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Historic #15 Mythic Abzan Verdant Ritual Deck & Sideboard Guide

May 12, 2026May 12, 2026

Top 3 Historic Decks Built Around Culling the Weak + Jet Storm

May 5, 2026May 5, 2026

Historic #9 Mythic Marauder Living End Deck & Sideboard Guide

April 28, 2026April 28, 2026

Top 5 Historic Decks Built Around Secrets of Strixhaven Cards

April 18, 2026April 18, 2026

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Thieves' Guild Enforcer Art by Evyn Fong

Explorer Dimir Rogues Deck Guide: The Old Standard Menace Is Back

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This guide contains everything you need to know to be an excellent Explorer Dimir Rogues player in Magic: The Gathering.

Skura
May 26, 2022

The Draft Lab Podcast Episode 42: Is Removal Bad?!?

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Welcome back to episode 42 of the Draft Lab Podcast where Josh and Chris bring back their lab assistant (totally a legit thing and definitely not a fancy title for an unpaid intern) JJohn to talk about the current state…

j2sjosh
May 25, 2022

MTG Arena Announcements: May 25, 2022

News

Table of ContentsMTG Arena Announcements, May 25, 2022JUNE 2 UPDATES AND IMPROVEMENTSPACKSEVENT NAVIGATIONHOTSWAPPING REBALANCED CARDSRESTYLED CRAFT ALL AND DELETE BUTTONSSTARTER DECK FOLDERALCHEMY: NEW CAPENNA ARRIVES JUNE 2!SPECIAL ALCHEMY EVENTSBEST-OF-THREE PLAY-IN EVENT: MAY 27THE BROKERS STREETS OF NEW CAPENNA FAMILY FESTIVALS!TURF BRAWLS CAPS OFF…

DotGG
May 25, 2022

Standard Esper Midrange Competitive Deck Guide: Master the Best Midrange Deck in Standard

Deck Guides Premium Standard

Our Premium guide contains everything you need to know to be an excellent Standard Esper Midrange player in Magic: The Gathering.

PVDDR
May 25, 2022

March of Swirling Mist Art by Iris Compiet

Standard Metagame Snapshot: Top Decks for the Week of May 25, 2022

Standard

Our weekly metagame breakdown for the Standard format. We cover the movers and shakers, complete with decklists for both best-of-one and best-of-three.

DoggertQBones
May 25, 2022

Standard Jund Werewolves Deck Guide

Deck Guides Standard

The MTG Hero dives into a variation of a Jund Midrange build for Standard.

The MTG Hero
May 24, 2022

Explorer Izzet Turns Deck Guide: The Combo Control of the Format

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This guide contains everything you need to know to be an excellent Explorer Izzet Turns player in Magic: The Gathering.

Skura
May 24, 2022

Rise of the Brokers Event Guide and Decklists

Events

This guide will contain everything you need to know about the Festival: Rise of the Brokers event, including rewards and our exclusive sample decklists.

DoggertQBones
May 24, 2022

Standard Five-Color The Kami War Deck Guide: The Most Stylish Way to Destroy Midrange Decks

Deck Guides Standard

This guide contains everything you need to know to be an excellent Standard Five-Color The Kami War player in Magic: The Gathering.

DoggertQBones
May 23, 2022

Oswald Fiddlebender Art by Steve Belledin

Explorer Mardu Fiddlebender Deck Guide: The Toolbox Deck That May Be Tier 1

Deck Guides Explorer Guides

This guide contains everything you need to know to be an excellent Explorer Mardu Fiddlebender player in Magic: The Gathering.

Altheriax
May 22, 2022

New Capenna Set Championship Top 8 Decklists and Day Two Coverage

News

Top 8 Standard and Historic decklists from the New Capenna Championship, as well as a summary of what happened on day two.

darthjacen
May 22, 2022

New Capenna Championship Day 1 Standings

New Capenna Set Championship Day One Coverage

News

Table of ContentsWhat’s Being PlayedWhat’s Up for GrabsDay One Standings and ResultsDay One Undefeated PlayersNot Undefeated, but Championship BoundWrapping Up on Day One We have the latest Set Championship going all weekend from May 20th to the 23rd this will…

darthjacen
May 21, 2022

Standard Izzet Fable Deck Guide: An Unending Train of Value

Deck Guides Standard

This guide contains everything you need to know to be an excellent Standard Izzet Fable player in Magic: The Gathering.

