State of the Game

MTG Arena: Release Notes – Alchemy: The Brothers’ War
Here is this month’s MTG Arena State of the Game – now called Release Notes – Alchemy: The Brothers’ War edition. The patch for Alchemy: The Brothers’ War and Explorer Anthology 2 is set to be released on December 13, 2022. Wizards of…

MTG Arena: State of the Game – The Brothers’ War
Here is this month’s MTG Arena State of the Game – The Brothers’ War edition. The new expansion will be released on November 15, 2022 around 8 AM PST – so make sure to finish up your Mastery, Daily Quests,…

MTG Arena: State of the Game – Alchemy: Dominaria
Here is this month’s MTG Arena State of the Game – Alchemy: Dominaria edition. The new set will be released on October 6, 2022 around 8 AM PST. The update also comes with reversion of the changes to Standard rotated…

MTG Arena: State of the Game – Dominaria United
Here is this month’s MTG Arena State of the Game – Dominaria United edition. The new expansion will be released on September 1, 2022 around 8 AM PST – so make sure to finish up your Mastery, Daily Quests, Daily…

MTG Arena: State of the Game – Alchemy Horizons: Baldur’s Gate
Here is this month’s MTG Arena State of the Game – Alchemy Horizons: Baldur’s Gate edition. The new Alchemy and Historic focused set is releasing July 7, 2022, as well as a host of rebalanced cards targeted for Alchemy and…

MTG Arena: State of the Game – Streets of New Capenna
Here is this month’s MTG Arena State of the Game – Streets of New Capenna edition. This year’s last Standard set before rotation will be launching next week on April 28, and with it comes new cards but also some…

MTG: Arena Announcements and State of the Game, March 16, 2022
Another Wednesday means Wizards of the Coast has released their latest news bulletin, the MTG Arena Announcements. These once-weekly blog posts are where Wizards keeps the playerbase up-to-date on all of the upcoming events and happenings on the Arena client.…

Kamigawa: Neon Dynasty State of the Game and MTGA Announcements – February 9, 2022
This morning, Wizards of the Coast published their regular MTG Arena Announcements, but it was a bit sparse on details this time around. That’s because, in anticipation of the release of Kamigawa: Neon Dynasty on the platform tomorrow, Wizards has…

MTG Arena State of the Game – Alchemy – December 2, 2021
In this week’s MTG: Arena Announcements, Wizards of the Coast surprised us by teasing that major news would be coming the following day in a State of the Game article – something that typically comes just before a new set…

MTG Arena State of the Game – Innistrad: Crimson Vow – November 4, 2021
Before the release of each new set, Wizards of the Coast typically publishes a State of the Game article where they provide us some details about everything that’s happening with Magic the Gathering: Arena. Today, they have released the November…

MTG Arena State of the Game – Innistrad: Midnight Hunt – September 14, 2021
Wizards of the Coast typically publishes a State of the Game article shortly before the release of each new set, wherein they provide us some details about everything that’s happening with Magic the Gathering: Arena. Today, they have released the…

100-Card Historic Brawl Coming to Arena -MTG Arena State of the Game – July 29, 2021
Wizards of the Coast has just published a new State of the Game bulletin for MTG arena (the second one this month) and along with release notes for the upcoming Historic Horizons, Wizards has also announced that a 100-card Historic…

MTG Arena State of the Game – July 2021: Adventures in the Forgotten Realms
Today, July 2, Wizards of the Coast published the State of the Game for Magic: Arena, detailing upcoming changes and adaptations for the upcoming set Adventures in the Forgotten Realms, as well as some details on what the development of…

MTG Arena: State of the Game – April 2021: Strixhaven: School of Mages
MTG Arena State of the Game is back after a hiatus! This month’s post will guide us through the upcoming Strixhaven: School of Mages update on April 15th, where you will align with one of the five colleges battling it…

MTG Arena March 2021 Update and Events
MTG Arena’s monthly update will be dispatched today on March 11, 2021 (around 8 AM PT). It appears the customary State of the Game post has been abandoned since February but we still get a preview of what’s to come…

MTG Arena: State of the Game – January 2021
MTG Arena’s monthly update is coming this Thursday on January 28, 2021 (around 8 AM PT) after a long wait since Zendikar Rising in September last year! Today’s customary State of the Game post does not include anything that we…

MTG Arena: State of the Game – December 2020
MTG Arena’s monthly update is coming this Thursday on December 10, 2020 (around 8 AM PT). Here is the summary of today’s post and a round up of what’s to come in the upcoming patch: Bug fixes: Players will be…

MTG Arena: State of the Game – November 2020
MTG Arena’s monthly update is coming out on Thursday November 12th (8 AM PT). Here’s a summary of today’s post and a round up of what’s to come in the upcoming patch, as well as features in development: Kaladesh Remastered…

MTG Arena: State of the Game – October 2020
MTG Arena’s monthly update is coming on Thursday October 15th 2020 (8 AM PT). Here’s a summary of today’s post and a round up of what’s to come in the upcoming patch as well as features in development: A new…

MTG Arena: State of the Game – September 2020
MTG Arena’s monthly update is coming on Thursday September 17, 2020 (8 AM PT). 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: Introduction…

MTG Arena: State of the Game – August 2020
MTG Arena’s monthly update is coming on Thursday August 13, 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: Introduction of Amonkhet Remastered…

MTG Arena: State of the Game – July 2020
MTG Arena’s monthly update is arriving on Thursday July 16th alongside the full Jumpstart release. Here’s a summary of today’s post along with a round-up of what’s to come in the upcoming patch and features in development: First and foremost,…

MTG Arena: State of the Game – June 2020
MTG Arena’s monthly update is arriving on Thursday June 25th alongside the full Core Set 2021 release and, credit where credit is due, Wizards seems to have implemented several positive decisions and changes in response to community feedback! Here’s a…

MTG Arena: State of the Game – May 2020
MTG Arena’s monthly update is coming on Thursday May 21, 2020 at 8 AM PT! 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:…

MTG Arena: State of the Game – April 2020
Two new pod-based draft modes will be available from Thursday onwards. You’ll join a room and wait for seven other players, at which point the draft will fire. Every player who logs in within the first two weeks of Ikoria…

MTG Arena: State of the Game – March 2020
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…

MTG Arena: State of the Game – February 2020
This month’s MTG Arena update is due to arrive on February 11, 2020! Here is the summary of today’s post and a round up of the changes that will be coming this patch: Soon we will be able to draft…

MTG Arena: State of the Game – January 2020
This month’s MTG Arena update is due to arrive on January 16, 2020! Here is the round up of the changes that will be coming this patch: Release of Theros Beyond Death Another month-long “Brawlidays” event, this time making legal…

MTG Arena: State of the Game – December 2019
This month’s MTG Arena update is due to arrive on December 12 at 8 AM PST, and we have some exciting news! Here is the round up of the changes that will be coming this patch: Some more performance improvements…

MTG Arena: State of the Game – November 2019
The next MTG Arena update is coming on November 21, and here are the summary of changes to come on patch day. Performance improvements Friends list! Historic curated cards – called Historic Anthology 1 Historic Event and Ranked Queue, future…

MTG Arena: State of the Game – October 2019
The next MTG Arena update is coming on October 24, and here are the summary of changes to come on patch day (thanks for /u/moobeat on reddit)! Bug fixes and performance continue to be worked on. In addition to details,…

MTG Arena: State of the Game – September 2019
With the release of Throne of Eldraine around the corner, as well as the official release of MTG Arena with the September 26 game update – we now have State of the Game, not State of the Beta! In this…