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1.03.00.02 Patch Notes

A minor hotfix was released yesterday to fix a bug that did not let you progress beyond the Victory or screen after a match. Please also refer to recent patch notes if you have missed them: December 12, 2019: 1.03.00…

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1.03.00.01 Patch Notes

After a brief maintenance, patch 1.03.00 hotfixes for December 17 include some minor bug fixes that came up from the last update. It is recommended players update their client at this time. BUG FIXES Pre-orders are now available for players…

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Theros Beyond Death Basic Lands

If you’ve been keeping up with the Theros: Beyond Death spoilers, you may have seen the unique Basic Lands the set will feature, illustrated by Sam Burley. These are termed the Showcase Basic Lands (also known as Pokemon Energy cards)…

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Deck of the Day – The Shock Factor

Hello and welcome to our first Deck of the Day! Each day we will feature a deck that are either user submitted from the community or really interesting ones we scoured from other sources. If you would like your deck…

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MTG Arena Event Schedule – December 2019

Update December 13, 2019: The rest of December’s events have been revealed in the latest 1.03.00 Patch Notes! This is the final month of the year and decade! Unfortunately there are not too many events we know of ahead of…

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1.03.00 Patch Notes

MTG Arena’s December update is now live! The new features have already been announced in the State of the Game a few days ago, but there are some surprise inclusions! Below is the summary: Friends list now available Brawlidays now…

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Four Cards Suspended in Historic

Field of the , , and will be suspended from Historic – effective in MTG Arena as of the December 12, 2019 game update. This announcement was made in conjunction with the State of the Game for December, so be…

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MagicFest Brisbane 2019 Top 8 Decklists

MagicFest Brisbane in Australia was held on the same weekend as Mythic Championship VII, and about 450 competitors came to compete in the Standard format. The top 8 playoffs are now underway and the decklists have been revealed by the…

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Mythic Championship VII Live Coverage

Mythic Championship VII begins with 67 players – 32 Magic Pro League members and 35 Challengers competing for a $750,000 total prize pool and conclusion of the 2019 competitive season. The live broadcast of Mythic Championship VII starts at 9 AM…

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Mythic Championship VII Decklists

Mythic Championship VII begins this week on Friday, December 6 starting at 9 AM PST / 12 PM EST / 5 PM UTC. There are 67 players – 32 Magic Pro League members and 35 Challengers competing for a $750,000…

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Wednesday Brawl – Brawl Crafting Guide Part 2

So you’ve opened 50, 100, maybe even 200 packs of Thrones of Eldraine so far, and you’re still missing some very important rares and mythics. You may find yourself asking questions like this: “Where’s my Kenrith? Where’s my Chulane? Where’s…

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Throne of Eldraine Season 3

We are now on to the third season of Throne of Eldraine! It has been another turbulent month in November with three cards banned from Standard on the 18th (read announcement). This month will kick off with Mythic Championship VII…

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1.02.01.00 Patch Notes

MTG Arena’s November update is now live! Here are the highlights of today’s update: Pet now available in the store. Network Error: Deck Validation failed error should no longer occur when using the Mirage basic lands. A bug with Food…

Brawl Crafting Guide

Brawl Versus Standard Chances are good that you’re at least somewhat up-to-date on the Standard meta these days (if you’ve been playing Magic: The Gathering Arena at all, you likely are… unless you’ve somehow gone infinite in Draft). You are…

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Network Error: Deck Validation Failed

Since the 1.02.00.00 MTG Arena update, players are experiencing an issue when trying to play with certain decks, getting the “Network Error: Deck validation failed.” message. This only occurs when the deck uses the Mirage basic lands (rewards from the…

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1.02.00.00 Patch Notes

MTG Arena’s November update is now live! Here are the highlights of today’s update: Historic Ranked Queue live until January 2020 when Theros: Beyond Death releases Historic Anthology 1 cards now available Historic Anthology Event live until November 25 The…

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The Future of Magic: Life After Bans

Hi everyone and thanks for tuning in! I’m Drifter, back with another article. This time, I’m doing a departure from my regular fact-based strategic content, and bringing you some of my thoughts on the recent wave of bans while talking…