Table of Contents
- MTG Arena Codes
- Expansion Guide
- Mastery
- Patch Notes
- MTG Standard Rotation Guide
- Gruul Adventures
- Naya Winota
- Temur Treasures
- Arena Open Day 1
- Mythic Standard
- White
- Blue
- Black
- Red
- Green
- Multicolored, Artifacts, and Lands
- Draft Guide
- Tier List
- Overrated and Underrated Cards
- Part 1 - Mechanics, Tips, and Tricks
- Part 2 - Best Common and Uncommon Spells, Themes, and Archetypes
- ADVENTURES IN THE FORGOTTEN REALMS RELEASES ON ALL DIGITAL PLATFORMS THURSDAY, JULY 8!
- MAXIMIZE YOUR REWARDS WITH MASTERY PASS FOR ADVENTURES IN THE FORGOTTEN REALMS
- ADVENTURES IN THE FORGOTTEN REALMS PACKS IN THE MTG ARENA STORE
- ADVENTURES IN THE FORGOTTEN REALMS LAUNCH EVENTS
- GET A HEAD START ON STANDARD 2022
- ADVENTURES IN THE FORGOTTEN REALMS COSMETIC BUNDLES ON SALE JULY 8
- FNM AT HOME IS NOW MIDWEEK MAGIC!
- CHANGES TO ICRS
- UPCOMING EVENTS
D&D: Adventures in the Forgotten Realms (AFR)
Constructed Review
Limited Review
Limited Guide
Previews for the upcoming set Adventures in the Forgotten Realms have finished, and this morning Wizards of the Coast provided details about the set release on Magic: Arena. The MTG Arena Announcements page lays out the cosmetic bundles, launch events, and some information about the Adventures in the Forgotten Realms Mastery Pass- details are included below. The MTGA update launches tomorrow, July 8 at around 8 AM PST, and Adventures in the Forgotten Realm will be live on the client.
In addition, Standard 2022 queues will be available to play, featuring an early look at what the Standard format will look like after rotation happens in the fall. Only cards printed in Zendikar Rising, Kaldheim, Strixhaven, and AFR will be legal in the Standard 2022 queues which include both ranked and unranked options for best-of-one. No best-of-three queues will be available for this format for now.
Next week will also be the first week that Arena’s FNM mode will be changed to Midweek Magic and moved to Tuesday-Thursday of each week. The rewards and event structure is to stay the same as before. In addition, the release of AFR and upcoming rotation means that all Standard-based Individual Card Rewards (ICRs) will contain only cards from Zendikar Rising forward, and cards from Eldraine, Theros, Ikoria, and Core 2021 will be joining the Historic ICR pool.
Read below for full details from Wizards of the Coast, along with an updated event schedule and reward details for the July ranked season.
ADVENTURES IN THE FORGOTTEN REALMS RELEASES ON ALL DIGITAL PLATFORMS THURSDAY, JULY 8!
Ready for a Magic adventure unlike any before? Dungeons & Dragons: Adventures in the Forgotten Realms comes out Thursday, July 8, on all digital platforms! Get details on the new set plus everything coming to MTG Arena in the latest State of the Game article.
MAXIMIZE YOUR REWARDS WITH MASTERY PASS FOR ADVENTURES IN THE FORGOTTEN REALMS
Adventures in the Forgotten Realms brings new Set Mastery rewards to MTG Arena players. Sign up for the Mastery Pass and get access to even greater rewards for playing! A Mastery Pass can be purchased for 3,400 gems in MTG Arena, so log on July 8 to start earning experience and rewards!
ADVENTURES IN THE FORGOTTEN REALMS PACKS IN THE MTG ARENA STORE
Start expanding your collection with cards from the new set! You’ll find Store Packs for Adventures in the Forgotten Realms available starting July 8 in the MTG Arena Store.
