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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

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Finding the best Fight Rigging list in Historic

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Slicing to Mythic in Historic with Ninjastill – Part 2

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Neon Dynasty Championship: Final Swiss Standings and Top 8 Decklists

News

Today was the second day of competition in the Neon Dynasty Championship, the first official MTG championship of the year. The Swiss rounds of the tournament came to their conclusion today. Four rounds each of Alchemy and Historic were added…

Paul
March 12, 2022

Neon Dynasty Championship: Day One Standings and Undefeated Decklists

News

The Neon Dynasty Championship is underway, and we've got some results and decklists to review from the first day of competition!

Paul
March 11, 2022

Neon Dynasty Championship: Most Popular Archetypes with Examples

News

In anticipation of this weekend’s professional-level tournament, the Neon Dynasty Championship, Wizards of the Coast published their excellent metagame preview yesterday with commentary by MTG legend Frank Karsten. Today, they put out the full list of decks that players have…

Paul
March 11, 2022

My Number One Tip For Each Of Arena’s Formats

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DoggertQBones has been playing Magic for a very long time and has picked up a lot of great information along the way. However, above all else, what is his top tip to consider when playing Standard, Alchemy, Historic, Draft, and Sealed?

DoggertQBones
March 11, 2022

With the Neon Dynasty Championship Looming, An Arena Bug Could Affect Popular Decks

News

Recently discovered bugs affecting interactions with Shatterskull Smashing and Magma Opus will not be fixed in time for this weekend's Neon Dynasty Championship.

Paul
March 10, 2022

The Draft Lab Podcast Episode 34: Navigating NEO Drafts

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Welcome back to episode 34 of the Draft Lab Podcast where Josh and Chris help you navigate through some drafts of Kamigawa: Neon Dynasty. They go through a Bo1 and a Bo3 draft that both have some pretty key decision…

j2sjosh
March 10, 2022

Announcing: MTG Arena Zone Community Tournament (Cash Prizes)!

News

Hello everyone! In an effort to grow our loving community and expand our offerings, we will be holding a Standard tournament this weekend with $500 USD in prizes. We’ve had similar free-to-enter tournaments in the past with success, so we…

DotGG
March 10, 2022

MTG: Arena Announcements, March 9, 2022

News

Each week, Wizards of the Coast publishes a blog post which they use to announce upcoming events and other happenings on the MTG Arena client. It’s Wednesday, which means the announcements are out and it’s time for our weekly review.…

Paul
March 9, 2022

Thought Monitor Art by Martina Pilcerova

Historic Top 5 Mythic Mono Blue Artifacts Deck Guide: Historic’s Affinity Is Way Better Than You Think

Deck Guides Historic

Hey everyone! Today I’m going to be covering my mono blue artifacts deck in Historic which I recently used to climb back into the top 5 on the Arena ladder with. The deck has felt really strong to me with…

Altheriax
March 9, 2022

Secret Lair x Street Fighter Sleeves on MTG Arena

News

Way back in October, Wizards of the Coast made waves in the community by announcing a number of a steady stream of crossover products would be coming to MTG in 2022. Throughout the course of the year, we’ll be seeing…

Paul
March 8, 2022

Eiganjo, Seat of the Empire Art by Julian Kok Joon Wen

Standard Metagame Analysis – Kamigawa: Neon Dynasty Week 3

Standard

Tournaments It’s the third week of Kamigawa: Neon Dynasty standard, and while there’s still a good few tournaments, they’re starting to slow down and get a little smaller. Since the start of March, there’s been 10 tournaments, though the majority…

Arty
March 8, 2022

Brilliant Restoration Art by Wylie Beckert

Standard/Alchemy Bant Restoration Deck Guide: A Wrath a Day Keeps the Creatures Away!

Alchemy Deck Guides Standard

Do you like winning the game in one huge turn while controlling the game beforehand? If so, DoggertQBones has the deck for you! Bant Restoration is synergistic, powerful, fun, and extremely good at beating up creature decks!

