The weekly MTG Arena Announcement post has been published by Wizards of the Coast! Here’s the roundup of everything that is happening and upcoming on MTG Arena! Check out the original source post here or the transcript below.
WILDS OF ELDRAINE PREORDERS AVAILABLE NOW
Wilds of Eldraine preorders are up and you can get yours now! No matter how you play MTG Arena, there’s a bundle for you. But time is ticking away—these disappear forever on September 5.
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From Thursday, August 31 at 10 a.m. PT (17:00 UTC) until Friday, September 1 at 10 a.m., your favorite Twitch and YouTube streamers will be giving you the first look at Wilds of Eldraine in action. They’ll be talking about new cards and mechanics, and of course playing matches!
If you’re a Magic content creator interested in the Streamer Event, you may be able to join in the fun! If you’re interested, reach out to us using the contact info for your location below to let them know.
(Please note, not all applicants will receive a response. Thank you for your patience and understanding.)
North America: If you’ve participated in an Early Access/Streamer Event in the past, you’ll automatically receive an invitation to this Streamer Event. If you haven’t yet but would like to, email MTGAEarlyAccess@Wizards.com with links to your content to apply.
EARN XP FOR PLAYING MAGIC AT A WPN STORE IN SEPTEMBER
This September, play in a Magic event at a Wizards Play Network (WPN) game store using Wizards account to register, and you can receive 1,000 XP in your MTG Arena player inbox! This includes events such as the Wilds of Eldraine Prerelease, Open House, Friday Night Magic events, and more!
Want even more XP? For each additional event you play in during September, you can earn an additional 1,000 XP up to four times—that’s a total of 4,000 XP for playing more Magic!
We’re counting down to the turning of the Magic year, when the Alchemy format rotates, the Standard format rotates—but now only every three years instead of two (so not this year!)—and your Renewal Egg opens with a cascade of bonus goodies to give you a head start.
HISTORIC EVENT: ALL-ACCESS, NO ENTRY FEE, AND NO BANNED LIST!
We lay it all on the table today through September 5 as we kick off an Historic event featuring no banned list!
That’s right: no. Banned. LIST. Blast away with Lightning Bolts, commune with your Demonic Tutor, and Elk-ify the Multiverse with Oko, Thief of Crowns. Rinse, repeat, Time Warp.
Oh, and don’t worry if you don’t have these notoriously powerful cards in your collection, because this event is All Access! That means everyone has access to all the cards in MTG Arena, so everyone is on equal footing here—your only limits are your creativity and your appetite for raw power.
And one last thing: this event has no entry fee!
This Historic no-banned-list, no-entry-fee, All-Access event begins at 8 a.m. PT (15:00 UTC) and continues until September 5 when Wilds of Eldraine launches!
ARENA OPEN: ARENA CUBE THIS WEEKEND—START PRACTICING!
The next Arena Open is happening this weekend, August 26–27, and the format is Arena Cube. This is one of MTG Arena‘s most powerful cubes, but you don’t have to go into the Arena Open blind—you can practice all this week leading up to it by playing in the Arena Cube event! Check out event details and all the cards in the cube, and then get ready for a weekend of competition that could lead to winning $2,000 and an invitation to the September Qualifier Weekend!
EVENT SCHEDULE
Events open at 8 a.m. PT on their starting dates (excluding Midweek Magic) and close to entries at 8 a.m. PT (UTC-07:00) on the ending date shown unless otherwise noted.
MIDWEEK MAGIC
Midweek Magic events open on Tuesdays at 2 p.m. PT and close to new entries on Thursdays at 2 p.m. PT (UTC-07:00).
August 22–24: Brawl
August 29–31: Momir
September 5–7: Alchemy
September 12–14: Wilds of Eldraine Constructed
QUICK DRAFT
August 15–29: The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth™
Format: Historic and Wilds of Eldraine Draft (both Best-of-Three with sideboard)
ARENA OPEN
The Arena Open Day One entry window begins at 6 a.m. PT and closes to new entries the following day at 3 a.m. PT (UTC-07:00). The Day Two entry window is 2 hours only, from 6 a.m. PT until 8 a.m. PT (UTC-07:00).
