Deck Guide: MTG Arena Mill in Standard
There’s a new deck in Standard town that can beat both midrange and aggressive strategies with ease. Interested in milling your opponents with Izzet mill? Look no further!
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What Went Wrong at the SNC Championship—and What We Can Learn
The recent SNC Championship suffered multiple hardships and hiccups, many of which are symptoms of greater problems with the new system. The issues ranged from too many players receiving byes, poor communications between tournament admins and...
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How to Get Your MTG Arena Player.log File
MTG Arena’s Player.log file is an MTGA file often used for debugging and troubleshooting issues with MTG Arena. It’s also used by third party apps, like Draftsim’s own amazing tracker, Arena Tutor. Here’s how you can find...
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The Ultimate Guide to Getting Better at Limited
What happens when you face other formats that require you to do your homework. What about those more punishing formats, like, let’s say, Limited?
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How Do MTGA Seasonal Rewards Work?
At the beginning of each month, the new ranked season starts. You get your new rank, grind back up, and at the end of it all, you get rewards. I’m going to break down each aspect of the ranked seasonal reward program, how it works, what’s up for...
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How Do Daily Rewards Work in MTG Arena?
We’ve covered daily rewards a bit in the past, but now it’s time to go in-depth. So, let’s introduce you, shall we? MTG Arena’s daily rewards come in two flavors: quests and wins. Every 24 hours you get a new quest worth either 500 or 750 gold...
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Which Packs Should I Buy in MTG Arena?
| Illustration by Jason Chan Bolstering your MTG card collection is a huge part of the game for lots of players, but even for casual players, collecting is fairly important. Having a large collection means that you have more ways to play and more...
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Complete List of Spellbook Cards for MTG Arena
We saw a handful of designed-for-digital mechanics with Arena’s new Alchemy format. One of the new mechanics is known as a “spellbook,” which is oddly familiar to one of Hearthstone’s mechanics. But what is it?
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How to Get & Change Sleeves in MTG Arena, Plus the Complete List of Available Sleeves
One of the things I enjoyed the most as a former paper MTG player was cosmetics. Sleeves were also a big part of my obsession. Today I’ll cover the benefits of sleeves on MTGA and how to get your hands on them.
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The Ultimate Guide to Innistrad: Midnight Hunt Draft
It’s time for the ultimate Innistrad: Midnight Hunt draft guide. This is my attempt to cover everything I can about this new, awesome format. Let’s just jump right in!
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All 153 Emotes in MTGA, Plus Why Arena Needs to Have More
If you’ve ever played a digital card game in your life, then you’ve probably played against somebody who used an emote at you. Arena has steadily increased its animated emote collection which expands the way players express themselves in a match...
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List of MTG Arena, Alchemy, and Historic Exclusive Cards: Are They Good for Magic?
Jumpstart: Historic Horizons has stirred up some opinions online. But this time we’re also getting 31 new MTG Arena-exclusive cards. Digital-only cards have actually been around for a long time, and most of them didn’t cause this much...
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