Like every week, the Arena announcements are here! This week, we get to see spoilers for the next Alchemy set and the date and format of the next Arena Open! If you’re competitive or more casual, this is a great week to be an Arena player!
Alchemy: Phyrexia and Shadows over Innistrad Remastered First Looks!
We have a special treat coming to tomorrow, February 21. Tune into Weekly MTG starting at 10 a.m. PT (18:00 UTC) for the first look at Alchemy: Phyrexia and Shadows over Innistrad Remastered! We’ll be revealing release dates, plus showing off new cards, new features, and more.
Best-of-Three Qualifier Play-In and Qualifier Weekend
Get ready for February’s weekend one-two punch that can propel you to the top tier of MTG Arena competitive play in a few short days of intense Magic!
First up is the Best-of-Three Qualifier Play-In event this Friday, February 24, opening at 6 a.m. PT (14:00 UTC). This is where you show your skills at Best-of-Three Sealed Deck with Phyrexia: All Will Be One, secure four match wins, and claim your invitation to the Qualifier Weekend event that starts immediately after.
Next up is the Qualifier Weekend two-day event that opens its Day One event on Saturday, February 25, at 6 a.m. PT (14:00 UTC). You’ll have 2 hours to register (you’ll need that Qualifier Weekend invitation token you earned, too) so be sure to do so before 8 a.m. PT (16:00 UTC).
Perform well, and you’ll get invited to Day Two on Sunday, February 26, where seven match wins scores you the coveted invitation to the Arena Championship and the Pro Tour! Both Qualifier Weekend days feature matches of Best-of-Three Phyrexia: All Will Be OneSealed Deck.
Bring your Limited format mastery to this two-day event and compete on Day 1 in matches of Best-of-One and Best-of-Three Phyrexia: All Will Be OneSealed Deck to earn an invitation to Day 2, where you’ll face opponents to progress through two successive Phyrexia: All Will Be OneTraditional Draft events where the big prizes await!
Don’t Miss the Final Welcome to Phyrexia Festival Events!
Your tickets to tour the deepest spheres of New Phyrexia await through the end of this month, along with ichor card styles you can win to kick your collection style up a notch or two, or three, or fifteen—there are five card styles you can claim for wins in each of the Welcome to Phyrexia Festival events remaining!
This series of Singleton events, continuing February 19–28, features unique emblems that add new strategic dimensions to your matches. See what your decks can do when they’re amped up!
February 19–22: The Surgical Bay This 60-card Singleton event explores the Surgical Bay, the blue-dominated sphere of New Phyrexia. Here, cruel and disturbing experiments abound.
The Surgical Bay Emblem If you would proliferate, proliferate twice instead.
February 22–25: The Dross Pits This 60-card Singleton event descends into the Dross Pits, the black-dominated sphere of New Phyrexia. It is a foul place dominated by death: your abilities that trigger from creatures dying will be doubled here.
The Dross Pits Emblem If a creature dying causes a triggered ability of a permanent you control to trigger, that ability triggers an additional time.
February 25–28: The Fair Basilica This 60-card Singleton event arrives at the Fair Basilica, the white-dominated sphere of New Phyrexia. The glory of Elesh Norn cannot be denied in this place, and abilities that trigger from creatures entering the battlefield will be doubled in exultation of her generosity and wisdom.
The Fair Basilica Emblem If a permanent entering the battlefield causes a triggered ability of a permanent you control to trigger, that ability triggers an additional time.
Here are just a few card styles you can win in the festival events:
Tekuthal, Inquiry Dominus ichor card style reward from The Surgical Bayfestival eventDrivnod, Carnage Dominus ichor card style reward from the Dross Pits festival eventMondrak, Glory Dominus ichor card style reward from the Fair Basilica festival event
Events (excluding Midweek Magic) open at 8 a.m. PT and close to new entries at 8 a.m. PT (UTC-08:00) on the dates shown unless otherwise noted.
Daylight saving time begins in the US on March 12, 2023, when clocks move forward 1 hour in the Pacific time zone. UTC offset will change to -07:00 on this date. Please be aware of the shift when determining event times for other time zones.
Midweek Magic
NOTE: Now that MTG Arena‘s game updates occur on Tuesdays, we’ve shifted Midweek Magic to start at 2 p.m. PT on Tuesdays and end on Thursdays at 2 p.m. PT (UTC-08:00) so play time isn’t cut short.
Midweek Magic events open on Tuesdays at 8 a.m. PT and close to new entries on Thursdays at 8 a.m. PT (UTC-08:00).
The Arena Open Day 1 entry window begins at 6 a.m. PT and closes to new entries the following day at 3 a.m. PT (UTC-08:00)*. The Day Two entry window is 2 hours only, from 6 a.m. PT until 8 a.m. PT (UTC-08:00).
Robert "DoggertQBones" Lee is the content manager of MTGAZone and a high ranked Arena player. He has one GP Top 8 and pioneered popular archetypes like UB 8 Shark, UB Yorion, and GW Company in Historic. Beyond Magic, his passions are writing and coaching! Join our community on Twitch and Discord.
