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Decks Are Back in the Store!

The preconstructed Standard and Brawl decks announced last week are back in the MTG Arena Store! We apologize for the delay getting these up and greatly appreciate your patience as we got this feature working.

There are five complete decks you can purchase and start playing immediately: two Standard decks and three Brawl decks. Players have started giving us feedback on the decks, and we want to hear from you—what kind of decks would you like to see in the future? Let us know!

Check out all five decks available now in the MTG Arena Store and look for more decks coming soon!

Foundation Deck: Standard Dinosaurs

Foundation Deck: Standard Dinosaurs is everything you could want in a big red-green stompy deck! Cast massive Dinosaurs, attack for huge amounts of damage, and bring the prehistoric pain! This deck will be available in the store for 5,310 gems and features the following cards:

(Please note: Card images displayed in the decklist below may be of versions not present in this product. This decklist is not a card-for-card product display but is representative of the cards found in the deck.)

Standard Deck: Dinosaurs
Format Standard, Historic, Timeless
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Champion Deck: Standard Toxic

Champion Deck: Standard Toxic is the compleat package for poison counters and control gameplay. Attack with your Phyrexians to slowly corrupt your opponent and remember: you only need to inflict ten poison counters on them to win. Play this deck well, and all will be one! This deck will be available in the store for 11,280 gems and features the following cards:

(Please note: Card images displayed in the decklist below may be of versions not present in this product. This decklist is not card-for-card product displays but is representative of the cards found in the deck.)

Standard Deck: Toxic
Format Standard, Historic, Timeless
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Starter Deck: Zada, Hedron Grinder Brawl

Build a board with goblins, then buff up Zada and watch the copies rack up for a devastating attack! This deck will be available for 2,210 gems and features these cards:

(Please note: Card images displayed in the decklist below may be of versions not present in this product. This decklist is not a card-for-card product display but is representative of the cards found in the deck.)

Brawl Deck: Zada, Hedron Grinder
Format Brawl
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Foundation Deck: Eriette of the Charmed Apple Brawl

Drain your opponent and gain life by filling the board with enchantments and allowing Eriette to eat away at your opponent! This deck will be available for 4,480 gems and features these cards:

(Please note: Card images displayed in the decklist below may be of versions not present in this product. This decklist is not a card-for-card product display but is representative of the cards found in the deck.)

Brawl Deck: Eriette of the Charmed Apple
Format Brawl
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Foundation Deck: A-Raiyuu, Storm's Edge Brawl

Samurais and Warriors might start by attacking alone, but an extra combat gives them time to regroup and fight together as one! This deck will be available for 4,320 gems and features these cards:

(Please note: Card images displayed in the decklist below may be of versions not present in this product. This decklist is not a card-for-card product display but is representative of the cards found in the deck.)

Brawl Deck: A-Raiyuu, Storm's Edge
Format Brawl
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Alchemy: Bloomburrow Available Tomorrow!

The adventures in Valley continue on MTG Arena with the release of Alchemy: Bloomburrow tomorrow, August 20! This set introduces 30 new cards legal in Alchemy, Historic, Brawl, and Timeless formats and leans into the fun of digital Magic with spellbooks, conjured cards, and mechanics you only find on MTG Arena.

Now, you can see all the cards in the set by checking out the Alchemy: Bloomburrow Card Image Gallery.

Pick up packs of Alchemy: Bloomburrow starting Tuesday, August 20!

The Next Arena Open: August 31

A rabbit and a mouse carrying packs adventure through the forest, traversing a fallen tree, with the text Arena Open, a scales and tails showdown! August 31

We're squeezing one more Arena Open into the tail end of August, so shed your old scales and clean your claws—another round of high-stakes Magic competitive play in Arena Open: Bloomburrow is coming August 31 through September 1!

You can claim prizes of up to $2,000 plus an invitation to the September Qualifier Weekend by battling through two days of Bloomburrow Sealed and Draft matches and besting some of the top Magic players around. No matter where you end up placing, everyone who enters will receive the Imagine: Courageous Critters avatar of Jace, the Mind Sculptor!

