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Bowmasters and Friends: the new Historic metagame after the rebalanced cards got reverted

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September Surprise: Hymn to Tourach in Historic

September 19, 2026September 19, 2026

Finding the best Fight Rigging list in Historic

September 15, 2026September 16, 2026

Slicing to Mythic in Historic with Ninjastill – Part 2

September 11, 2026September 16, 2026

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Standard Jeskai Storm Competitive Deck Guide

Standard Jeskai Dragon Storm Competitive Deck Guide: Master Standard’s Tier 1 Combo Deck

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

PVDDR
May 28, 2022

Marvel Snap Cards: Full List and How They Work

Marvel Snap

In Marvel Snap, a card is the standard component of the game. They are represented by the iconic heroes and villains of the Marvel Universe, from Captain America to Apocalypse! There will be over 150 cards with the official launch of the game,…

DotGG
May 28, 2022

Marvel Snap Variants: Guide to Upgrading Your Card Rarity

Marvel Snap

Cards in Marvel Snap have seven levels of rarity called Variants. These are strictly upgraded cosmetic versions of the same card, and do not affect the power of a card in any way. The rarity of the Variants are depicted…

DotGG
May 28, 2022

Standard Temur Control Deck Guide: Innovation From the New Capenna Championship

Deck Guides Standard

When you have some time playing this game competitively, you start to become aware of certain constants that become undeniable. One of those is that Japanese players are probably the most creative and innovative when it comes to Magic: The…

Bohe
May 28, 2022

Marvel Snap Locations Guide: Full List and How They Work

Marvel Snap Locations: Full List and How They Work

Marvel Snap

In Marvel Snap, a player’s win condition is to control two (or more) out of three Locations on the board. Each Location represent iconic places from the Marvel Universe, and is a key strategic element in the game. Locations are…

DotGG
May 27, 2022

Festival: Turf Brawls Event Guide and Decklists

Festival

This guide will contain everything you need to know about the Festival: Turf Brawls event, including rewards and available decklists.

DoggertQBones
May 27, 2022

Top 3 Best Decks in the Early Marvel Snap Closed Beta Metagame

Marvel Snap

Marvel Snap has only been in closed beta for a few days but already a metagame is beginning to develop! The cream is rising to the top, with a few standout decks being particularly strong early on here. Second Dinner’s…

gutshot
May 27, 2022

Marvel Snap Progression Guide: How Do I Collect Cards?

Marvel Snap

Marvel Snap is the debut game from Second Dinner, a game development studio founded by former Hearthstone developers Ben Brode, Yong Woo and Hamilton Chu. Like Hearthstone, it is a collectible card game, but unlike Hearthstone, there are no packs…

gutshot
May 27, 2022

Bloodthirsty Adversary Art by Heonhwa Choe

The Top 5 Decks You Should Play to Get 7 Wins in the Standard Metagame Challenge – May 2022

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The Standard Metagame Challenge is here and DoggertQBones has the inside scoop on what you should be playing! No matter the type of player you are, he'll have a deck for you! If you need a list to play or you want to see the one deck that he believes may be the best deck in Standard, you don't want to miss out on this one!

DoggertQBones
May 27, 2022

Queza, Augur of Agonies Art by Josh Hass

Qualifier Play-In Event Guide: Streets of New Capenna Sealed

Streets of New Capenna

Looking to compete in this weekend's Qualifier Play-In event? Here's our guide on best-of-one Streets of New Capenna Sealed.

j2sjosh
May 27, 2022

Meeting of the Five Art by Dominik Mayer

Streets of New Capenna (SNC) Limited Tier List

Streets of New Capenna Tier Lists

MTG Arena Zone’s Streets of New Capenna (SNC) Limited Tier List ranks every card in the set, to provide a guideline you can use to pick cards for your draft deck or to build your sealed deck. The limited set…

j2sjosh
May 27, 2022

Marvel Snap Free-to-Play (F2P) Guide - May 2022

Marvel Snap Free-to-Play (F2P) Guide: How Friendly Is It?

Marvel Snap

Marvel Snap is the latest collectable card game developed by former Hearthstone director Ben Brode and the team at Second Dinner development studio! Currently, the game is in Closed Beta for Android devices only and select content creators since May…

Tauna
May 26, 2022

Adeline, Resplendent Cathar Art by Bryan Sola

Explorer Selesnya Humans Competitive Deck Guide: Explorer’s Secret Tier 1 Deck

Deck Guides Explorer Premium

Our Premium guide contains everything you need to know to be an excellent Explorer Selesnya Humans player in Magic: The Gathering.

DoggertQBones
May 26, 2022

Thieves' Guild Enforcer Art by Evyn Fong

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

Deck Guides Explorer Guides

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?!?

Limited

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

In this week’s MTG Arena Announcements, we are focusing on the big update coming next Thursday on June 2, 2022! This includes: Various improvements to the client user interface and player experience, such as Mythic Packs for all Standard sets,…

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

Deck Guides Explorer Guides

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

We have the latest Set Championship going all weekend from May 20th to the 23rd this will lead to the finalizing of the slots for the Magic World Championship. On top of crowning a new champion, players who earn requalifying…

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

New-Capenna-Championship-Metagame-Historic

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

This week’s of MTG Arena Announcements are mostly reminders of the upcoming events that were covered in the previous weeks, but we do have some further details on the event that caps off the Rise of the Five Families Festival…

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

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