MTG Arena Announcements – November 18, 2024

In this edition:

• Magic: The Gathering Foundations Is Here!
• Foundations Jumpstart Comes to Midweek Magic
• Arena Direct Returns with Foundations Play Booster Boxes
• Purchase Magic World Championship 30 Preconstructed Decks
• Prepare for the Upcoming Standard Qualifier Weekend
• New Foundations Decks in Your Inbox
• Bug Fix Incoming: Wrangling a Gigantosaurus
• Event Schedule

Magic: The Gathering Foundations Is Here!

Last week saw the release of Magic: The Gathering Foundations on MTG Arena, and players have been exploring how this set will change Standard, Explorer, and beyond. Jim Davis recently went over some of the best reprints from the set over on the MTG Arena YouTube channel.

For fans of Limited, we've got you covered! Foundations offers sleek, simple, and spectacular Draft and Sealed events, all of which you can play on MTG Arena. You can explore all the cards in the set, along with the ways to obtain them on MTG Arena, in the Foundations Card Image Gallery.

Collecting Foundations Cards in MTG Arena

Now that Foundations is out, you can view every card in the set in the Magic: The Gathering Foundations Card Image Gallery. You can also quickly see how to collect each one in MTG Arena by checking the "Available In" section below the card image.

For example, are you looking for Ajani, Caller of the Pride? You can get the card three ways in MTG Arena: by purchasing Store Packs, from Limited Packs in events, and crafting it using wildcards.

Foundations Jumpstart Comes to Midweek Magic

Foundations Jumpstart brings a bevy of new cards and reprints to MTG Arena. If you're looking to experience the joy of mix-and-match Magic, then this week's Midweek Magic event is perfect for you.

Similar to our Jump In! Events, you'll select two randomized themed packets and instantly have a deck to play with. Perhaps you'll take down the competition with an army of Prideful Goblins or a coterie of Ne'er-do-well Ninjas. We've compiled all the possible themes right here.

For players who are just looking to grab some cards for your Historic or Timeless decks, Foundations Jumpstart cards are available to craft with your wildcards, so go forth and play Dark Confidant to your heart's content!

Arena Direct Returns with Foundations Play Booster Boxes

Arena Direct is back November 22–24 and you can win Magic: The Gathering Foundations Play Booster boxes! Play in Foundations Sealed Best-of-One matches, rack up six wins, and you'll have not just one, but two Play Booster boxes delivered to your door.

Winners must ensure their email address and their country are correct in their MTG Arena account to receive physical prizes; you'll be shown this information to verify it. If either is incorrect, please follow the prompt to contact Support to have these details updated and avoid delays getting your prize!

Please read the Arena Direct FAQ for more answers to your questions on prize redemption.

We are still working with a small number of players to deliver their prizes from Modern Horizons 3 and Outlaws of Thunder Junction Arena Direct events—if you are still waiting for yours and are not in contact with Support yet, we will be contacting you this week with an update.

Purchase Magic World Championship 30 Preconstructed Decks

Play like the best Magic players in the world with the top six Magic World Championship preconstructed Standard decks, arriving in the MTG Arena Store tomorrow, November 19. No need to import the decklist and spend precious wildcards to add Javier Dominguez's dominating Dimir Demons deck to your collection—grab it from the Store and start playing with it immediately!

The same goes for the other top-performing decks from Magic World Championship 30, including Dimir Midrange, Golgari Midrange, Mono-Red Aggro, Golgari Ramp, and Gruul Prowess decks. The prices for each of these will be prorated based on cards you already own in your collection, so you don't pay for cards you already have!

Check out all six decks below and then pick them up beginning November 19!

Prepare for the Upcoming Standard Qualifier Weekend

If you're looking to compete with your fresh Standard deck, then you can prove your prowess at Friday's Best-of-Three Qualifier Play-In. The queue opens on Friday, November 22, at 6 a.m. PT (14:00 UTC) and closes the next day at 3 a.m. PT (11:00 UTC). Players who claim four wins before one loss will qualify for the Qualifier Weekend.

This Qualifier Weekend's format, from November 23–24, is Standard Constructed. By competing in the Qualifier Weekend, you can earn a spot at Arena Championship 8. Win that, and you can make it to the Pro Tour. If you win that, you may just be at the next World Championship!

For all the details on the events, information on qualifying, and more, check out the details over on Magic.gg.

New Foundations Decks in Your Inbox

The release of Foundations on MTG Arena also brought ten new Foundations-based decks with cards from the new set to your collection. Check your player inbox to claim these, because they include over 50 rare and mythic rare cards!

You may have noticed some of the new decks import without names—this will be fixed soon. If you've renamed these already, don't worry: those decks will keep your chosen names and will not be renamed.

Many of you have requested the decklists for these new decks, so here they are!

(Please note: Card images displayed in the decklists below may be of versions not present in this product. These decklists are not a card-for-card product display but are representative of the cards found in the decks.)

Bug Fix Incoming: Wrangling a Gigantosaurus

We've heard your reports that a certain 10/10 Dinosaur has been causing trouble in the MTG Arena client. Specifically, Gigantosaurus's full frame depth art hasn't been appearing as expected. We've got our best dinosaur handlers (tech support members) looking into the issue, and we'll have a fix in a future update.

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-08:00) 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-08:00).

• November 19–21: Foundations Jumpstart
• November 26–28: Standard Deck Duel
• December 3–5: Magic: The Gathering Foundations Brawl Builder Challenge
• December 10–12: Explorer

Quick Draft

• November 12–22: Murder at Karlov Manor
• November 22–December 3: Magic: The Gathering Foundations

Other Events

• November 19–December 3: Foundations Jumpstart
• December 6–8: Timeless Metagame Challenge

November Qualifier Events – Standard

• November 22: Best-of-Three Play-In
• November 23–24: Qualifier Weekend

Competitive Play Schedule

All times listed are Pacific time (UTC-08:00).

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!

November

• Qualifier Play-In (Best-of-Three)
  November 22, 6 a.m. PT–November 23, 3 a.m. PT
  • Format: Standard
• Qualifier Weekend
  November 23, 6 a.m. PT–November 24, 4 p.m. PT
• Format: Standard

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-08:00). The Day Two entry window is 2 hours only, from 6 a.m. PT until 8 a.m. PT (UTC-08:00).

• Arena Open Magic: The Gathering Foundations
  • November 30: Day One, Foundations Sealed (Best-of-One and Best-of-Three)
  • December 1: Day Two, Foundations Draft (Best-of-Three)

The entry reward is the Banner of Kinship sleeve:

November 2024 Ranked Season

The November 2024 Ranked Season begins October 31 at 12:05 p.m. PT (UTC-07:00) and ends November 30 at 12 p.m. PT (UTC-08:00).

• Bronze Reward: 1 Magic: The Gathering Foundations pack
• Silver Reward: 1 Magic: The Gathering Foundations pack + 500 gold
• Gold Reward: Magic: The Gathering Foundations packs + 1,000 gold + Vengeful Bloodwitch card style
• Platinum Reward: 3 Magic: The Gathering Foundations packs + 1,000 gold + Vengeful Bloodwitch card style + Exemplar of Light card style
• Diamond Reward: 4 Magic: The Gathering Foundations packs + 1,000 gold + Vengeful Bloodwitch card style + Exemplar of Light card style
• Mythic Reward: 5 Magic: The Gathering Foundations packs + 1,000 gold + Vengeful Bloodwitch card style + Exemplar of Light card style

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