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Hi everyone! Today I’ll be going over the four most exciting cards in Historic Anthology 2, giving my thoughts on them and some sample decks and ideas to give you some examples of where they should slot into. Since the…

The March 2020 Ranked Season has begun! Ranked Draft Theros Beyond Death is back for another two weeks, and Historic ranked queues are coming back along side 25 Historic Anthology 2 cards. Important notes for this season are as follows:…

We are now on to the second day of the March 2020 Ranked Season and we have seen the conclusion of the Mythic Point Challenge during the weekend to find out how Standard is progressing along. Thanks to the amazing…

Welcome back! I wrote previously about the impact of hand smoothing on Arena’s Best of One format; I won’t rehash that piece here but it showed that the effect of hand smoothing is both clear and significant. Initially this hand…

The end of the ranked season is nigh, and the Mythic Point Challenge – Ikoria event should now be visible on the in-game client to those who have already qualified. Whether you are thinking about what deck to play for…

This is the tournament information hub for Mythic Point Challenge - Ikoria, held on February 29, 2020. You can find all relevant information here, including tournament information, coverage, decklists, standings, and more!

Everybody loves to play and make off the wall decks, right? But what feels even better than casting some crazy card your opponent has to read? Actually winning the game with whatever spicy concoction we’ve cooked up. So, today I’ve…

Welcome to another week of Wednesday Brawl, where players can battle each other using their Brawl decks featuring their favorite Commanders! Another reminder that the start time for Wednesday Brawl has changed last week and will be starting at 8…

The MTG Arena Community Forums are back! About six months ago, we briefly opened and closed the forums after a trial and this time we are ready to give it another crack. We want to create a fostering community and…

Here are all 94 Standard constructed decks for DreamHack Anaheim 2020 Arena Open! This is a three day Standard tournament open to all players with a ticket to DreamHack Anaheim, with a $100,000 prize pool and the winner gets a ticket…

We now have just under a week until the end of the February 2020 ranked ladder season (click on the link for more information)! Standard is looking pretty much well settled after Magic World Championships, but there’s always room to…

Welcome to another week of Wednesday Brawl, where players can battle each other using their Brawl decks featuring their favorite Commanders! As a reminder, from today, Wednesday Brawl will start at 8 AM PST (1600 UTC, or 1500 UTC after…

Magic World Championship XXVI has is now over, and what a spectacle it has been! With the biggest prize pool in the history of Magic: The Gathering on the line, four players remained as they battled for a massive first…

It’s been another action packed day at the second day of Magic World Championship XXVI, and the top 4 players playing for the World Champion title tomorrow has been decided. Please check out our text coverage of the tournament as…

We are now in the second week of the February 2020 ranked ladder season and the first major Standard tournament is underway – the Magic World Championship! The first day of the tournament has been action packed, so be sure…

The first day of the Magic World Championship XXVI is now done and dusted, with four players being eliminated on the first day of the tournament. Check out our text coverage of the tournament as it happened if you want…

Big Red is always a popular strategy that Magic players try and make work in every format. It is a deck archetype that uses higher costing red spells to control and win the game, which is not really Red’s strong…

Crokeyz is one of our favorite MTG Arena streamers to follow especially when it comes to competitive Standard play. He has been responsible for popularizing and setting the trend, most recently with his version of Bant Adventures and Sultai Food.…

It has now been almost a week since the start of the February 2020 ranked ladder season! The competition to finish as one of the top 1200 Mythic ranked players is set to be more fierce than ever, as this…

MTG Arena will be undergoing its usual monthly major update next week. The maintenance is to start at February 11, 8 AM PT (16:00 UTC) and is expected to last about two hours to deploy the 1.05.00 game update. The…