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