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MagicFest Online Qualifier Week 1 Tuesday Qualifier Decklists

News

In the first season of MagicFest Online, there will be four flights of Daily Qualifiers and all players who achieve a 5-1 or 6-0 record will be going through to the Weekly Championship. Join us as we follow the tournament,…

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March 25, 2020

To Best-of-One or To Best-of-Three? An In-Depth Comparison & Contrast of Arena’s Modes

Guides

Magic has changed vastly in its 27 years. In the old days, there used to be all these wonky rules, weird ways to word things, cards that were just completely indecipherable; there are countless examples of cards that when seen…

Drifter
March 25, 2020

MagicFest Online Week 1 Monday Qualifier Highlights and Metagame Breakdown

News

Monday Qualifier Metagame Breakdown Deck Archetype # of Decks % of Decks Mono Red Aggro 92 16.2 Jeskai Fires 79 13.9 Bant Ramp 62 10.9 Rakdos Sacrifice 56 9.9 Sultai Ramp 50 8.8 Temur Reclamation 46 8.1 Temur Adventures 34…

Drifter
March 24, 2020

MagicFest Online Qualifier Week 1 Monday 6-0 and 5-1 Decklists

News

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March 23, 2020

Temur Adventures in Best-of-One (Bo1): Tilting at Windmills

Standard

The Adventure mechanic is possibly the most flavor rich mechanic that Wizards has ever come up with; personally, it always reminds me of the tale of Don Quixote, the delusional Spanish knight dreamed up by Miguel Cervantes. Don Quixote was…

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March 22, 2020

Teferi, Hero of Dominaria Art by Chris Rallis

The Mythic Society MTG vs COVID-19 #3 Top 16 Historic Decklists

News

Azorius Control took down The Mythic Society’s first Historic tournament, with 58 players participating. We rarely see Historic tournaments, so this is a great snapshot at the diverse Historic metagame. We have posted the top 16 decklists for you below,…

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March 21, 2020

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Top Mythic Ladder Decks – March 2020 Season – Week 3

News

A truly gripping aspect, that lends Standard a lot of longevity, is seeing its evolution week-by-week as the metagame’s churning cauldron spits out its latest innovations. In week 3, we see some old faces re-emerge and make their mark on…

Drifter
March 21, 2020

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Festival of the Gods: Thassa’s Briny Bounty Event Guide

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In the final week of MTG Arena’s Festival of the Gods event, we’re battling each other using an oversized mono blue Historic Singleton deck to win the final bunch of Theros Beyond Death showcase card styles. We don’t need to…

DotGG
March 21, 2020

The Mythic Society MTG vs COVID-19 #2 Top 8 Standard Decklists

News

The Mythic Society’s second MTG vs COVID-19 tournament series wrapped up today. Rivals League member Matt Sperling takes down the tournament once again with a perfect record thanks to the Rakdos Sacrifice deck featuring Kroxa, Titan of Death’s Hunger! Once…

DotGG
March 21, 2020

MagicFest Online Season 1 Starts March 23 via MTG Arena

News

With MagicFest events cancelled at least until May, ChannelFireball are holding a new series of online Magic: The Gathering open tournaments called MagicFest Online – to be held on MTG Arena! The first season will be spread out over three…

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March 20, 2020

Friday Night Magic (FNM) at Home – Free Events and MTG Arena Codes for Sleeves

News

Wizards of the Coast are introducing new ways to connect Magic: The Gathering players with their local game store via MTG Arena over the next few weeks. We are starting with a series of weekly free to enter events on…

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March 20, 2020

Code of Constraint Art by Ekaterina Burmak

Limited Spotlight: Analyzing 6 Underrated Ravnica Allegiance Draft Cards In-Depth

Limited

With RNA’s return to best-of-one and good feedback from you, my lovely readers, on my first Limited Spotlight, I decided to do a two-part follow-up covering overrated and underrated cards in that format! This is the second part; you can…

Drifter
March 19, 2020

Brawlers’ Guildhall – March 2020

Events

Welcome to this month’s Brawlers’ Guildhall! The usual Wednesday Brawl queue will be wrapping up soon but not to worry – we have some updates to Brawl for you today if you missed it, as well as some new decklists…

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March 19, 2020

The Mythic Society MTG vs COVID-19 #1 Top 8 Standard Decklists

News

The competitive Magic: The Gathering scene has ground to a halt due to COVID-19 as all major events have been rescheduled at least until May. As MTGO and MTG Arena become primarily the way to play Magic during this time,…

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March 18, 2020

Ikoria: Lair of Behemoths Previews Start April 2 – Mark Rosewater Teases More Information!

