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Innistrad: Midnight Hunt

Innistrad: Midnight Hunt Spoilers – 7 Early Previews

It feels like only yesterday we were looking through spoilers from Adventures in the Forgotten Realms, the most recent Standard set released for Magic: The Gathering. Today, however, Wizards of the Coast has given us a few early previews for…

Jumpstart: Historic Horizons

MTG: Arena Announcements, August 4, 2021

It’s Wednesday, so that means it’s time once again to review the latest MTG Arena announcements bulletin from Wizards of the Coast. This time around, Wizards has provided more details on the August ranked season, which will be split into…

SCG Tour Online: Results from the Weekend of July 30

Star City Games is one of Magic: The Gathering’s largest and most prestigious tournament hosts. Last weekend, they kicked off the new season of the SCG Tour Online, a series of competitive tournaments featuring the Standard format. If you missed…

J:HH Combos – Infinite Death Triggers in Historic

See also: New 2 Kill in Historic Jumpstart: Historic Horizons has been generating quite a buzz in the Magic: Arena community, both because it is bringing a ton of cards from Modern Horizons and Modern Horizons 2 into the Historic…

J:HH Combos – New Turn 2 Kill in Historic

See also: Infinite Death Triggers in Historic The upcoming direct-to-Arena set Jumpstart: Historic Horizons will be bringing a slew of cards from Modern Horizons and Modern Horizons 2 into the Historic format on August 12, along with 31 cards that…

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July 2021 Arena Open Day 1 Standard Decklists

The first day of the Arena Open tournament is now underway! In this iteration of the tournament, players can reach 7 wins before 3 losses in a best-of-one (BO1) Standard format or 4 wins before 1 loss in best-of-three (BO3)…

MTG: Arena Announcements, July 28, 2021

This afternoon, Wizards of the Coast published their regular MTG Arena announcements bulletin with some new details about upcoming events. There are three main points of interest for Arena players in this week’s announcement: The Arena Open takes place this…

SCG Tour Online: Results from the Weekend of July 23

The SCG Tour Online is back! Star City Games is one of Magic: The Gathering’s largest and most prestigious tournament hosts, and on Tuesday of last week, they announced that their MTG Arena-based tournaments would be returning beginning this weekend…

Jumpstart: Historic Horizons Leaked through Discord

Earlier this afternoon, July 23, an official Magic: The Gathering Discord bot apparently leaked an article dated July 26 describing the upcoming release of a product that will be exclusive to MTG Arena- Jumpstart: Historic Horizons. Robert Taylor (@fireshoes on…

Ban Announcement Uncovered for Tomorrow, July 21

[UPDATE: The Announcement has been made- Brainstorm is Suspended in Historic.] Clever minds in the Magic social media sphere have discovered that banned and restricted announcements from Wizards of the Coast are usually created the day before they go public.…

AFR Update Known Issues: New Bugs, Extensions Broken

The most recent update to Magic: Arena added the new set Adventures in the Forgotten Realms to the client along with the Standard 2022 play queues and new cosmetics, but it seems to have also brought along some previously absent…

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Standard 2022 Includes a Two Card Game Winning Combo

D&D: Adventures in the Forgotten Realms (AFR) Decklists Constructed Review Limited Review Limited Guide UPDATE: has been banned from Standard 2022. It remains legal in regular Standard. The newest card set, Adventures in the Forgotten Realms, was released on MTG:…