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Throne of Eldraine Preview Schedule

Throne of Eldraine preview season has officially started with a bang! We’ve had a countdown of numerous card spoilers before the special announcement stream on September 4, then the MTG Arena update which revealed the contents of the four Brawl…

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0.18.00.00 Patch Notes

As promised, the 0.18.00.00 game update is now here for MTG Arena, which also signals the start of the Throne of Eldraine spoiler season! HIGHLIGHTS Courtside Brawl Renewal Season Throne of Eldraine Pre-order COURTSIDE BRAWL Event : September 4th, 2019 at 9:30…

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Fandom Legends Week 21 Decklists

Think you have what it takes to win some major cash in MTG Arena? Test your might in the Fandom Legends, an all new Magic Arena online event featuring some of the biggest names in the game going head-to-head every…

MTG Arena: State of the Beta - August 2019

MTG Arena: State of the Beta – August 2019

The next MTG Arena update (0.18.00.00) is coming September 4! In the next patch, we will be preparing for the release of Throne of Eldaine. Here are the highlights from today’s State of the Beta update: September 4: Patch 0.18.00.00…

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Rampaging Ferocidon Theorycraft Decklists

Just in case you missed yesterday’s news, Rampaging Ferocidon will be removed from the Standard banlist in MTG Arena from September 4 in best-of-three matches. It is no doubt a powerful enough card that warranted its place in the banlist…

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Rampaging Ferocidon Unbanned in Standard

The latest Magic: The Gathering Banned and Restricted Announcement is now out, and the Standard format has received a surprise shakeup. Rampaging Ferocidon has now been unbanned from Standard - in MTG Arena, this will be effective from September 4, 2019 in best-of-three matches only!

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Fandom Legends Week 20 Decklists

Think you have what it takes to win some major cash in MTG Arena? Test your might in the Fandom Legends, an all new Magic Arena online event featuring some of the biggest names in the game going head-to-head every…

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MTG Arena to be Available at Epic Games Store and on macOS

Today Wizards of the Coast has announced via Gamescom’s opening night (Europe’s leading trade fair for digital games culture) and their Daily MTG article – Bringing MTG Arena to more players and places this winter – that MTG Arena is also…

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The Future of Magic Esports – What it Means for MTG Arena

Yesterday morning Magic: The Gathering players around the world received an announcement regarding the changes and future outlook of competitive Organized Play (OP) for the 2020 season onward. You can read the full article by Elaine Chase (the Vice President…

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Mythic Championship V Qualifier Weekend

Day 2: Top 16 Players and Results The second and final day of the Mythic Championship V Qualifier Weekend has now concluded! The top 16 ranked players after 7 nerve-racking rounds of Magic will be rewarded with an invitation to Mythic…

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Magic Pro League Core Split Emerald Division Decklists

The second week of the Magic Pro League (MPL) Core Split features the Emerald Divison. Last week’s playoff between the Pearl Division was the week for Orzhov Vampires, with 6 of the 8 players bringing the deck for the round-robin.…

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Fandom Legends Week 18 Decklists

Think you have what it takes to win some major cash in MTG Arena? Test your might in the Fandom Legends, an all new Magic Arena online event featuring some of the biggest names in the game going head-to-head every…

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0.17.02.00 Patch Notes

A minor update to MTG Arena has been released. This patch changes the payment system to the Xsolla platform and fixes so it can be played in best-of-three Direct Matches (which prevented players from playing it during tournaments as well).…

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0.17.01.00 Patch Notes

Today we have a minor update to MTG Arena, that addresses a number of bugs introduced in the last update. We are also getting some undocumented changes to the drafting bots, as well as an updated ban list for the…

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Core Set 2020 Season

Season Details Format Constructed: Standard Ranked (BO1) and Traditional Ranked (BO3) Ladder Limited: Ranked Draft (BO1) Constructed Legal Sets Ixalan Rivals of Ixalan Dominaria Core Set 2019 Guilds of Ravnica Ravnica Allegiance War of the Spark Core Set 2020 Constructed…

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0.17.00.00 Patch Notes

HIGHLIGHTS Plane-cation Chronicles New Basic Land Cards, Full-Art Lands, and Card Styles Installer Updates INSTALLER UPDATES Developer Note: These updates are shipping with the July 25th game update, which means players will need to update the game first to experience these…

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Two Throne of Eldraine Brawl Cards Revealed

Last week, it was revealed at the San Diego Comic Con that the Brawl format would be coming to MTG Arena later this year. This is a singleton format where you choose a legendary creature or planeswalker to be your…

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Twitch Prime Promo Boros Legion Deck Update

There has been reports that there is no way to obtain the Boros Legion promo deck you get if you sign up for Prime – which was meant to expire on July 25, as noted in our codes section and…

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MagicFest Denver 2019 Top 16 Decklists

Around 600 players competed in this weekend’s MagicFest at Denver at the biggest Standard tournament since the release of Core Set 2020. Top 8 Bant Scapeshift by Luis Scott-Vargas Ranking: 1st place 4 Hydroid Krasis (RNA) 183 4 Growth Spiral…

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0.17.00.00 Game Update Guide

Patch 0.17.00.00 goes live on July 25th. This new content patch will include a series of special events called the Plane-cation Chronicles spanning over five weeks, improvements to the game installer and update process, and more. Please note: This news…

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Throne of Eldraine – New Set Reveal at SDCC

This morning's Hasbro Media Breakfast event at the San Diego Comic Con (SDCC) unveiled the name of the upcoming Fall 2019 Magic: The Gathering expansion set - which we knew only as its codename Archery, to be Throne of Eldraine.

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Wizards to Fix Spam Clicking the Cat Next Update

The latest MTG Arena update implemented the new Mastery system, and a new cosmetic cat to join us on the battlefield as part of its purchase. You can interact with your cat and change its color, and your opponent can…

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0.16.01.00 Patch Notes

The latest game update 0.16.01.00 is now live after a brief maintenance, and the MTG Arena developers are addressing two key issues that have risen since the last 0.16.00.00 Core Set 2020 update: Game performance issues related to frame drops…

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War of the Spark Season 3

Season Details Format: Constructed: Standard Ranked (BO1) and Traditional Ranked (BO3) Ladder Limited: Ranked Draft (BO1) Duration: Begins: June 30th, 12:05 PT (19:05 UTC) Ends: July 31st, 12:00 PT (19:00 UTC) Constructed Legal Sets Ixalan Rivals of Ixalan Dominaria Core…

MTG Arena: State of the Beta – June 2019

This month’s developer update features information on Core Set Mastery, the new Historic format, pet cosmetics, Standard rotation, and more coming to MTG Arena on July 2. Core Set 2020 is set to release on July 2, along with the…