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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…

February 2020 Ranked Season is now in full swing! The season naming convention has changed, using the corresponding month and year rather than the name of the latest set. It makes more sense this way, since set releases happen usually…

This is the tournament information hub for Ikoria Mythic Invitational Qualifier #2, held on March 14, 2020. You can find all relevant information here, including tournament information, coverage, decklists, standings, and more!

This is the tournament information hub for DreamHack Anaheim 2020 Arena Open, held between February 21-23, 2020. You can find all relevant information here, including tournament information, coverage, decklists, standings, and more!

This is the tournament information hub for Magic World Championship XXVI, held between February 14-16, 2020. You can find all relevant information here, including tournament information, coverage, decklists, standings, and more!

February 2020 Ranked Season is now well under way and JS2 is one of the first players to reach the Mythic rank this season using Mono Red Aggro. The addition of and in Theros Beyond Death has reinvigorated the archetype.…

The long awaited Ranked Draft event for Theros Beyond Death went live today on MTG Arena at 8 AM PST, where players can use Gold as the entry fee and help with collecting the set and climb the ladder at…

It is now the final day of the January 2020 ranked ladder season, and the final qualifying month for February’s Mythic Point Challenge for players who finish top 1200. The best Standard decks are getting more set in stone day…

Wildcards are a precious resource in MTG Arena. Magic: The Gathering releases new expansions every three months, each with around 53 rares and 15 mythic rares – which is a lot if you multiply that by four for a full…

Today we are introducing the Direct Challenge tool here at MTG Arena Zone, where you can queue up and find like-minded players that want to play non-Standard formats currently not freely available on MTG Arena. We also encourage you to…

MagicFest / Grand Prix New Jersey 2020 just wrapped up, and 1436 players participated in the main event. The format was Theros Beyond Death limited for their share of the $50,300 prize pool. The first day consisted of 9 rounds…

It has now been almost a week since the release of Theros Beyond Death, and the third week of the January 2020 ranked ladder season. It looks like the new expansion has added a lot of depth and variety to…

Theros Beyond Death is the latest expansion released just yesterday, adding more than 250 cards to the Standard card pool. While the new cards are not on the same level of power as the ones from Throne of Eldraine, they…

That’s right, you can play MTG Arena from your phone or tablet! The game’s not officially available on those platforms, but we don’t need to let that stop us. I’ve found an option that is quick to set up and…

The first game update of 2020 is in the books, which marks the release of Theros Beyond Death and the addition of more than 250 cards to MTG Arena. The maintenance is to start at January 16, 6:45 AM PST…

The last of Theros Beyond Death cards have been now revealed and added to our card database – though they are just mostly commons and uncommons as we had all the mythic rares and rares revealed yesterday. If you have…

Hello Everyone! As this is my first article here at MTG Arena Zone or anywhere for that matter, it seemed like a little introduction was in order. My name is Jason Fleurant and I live in the beautiful city of…

Planeswalker Decks are preconstructed theme decks designed for tabletop Magic: The Gathering. They are introductory decks designed to familiarize players with basic strategy, the game’s setting, characters, and mechanics of the set. Each physical copy of the deck contains a…

TCS Arena is a South Korean team that holds small weekly MTG Arena tournaments, and they have kindly provided us with some Historic decklists used in their event. You can catch their weekly stream of their tournaments at Twitch. Do…

New year, new month and the new MTG Arena ranked season is in session! The January 2020 Season is named so because the new expansion Theros Beyond Death is dropping very soon on January 16. Players will finally have brand…

Welcome to the first ranked season of 2020! In January, we have the release of Theros: Beyond Death halfway through the season on January 16 and the end of the Traditional Historic Ranked queue. This may be why the season…