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! Important update for this week is that March of the Machine: Aftermath will be released on May 11, not May 9 as previously scheduled. 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).
Join the Historic Brawl Festival May 6–10 and Earn Team-Up Card Styles
The second March of the Machine festival is happening now through May 10, and you can score five legendary team-up card styles for wins! Play Historic Brawl using a 100-card Historic Brawl deck led by your favorite legendary creature or planeswalker and rack up wins to add these card styles to your collection:
March of the Machine: The Aftermath is a set of 50 new Standard-legal cards that focuses on the story, the characters, and what comes next in a Multiverse forever changed by the Phyrexian invasion. Players will be able to collect March of the Machine: The Aftermath cards on MTG Arena by opening packs, playing in March of the Machine: The Aftermath Limited events, or crafting them using wildcards of the appropriate rarity.
A Note on Golden Packs
Purchasing March of the Machine or March of the Machine: The Aftermath packs will contribute to Golden Pack progress. Golden Packs have been updated to include cards from March of the Machine: The Aftermath and will be considered part of the latest set when opening Golden Packs.
Drafting March of the Machine: The Aftermath on MTG Arena
You’ll also be able to draft March of the Machine: The Aftermath on MTG Arena! Each March of the Machine: The Aftermath Limited pack will contain both a card from the Multiverse Legends bonus sheet and a card from March of the Machine: The Aftermath! Keep reading for more information on our upcoming event schedule!
May Qualifier Weekend Kicks Off Friday
This weekend is May’s epic competitive play pairing of events that can launch you into the top levels of MTG Arena Premier Play—and these are the first that can put you on the path to Arena Championship 4!
Last weekend was May’s Best-of-One Qualifier Play-In, but if you missed it, don’t worry! You have another shot at earning an invitation to the Qualifier Weekend event this Friday, May 12, in the Best-of-Three Qualifier Play-In. It begins at 6 a.m. PT (13:00 UTC) on Friday, and the format is March of the Machine Limited. It closes on Saturday at 3 a.m. PT (10:00 UTC).
After you have your invitation in hand, the May Qualifier Weekend event begins at 6 a.m. on Saturday, May 6! You’ll face other qualifying players in March of the Machine Limited matches to determine who will ultimately earn an invitation to Arena Championship 4 and the Pro Tour 3!
Lots of News Out of MagicCon Minneapolis!
MagicCon Minneapolis is over, and it was chock full of fun, events, and announcements.
MagicCon Minneapolis was amazing, and we have the pictures to prove it! Here’s a look back at a great event.
We had room for everyone! You could take pictures with cosplayers, get signatures with creators, and play MTG Arena against your friends.Our fully-loaded accounts, stocked up with cards, wildcards, and gems, so you could play Magic in any way wanted!We had laptops for matches that showed on the big screens. MagicCon Minneapolis had plenty of room to play Magic.A few of our incredible content creators who stopped by, challenged our community to one-on-one matches, took pictures, gave autographs—you name it!
Arena Championship 3, May 27–28
The top of the MTG Arena Premier Play mountain is in sight: Arena Championship 3 is just a few weeks away! The top players who have qualified will face off in March of the Machine Draft and Standard matches to determine who’s the best of the best, who takes a piece of a $200,000 prize pool, and who gets invited to the Magic World Championship!
Stay tuned for more details and how you can watch the event!
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).
May 9–11: Explorer
May 16–18: On the Edge
May 23–25: Singleton
May 30–June 1: Innistrad: Midnight Hunt Phantom Sealed
QUICK DRAFT
April 28–May 12: March of the Machine
May 12–26: Dominaria United
May 26–June 6: March of the Machine
OTHER EVENTS
May 6–11: Historic Brawl Festival
May 26–29: Historic Metagame Challenge
May 26–June 3: Innistrad: Midnight Hunt Premier Draft
June 2–5: Treasured Festival: Historic Singleton
June 3–11: Innistrad: Crimson Vow 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.
Qualifier Weekend events are two-day events in which eligible players compete for invitations to upcoming Arena Championship events.
Qualifier tokens are delivered in your MTG Arena inbox. Remember to claim them before the event starts!
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).
Arena Open: March of the Machine May 20–21
May 20: Day One, March of the Machine Sealed (Best-of-One and Best-of-Three)
May 21: Day Two, March of the Machine Player Draft (Best-of-Three) There are two Player Draft events on Day Two.
Arena Championship 3
The Arena Championship is an invitation-only, two-day virtual event for players who earn invitations through Qualifier Weekend events.
