Tag: MTG Arena

Hidden MTG Creature Combo Deck Cheats Out Massive Haymakers

Collector’s Cage is one of the many impressive additions to MTG that arrived as part of The Big Score. While the card initially saw Modern play cheating out Emrakul herself, the card returns in spectacular fashion every once in a while. Recently a curious Standard brew has begun picking up steam after a 5-0 league […]

MTG 2024 Release Calendar – All Upcoming Sets And Products!

Oath of Nissa | Oath of the Gatewatch

As Magic: The Gathering ramps up the volume of sets and products released, each new year is a new milestone. 2023 in particular was a barn-burner, bringing no less than nine fully-fledged sets. Alongside myriad Secret Lair drops and Arena-only releases. Based on the release calendar put out by Wizards, 2024 is set to match […]

The Best MTG Standard Decks – December 2024

Sheoldred, the Apocalypse

With plenty of new decks and archetypes, the Standard MTG format is in the best shape it’s been in years. Between MTG Foundations laying the groundwork for the next five years and the revolutionized release calendar, Standard is headed toward another golden age. With a huge number of competitive events scheduled throughout 2025 and beyond, […]

Full Pioneer Masters List Reveals Problematic Missing Cards

The full list of cards coming to MTG Arena in Pioneer Masters has been revealed! The goal with this set is to get MTG Arena’s digital Explorer format as close to Pioneer as possible, and the set has mostly succeeded. While these two formats weren’t worlds apart, there was undeniably a gap to bridge. Unsurprisingly, […]

Beginning of Game Effect Supercharges MTG Budget Deck

It seems like almost every single time Wizards of the Coast creates a new ‘beginning of game’ effect, something breaks temporarily. Leyline of the Guildpact, for example, gave rise to multiple dominant strategies in Modern and Pioneer. Even more recently, Leyline of Resonance got banned out of best-of-one Standard on MTG Arena because it was […]