Bohe
May 21, 2022

Mr. Orfeo, the Boulder Art by Justin & Alexis Hernandez

Rise of the Riveteers Event Guide and Decklists

Events

This guide will contain everything you need to know about the Festival: Rise of the Riveteers event, including rewards and our exclusive sample decklists.

DoggertQBones
May 21, 2022

New Capenna Championship Historic Decklists and Results

Historic

All 223 Historic decklists, including standings, matchup results, and analysis from the New Capenna Championship.

DotGG
May 20, 2022

New Capenna Championship Standard Decklists and Results

Standard

All 223 Standard decklists, including standings, matchup results, and analysis from the New Capenna Championship.

DotGG
May 20, 2022

Marvel Snap Collectible Card Game: Introduction, Gameplay, Closed Beta, Release Date, and More

Marvel Snap

Here's everything we know about Marvel Snap, the latest card battler to be released in 2022.

Sera Strategy
May 20, 2022

Indomitable Creativity Art by Deruchenko Alexander

Explorer Jeskai Creativity Deck Guide: The Newest Tier 1 Deck

Deck Guides Explorer

This guide contains everything you need to know to be an excellent Explorer Jeskai Creativity player in Magic: The Gathering.

darthjacen
May 20, 2022

Streets of New Capenna Constructed Event Guide and Decklists

Events

This guide will contain everything you need to know about the Streets of New Capenna Constructed event, including rewards and our exclusive sample decklists.

DoggertQBones
May 20, 2022

Velomachus Lorehold Art by Raymond Swanland

Top 5 Awesome and Powerful Standard Decks You Probably Don’t Know Exist

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Who says Standard is getting stale? While attention was on Explorer, Standard has been producing some sweet lists and DoggertQBones is here with his top 5 favorite decks that are not only super fun to play, but are very competitive as well! If you need something new to play, look no further!

DoggertQBones
May 20, 2022

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Standard Metagame Breakdown: New Capenna Championship

Standard

A breakdown of the best Standard decks the competitors are playing in the New Capenna Championship.

DoggertQBones
May 19, 2022

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Historic Metagame Breakdown: New Capenna Championship

Historic

A breakdown of the best Historic decks the competitors are playing in the New Capenna Championship.

DoggertQBones
May 19, 2022

Kari Zev, Skyship Raider Art by Brad Rigney

Explorer Metagame Snapshot: Top Decks for the Week of May 19, 2022

Explorer

Our weekly metagame breakdown for the Explorer format. We cover the movers and shakers, complete with decklists.

darthjacen
May 19, 2022

The Draft Lab Podcast Episode 41: SNC Over and Underperformers

Limited

Welcome back to episode 41 of the Draft Lab Podcast where Chris triumphantly returns one thousand dollars richer courtesy of the Arena Open. While I already put out an article on the over and underperformers, this is a whole new…

j2sjosh
May 19, 2022

MTG Arena Announcements: May 18, 2022

News

Table of ContentsMTG Arena Announcements, May 18, 2022GET READY FOR THE NEW CAPENNA CHAMPIONSHIP!MTG ARENA‘S FIRST PLAY-IN EVENT IS MAY 21NEXT PLAY-IN EVENT: MAY 27STREETS OF NEW CAPENNA FAMILY FESTIVALS CONTINUE!TURF BRAWLS CAPS OFF THE RISE OF THE FIVE FAMILIES FESTIVALMAY…

DotGG
May 18, 2022

Standard Metagame Snapshot: Top Decks for the Week of May 18, 2022

Standard

Our weekly metagame breakdown for the Standard format. We cover the movers and shakers, complete with decklists for both best-of-one and best-of-three.

