Limited

Limited is way of playing Magic: The Gathering in which each player gets a quantity of booster packs and creates their own deck on the spot. It encompasses both the sealed and draft formats. You can find all our Limited content here, from strategy, guides and tier lists.

Strixhaven: School of Mages (STX) Limited Tier List

Strixhaven: School of Mages Tier Lists

MTG Arena Zone’s Limited Tier Lists rank all the cards from the set, to assist with picking cards for your draft deck or building your sealed deck. Full written updates will be recorded in the changelog at the bottom, but…

Drifter
April 16, 2021

Strixhaven Limited Set Review: Mystical Archive, Colorless and Lands

Strixhaven Limited Set Review: Mystical Archives, Colourless, and Summary

Strixhaven: School of Mages

Welcome back! Today is the final day of Limited Reviews, make sure to check out the Introduction if you haven’t already. Our set tier list will be going live shortly, so stay tuned! I’ll be keeping it updated as often…

Drifter
April 16, 2021

Strixhaven Limited Set Review: Green and Witherbloom

Strixhaven: School of Mages

Welcome back! Today is the fifth and penultimate day of Limited Reviews, make sure to check out the Introduction if you haven’t already, and otherwise enjoy! Tomorrow it’s release day and we’ll be releasing the final article alongside our usual…

Drifter
April 15, 2021

Strixhaven Limited Guide: Lesson 6 – Quandrix

Strixhaven: School of Mages

Quandrix presents quite a quandary in terms of its evaluation. Of all of the color pairs, this college stays fairly true to what Blue-Green is generally trying to do. Although Green-Red has more commonly been the Ramp archetype lately, any…

Compulsion
April 14, 2021

Strixhaven Limited Set Review: Red and Prismari

Strixhaven: School of Mages

Welcome back! We’re delving into all manner of wacky giant spells and Elementals today as part of our fourth Limited set review of six, the Blue-Red Strixhaven college! Make sure to check out the introduction for some crucial background info…

Drifter
April 13, 2021

Strixhaven Limited Guide: Lesson 5 – Witherbloom

Strixhaven: School of Mages

Witherbloom is the college of biological sciences, swarming its opponents with things like Pests, Bats, Insects, Snakes, and Spiders. While it values these creatures in life, it also stands to benefit from their deaths. While this is reminiscent of Silverquill,…

Compulsion
April 13, 2021

Strixhaven Limited Set Review: Black and Silverquill

Strixhaven: School of Mages

Welcome back! Today is the third of six days of Limited Reviews, make sure to check out the Introduction if you haven’t already! Remember that we’re excluding Mystical Archives for now – instead, those will feature in the sixth review…

Drifter
April 13, 2021

Strixhaven Limited Guide: Lesson 4 – Silverquill

Strixhaven: School of Mages

Silverquill is the college of the silver-tongued, using the power of spoken and written word for both good and evil ends. I have always felt sorcery was a bit of an allegory for the power of rhetoric, at its core…

Compulsion
April 12, 2021

Strixhaven Limited Set Review: Blue and Quandrix

Strixhaven: School of Mages

Welcome back! Today is the second day of Limited Reviews, make sure to check out the Introduction if you haven’t already, and otherwise enjoy! Who is rating? Drifter I’ve been enthralled by Limited ever since I began playing Magic, almost…

Drifter
April 11, 2021

Strixhaven Limited Set Review: White and Lorehold

Strixhaven: School of Mages

Welcome back! I’m Drifter and I’m back with the fifth MTG Arena Zone set review in a row, my first solo run, with thanks to Terence for formatting and hosting! Similar to other set reviews you might’ve seen in the…

Drifter
April 10, 2021

Strixhaven Limited Guide: Lesson 3 – Prismari

Strixhaven: School of Mages

Lorehold? More like Borehold, am I right? Prismari leaves history where it belongs and focuses on bold new creations. But this is no ordinary art school, as Prismari portrays powerful expressions that come to life and obliterate its rivals. You…