Courageous Critters Jace, the Mind Sculptor avatar

Check out all the Arena Open: Bloomburrow event details and start practicing in these Bloomburrow Limited events now:

Earn MTG Arena Rewards Playing Standard Events at WPN Stores until August 31

A Bloomburrow pack with Mabel on the front and the Ral, Crackling Wit card with Ral Zarek in otterfolk form, with text: Play Standard four times in WPN stores, get rewards on MTG Arena August 2–31 Earn a BLB mythic pack, card rewards, and more

Time flies when you're having fun, but don't let it fly away before you have fun playing in Standard events at participating WPN stores. You can earn MTG Arena rewards for each event you play in, up to four:

  • First event: 1 random rare card in Standard
  • Second event: 1 random rare card in Standard
  • Third event: 1 Bloomburrow pack and Ral, Crackling Wit card style
  • Fourth event: 1 Bloomburrow mythic pack

Get all the details on this promotion, sign up for Standard events at your local participating WPN store, and then start earning rewards! Rewards will be sent to your MTG Arena player inbox on or after September 1, 2024.

Event Schedule

Events open at 8 a.m. PT on their starting dates (excluding Midweek Magic) and close to entries at 8 a.m. PT (UTC-07:00) on the ending date shown unless otherwise noted.

Midweek Magic

Midweek Magic events open on Tuesdays at 2 p.m. PT and close to new entries on Thursdays at 2 p.m. PT (UTC-07:00).

  • August 20–22: Into the Future
  • August 27–29: Momir
  • September 3–5: GNSHAAGHKKAPPHRIIBIT
  • September 10–12: Historic Pauper

Quick Draft

  • August 20–September 3: Wilds of Eldraine
  • September 3-17: Bloomburow

Other Events

  • August 20–27: Alchemy: Bloomburrow Premier Draft
  • August 30–September 1: Timeless Metagame Challenge
  • Summer Flashback Drafts
    • August 27–September 3: Dominaria Premier Draft
    • September 3–10: Dominaria United Premier Draft
    • September 10–17: Amonkhet Remastered Premier Draft
    • September 17–24: Zendikar Rising Premier Draft

September Qualifier Events – Timeless

  • September 7: Best-of-One Play-In
  • September 13: Best-of-Three Play-In
  • September 14–15: Qualifier Weekend

Competitive Play Schedule

All times listed are Pacific time (UTC-07:00).

Premier Play

Qualifier Play-In events are single-day tournaments in which players compete to earn invitations to that month's Qualifier Weekend events.

Qualifier Weekend events are two-day events in which eligible players compete for invitations to upcoming Arena Championship events.

Qualifier tokens earned through Seasonal Rewards are delivered to your MTG Arena inbox. Remember to claim them before the event starts!

September

  • Qualifier Play-In (Best-of-One)
    September 7, 6 a.m. PT–September 8, 3 a.m. PT
    • Format: Timeless
  • Qualifier Play-In (Best-of-Three)
    September 13, 6 a.m. PT–September 14, 3 a.m. PT
    • Format: Timeless
  • Qualifier Weekend
    September 14, 6 a.m. PT–September 15, 4 p.m. PT
    • Format: Timeless (Best-of-Three)

Arena Open

The Arena Open Day One entry window begins at 6 a.m. PT and closes to new entries the following day at 3 a.m. PT (UTC-07:00). The Day Two entry window is 2 hours only, from 6 a.m. PT until 8 a.m. PT (UTC-07:00).

  • Arena Open: Bloomburrow
    • August 31: Day One, Bloomburrow Sealed (Best-of-One and Best-of-Three)
    • September 1: Day Two, Bloomburrow Draft (Best-of-Three)

All entrants receive the Imagine: Courageous Critters Jace, the Mind Sculptor avatar!

August 2024 Ranked Season

The August 2024 Ranked Season begins July 31 at 12:05 p.m. PT (UTC-07:00) and ends August 31 at 12 p.m. PT (UTC-07:00).

  • Bronze Reward: 1 Bloomburrow pack
  • Silver Reward: 1 Bloomburrow pack + 500 gold
  • Gold Reward: Bloomburrow packs + 1,000 gold + Consumed by Greed card style
  • Platinum Reward: 3 Bloomburrow packs + 1,000 gold + Consumed by Greed card style + Salvation Swan card style
  • Diamond Reward: 4 Bloomburrow packs + 1,000 gold + Consumed by Greed card style + Salvation Swan card style
  • Mythic Reward: 5 Bloomburrow packs + 1,000 gold + Consumed by Greed card style + Salvation Swan card style
Consumed by Greed card style
Salvation Swan card style

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