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Guides

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, from learning about the client, to how to improve their gameplay.

  1. Quick Start Guide
    Just started — Getting cards — Getting resources — What next?
  2. Using Arena: Interface and Add-ons
    General interface — Collection interface — Game settings — Third-party tools
  3. Formats, Queues, Events
    Constructed — Limited — Ranked system — Playing with friends
  4. Playing a Match
    Turn timers — Holding priority — Visual cues — Stack — Auto tapper — Mana pool — Various
  5. Arena Economy in Detail
    More on getting cards — Bans and suspensions — Mastery passes — Growing your collection
  6. Inner Workings of Arena
    Common misunderstandings — Common rule confusions — Bugs — Shuffler and matchmaking
  7. Appendix A. Introduction to MTG
    Overview — Card types — Combat — Stack — New sets and rotation — Sideboard
  8. Appendix B. Common MTG Slangs
    Color combinations — Mechanics and effects — Dual-color lands — Various
  9. Appendix C. Improving at MTG
    Understanding Magic — Getting better at Limited — Coping with variance — Tools to build your own deck
  10. Appendix D. Major MTG Arena Change Timeline
  11. Appendix E. Overview of Advanced Search Options in Collection and the Deck Builder

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Standard 2024 Guide: Rotation-Proof Decks

Bloomborrow release will change everything we known in Standard. Being prepared with the best post-rotation archetypes will give us the upper hand in the competition. Discover with Bohe which archetypes will survive the rotation. 8 decklists ready for Bloomborrow!

Duelist of the Mind Art by Darren Tan

World Champion Player Spotlight Cards

Wizards of the Coast ran the Magic Invitational tournament from 1997 to 2007 where the winner was allowed to design a Magic: The Gathering card with their likeness as the illustration. Starting with Throne of Eldraine, the current World Champion has been featured in…

MTG Arena

MTG Arena Beginner’s Guide

Learn how to navigate around the client, how to play the game, and everything else you need to know to get started with one of the best card games in the world.

Dominaria United Mastery

Dominaria United Mastery

The Mastery system for Dominaria United (DMU) on MTG Arena is a way for players to receive in-game content through regular gameplay. It runs from September 1, 2022 until the release of the next expansion, The Brothers’ War in November…

Faceless Haven Art by Titus Lunter

Alchemy Rebalanced Cards

Alchemy is a new, digital-first format only on Starting from December 9, 2021, Magic: The Gathering Arena! Alchemy is MTG Arena’s version of Standard; it includes all Standard sets, and rotates as it normally does. However, it will also regularly…