Compulsion
April 10, 2021

Strixhaven Limited Guide: Lesson 2 – Lorehold

Strixhaven: School of Mages

Hello my friend, stay awhile and listen. Lorehold is largely concerned with history and mythology, although some myths must be true considering the Spirits it unleashes are very real. Lorehold is certainly not the Red-White combination we are used to…

Compulsion
April 8, 2021

Strixhaven Limited Guide: Lesson 1 – Set Overview

Strixhaven: School of Mages

Coming off of a great Draft set like Kaldheim, Strixhaven has a lot to live up to. The value-based mechanics and muted power level contributed to a varied Limited environment which has held my interest for its duration. Couple this…

Compulsion
April 7, 2021

Limited Spotlight: A Guide to War of the Spark’s Archetypes and Nuances

War of the Spark

Welcome back, folks! War of the Spark just landed back on Arena, and it was absolutely my favourite bot draft format, so I’m incredibly excited to see how it plays out when drafting against players! This is the very first…

Drifter
March 13, 2021

Limited Spotlight: General Sealed Strategy and Approaches, for the Kaldheim Arena Open and Beyond

Limited

Hey folks! My Limited Spotlight series has focused mostly on Draft before, but now that we have the Arena Open coming up this weekend and Sealed is being supported as a tournament format moving forward, I wanted to talk about…

Drifter
February 19, 2021

Kaldheim Sealed Guide: Prepare for the Arena Open and MCQW!

Limited

Quick Note – This article is going to dive right in to Sealed and is going to assume some knowledge of the format. If you are new to Kaldheim or want some background first, you should definitely check out my…

Compulsion
February 18, 2021

Kaldheim (KHM) Limited Tier List

Limited Tier Lists

Drifter
January 28, 2021

Kaldheim Limited Set Review: Multicolored, Artifacts, and Lands

Limited

Remember to check out Introduction and White first, for all the background and specifics of this review! Who’s rating? Drifter I’ve been enthralled by Limited ever since I began playing Magic, almost ten years ago now. With a particular fondness…

Raszero
January 27, 2021

Kaldheim Limited Guide: Archetypes, Top Commons and Uncommons, and Bombs

Limited

We’ve made it to part 3 of my Kaldheim Limited series! If you missed Part 1 (Mechanics) or Part 2 (Tips, Tricks, and Interactions), I recommend checking those out as well before you sink into draft or sealed when the…

Compulsion
January 26, 2021

Kaldheim Limited Set Review: Green

Limited

Drifter
January 25, 2021

Kaldheim Limited Set Review: Red

Limited

Remember to check out Introduction and White first, for all the background and specifics behind this review! Who’s rating? Drifter I’ve been enthralled by Limited ever since I began playing Magic, almost ten years ago now. With a particular fondness…

Raszero
January 24, 2021

Kaldheim Limited Set Review: Black

Limited

Drifter
January 23, 2021

Aegar, the Freezing Flame Art by WolfSkullJack

Kaldheim Limited Guide: Tips, Tricks and Interactions

Limited

Welcome to Part 2 in my series of Kaldheim guides! In Part 1 I dug into the various Mechanics of Kaldheim. In this guide I will be outlining some key features of the format, highlighting all of the potential combat…

Compulsion
January 23, 2021

Kaldheim Limited Set Review: Blue

Limited

Raszero
January 22, 2021

Starnheim Unleashed Art by Johannes Voss

Kaldheim Limited Set Review: Introduction and White

Limited

Welcome back! Raszero and I (hello, I’m Drifter!) are back with the fifth MTG Arena Zone set review in a row, with thanks to Terence for formatting and hosting! Similar to other set reviews you might’ve seen in the past,…

Drifter
January 21, 2021

Kaldheim Limited Guide: Mechanics

Limited

For the Kaldheim release I am taking a slightly different approach than usual. Rather than doing another massive guide I thought it would be better to break the content into more manageable chunks and spread it out over the week…

Compulsion
January 20, 2021

Slobad, Goblin Tinkerer Art by Kev Walker

Tinkerer’s Cube Draft Guide

Limited

As I was killing time waiting for Kaldheim to release, I noticed a cool little event dropped to help us Limited players bridge the gap: This event comes in two flavors. Both the Traditional (BO3) and BO1 versions are available…

