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. On a related note, you can now check out our newly updated set release and event schedule (specifically for MTG Arena).
Day 1 features Best-of-One and Best-of-Three Sealed Deck matches, with max wins—seven in Best-of-One or four in Best-of-Three—earning you an invitation to Day 2 events.
Day 2 steps up the competition as invited players from Day 1 face each other in two Best-of-Three Player Draft showdowns. Earn three or four wins in Draft One to be invited to Draft Two, where the prizes include an invitation to the August Qualifier Weekend and up to $2,000!
All players who enter the Arena Open will receive the Dragon Hoard sleeve:
BEST-OF-ONE QUALIFIER PLAY-IN, JULY 8
The Friday following the Arena Open will feature the first of July’s Qualifier Play-In tournaments. This Best-of-One event can earn you an invitation to the July Qualifier Weekend, July 15–16, that is the gateway to Arena Championship 4 later this year!
KEEP IT CASUAL WITH THE LORD OF THE RINGS: TALES OF MIDDLE-EARTH EVENTS
MTG Arena isn’t just about high-stakes competitive play—we have lots of events for you to relax and play with the latest set!
QUICK DRAFT: THE LORD OF THE RINGS: TALES OF MIDDLE-EARTH
Right now, you can play The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth Quick Draft. Take your time drafting against bots, and then enjoy single matches against other players with your carefully considered 40-card deck. Earn prizes and keep the cards you draft! Read more in the Quick Draft Guide and check the schedule below for even more events.
THE TWO (COMMAND) TOWERS BRAWL JULY 7–14
Your favorite legendary creature from The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth is ready to command your 60-card Alchemy-legal Brawl deck into battle from July 7–14! Legendary creatures and planeswalkers are banned except those from The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth.
Play, win Core Set 2021 showcase basic lands, and change decks as much as you want until the event ends!
JULY 7–9 CELEBRATE MAGIC AT YOUR LOCAL WPN STORE
Join us for the Magic Celebration Event at your local WPN game store July 7–9! It takes just three easy steps:
Register and play Jumpstart! Purchase two Jumpstart packets and play three casual rounds at your store. The first 30 players to register and play Jumpstart at the Magic Celebration Event will receive a limited-edition, collectible dice set that includes three six-sided (d6) dice!
Form your Fellowship! Bring up to eight friends, and you’ll all get a special Thought Vesselpromo card!
Claim a Precious! Use your registered MTG ArenaWizards account in the Magic Companion app to get a special, ready-to-play deck in your MTG Arena inbox, beginning July 23—just be sure to log in with the account you use to play MTG Arena! (This promotion only applies in select regions where MTG Arena codes are valid.)
Don’t miss it!
CORRECTION: JUNE RANKED SEASON PACK REWARDS
In previous MTG Arena Announcements, we incorrectly listed the June 2023 Ranked Seasons pack rewards as March of the Machine packs. In fact, the June 2023 Ranked Season pack rewards are The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth packs. We’ve made note of this and corrected the packs listed in our previous posts.
If you wish to swap your rewarded packs to the previously mentioned March of the Machine packs, please reach out to Customer Support, and we will make this change to your rewards. We appreciate your understanding!
TWO NEW ANTHOLOGIES ARE COMING JULY 18!
July is hot in MTG Arena! Two new anthologies arrive on July 18, introducing a total of 50 Magic cards to digital play! To give you a taste, we’re previewing three for each anthology right here, with more previews to come on both July 8 and 9.
HISTORIC ANTHOLOGY 7
Historic gets an injection of 25 cards to deepen the format even further. These are exciting cards from across Magic‘s history that are coming to MTG Arena for the first time. Here are a few to whet your appetite!
EXPLORER ANTHOLOGY 3
Also on July 18, the Explorer format gets 25 new-to-digital cards that expand this exciting and growing format. It’s not just Explorer that’ll benefit from these additions—these cards will be legal in all Historic formats!
AUGUST QUALIFIER WEEKEND FORMAT CHANGE
The format for the August Qualifier Weekend event on August 12–13 is changing. As we just announced above, we’re adding 25 cards in Explorer Anthology 3 on July 18, and we want to give those a chance to shine in competitive play. So, the new format for the August Qualifier Weekend will be Explorer!
EVENT SCHEDULE
Events open on the starting date at 8 a.m. PT (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).
July 4–6: The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth Constructed
July 11–13: Historic Brawl
July 18–20: Standard
QUICK DRAFT
June 30–July 11: The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth
July 11–18: The Brothers’ War
July 18–August 1: The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth
August 1–5: Dominaria United
OTHER EVENTS
June 20–July 18: The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth Sealed
July 7–14: The Two (Command) Towers
July 17–25: Kamigawa: Neon Dynasty Premier Draft
PREMIER PLAY SCHEDULE
All times listed are Pacific time (UTC-07:00).
QUALIFIER EVENTS
Qualifier Play-In events are single-day tournaments in which players compete to earn invitations to that month’s Qualifier Weekend events.
Format: The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth Limited
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).
