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(Editor's Note: The June 2023 Ranked Season pack rewards were incorrectly listed as March of the Machine packs. In fact, the June 2023 Ranked Season pack rewards are The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth packs. This has been corrected below. If you wish to swap your rewarded packs to the previously mentioned March of the Machine packs, please reach out to Customer Support, and we will make this change to your rewards. We appreciate your understanding!)

The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth™ Is Here!

Play The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth now on MTG Arena

The epic set of heroes and adventures is now on MTG Arena! You'll find packs, avatars, card style bundles, a full-art map lands bundle, and more to collect in the Store—and don't forget to check your in-game mail for three packs to get your started.

Midweek Magic Phantom Sealed Deck

Want to play the set to get a feel for it first? Don't miss the Midweek Magic The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth Phantom Sealed event this week, June 27–29. This is a casual and fun way to play Magic without entry costs while earning individual card rewards and cosmetics!

Download Story Decks

Not sure where to start building a deck? Import narrative-inspired decks detailed in The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth™ Story Decks article to start playing in Alchemy and Historic with the new set quickly—there's even a 100-card Historic Brawl deck!

Dive into the Details

Ready to build your own decks? Take a look at all the cards in the set, and then deep dive into The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth Mechanics to build your own decks and strategies.

June 30–July 11: The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth Quick Draft

Shortcut to Mushrooms card art showing Hobbits eating mushrooms

Have fun, build your collection, and earn prizes in Quick Drafts. Join the first The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth Quick Draft beginning this Friday, June 30.

In Quick Drafts, you are drafting against a bot rather than players, which is great if you're still learning the cards and need time to consider your options—take all the time you need, because the bot doesn't mind!

Check out more events in the Event Schedule below.

Arena Open This Weekend

Aragorn holding his magic sword with the phrase, reforge your position, across from him

Take step toward the big leagues of Magic competitive play in the next Arena Open happening this weekend, July 1–2. Face players in Sealed Deck and Draft matches to win your way to an August Qualifier Weekend invitation and up to $2,000!

Plus, everyone who enters gets this Dragon Hoard sleeve!

Dragon Hoard sleeve

July 7–9 Celebrate Magic at Your Local WPN Store

Gandalf with his fireworks at the Shire celebration

Join us for the Magic Celebration event at participating WPN and WPN Premium stores worldwide July 7–9! It takes just three easy steps:

  1. Register and play Jumpstart! Purchase two Jumpstart packets and play three casual rounds at your store. The first 30 players to register and play Jumpstart at the Magic Celebration event will receive a limited-edition, collectible dice set that includes three six-sided (d6) dice and a burgundy bag with a golden Planeswalker symbol!
    Example set of green dice and burgundy dice bag with gold Planeswalker symbol
  2. Form your Fellowship! Bring up to eight friends, and you'll all get a special Thought Vessel promo card!
  3. Claim a Precious! Use your registered MTG Arena Wizards account in the Magic Companion app to get a special, ready-to-play deck in your MTG Arena inbox, beginning July 23—just be sure to log in with the account you use to play MTG Arena! (This promotion only applies in select regions where MTG Arena codes are valid.)

Don't miss it!

EVENT SCHEDULE

Events open on the starting date at 8 a.m. PT (excluding MidweekMagic) 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).

  • June 27–29: The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth Phantom Sealed
  • July 4–6: The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth Constructed
  • July 11–13: Historic Brawl
  • July 18–20: Standard

QUICK DRAFT

  • June 16–29: Phyrexia: All Will Be One
  • June 30–July 11: The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth
  • July 11–18: The Brothers' War
  • July 18–August 1: The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth
  • August 1–5: Dominaria United

OTHER EVENTS

  • June 20–July 18: The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth Sealed
  • July 7–14: The Two (Command) Towers
  • July 17–25: Kamigawa: Neon Dynasty Premier Draft

PREMIER PLAY SCHEDULE

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

QUALIFIER EVENTS

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

Qualifier Weekend eventsare two-day events in which eligible players compete for invitations to upcoming Arena Championship events. Check out the standings to see who's qualified for Arena Championship 4.

Qualifier tokens are delivered in your MTG Arena inbox. Remember to claim them before the event starts!

July

  • Qualifier Play-In (Best-of-One)
    July 8, 6 a.m. PT–July 9, 3 a.m. PT
  • Format: The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth Limited
  • Qualifier Play-In (Best-of-Three)
    July 14, 6 a.m. PT–July 15, 3 a.m. PT
  • Format: The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth Limited
  • Qualifier Weekend
    July 15, 6 a.m. PT–July 16, 4 p.m. PT
  • Format: The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth Limited

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).

June 2023 Ranked Season

The June 2023 Ranked Season begins May 31 at 12:05 p.m. PT and ends on June 30 at 12 p.m. PT (UTC-07:00)

  • Bronze Reward: 1 The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth pack
  • Silver Reward: 1 The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth pack + 500 gold
  • Gold Reward: 2 The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth packs + 1,000 gold + Council's Deliberation
  • Platinum Reward: 3 The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth packs + 1,000 gold + Council's Deliberation + Orcish Bowmasters card style
  • Diamond Reward: 4 The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth packs + 1,000 gold + Council's Deliberation + Orcish Bowmasters card style
  • Mythic Reward: 5 The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth packs + 1,000 gold + Council's Deliberation + Orcish Bowmasters card style
Council's Deliberation card style
 
Orcish Bowmasters card style

July 2023 Ranked Season

The June 2023 Ranked Season begins June 30 at 12:05 p.m. PT and ends on July 31 at 12 p.m. PT (UTC-07:00)

  • Bronze Reward: 1 The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earthpack
  • Silver Reward: 1 The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earthpack + 500 gold
  • Gold Reward: 2 The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earthpacks + 1,000 gold + Shadow Summoning card style
  • Platinum Reward: 3 The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earthpacks + 1,000 gold + Shadow Summoning card style + Press the Enemy card style
  • Diamond Reward: 4 The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earthpacks + 1,000 gold + Shadow Summoning card style + Press the Enemy card style
  • Mythic Reward: 5 The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earthpacks + 1,000 gold + Shadow Summoning card style + Press the Enemy card style
Shadow Summoning card style card style
 
Press the Enemy card style

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