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Inside the (New) Arena Economy

Tobi Henke | 2023-12-01

Things have changed since we last took a look at the program's economy. It's time to get up to date and down to business! If you want to know how bad the store really is, and what to do with your gems, gold, points, wildcards, and time on MTG Arena, here's your deep dive into the info dump.

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Data Analysis: How Close Is Pioneer on Arena?

Tobi Henke | 2022-07-06

The difference between Pioneer and MTG Arena's Explorer format is thousands of cards. But how many of those actually see play and play a relevant role in the Pioneer metagame? It's not as many as you might think. We could get there quickly—if only Wizards started the process!

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Magic

Thanks, I Hate It: New Year's Resolutions for MTG Arena

Tobi Henke | 2022-01-06

It's a hallowed tradition to try and be better in the new year. MTG Arena, already the very best in digital Magic gameplay, has every intention of getting worse. Let's look at the actual plans, compare them to possible plans for actual improvement, and throw up (our hands) in despair.

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Magic

The Troubles with Alchemy

Gianluca Aicardi | 2021-12-13

On December 9, a brand-new digital-only format has debuted on MTG Arena. Its name is Alchemy and its very existence and nature give birth to a series of implications that could affect the entire game—key among them an increasingly sharper separation between the traditional play modes and "the Arena way."

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Everything You Should Know About the Arena Economy

Tobi Henke | 2021-08-10

MTG Arena is a great tool to support your Magic fix. Try out new deck ideas, get in a real game of Standard or a draft anytime at the push of a button. The program is theoretically free to play too, albeit with a bunch of asterisks and caveats. Here's what you should know to get as close to this ideal as possible!

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Five Quick Tips for the Sealed Deck Arena Open

Kristof Prinz | 2021-05-05

The Arena Open is coming up this weekend, and it features Strixhaven Sealed! Getting a head start of what to expect from your opponents with a few thoughts on what does and what doesn't work should give you a meaningful advantage. Let's look at the "metagame" and the speed of the format—and more.

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Strixhaven Spotlight: Powerful Prismari Projects

Marin Magda | 2021-04-08

Strixhaven opens its doors and gives us rebrands of five two-color combinations. As expected, Izze— Prismari is all about wacky projects, though this time around they are pretty big in size. Will they make it big in Constructed as well? Let's find out if the experiments were successful!

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What I'm Playing This Weekend at the Kaldheim Championship

Kristof Prinz | 2021-03-26

What do you get when you test for a major tournament with the likes of Brad Nelson, Seth Manfield, and the famous "Czech House"? Great options for Historic, a deck choice for Standard upon which the whole team agreed, and a solid starting point for a hopefully successful weekend!

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Deck Tech: Back on Track with Gruul Adventures

Kristof Prinz | 2021-01-07

After crushing SCG's $5K Kaldheim Championship Qualifier—going 12-0 with Gruul Adventures and getting back to the "PT"—it's time for the latest insight and sideboard guide. What's new, what changed? How and why? Here's one last look at the proven best deck in pre-Kaldheim Standard!

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