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On Monday, Wizards of the Coast hit us with the banned and restricted announcement. Fires of Invention and Agent of Treachery have been banned in Standard, while the companions have been nerfed pretty heavily (you now have to pay 3…

In consideration of current situations, Wizards of the Coast have decided to postpone their debut live stream of Core Set 2021 scheduled for 7 AM Pacific Time today, until tomorrow – Friday June 5, at 7 AM Pacific Time. Release…

Hello, all you wizards out there! On Monday, WOTC made an announcement in which they banned Fires of Invention and Agent of Treachery from Standard, alongside a fundamental Companion rules change: “Once per game, any time you could cast a…

It has finally happened. After a month and a half of one of the most controversial Standard formats we’ve ever had, Wizards of the Coast has decided to pull the trigger and take action. Permanents have been stolen and changed…

The June 2020 Ranked Season starts May 31, 12:05 PT (20:05 UTC), ends June 30 at 12:00 PT (19:00 UTC). Finishing in the top 1200 Mythic at the end of the season qualifies you to participate in an upcoming qualifier…

In just a few days (May 30, to be precise), The Arena Open tournament will be live on MTG Arena, promising cash prizes of up to $2000 USD to the top players. The first day of the tournament will be…

Wizards of the Coast will be making a banned and restricted announcement on Monday June 1st (where there’s still an ongoing discussion roaring about what the companion change will be!), and they’ve indicated that there’ll be a change to the…

Best-of-one (BO1) Standard gives you access to a powerful untapped resource in your Sideboard, and this article is here to tell you how to make best use of it! These are only really used for Companions unless you’re running one…

It only seems like yesterday when Ikoria: Lair of Behemoths was released, and things have been complicated when we consider the surrounding world events that led to the delay of tabletop release of Ikoria as well as cancellation of important…

Historic Anthology 3 is the latest set of 27 cards from Magic: The Gathering’s past that has been added to the Historic card pool along with MTG Arena’s latest patch on May 21, 2020. In this article, we will be featuring…

Welcome back! We’re now five weeks into Ikoria but I’ve decided to skip my usual metagame update this week, as this is the first week where the top decks didn’t change so radically that I could write about mostly new…

MTG Arena is hosting its first cash tournament ever with up to $2000 USD up for grabs for the top scorer on the 30th and 31st of this month. As with other premier events, such as the Mythic Qualifiers, you…

An update to MTG Arena should have just gone live to everyone, and all players will need to download a huge 3.5 GB hotfix to address the “black card” issue. Some players were experiencing missing game asset files, which meant…

Hi folks! I recommend you read my Set Review (linked above) before you begin this, as it gives some much-needed context for the decks I’m about to present. Please note that as the title states, decks are pure theorycrafts! I…

Welcome back! We’re now four weeks into Ikoria, and the trend of every week leaving us on the edges of our seats shows no signs of slowing; the Standard metagame is evolving so fast that the best decks are being…

Historic Anthology 3 is coming to us with MTG Arena’s next game update on May 21 along with a permanent ranked queue. Now that all 27 cards have been spoiled, we are now free to brew new decks and update…

Happy Cinco de Mayo! Today brings quite the spectacle in Magic too; the old guard, the meta’s favourites that everyone was banking on, seem to have been caught unawares by sudden uprisings from covetous lords astride rarer Companions! Just last…

The second week of MagicFest Online is almost at the end – all the Daily Qualifiers have wrapped up, and we now wait for the results from the Weekly Championship today, and then the grand Finals starting next weekend on…

Weekly MTG (VOD of the steam below) has revealed some exciting news regarding the Historic format! MTG Arena’s monthly game update is coming May 21, and teased some new things coming along with it: Historic Anthology 3 is dropping with…

The May 2020 Ranked Season starts April 30, 12:05 PT (20:05 UTC), ends May 31 at 12:00 PT (19:00 UTC). This is an important month for competitive players, as finishing in the top 1200 Mythic at the end of the…