Breaking News
Banned in Standard: Wilderness Reclamation, Growth Spiral, Teferi, Time Raveler, and Cauldron Familiar
August 3, 2020
9 min to read
Wizards decided to shake up the Standard metagame.
Banned in Pioneer: Inverter of Truth, Kethis, the Hidden Hand, Walking Ballista, and Underworld Breach
August 3, 2020
10 min to read
Wizards realized that a balanced format doesn’t necessarily translate to a fun format.
Wilderness Reclamation and Teferi, Time Raveler Suspended in Historic
August 3, 2020
6 min to read
Wilderness Reclamation only lasted three weeks in Historic without Nexus of Fate.
Teferi, Time Raveler Banned in Brawl
August 3, 2020
4 min to read
Teferi’s time is up in Brawl, as well as in Standard and Historic.
A First Look at Zendikar Rising
July 25, 2020
3 min to read
The sixth Zendikar-based set will return to the “adventure plane” feel of the original Zendikar block.
Set Boosters: Up to 4 Rares, Art Cards, and 300 Cards from “The List”
July 25, 2020
8 min to read
This new type of booster is intended to maximize the fun inherent in opening a pack of Magic cards.
Pioneer Masters Will Come to MTG Arena by the End of 2020
July 15, 2020
2 min to read
Pioneer Masters will take cards from the various Pioneer-legal sets and combine them into one, cohesive, draftable set.
Amonkhet Remastered Arrives on MTG Arena on August 13
July 15, 2020
1 min to read
The set will combine Amonkhet and Hour Devastation into a 340-card, draftable set, that will also support Historic and Pioneer.
Arcum’s Astrolabe Banned in Modern
July 13, 2020
4 min to read
The card provided too much consistency to decks at too little cost, resulting in “unhealthy and unsustainable” win rates.
Nexus of Fate Banned in Historic, Burning-Tree Emissary Suspended
July 13, 2020
7 min to read
Bant Nexus and Gruul Aggro make up 35% of the Historic metagame and are played more than three times as much as their closest competition.
Expedition Map and Mystic Sanctuary Banned in Pauper
July 13, 2020
5 min to read
Both cards contributed to repetitive loops that locked opponents out of the game.