runs from July 8th, 2021 until the...
How to Unlock Theros Beyond Death Nyx Lands
Theros Beyond Death has 15 new Basic Lands, comprising of 5 of the special full art Nyx lands and 2 of each of the normal bordered lands that usually come...
Standard on a Budget: Izzet Spells
Trying to get into Standard, but don’t know how? DoggertQBones has you covered! Look at the explosive Izzet Spells deck at 3 different price points to find the version right for you!
MTG Arena Budget Standard Decks for Beginners – July 2021
If you’re new to MTG Arena, building a cheap budget competitive deck can be challenging, especially if you’re looking to spend as little real-world gold as you can! Magic’s myriad...
Historic on a Budget: Boros Cycling
Historic seems hard to get into, but it doesn’t have to be! DoggertQBones breaks down this competitive deck into 3 different budgets!
Strixhaven Mastery and Mastery Pass
The Mastery system for the Strixhaven expansion is a way for players to receive in-game content through regular gameplay. It runs from April 15th, 2021 until the release of the...
MTG Arena Trackers and Plugins Guide
Magic: The Gathering Arena trackers are fan-made, third party applications that provide MTG Arena players with various information obtained from the in-game logs or external sources. It is used to compliment...
Arena Hot Keys and Interface Guide: Simplify Your Game with These Easy Tricks
Hello everyone! I’m going to write about something that may be common knowledge for a good amount of you, but can be extremely helpful for those who are newer or...
Budget Orzhov Clerics Deck Guide – Zendikar Rising Standard
Zendikar Rising is all about adventuring the world with your Party, and Clerics are one of the four creature types that got a new boost in the latest expansion. The...
Renewal Rewards
Renewal Rewards are additional in-game rewards given to all players to help augment players’ collections with Standard legal cards when rotation happens on September each year. Players who are eligible...
Budget Historic Deck Guide: Mono Blue Tempo
Introduction Wizards just announced that the second Arena Open will be on August 1st, and that the format of choice will be Historic. Between this most recent announcement, the upcoming...
Budget Mono Red Cavalcade Deck Guide
Ciao Zoners, Delmo’s here! A lot of people ask me for advice about which deck they should run in ladder to rank up, and sometimes, when I show them lists,...
Best-of-One (BO1) Game Mode Guide: Prepare for Day 1 of The Arena Open Tournament!
This guide is a collection of resources that analyse how best to build best-of-one decks, or convert best-of-three decks for best-of-one play, by highlighting key differences between the two modes,...
To Best-of-One or To Best-of-Three? An In-Depth Comparison & Contrast of Arena’s Modes
Magic has changed vastly in its 27 years. In the old days, there used to be all these wonky rules, weird ways to word things, cards that were just completely...
Best-of-One (BO1) Aggro Deck Building with Hand Smoothing
Writing a good intro to an article is like selecting an opening hand in an aggro deck. If it isn’t obviously flowing smoothly for the first few turns (or sentences),...
MTG Arena Cosmetics Guide
MTG Arena has a wealth of cosmetics that allows you to customize your profile, individual cards and your deck. They have no effect on game play, and can be obtained...
A Guide to the Many Queues of Magic Arena: What shall we play today?
Trying to find the right queue in Magic Arena can be confusing, as there are just so many these days! What’s really the difference between Traditional Standard, Standard Play and...
Essentials for Every Magic Player: Priority and the Phases of Each Turn
Hello and happy holidays! I’m Drifter, back to enhance your knowledge this Christmas with a behind the scenes look at the rules of the game, followed by an in-depth demonstration...
The Ultimate New Player Resource – A Key Concepts Guide and Magic Terms Glossary
Hi! If you’re new to magic, or just remember being new, I’m sure a lot of the phrases people used tripped you up – magic very much has its own...
MTG Arena Deck Builder’s Advanced Search Feature Guide
Did you know that MTG Arena’s deck builder can do much more than just search for the card’s name? For example, if you type TOU>=6 Q>1, you will see creature...
Brawl Format Guide
Brawl is a singleton format in Magic: The Gathering that is a variant of the popular Commander (also known as EDH) that uses only Standard-legal cards. It will be officially...
Throne of Eldraine Wildcard Crafting Guide – Standard
Wildcards are a precious resource in MTG Arena. Magic: The Gathering releases new expansions every three months, each with around 53 rares and 15 mythic rares – which is a...
Eldraine Mastery
Eldraine Mastery was made available with the release of Throne of Eldraine on September 26, 2019. It is set to expire when the next set, Theros: Beyond Death is released...
Individual Card Rewards (ICRs)
In this article we explain what Individual Card Rewards (ICRs) are, how to obtain them and how they work as part of the MTG Arena economy.
Duplicate Protection
In this article we explain the how the Duplicate Reward reward system works in MTG Arena, so excess Rares and Mythic Rares you obtain do not go to waste.
