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Welcome to MTG Arena Zone’s guide section. This set of articles aims to help players from complete beginners with all that they need to start playing Magic: The Gathering, to experts on how to improve their gameplay. You will also find the latest premium deck guides that show you how to sideboard against common matchups!
Welcome back to episode 49 of the Draft Lab Podcast where Josh and Chris FINALLY drag Ekil on the show to talk about their first impressions for the Alchemy Horizons limited format. Pull up a seat and listen in as…
Hey everyone! We’re a few days into some crazy adventures into Baldur’s Gate and I’m here to drop some knowledge on you so you can crush the competition. This is my zoomed out, big ideas look at the format and…
Hello everyone! Today I get the pleasure of updating one of my favorite Bo1 deck guides from quite awhile ago: Mono Red Goblins! When I first saw this deck all those months ago, I was flabbergasted that it saw a…
Welcome back to episode 76 of the Draft Lab Podcast where Josh and Tajoordan talk about their hypotheses for the Alchemy Horizons limited format. They range from mild to scorching hot if you’re looking to live dangerously. We start out…
Limited formats are defined by removal. Its quantity and quality determines which strategies are valid. In some sets, large quantities of unconditional removal will make large creatures without any abilities practically unplayable. In others, availability of cheaply costed removal spells…
Hey everyone! We’ve already went over all the individual cards, archetypes, and mechanics of Alchemy Horizons: Baldur’s Gate so now I’m going to provide you with a handy dandy Instants guide. Keep this one bookmarked and whenever you have a…
For one of the final supplementary products before Dominaria United and Standard rotation on September 9, 2022, Alchemy Horizons: Baldur’s Gate by far the largest addition to the digital-only formats Arena has ever seen. Between this and the copious card…
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 codes are added from time to time, so be sure…
Get out your machetes, because we’re in uncharted territory now! After the Wise Wizards of the Waterfront dipped our toes into the harsh, unforgiving waters of Streets of New Capenna + Alchemy (it sucked), we are ready to get our…
Hey everyone! We’ve already went over all the individual cards of Alchemy Horizons: Baldur’s Gate so now we’re going to discuss all of the mechanics and archetypes. Knowing these will help you to have a game plan going into a…
Hello everyone! Today we’re going to be doing something a bit different for a deck tech! With a full Standard rotation coming soon on September 1, 2022 (MTG Arena release date) with Dominaria United, understanding what’s going to be viable…
Welcome back to episode 76 of the Draft Lab Podcast where Josh and Tajoordan talk about the mechanics in the upcoming Arena exclusive set. We recorded before the full spoiler dropped so we also talk about a few of the…
Hello everyone! Today I’ll be going over two Rakdos Sacrifice decklist variants for Explorer. The fundamental difference between today’s two decks is whether or not they have ; while both decks share a lot of cards, artifact synergies, or the…
Reminder Text When a creature with double team attacks, if it’s not a token, conjure a duplicate of the original into your hand, and then both cards lose double team. Description Double Team is a digital-only, Magic: the Gathering Arena…
Reminder Text A new-to-MTG Arena mechanic, not exclusive to the Alchemy Horizons: Baldur’s Gate set, boon is a way to represent delayed triggers, similar to an emblem, but once they trigger, they disappear. Description Boon is a digital-only, Magic: the Gathering Arena exclusive…
Reminder Text Pay mana and discard a color/land type of your choice to change your card to that new card with its effects (the change depends on which color you discarded). Description Specialize is a digital-only, Magic: the Gathering Arena…
Introduction Hello planeswalkers, I am The MTG Hero. Standard has become a delightful landscape of midrange decks. Mono White and Runes have fallen to tier 2 and the only aggro deck left standing in top tier is Boros Aggro. This…
Welcome back to episode 46 of the Draft Lab Podcast where Josh and Chris talk their way through what they think makes a draft format good or bad. Let’s be honest you don’t want to hear about SNC anymore and…
What is Standard Rotation? With the advent of MTG Arena, Standard is the most accessible and widely played constructed format in Magic: The Gathering. Four Magic sets are released (one approximately every three months) and added to Standard each year, and subsequently…