News

Earlier this week, Mark Rosewater’s weekly column on the official Magic: The Gathering website accidentally had the wrong date revealed as to when Ikoria: Lair of Behemoths (the next set to be released on April 16 to MTG Arena) previews…

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March 18, 2020

Historic Anthology 2 Decks – Pros, Streamers, Mythic Decklists and Deck Ideas!

News

Historic Anthology 2 is the latest set of 25 cards from Magic: The Gathering’s past that has been added to the Historic card pool along with MTG Arena’s latest patch on March 12, 2020. In this article, we will be featuring…

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March 17, 2020

Changes to March 2020 Event Schedule

News

In response to the COVID-19 situation, the MTG Arena team are making a couple of changes to the availability of events starting March 19, 2020 8 AM PT: Brawlers’ Guildhall will have no entry fee and will be available from…

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March 17, 2020

Ikoria Mythic Invitational Qualifier #2 Decklists – All 10 Win Decks Now Up!

News

The top 1200 Mythic players from the February ranked season were eligible to participate in today’s Ikoria Mythic Invitational Qualifier #2! All players who reach 10 wins before 2 losses qualify for the big $750,000 tournament, Mythic Invitational – Ikoria: Lair of…

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March 17, 2020

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Limited Spotlight: Analyzing 6 Overrated Ravnica Allegiance Draft Cards In-Depth

Limited

With Ravnica Allegiance’s return to best-of-one and good feedback from you, my lovely readers, on my last Limited Spotlight, I decided to do a follow-up! I don’t have a Tier List for this set, but I will provide the grades…

Drifter
March 17, 2020

Limited Spotlight: Analyzing 6 Underrated Theros Beyond Death Draft Cards In-Depth

Theros Beyond Death (THB)

Hi! This is a new series I’m doing as a supplement to my Theros Beyond Death Limited Tier List, that provides some quick analysis on certain aspects of the Limited format. I recently updated my tier list; check out the…

Drifter
March 16, 2020

History Anthology 2 Card Review: Theorycrafting with Some Sweet Build-Arounds

News

Welcome back! This is a followup to my previous review, where I theorycrafted up some example homes and ideas for the best cards in Historic Anthology 2. This time, I’m going to be looking at three fantastic and fun buildarounds,…

Drifter
March 15, 2020

Historic Brawl – Festival of the Gods: Erebos’s Memoir of Death Event Guide and Decklists

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MTG Arena is officially supporting the Historic Brawl format for the first time in this week’s Festival of the Gods! In Historic Brawl, we can build a Brawl deck using any of the cards available in MTG Arena (except for…

DotGG
March 13, 2020

Mono Red Aggro – Mythic Point Challenge – Ikoria Part 3

News

Mark Gabriele goes over every match of his 9-3 journey in MTG Arena’s Mythic Point Challenge – Ikoria tournament with Mono Red Aggro. Check out Mark’s Mono Red Aggro guide, complete with sideboarding tips: Mono Red Aggro Deck Guide More…

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March 13, 2020

Top Mythic Ladder Decks – March 2020 Season – Week 2

News

The March game update patch has just been released, and over the next few weeks the focus will be again divided into the Standard and Historic format for the ranked season. For this reason, this week’s Mythic deck roundup is…

DotGG
March 12, 2020

1.06.00.00 Patch Notes

News

MTG Arena’s March game update is now live! Players need to restart the client to continue playing. For any ongoing known issues please check out the MTG Arena Statuspage. The main attraction for this patch is of course, the introduction…

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March 12, 2020

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Mono Red Aggro – Mythic Point Challenge – Ikoria Part 2

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March 12, 2020

Mono Red Aggro Mythic Point Challenge Part 1

Mono Red Aggro – Mythic Point Challenge – Ikoria Part 1

News

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March 10, 2020

Bant Ramp by Thiago Rodrigues - MagicFest Lyon 2020 Sunday Standard PTQ 1st Place

