One of the things that has kept me so hooked up on Magic for over a decade is its wide range of possibilities and homebrewing. There’s an absurd number of options for you to pick from, but even beyond that, it’s a very malleable game. It takes...
Read moreMagic: The Gathering is designed to be played as a one-versus-one duel game, traditionally. However, that hasn’t stopped players and designers from creating dozens of ways to graft the rules onto a multiplayer format.
Read moreRotisserie drafting (ROTO) can be a very skill-testing, novel, and challenging experience to spice up Drafts, especially for Cubes.
Read moreThere are four differences between Premier and Traditional draft in MTG Arena: reward structure, match structure, the hand-smoothing algorithm, and most important of all, the different matchmaking systems.
Read morePai Gow is the perfect way to squeeze more value from your pack-opening experience. It’s a way to gamify cracking packs, adding a little touch of extra flair to your boosters.
Read moreTimeless is a Vintage-like format that allows you to play with any card added to MTG Arena. It’s a format that has an ever-evolving metagame and today you’ll learn all you need to know about it.
Read moreShared deck formats are niche micro formats with special rules, the most significant of which being that all players in the game pull from a single, shared deck. They’re essentially mini-games that test different aspects of the game in fun...
Read moreTwo-Headed Giant is almost exclusively played as a Limited variant, but much like Archenemy or Planechase, it’s an “add-on” that can be tied to any MTG format you like, Commander included. We’ll be exploring Sealed Two-Headed Giant for the most...
Read moreThe Omniscience Draft format gets rid of the whole “lands are resources” concept, and turns your hand into a Free All You Can Cast buffet.
Read morePremodern, as the name suggests, focuses on cards printed before the modern Magic card frame was introduced in 2003. The format also ignores some of the game’s earlier sets, meaning it’s more accessible than formats that include true dual lands...
Read moreBrawl is an Eternal format on MTG Arena, so every card on the platform is legal in the format, which means there’s some stiff competition to find the best cards in the format.
Read moreDay one of Pick-Two Drafts on Arena were messy, and people were not impressed with the new offering.
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