May 2020 Ranked Season • MTG Arena Zone

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Season Details
Season Dates
Ranked Events
May 2020 Season Reward
Seasonal Reset

The May 2020 Ranked Season starts April 30, 12:05 PT (20:05 UTC), ends May 31 at 12:00 PT (19:00 UTC). This is an important month for competitive players, as finishing in the top 1200 Mythic at the end of the season qualifies you to participate in Mythic Qualifier Zendikar Rising on June 20, 2020! If you are looking for something to play in Standard, we have some guides on how to play some of the top decks in the current metagame:

If you are a limited player, then make sure to check out our Ikoria: Lair of Behemoths Draft Guide by Compulsion. As always, full details for the season can be found below.

Season Details

Card Style Rewards

The card style rewards for April 2020 Ranked Season are Soul-Guide Lantern and Nightmare Shepherd for reaching Gold and Platinum rank, respectively.

Formats

Constructed:
- Standard Ranked (BO1) Ladder
- Traditional Ranked (BO3) Ladder
Limited:
- Quick Draft – rotating sets (see below)
- Premier Draft: Ikoria: Lair of Behemoths

Standard Constructed Legal Sets

Guilds of Ravnica
Ravnica Allegiance
War of the Spark
Core Set 2020

Throne of Eldraine
Theros Beyond Death
Ikoria: Lair of Behemoths

Standard Constructed Banned Cards

As of November 18, 2019 (read announcement):
As of October 21, 2019 (read announcement):
- Field of the Dead

Ready to rank up and qualify for the June 2020 Mythic Qualifier? The May 2020 Ranked Season is underway and you can battle your way to earning Mythic Points and more!

Season Dates

May 2020 Ranked Season starts April 30, 12:05 PT (20:05 UTC), ends May 31 at 12:00 PT (19:00 UTC).

Top 1,200 Mythic Ranked players in Constructed or Limited at the end of this season will be eligible to compete in the June 20, 2020: Mythic Qualifier Zendikar Rising.
Note that Rank Adjustments—how you advance through a rank to the next by winning and losing—have been adjusted for Gold beginning with the May 2020 Ranked Season. See MTG Arena’s 1.07.00.00 patch notes for more details.

Ranked Events

Name	Format	Start	End
Ranked Play	Standard Constructed	∞	∞
Traditional Ranked Play	Standard Constructed	∞	∞
Quick Draft: Core Set 2020	Draft	4/17/2020	5/1/2020
Quick Draft: Ikoria: Lair of Behemoths	Draft	5/1/2020	5/15/2020
Quick Draft: War of the Spark	Draft	5/15/2020	5/29/2020
Quick Draft: Ikoria: Lair of Behemoths	Draft	5/29/2020	6/12/2020
Premier Draft: Ikoria: Lair of Behemoths	Draft	4/16/2020	June 2020

May 2020 Season Reward

Players will receive their rewards for May 2020 season at the start of the next ranked season (May 31, 12:05 PT/19:05 UTC). You must have played at least one ranked game in the respective format to receive seasonal rewards.

Bronze: 1 Ikoria: Lair of the Behemoths booster pack
Silver: 1 Ikoria: Lair of the Behemoths booster pack + 500 gold
Gold: 2 Ikoria: Lair of the Behemoths booster packs + 1000 gold + Bastion of Remembrance Card Style
Platinum: 3 Ikoria: Lair of the Behemoths booster packs + 1000 gold + Shark Typhoon Card Style
Diamond: 4 Ikoria: Lair of the Behemoths booster packs + 1000 gold
Mythic: 5 Ikoria: Lair of the Behemoths booster packs + 1000 gold

As a general reminder, card styles are a cosmetic option only and does not add any cards to a player’s collection. There is no benefit to acquiring a card style more than once; if you achieve Gold Rank or higher in both Limited and Constructed, you will only receive one copy of the card style.

Seasonal Reset

Constructed and Limited Ranks will be reset. Your new rank will be based on your end of season rank from the previous season:

Previous Rank	New Rank
Bronze Tier 4	Bronze Tier 4
Bronze Tier 3	Bronze Tier 4
Bronze Tier 2	Bronze Tier 4
Bronze Tier 1	Bronze Tier 3
Silver Tier 4	Bronze Tier 3
Silver Tier 3	Bronze Tier 3
Silver Tier 2	Bronze Tier 2
Silver Tier 1	Bronze Tier 2
Gold Tier 4	Bronze Tier 1
Gold Tier 3	Silver Tier 4
Gold Tier 2	Silver Tier 3
Gold Tier 1	Silver Tier 2
Platinum Tier 4	Silver Tier 1
Platinum Tier 3	Gold Tier 4
Platinum Tier 2	Gold Tier 4
Platinum Tier 1	Gold Tier 3
Diamond Tier 4	Gold Tier 3
Diamond Tier 3	Gold Tier 2
Diamond Tier 2	Gold Tier 2
Diamond Tier 1	Gold Tier 1
Mythic	Platinum 4