Magic: The Gathering Arena Archives

Magic: The Gathering Arena Comes To Google Play Early Access
Wizards Of The Coast have officially taken Magic: The Gathering Arena mobile as it has been released on Google Play in Early Access It's not the complete game that those of us playing on PC have been enjoying for over a year, as it has limited capabilities But it has a little more functionality than[...]
Kaladesh Remastered Brings a New Future to Historic in MTGA
Kaladesh Remastered entered the fray in Magic: The Gathering Arena last Thursday, and opened a new world of possible plays.  Featuring selected reprints from Kaladesh and Aether Revolt — with each card being new to Arena — this set brings back three planeswalkers who've been on hiatus since War of the Spark, three other active[...]
Cards For Humanity
The charity event will feature four tournaments in Magic: The Gathering Arena, Legends of Runeterra, Gwent, and Mythgard The tournament will start on April 11th and run through April 12th Each game will have it's own full swiss/top 8 tournaments, and all the top 8 matches from the games will be featured in a massive 16-hour production[...]
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Wizards of the Coast has announced that their well-established weekly institution, Friday Night Magic, will be hosted digitally on Magic: The Gathering Arena, via local hobby stores This announcement comes soon after another announcement detailing the actions Wizards of the Coast is taking to combat any lack of productivity or recreation in the face of COVID-19,[...]
"Magic: The Gathering Arena" Planning New Innovations for 2020
So, when the digital age began and e-sports emerged as a major form of entertainment, Wizards of the Coast got on the bandwagon with Magic: the Gathering Arena A near-instant success, Arena has, according to one Reddit thread investigating the numbers, an estimated 6-8 million players So, with 2019 so far being Arena's most prosperous year to date,[...]
"Magic: The Gathering" Is Offering A Planeswalker Deck Giveaway In Arena
Those of you playing Magic: The Gathering Arena might be interested in picking up a brand new deck this week totally free from the devs The company announced this week on Twitter that they're offering a free Planeswalker deck for MTGA with no strings attached All you have to do is download the game and[...]
War of the Spark Chronicles Event is Coming to Magic: The Gathering Arena
Wizards of the Coast released details today for War of the Spark Chronicles, a free multi-week event for Magic: The Gathering Arena where players can explore the history of Magic: The Gathering and earn exclusive cosmetic rewards in the process. Taking place from May 23rd to June 28th, War of the Spark Chronicles will provide MTG Arena players the opportunity to[...]
The Magic Pro League Adds Janne "Savjz" Mikkonen and Jessica Estephan
The official Magic: The Gathering Arena esports league, the Magic Pro League, has announced two major additions to the 2019 roster by adding Janne "Savjz" Mikkonen and Jessica Estephan Savjz is a current player on Team Liquid who has done well at MTG Arena by achieving the elusive Mythic #1 ranking in the game[...]
Magic: The Gathering Reveals the Full War of the Spark Trailer at PAX East
It will also release as a new content package for digital card game Magic: The Gathering Arena.  If that's not enough MTG for you, the upcoming novel Ravnica: War of the Spark by Greg Weisman is out April 23, 2019 from Del Rey. Magic fans can also tune into https://www.twitch.tv/magic today to watch the action from the final[...]
Magic: The Gathering – War of the Spark Official Teaser
The card pack will also release in Magic: The Gathering Arena this spring to keep the digital version of MTG fresh. In fact, War of the Spark will launch in Arena before the cards hit retailers this April Release dates for the card set are: Prerelease April 27, 2019 MTG Arena April 25, 2019 You can check out the teaser for War of the[...]
Magic: The Gathering Arena Will Unlock Direct Challenge on Thursday
Wizards of the Coast will finally unlock a piece of gameplay in the Magic: The Gathering Arena beta that people have been asking for since day one Direct Challenge will officially be added to the game this Thursday, November 15th, when the developers crack it open and add in a fresh new update The way DC[...]
Magic: The Gathering Arena to Add Direct Challenge and Streamer Events
Here are some of the details and a trailer for it all below. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ge-wrhm6qXwVideo can't be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: Magic: The Gathering Arena | Streamer Events Trailer (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ge-wrhm6qXw) To create Streamer Events, the Magic: The Gathering Arena team is working closely with different creators in the community to build customized in-game events around their unique[...]
Become The Wizard: We Try Out Magic: The Gathering Arena's Beta
A while ago, Wizards of the Coast announced that they would be launching a new online game service called Magic: The Gathering Arena A brand new system that would bring the classic trading card game back to online competition with what appeared to be a streamlined system As someone who plays Magic: The Gathering, has known the[...]
Magic: The Gathering Arena Launches the Live Beta Today
Those of you who have been waiting to try out the new Magic: The Gathering Arena beta for yourselves, good news! The beta is officially live today Wizards of the Coast officially made the servers live and players have already started rushing into fights from North America, Europe, Australia, and South America Here's a brief quote[...]
Magic: The Gathering Arena Open Beta Test Phase Announced
Wizards of the Coast has announced the Open Beta launch date for Magic: The Gathering Arena, which is their free-to-play digital version of Magic: The Gathering For the past few months, Arena has been played only in Closed Beta by select Magic: The Gathering fans, but it will finally open up to everyone on September 27, 2018[...]
Magic: The Gathering Arena Will Feature Standard Format in June
credit//WOTC Wizards of the Coast is updating their free-to-play digital card game Magic: The Gathering Arena to embrace the full 70-card Standard Format play So now both Magic enthusiasts and hardcore competative players can play in the most popular version of MTG. Additionally, cards from the Kaledesh and Aether Revolt blocks, along with cards from the 2017 Welcome Decks, will be added to Magic: The[...]
Wizards of the Coast Have Plumbed the Depths of MTG Arena's Economy
credit//WOTC   Today, Wizards of the Coast took to their blog to discuss the economy of Magic: The Gathering Arena, the process of collecting cards and rewards for play, and Wizards' philosophy on developing the in-game economy and how things will change throughout Arena's beta experience. It's actually something of a fascinating read about what it's like to develop[...]
'Magic: The Gathering Arena' To Start Closed Beta In December
Wizards Of The Coast would like you to try out Magic: The Gathering Arena as soon as possible, and you're going to get your chance as a closed beta will be starting on December 4th You can sign up for the beta here, but essentially this is to work out the kinks after they did initial testing[...]