DoggertQBones
May 18, 2022

Rocco, Cabaretti Caterer Art by Alix Branwyn

Rise of the Cabaretti Event Guide and Decklists

Events

This guide will contain everything you need to know about the Festival: Rise of the Cabaretti event, including rewards and our exclusive sample decklists.

DoggertQBones
May 18, 2022

MTG Arena Zone 2.0 Beta Live!

News

A new design is now live, with many new features to come. All feedback welcome!

DotGG
May 18, 2022

Alchemy Artisan – Midweek Magic Event Guide and Decklists

Midweek Magic

This guide will contain everything you need to know about the Midweek Magic: Alchemy Artisan event, including rewards and our exclusive sample decklists.

DoggertQBones
May 17, 2022

Free MTG Arena Codes for Dark Streets of New Capenna Family Sleeves Revealed via Quiz on the Official Magic Discord

News

The Official Magic: The Gathering Discord has released another series of quizzes for the community solve, and as a reward, players can grab a second set of Streets of New Capenna family emblem sleeves that are more dark-themed. ObscuraConnive –…

DotGG
May 16, 2022

Announcement: Playing Pioneer Joins the MTG Arena Zone Network

News

Pioneer and Explorer content team PlayingPioneer.com and PlayingExplorer.com joins MTG Arena Zone in the DotGG network.

DotGG
May 16, 2022

Historic Jeskai Control Top 25 Mythic Deck Guide: Infinite Loops, Infinite Fun

Deck Guides Historic

This guide contains everything you need to know to be an excellent Historic Jeskai Control player in Magic: The Gathering.

Altheriax
May 16, 2022

Pioneer Beginner’s Guide: Format Details and Starter Decks

Guides Pioneer

Table of ContentsWhat is Pioneer?What sets are legal in Pioneer?What cards are banned?How do cards come into Pioneer?What are some Format Staples?CreaturesInstantsSorceriesEnchantmentsArtifactsPlaneswalkersLandsSideboard SpecificWhat are some top decks to know?What are the top Aggro decks?What are the top Midrange decks?What are…

darthjacen
May 16, 2022

Rise of the Obscura Event Guide and Decklists

Events

This guide will contain everything you need to know about the Festival: Rise of the Obscura event, including rewards and our exclusive sample decklists.

DoggertQBones
May 15, 2022

MTG Arena Economy Guide

Guides

Our complete guide to the MTG Arena economy system, from obtaining cards to growing your collection.

DotGG
May 14, 2022

3 Different Standard Decks on Breaking Arcane Bombardment + Sideboard Guides

Deck Guides Standard

In this guide, we have three different Standard decks featuring powerful spells and Arcane Bombardment, each complete with matchups and sideboard guide.

Josh
May 14, 2022

Narset, Parter of Veils Art by Magali Villeneuve

The Winners and Losers of Winota’s Banning in Explorer

Explorer Premium

Winota is banned and thus the metagame is completely open for exploration! Rather than fumbling around blindly, DoggertQBones will give you the scoop on what to expect. Find out the unplayed decks are going to be great now and the two popular decks that are going to be much worse than players anticipate!

DoggertQBones
May 14, 2022

The Ultimate Guide to Streets of New Capenna Limited: Arena Open Edition

Premium Streets of New Capenna

Everything you need to know to win $2,500 in the Arena Open for Streets of New Capenna sealed and draft, complete with example decklists.

j2sjosh
May 14, 2022

The Top 5 Lessons I Learned as a Pro That Completely Changed My Game

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Reaching the apex of Magic is a near insurmountable task, but Paulo has been living there for quite some time.

Despite that, there were many valuable lessons he learned even after establishing himself that completely revolutionized his game.

If you are looking to be a competitive player, you can't afford to miss his top 5 insights!

PVDDR
May 13, 2022

Pioneer Metagame Snapshot: Top Decks for the Week of May 13, 2022

Pioneer

The best decks in Magic: The Gathering's Pioneer format for the week of May 13, 2022, and our recommendations.

darthjacen
May 13, 2022

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