The 10 Most Fun and Unique MTG Draft Variants to Try Out
I like to draft in a bunch of different ways, so if that’s also you, come along and check out some alternative draft formats you might not have tried.
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The Complete Guide to Chromatic Cube
Chromatic Cube is an Arena Cube Draft format featuring the biggest most colorful Limited experience you can find. It’s less about balanced archetypes and more about going crazy with powerful cards.
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The Ultimate Guide to Pick-Two Draft
If you haven’t played a Lightning Draft at a MagicCon, you might not be quite sure of what to expect when Pick-Two Draft comes to Arena. It’s a relatively simple draft variant compared to things like Winchester Draft or other alternative...
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The Complete List of MTG Arena Formats for 2026
MTG Arena has come a long way from the days when it first released, when Standard and Limited were pretty much your only options if you wanted to get a game in. We now have a lot of different formats, each with their own card pools, and it isn’t...
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The 14 Best Formats in Magic Ranked
If there’s one thing that has kept Magic: The Gathering alive and thriving for over 30 years, it’s the incredible diversity of gameplay it offers. For each kind of player, there’s a format that they can relate to, but when it comes to...
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WotC Announces Weird New Constructed Format for Japan Open 2025
How can Final Fantasy cards compete in the hostile Standard format we have at the moment? An upcoming tournament answers that by limiting the field to just Final Fantasy and Foundations.
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The Ultimate Guide to Battle Box
Looking for a quick way to play MTG that’s not very expensive, and that you can set up in a pinch, with no deck-building involved? Or something you can play between rounds on FNM? Well, the format you’re looking for already exists, and it’s...
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Anti-Universes Beyond Format Shot Down — Can UB and Traditional Magic Coexist?
What are the chances Magic creates a format that doesn’t allow Universes Beyond sets? Unlikely, according to Mark Rosewater, but never say never….
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The Ultimate Guide to Pauper Commander
While Magic has more than a few sanctioned formats, there’s no reason you shouldn’t make your own. That’s how Commander started, after all, and it’s a format that’s ripe for spinoffs that provide unique takes on a singleton format...
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The Ultimate Guide to Cube in MTG
Cube is a wonderful way to play MTG with veteran players, or to teach drafting to newer players, or even reintroduce friends that want to get back into the game. It’s a format that lets you be the player, the designer, and the tester.
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The Ultimate Guide to Tiny Leaders
Looking for an alternative way to play Commander? While it’s more restrictive, it’s also funnier in some ways. Let’s dig in and discover all the secrets of Tiny Leaders!
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Commander on MTG Arena: When’s it Coming?
Pretty much as soon as MTG Arena got its start, questions on if (and when) the Commander format would be added to the fray started to pop up. And it’s no surprise really since the multiplayer format is immense popular, and those of us who love it...
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