Compulsion
January 16, 2021

Tinkerer’s Cube Draft Card List

Limited

This is the complete card list for the Tinkerer’s Cube Draft event on MTG Arena. There are 540 total cards in the cube, chosen from the Historic card pool. You can search the table and sort each column by alphabetical…

DotGG
January 15, 2021

Ravnica Allegiance Draft Guide

Limited

Once again on Arena we are forced to play an older format in Premier Draft. Luckily, we are getting an upgrade this time around. As far as the Ravnica formats go, Allegiance is much more dynamic and fun than Guilds.…

Compulsion
January 8, 2021

Three-Headed Goblin (Unstable) Art by Mike Burns

Limited Spotlight: 3 Misplays Constructed Players Make in Draft

Limited

Hey folks, welcome back! Here’s yet another edition of Limited Spotlight, inspired by my coaching sessions, where I’ve noticed a trend in some of the mistakes my students make. This is the second of these I’ve done, and I’ve gotten…

Drifter
January 6, 2021

Limited Spotlight: Understanding Signals and Gaining the Edge in a Balanced Format

Limited

Welcome back folks! I’ve been updating my Zendikar Rising Tier List regularly on the fly; stay tuned for a full written update soon! First though, I wanted to discuss an aspect of strategy I get asked about all the time:…

Drifter
January 5, 2021

Guilds of Ravnica Draft Guide

Limited

Guilds of Ravnica is back briefly first time as a Premier Draft on Magic Arena, so I think it is a good time to take a fresh look at the format. After discussing the key features of GRN I will…

Compulsion
January 1, 2021

Top 20 Arena Cube Cards

Limited

Hello everybody! It’s the Holiday Season and one of the treats Wizards gives us around this time is the Holiday Cube! Holiday Cube is a cube utilizing a bunch of fun cards from across Arena’s many sets culminating into a…

DoggertQBones
December 20, 2020

Kaladesh Remastered Draft Challenge Event Guide: The Comprehensive Guide to Sideboarding

Kaladesh Remastered

Hey folks! My Kaladesh Tier List came out a couple of weeks ago, and as usual I’ve been updating regularly as I draft. I feel like I’ve learnt a lot about the format since then, and so I’m going to…

Drifter
November 28, 2020

Kaladesh Remastered Limited Tier List

Kaladesh Remastered Tier Lists

Drifter
November 12, 2020

Kaladesh Remastered Limited Cheat Sheet: Instants and Tricks to Play Around

Kaladesh Remastered

Here is our reference guide of all the Instants and cards with Flash in Kaladesh Remastered, if you want to know what card your opponent could have in their hand and be leaving up mana for in limited (sealed and…

DotGG
November 12, 2020

Kaladesh Remastered Limited Overview

Kaladesh Remastered

MTG Arena is bringing back past drafts with a free entry while Jumpstart is delayed to keep players occupied, and Kaladesh Remastered will be next on the list from August 15 to August 20! Here is our in-depth overview to the format, a curated amalgamation of both Kaladesh and Aether Revolt.

Compulsion
November 11, 2020

Zendikar Rising Draft Guide

Limited

Our Zendikar Rising Draft Guide dives deep in to the limited format, going over the mechanics, archetypes, the top commons and uncommons for each color and how to best assemble your draft deck. Ten days has passed since Zendikar Rising’s…

Drifter
September 28, 2020

Zendikar Rising (ZNR) Limited Tier List

Limited Tier Lists

MTG Arena Zone's Core Set 2021 (M21) Limited Tier List. Each card is ranked according to their value for sealed and draft formats.

DotGG
September 17, 2020

Zendikar Rising Limited Set Review Multicolor Artifact Land

Zendikar Rising Limited Set Review – Multicolor, Artifacts, and Lands

Limited

Welcome back! This is our final review of Zendikar Rising, and will be immediately followed by the release of our tier list, which you’ll likely see linked at the top right now. Thanks for joining us on another wild ride…

Compulsion
September 17, 2020