DoggertQBones
March 8, 2022

March 7, 2022 Banned and Restricted Announcement: Lurrus Banned from Modern and Pioneer

News

This morning, Wizards of the Coast took the MTG community by surprise by announcing a new set of Banned and Restricted changes, mostly focused on a card that players who’ve been around in the Arena for a while will be…

Paul
March 7, 2022

Standard Selesnya Ramp Deck Guide – Outmuscle The Meta

Deck Guides Standard

Hello fellow gamers. Doesn’t it feel like certain colors on the color-pie of Magic get neglected? I don’t know if this has been your experience, but to me, the allied colors of nature and order (green and white) seem to…

Josh
March 7, 2022

Top Early-Season Mythic Decks – March 2022 Season – Week 1

News

2022 is moving fast, and March is already upon us! For us, the beginning of a new month also means the end of one ranked season and the start of the next on MTG Arena, and as always, the race…

Paul
March 6, 2022

Rite of Oblivion Art by Martina Pilcerova

Esper Midrange Deck Guide: The Next Evolution of Orzhov

Deck Guides Standard

Without a doubt, Orzhov is one of the most emblematic archetypes in Standard since Adventures in the Forgotten Realms. The archetype has done well ever since, and it’s certainly a deck we can’t ignore no matter how much the meta…

Bohe
March 6, 2022

Kiora, the Tide's Fury Art by Magali Villeneuve

Conjure Mechanic

Guides

Reminder Text A conjured card is added to the game. Description Conjure is a digital-only, Magic: The Gathering Arena exclusive keyword action mechanic first introduced in Jumpstart: Historic Horizons. Conjure creates cards out of thin air as a digital object that acts just like a…

DotGG
March 5, 2022

Seek Mechanic

Guides

Reminder Text To seek a card, put one at random from your library into your hand. Description Seek is a digital-only, Magic: The Gathering Arena exclusive keyword action mechanic first introduced in Jumpstart: Historic Horizons. A card with this mechanic will have the game randomly…

DotGG
March 5, 2022

Game Writer Job Applications Now Open!

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The DotGG network is home to our gaming communities, MTG Arena Zone, MTG Meta, RuneterraCCG, Traveler.gg, and more. We are striving towards becoming a leading gaming content and technology company. As a young startup, we are always on the look…

DotGG
March 5, 2022

Standard Jeskai Combo Deck Guide: Storming in Standard

Deck Guides Standard

Hello everyone! Today I’ll be going over Jeskai Storm, a control-combo deck built around and . This deck made its debut in the hands of cftsoc, who took down a thousand-person tournament and won an invite to the Mythic Championship…

Omrithopter
March 5, 2022

Neon Arcade Event Guide and Decklists

Events

Alchemy All Access - Midweek Magic Event Guide and Decklists

DoggertQBones
March 4, 2022

My Top 5 Decks to Getting to Mythic Quickly – March 2022 Edition

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Hello everyone! Today we’re doing a little spin on a Premium series I’m privy to do, my top 5 decks for the month! Generally I do these articles at the end of the month to help people make a last…

DoggertQBones
March 4, 2022

The Draft Lab Podcast Episode 33: Seeing Red in NEO with TaJoordan

Limited

Welcome back to episode 33 of the Draft Lab Podcast where I…wait…yes I said I and not we…well Chris was too busy with Elden Ring this week, just like approximately half of the people I know right now. Instead I…

j2sjosh
March 4, 2022

Streets of New Capenna: Early Card Previews and Set Info – The Tri-Land Cycle is Complete!

News

This evening, Wizards of the Coast used their regular Weekly MTG stream on to announce the first major details about the next Magic set: Streets of New Capenna. We have learned a bit about each of New Capenna’s five families…

Paul
March 3, 2022

Historic #1 Mythic RB Anvil Sacrifice Deck Guide: The Best Iteration of Sacrifice

Deck Guides Historic

Hey everyone! I’m Alth, an MTG Arena grinder that’s always looking to bring new and interesting ideas to the format and push them as high on the ladder as I can. You can also follow me on Twitter and YouTube…

Altheriax
March 3, 2022

MTG: Arena Announcements, March 2, 2022

News

Another Wednesday means another new announcements blog from Wizards of the Coast regarding MTG Arena. This week’s post is packed with important dates, and Wizards has also announced two new events that will be taking place on Arena throughout the…

Paul
March 2, 2022

Shigeki, Jukai Visionary Art by Anna Podedworna

Standard Shigeki Four-Color Control Deck Guide: Grind Them to Dust

Deck Guides Standard

Hello fellow gamers, I have a confession to make, I love to make my opponents despair by robbing them of everything. It’s not because I am vindictive, it is more that I like to have an answer to their threat,…

Josh
March 2, 2022

Wedding Festivity Art by Caroline Gariba

The Top 10 Rares to Craft in Standard Based on Data – Full Breakdown and Decklists

Standard

DoggertQBones thought Mythics were harder to come by, but it seems Rare wildcards are just as elusive! He analyzes play rates, win rates, and how many decks a rare is played in to give you the best Rares you should focus on crafting!

