Traditional Alchemy Event Guide and Decklists

MTG Arena runs evergreen events for each available constructed format and for each game mode. These events provide a way for players to compete with each other for rewards in gems, packs, and Play-In Points. Read about the most recent change in structure to the events on April 28, 2022 here.

This guide will aim to provide complete details for each of the events, as well as decklists with proven results players can use. You can navigate every guide using the table below:

Format	Game Mode
Standard	Best-of-one
Traditional Standard	Best-of-three
Alchemy	Best-of-one
Traditional Alchemy	Best-of-three
Explorer	Best-of-one
Traditional Explorer	Best-of-three
Historic	Best-of-one
Traditional Historic	Best-of-three

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Event Details

Bring your Alchemy deck with a sideboard, play some best-of-three matches, and receive rewards based on how many games you win!

• Duration: Evergreen
• Format: Alchemy
• Entry Fee: 5,000 gold or 750 gems
• Ends After: 5 matches
• Match Structure: Best-of-three matches (BO3)

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Event Rewards

For Alchemy events, packs will be of the latest Alchemy set.

Wins	Gems	Packs	Play-In Point
0 Wins	50 gems	1 pack
1 Win	100 gems	1 pack
2 Wins	150 gems	2 packs
3 Wins	600 gems	2 pack
4 Wins	800 gems	2 pack
5 Wins	1,000 gems	3 packs	4 Play-In Points

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Format Details

Alchemy is Magic: The Gathering Arena’s digital-only rotating format as an alternative way to enjoy Standard in a more dynamic metagame. It includes all Standard sets, and rotates as it normally does. It includes rebalanced cards, new cards with each premier set that incorporate digital-only mechanics (such as Conjure, Perpetual, Seek), and sometimes even more!

Our full range of resources are available for Alchemy in the below sections:

• Alchemy Articles and Guides
• Alchemy Decks
• Alchemy Metagame
• BO1 Alchemy Tier List and Rankings
• BO3 Alchemy Tier List and Rankings

Rules

One-on-one with a 60 card minimum for the main deck and up to 15 cards in their sideboard. Player can add and swap out cards from their sideboard after the first game.

These cards may also be accessed during the game through cards such as:

• Legion Angel
• Cards with the Learn ability (e.g. Eyetwitch), to access Lesson cards (e.g. Mascot Exhibition)

Legal Sets

The Arena Base Set is a set of digital-only cards in the New Player Experience decks that are always legal in digital-only formats (Alchemy and Historic) and never rotate.

Rotates out September, 2022	Rotates out September, 2023
Zendikar Rising (ZNR)	Innistrad: Midnight Hunt (MID)
Kaldheim (KHM)	Innistrad: Crimson Vow (VOW)
Strixhaven: School of Mages (STX)	Kamigawa: Neon Dynasty (NEO)
Dungeons & Dragons: Adventures in the Forgotten Realms (AFR)	Streets of New Capenna (SNC)
	Alchemy: Innistrad
	Alchemy: Kamigawa
	Alchemy: New Capenna
	Alchemy Horizons: Baldur’s Gate

Four oldest Standard sets rotate every year on September. For more information, check out our detailed guide.

MTG Standard Rotation Guide

Rebalanced Cards

Unlike its paper adjacent format, Alchemy does not have a banned card list. Instead, cards are periodically rebalanced to either make them more powerful or less so. You can see the full list below:

Alchemy Rebalanced Cards

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Traditional Alchemy Event Decklists

Below are some sample decklists that achieved the maximum wins required for the event. These can vary from fun brews to proven decks that are prevalent in the metagame.

You can submit your deck using our deck builder!