ADVENTURES IN THE FORGOTTEN REALMS LAUNCH EVENTS
These new events come to MTG Arena with the release of Adventures in the Forgotten Realms:
- July 8 until Innistrad: Midnight Hunt release: Adventures in the Forgotten Realms Premier Draft
- July 8 until Innistrad: Midnight Hunt release: Adventures in the Forgotten Realms Traditional Draft
- July 8–31: Adventures in the Forgotten Realms Sealed
- July 8–31: Adventures in the Forgotten Realms Traditional Sealed
GET A HEAD START ON STANDARD 2022
Prepare for the upcoming Standard format by playing in Standard 2022 queues. These will include only the sets that will still be in Standard after the rotation: Zendikar Rising, Kaldheim, Strixhaven: School of Mages, and Dungeons & Dragons: Adventures in the Forgotten Realms.
You’ll find be a Ranked version and Play version, both of which will be Best-of-One, and these queues will begin with the Adventures in the Forgotten Realms release on July 8.
ADVENTURES IN THE FORGOTTEN REALMS COSMETIC BUNDLES ON SALE JULY 8
These cosmetic bundles will be available July 8 in the MTG Arena Store:
MODULE TREATMENT LAND BUNDLE
Cost: 1,800 gems or 8,000 gold
Get awesome land card styles featuring the module treatments in Adventures in the Forgotten Realms! This bundle includes:
- Cave of the Frost Dragon module card style
- Den of the Bugbear module card style
- Hall of Storm Giants module card style
- Hive of the Eye Tyrant module card style
- Lair of the Hydra module card style
- Temple of the Dragon Queen module card style
- Dungeon Descent module card style
- Evolving Wilds module card style
STICKER BUNDLE
Cost: 1,000 gems or 5,000 gold
New stickers to express yourself during matches:
- Ellywick sticker
- Beholder sticker
- Mindflayer sticker
BEHOLDER BUNDLE
Cost: 3,000 gems or 15,000 gold
- Beholder pet
- Xanathar card sleeve
Plus, look for more bundles in the Store, including card styles for borderless planeswalkers and borderless Dragons!
FNM AT HOME IS NOW MIDWEEK MAGIC!
Midweek Magic takes up the mantle of the popular FNM at Home event beginning July 13–15! Running weekly from Tuesday at 8 a.m. PT through Thursday at 8 a.m. PT, Midweek Magic has no entry and two rare individual card rewards—just like FNM at Home.
Codes for an MTG Arena cosmetic are still available from your local game store (in person, if pandemic restrictions allow in your area, or online).
CHANGES TO ICRS
These changes are taking effect for individual card rewards (ICRs) in MTG Arena:
- Daily win, Midweek Magic, and Standard-based event ICRs are now only Zendikar Rising, Kaldheim, Strixhaven, and Adventures in the Forgotten Realms.
- Throne of Eldraine, Theros Beyond Death, Ikoria: Lair of Behemoths, and Core Set 2021 are now part of Historic ICRs.
UPCOMING EVENTS
MIDWEEK MAGIC
- July 13–15: Future Precons
- July 20–22: Artisan
- July 27–29: Standard All Access
QUICK DRAFT
- June 25–July 9: Strixhaven: School of Mages
- July 9–23: Zendikar Rising
- July 23–August 10: Adventures in the Forgotten Realms
JULY RANKED SEASON
The July 2021 Ranked Season begins June 30 at 12:05 p.m. PT (1905 UTC) and ends on July 31 at 12 p.m. PT (1900 UTC).
- Bronze reward: 1 Strixhaven pack
- Silver reward: 1 Strixhaven pack + 500 gold
- Gold reward: 2 Strixhaven packs + 1,000 gold + Flunk card style
- Platinum reward: 3 Strixhaven packs + 1,000 gold + Flunk depth art card style + Academic Probation depth art card style
- Diamond reward: 4 Strixhaven packs + 1,000 gold + Flunk depth art card style + Academic Probation depth art card style
- Mythic reward: 5 Strixhaven packs + 1,000 gold + Flunk depth art card style + Academic Probation depth art card style
