How to Find the Hidden Jace Emote Easter Egg on MTG Arena
Jace is everywhere in Reality Fracture, but he’s also hiding in plain sight. Follow these steps to unlock a hidden Jace emote on MTG Arena.
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MTG Arena: Banned Cards for Every Format in 2026
If youโre preparing to jump into MTG Arena for the first time or just the first time in a while, itโs a good idea to refresh yourself on the current ban lists for the formats you can play on the platform. This stops you from wasting wildcards on...
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Everything You Need to Know About Alchemy on MTG Arena
Picture if you will, a mad scientist or wizard brewing up a solution, tweaking this and that, adding pinches of bits and turning down the heat. What concoction is coming from this laboratory? Who will test it you ask? Let’s stop there and...
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2026 Alchemy Rotation: Current Sets and Exactly How It Works
To keep the formats fresh and balanced, WotC rotates the sets that are legal in Standard and Alchemy. Thatโs a much-needed measure to change the best strategies and to prevent a certain deck from being dominant. Alchemy rotation is fresh, so...
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The Ultimate Guide to Brawl on MTG Arena and Best Decks
Brawl is MTG Arena’s answer to paper Commander, and shares many of the similarities, while also being its own format with a unique approach to deckbuilding.
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The Ultimate Guide to MTG Arena’s Historic Format
Historic is one of MTG Arenaโs Eternal formats. Historic is similar to Legacy in the sense that you can play almost all the cards ever released on Arena, minus a ban list.
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Is the MTG Arena Mastery Pass Worth It?
Basically, it’s a key aspect of MTGA’s economy: an experience track that rewards you with stuff every time you level up, which happens every 1,000 XP. You earn XP by completing daily quests and winning games. Thereโs a free version...
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Everything You Need to Know About MTG Arena Direct, Plus: Is It Worth It?
MTG Arenaโs Festival in a Box event from 2023 created lots of buzz from players excited to compete over real, physical prizes. It adds a juicy level of stakes to the online events with a tangible reward.
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Double Team in MTG: Rules, History, and Best Cards
Double Team was MTG Arena’s answer to myriad, which didn’t make sense to port over to MTGA when Baldur’s Gate arrived. Instead, we got this fairly intuitive and fun digital-only mechanic.
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MTG Arena Says Goodbye to Digital-Only Alchemy Format in 2027
WotC has announced the end of MTG Arena’s Alchemy format, starting early next year.
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Is the Pack Bundle in MTG Arena Worth It?
When you land a good deal it feels pretty awesome. Discounts, freebies, bundlesโฆ anything that gives you more than what you put in. Preorder bundles on Arena try to do this, but are they really worth it? The Pack bundle is here to throw that into...
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How Does MTGA Duplicate Protection Work?
You want your play set, or four copies of one card, but what do you do with any extras on a virtual platform? Since you canโt sell or trade your extra cards as you would in paper Magic, any extra copies are useless on MTG Arena. This is where...
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