DoggertQBones
March 1, 2022

Show of Confidence Art by Paul Scott Canavan

Standard Metagame Analysis – Kamigawa: Neon Dynasty Week 2

Standard

Tournaments We’re now into the second week of Kamigawa: Neon Dynasty standard, and there’s been plenty of tournaments this week. Between the 21st and the 27th, there’s been over 15 different Standard tournaments. Many of them are fairly small but…

Arty
March 1, 2022

Dragonspark Reactor Art by Billy Christian

Standard Izzet Artifact Combo Deck Guide: An Explosion of Fun

Deck Guides Standard

Welcome back to the exciting return of Brewing in a Top Hat! After a brief hiatus to deal with the real world (new job; now I make video games! Dream come true!), I am ready to play some Magic! Kamigawa has…

MonkeyInATopHat
February 28, 2022

Top Mythic Decks – February 2022 Season – Week 4

News

Welcome back to another edition of the MTG Arena Zone Top Mythic Decks of the Week! At the end of each regular week of the ranked season, we review all of the decks we’ve collected from content creators across the…

Paul
February 28, 2022

Standard Gruul Modify by Takehiro Fujimoto – Featured Deck

News

Kamigawa: Neon Dynasty has been around for a few weeks now and the metagame is already starting to solidify with the top contenders of the format showing up again and again. However, it’s not so set in stone that we…

DoggertQBones
February 26, 2022

Reckoner Bankbuster Art by Steve Prescott

How to Navigate the February 2022 Kamigawa: Neon Dynasty Sealed and Draft Arena Open: Tips, Tricks, and Sample Trophy Decks

Kamigawa: Neon Dynasty

Hey Everyone! I am extremely hyped for this upcoming weekends Arena Open because we get to play two days of a great limited format for some pretty sick cash prizes! We’re going to go over the event details, give you…

j2sjosh
February 26, 2022

MTG Arena Releases Compensation Code “CIRCUITMENDER” for Patch Issues

News

Yesterday’s planned update for MTG Arena to address numerous bug fixes and the latest round of Alchemy rebalancing came with unexpected connected issues throughout the day, affecting players. As compensation, players are able to use the free code CIRCUITMENDER until…

DotGG
February 25, 2022

Kamigawa: Neon Dynasty Constructed Event Guide and Decklists

Events

Hello everyone! Today we’re going over the event details and the best deck lists for the Kamigawa: Neon Dynasty Constructed Event! This is an unique opportunity to play exclusively with cards in Kamigawa:Neon Dynasty and battle it out with other…

DoggertQBones
February 25, 2022

Review of the February 2022 Alchemy Rebalancing: What’s Good, What’s Bad, and Will Fires of Invention Ruin Historic?

Alchemy

Hello everyone! Well there was an expected announcement on Wednesday, what many didn’t expect is that it would bring a litany of changed to Alchemy as well ahead of the new Alchemy-only set coming to Arena later in March! It…

DoggertQBones
February 25, 2022

Toski, Bearer of Secrets Art by Jason Rainville

The Data Driven Winners and Losers of Kamigawa: Neon Dynasty Standard, the Secret High Tier Deck, and the Unexpected Best Deck In Standard

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It seems the Standard meta is becoming solved, but DoggertQBones says the data indicates differently! What is the secret deck that's been crushing Bo3 queues and what does the data suggest Standard's best deck actually is?

DoggertQBones
February 25, 2022

Streets of New Capenna Release Date: Arena Release will be a Week After Paper Prerelease

News

During the regular Weekly MTG livestream that Wizards of the Coast often uses to make announcements about the game, show host and Wizards communication manager Blake Rasmussen revealed a slew of important dates regarding the next set, Streets of New…

Paul
February 24, 2022

The Draft Lab Podcast Episode 32: Making the Leap from Good to Great

Limited

Welcome back to episode 32 of the Draft Lab Podcast where we bring on our good buddy Joe John to discuss his journey from being an average arena player to an 80% win rate gamer. We kick every thing off…

j2sjosh
February 24, 2022

Halana and Alena Partners Art by Jason Rainville

Standard Naya White Aggro Deck Guide: This Weird Aggro Deck May Be Standard’s Best Deck

Deck Guides Standard

Sometimes the weirdest decks are the best ones. Naya Aggro has taken Standard by storm and DoggertQBones is all about weird aggro decks! Learn why double splashing in Mono White is the future of the archetype!

DoggertQBones
February 24, 2022

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