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It’s the last day of the April 2021 ranked season, and the Standard metagame looks very hard to move away from the already-powerful shells that exist due to Throne of Eldraine. Strixhaven cards have made barely any impact, though a…

ChannelFireball held their first monthly tournament for their subscribers since the release of Strixhaven, with Magic Pro League member William “Huey” Jensen serving as the final boss to double the winner’s prize. 165 players entered to compete in this single…

This week’s $5,000 Historic Open hosted by Insight Esports had 187 players enter for their place in the invitational on May 22nd. Below we have the metagame breakdown and the top 8 decklists from the tournament. Here we saw a…

Hello everyone! Every set release puts the meta in a state of extreme flux, new tech being unearthed every day, decks being discovered and discarded, it’s an exciting time to be playing Magic. Even with the chaos, there will always…

Wizards of the Coast has announced the format the next Arena Open. Following from the previous success of Kaldheim Sealed, we will be continuing on with Strixhaven Sealed. To summarize: The Arena Open will be held on the weekend starting…

Mystical Archive cards have definitely made a huge impact on Historic since its release one week ago with Strixhaven, and along with it a lot the attention from content creators are also drawn here as well. Brainstorm, Memory Lapse, Lightning…

It has been one full week since the release of Strixhaven: School of Mages, but the impact of the expansion on (competitive) Standard looks to be minimal so far. We think the issue is threefold: It goes without saying that…

The latest Strixhaven game update had come with a few issues, which Wizards of the Coast are addressing in this hotfix. The main one was the Daily Quests, XP and the Mastery Pass not displaying properly for players, although the…

The best time of Magic: The Gathering is the first week of a new set before the metagame rears its head. This weekend we’ve had some fun casual tournaments take place for players to show off their latest Strixhaven Historic…

Hello everyone! Today I’m going to go over a topic nobody asked for, but one I think is important. The Mystical Archive cards add a whole dimension of power into Historic, but knowing where to use them isn’t always as…

It's the second day of Strixhaven, and all eyes are still glued towards Historic, with occasional sparks coming from Standard.

The first day of school was filled with fun brews and experimentation - in Historic even more so than in Standard.

With Strixhaven out, Historic is in for a shakeup! There a few exciting cards from the main set, but the real changes come from Strixhaven’s Mystical Archive. Some of the cards (like Faithless Looting, Brainstorm, and Inquisition of Kozilek) will…

It’s been a while, but I’m back with a few Strixhaven brews. I have tried to limit the amount of repetition in these decklists with what you can find elsewhere. My aim is to provide sweet new brews with Strixhaven…

Hello everyone! Today, I’m bringing you 5 new aggro brews using the new Strixhaven cards! I didn’t realize immediately, but due to both Red and Green sadly lacking good aggressive options, all the decks I made today are base white.…

Welcome to Part II of the Strixhaven review! In this one, I will cover all the schools (multicolored cards), the colorless and the land cards. For more info on my criteria check out the first article. As already mentioned before,…

Hello to all our valued visitors and members of the MTG Arena Zone community! We wanted to take this opportunity to thank each of you for reading and for your continued support – it really motivates us to keep going…

This weekend the April Strixhaven League Weekend matches are taking place, with the best players in the world fighting for their spots next season. The format is both Standard and Historic this time around, before they are shaken up by…

This weekend the April Strixhaven League Weekend matches are taking place, with the best players in the world fighting for their spots next season. The format is both Standard and Historic this time around, before they are shaken up by…

This weekend the April Strixhaven League Weekend matches are taking place, with the best players in the world fighting for their spots next season. The format is both Standard and Historic this time around, before they are shaken up by…

This weekend the April Strixhaven League Weekend matches are taking place, with the best players in the world fighting for their spots next season. The format is both Standard and Historic this time around, before they are shaken up by…

Another set, another set review. As always, I will talk about every card that has the potential to see play. I will include Historic, if it’s good enough – if I don’t specifically mention Historic, consider that card to be…

The new competitive ranked season for the month has kicked off with only a bit over a week left until the release of Strixhaven: School of Mages! The new cards are sure to shake up both Standard and Historic, and…

Hello everyone! Strixhaven spoiler season has come to the end so we are now transitioning from the second most exciting time to be a Magic player to the most exciting time, the brewing phase. For all brewing phases, you need…

Hello my friends, today I will rate every card from the Mystical Archive for Historic, except for the reprints or cards pre-emptively banned. In case you didn’t know, Strixhaven will have a special card as the 15th slot in every booster…

Today we saw a large open event featuring 240 players – even pro players to streamers – to compete in the tournament series hosted by Insight Esports! The format was Standard, and with a $15 entry fee and a $5,000…

Hello everyone! Just like how I went over Standard yesterday, I want to do the same with Historic today! Historic’s been the format I’ve been following a bit more closely as the Strixhaven Mythic Qualifier Weekend is right around the…

Hello everyone! Just like many of you, I kicked back last weekend and enjoyed some masterful gameplay from the best in the game in the Kaldheim Championship. With all the happenings, I think it would be interesting to talk about…

Kaldheim Championship is an invite-only tournament and the second major event of the 2020 – 2021 Magic Esports season! We will see the best Magic players in the world compete for their share of the $250,000 prize pool on MTG…

Today MTG Arena celebrates the launch of its iOS version, and should now be rolled out to all regions of the Apple App Store! If you have trouble searching for the app, use the direct links below to start downloading…