

Looking at how others use their cards can help you get better. Wildcards are key, as they are the only real substitute for being able to trade. After a short time, you should have the cards for a major archetype. You can start with the preconstructed deck most like the deck you want to play. Rather than commit to a deck from the meta outright, it might be easier to acquire packs and simply save your wildcards. This changes the nature of the game and makes it more luck-of-the-draw.

You can also buy gems directly for cash, which you can spend like gold. Excess copies of cards and victories earn you points which can be redeemed in the Vault for a special pack of powerful cards. Additionally, packs will occasionally contain wildcards which you can redeem for any card of equal rarity. Events payout in gold, with a record-based prize structure. Through quests, you can earn more gold in-game, with which you can enter events and buy packs. Getting CardsĬards come in 8 card packs, with 14 card packs for drafts. To understand how to win, first, you must understand what deck you will be playing and which decks you will face. Now let’s talk about actually playing (and winning) the game. These changes open up the draft format, lending more diversity to the decks you will see. Weekend drafts are available, with players drafting against a pod of CPUs and then entering a tournament. Standard is similar to Magic Online with constructed tournaments firing on demand. FormatsĬurrently, the only two formats are standard-like constructed and draft. The game will grow in depth as a 1,000 new cards are going to be added a year, keeping the game fresh. In a lot of ways, this will be ‘pure’ Magic, the way it was intended. The limited card pool is integral to the accessibility of the game and keeping what happens within WotC’s sensitive design parameters. The card pool currently includes Ixalan, Amonkhet, and Dominaria. The controls are much more intuitive than any other digital Magic game on the market. Matchmaking is more like MtGO than Duels. Players will quickly identify the familiar game elements and appreciate the changes, which are mostly minor.ĭeckbuilding will be familiar to anyone who has played DotP or MtGO. There is a slight difference in how the game is set up, with the board looking somewhat unfamiliar at first glance. But there are tutorials and guides available if you feel stuck. The game will be familiar to those who have played magic and their previous digital products. I’ve witnessed a Sacred Cat getting mummified, and it was glorious. Abilities and effects in the game also feature unique animations. Lighted indicators describe the action as it unfolds, making the game both easy and satisfying to watch. Lands even enter the battlefield with an earth-cracking ‘thwack.’īeautifully but subtly animated backdrops serve as your game board, bringing you into the battlefield below.

Your monsters charge your opponent head-on. Looking at it, it feels like their real goal was to give you an interactive digital art gallery. The aesthetic of Arena is something else. Hopefully, this will minimize bugs and keep the developers free to work on the game in other ways. It features a new machine-learned rules engine capable of reading any magic card they can put out. This product is not meant to replace Magic Online (MtGO) instead, it is intended to appeal to a broader market. This product feels like a cross between MtGO and Duels of the Planeswalkers (DotP), which makes it a comfy middle ground for a social gaming experience. Since the game is free to play it is accessible to anyone in your playgroup with a laptop. Kitchen table Magic is the lifeblood of the game, and through Arena you can play with friends around the world. The goal is to create an experience as fun as playing magic in your kitchen. We go through event details, schedule, and provide you with excellent sample decklists ready to go so you can claim the maximum rewards as painlessly as possible.MTG Arena Announcement Video Arena Overview Play Like You’re at the Kitchen Table In this section, you will find MTG Arena's in-game events and tournaments and their guides.