MagicFest Lyon 2020 Standard PTQ Top 8 Decklists

News

MagicFests also have side events other than the Grand Prix main event. The Player’s Tour Qualifiers (PTQs) grant invitations to the big tournament and are highly competitive as well, though the field size is smaller. Below are the top 8…

DotGG
March 10, 2020

Best-of-One (BO1) Aggro Deck Building with Hand Smoothing

Guides

Writing a good intro to an article is like selecting an opening hand in an aggro deck. If it isn’t obviously flowing smoothly for the first few turns (or sentences), scrap it and use a new one. On Arena, you’ll…

DotGG
March 10, 2020

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March 9, 2020 Banned and Restricted Announcement: Brawl and Historic Changes!

News

Wizards of the Coast has made their Banned and Restricted Announcement today, making changes to multiple formats. MTG Arena is also affected as of March 12, 2020 (when the update arrives) in the and Historic formats. Modern and Legacy also…

DotGG
March 9, 2020

Updating Mono Colored Decks for Historic Anthology 2

News

The March game update, Historic ranked queues and Historic Anthology 2 cards are right around to corner and over the next few days, we will be providing you with some decklists and insights to get you started in the new…

DotGG
March 9, 2020

Drifter’s Theros Beyond Death Limited Tier List Update – March 8, 2020

Theros Beyond Death (THB)

Welcome folks! Theros is back in Ranked Draft now, thankfully, and we’re approaching late stages of the format. The Arena bots have been fixed a lot and I think are in a really good place; this is shaping up to…

Drifter
March 9, 2020

MagicFest Lyon 2020 Champion Biagio Ruocco

MagicFest Lyon 2020 Top 8 Decklists and Metagame Breakdown

News

The first Standard Grand Prix of 2020 has just wrapped up in Lyon, France! Mono Red Aggro eventually came up on top among a diverse field of 585 players competing for their share of the $35,000 prize pool. Thanks to…

DotGG
March 8, 2020

MTG Arena Cosmetics Guide

Guides

MTG Arena has a wealth of cosmetics that allows you to customize your profile, individual cards and your deck. They have no effect on game play, and can be obtained though: Store: You can purchase cosmetics with both Gems and…

DotGG
March 8, 2020

Heliod, Sun-Crowned Showcase Art by Jason Engle

The Immortal Sun – Festival of the Gods: Heliod’s Glory Event Guide and Decklists

Festival

In the third week of Festival of the Gods, we are basking in Heliod’s Glory and Emblem! In this event, our spells cost 1 less, all our creatures get +1/+1 and we get to draw an extra card each turn…

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March 7, 2020

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March 12 – Scheduled Maintenance – 1.06.00 Game Update

News

MTG Arena will be undergoing its monthly major update next week. The maintenance is to start at March 12, 8 AM PT (15:00 UTC) and is expected to last about two hours to deploy the 1.06.00 game update. The State…

DotGG
March 6, 2020

Leyline of Combustion Art by Noah Bradley

Top Mythic Ladder Decks – March 2020 Season – Week 1

News

Standard is still moving along and evolving after the Mythic Point Challenge last week, and under its influence the first week of the March 2020 Ranked Season has now almost wrapped up. Today, we will provide you with a Standard…

DotGG
March 6, 2020

Unsanctioned Full Art Basic Lands to be Available in MTG Arena Store

News

As announced on MTG Arena’s State of the Game earlier today, the monthly game update will be arriving on March 12. This comes along with Historic Anthology 2 and Historic ranked queues, messaging between friends, new emotes, and other cool…

DotGG
March 5, 2020

MTG Arena: State of the Game – March 2020

News

MTG Arena’s monthly update is coming on March 12, 2020! Here is the summary of today’s post and a round up of what’s to come in the upcoming patch as well as features in development: Historic Anthology II, as announced…

DotGG
March 5, 2020

Narset, Enlightened Master Art by Magali Villeneuve

Potential Narset Planeswalker Leak from Ikoria: Lair of Behemoths

News

The next Magic: The Gathering expansion Ikoria: Lair of Behemoths, is set to be released to MTG Arena on April 16, 2020. The only thing we really know about the set so far is that the main theme revolves around…

DotGG
March 5, 2020

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