We will be performing scheduled maintenance on September 9th, 2019 at 8 a.m. PT (15:00 UTC) to deploy the 0.18.01.00 game update. Maintenance is expected to last approximately one hour.

No downtime is expected. Players who are logged in prior to the start of maintenance are encouraged to restart their client once the game update is available. For all other players, the game will automatically update the next time Magic: The Gathering Arena is launched.

Patch notes will be available once maintenance is complete.

Oh, hey—looks like we forgot to mention something last week . . .

COURTSIDE ACTION

Here's what you need to know:

• September 4
• That's Today
• Play 1v1 Brawl on MTG Arena
• Use Throne of Eldraine Brawl Decks
• Earn up to six playsets of uncommon cards from Throne of Eldraine
• No entry fee

If you're still reading, we're going to assume it's because you have questions like "What is Brawl?" or "How does Brawl work on MTG Arena?" or "Wait, like . . . play with Throne of Eldraine cards right now?"

And to answer that last one—yes! Starting today right now, we're giving you the best seats in the Realm where you can preview, play, and earn Throne of Eldraine cards on MTG Arena. Players will have until September 9 to participate in a special Eldraine Courtside Brawl event, which allows you to play with four preconstructed Brawl decks based on the tabletop product that will be hitting shelves in October.

There is no entry fee, you can swap your deck anytime between matches, and each win up to six...

Brawl

For complete information, including a link to the comprehensive rules, please refer to the official Magic: The Gathering website.

Introduction to Brawl

Brawl is a little like Standard, a little like Commander, and a uniquely exciting deck-brewing challenge. Build a deck around a specific legendary creature or Planeswalker from the Standard card pool, and battle against friends in one-on-one or multiplayer free-for-all games.

Important Note: Currently,Magic: The Gathering Arena only supports one-vs-one games.

Brawl Deck

A Brawl deck consists of the following:

• 1 commander card (any legendary creature or planeswalker from a set currently in Standard)
• 59 other cards (also from sets currently in Standard) that share a color identity with your commander.
• Only one copy of any card, except for basic lands

Color Identity

A card's color identity is not quite the same as a card's color: it can come from any part of that card, including its casting cost and any mana symbols in its ...

Welcome to the Eldraine Courtside Brawl!

The Eldraine Courtside Brawl is a special Brawl event for Magic: The Gathering Arena. During the event, players can pick from one of four preconstructed decks to play both Brawl and select cards from the upcoming Throne of Eldraine set for the first time ever!

Event Information

Event Dates: September 4, 9 a.m. PT – September 9, 11 a.m. PT
Entry Fee: None!
Event Format: Preconstructed Brawl (One-on-One, Best-of-One)
Event Record: Players will earn rewards based on the total number of wins; losses are not counted.
Event Rewards: These cards will only be available as event rewards during the Courtside Brawl! You will not be able to craft any Throne of Eldraine cards until the set officially releases on September 26.

• 1 Win: 4x (playset) of Heraldic Banner and 1,000 XP 
• 2 Wins: 4x of Syr Konrad, the Grim
• 3 Wins: 4x of Faerie Vandal
• 4 Wins: 4x of Savvy Hunter
• 5 Wins: 4x of Inspiring Veteran
• 6 Wins: 4x of Order of Midnight

Event rewards can only...

Highlights

• Courtside Brawl
• Renewal Season
• Throne of Eldraine Pre-order

Courtside Brawl

Event Start: September 4th, 2019 at 9:30 a.m. PT (16:30 UTC)
Entry Format: 1v1 Brawl, Pre-constructed Decks
Entry Cost: No entry fee!
Rewards:

• 1 Win: 4x Heraldic Banner and 1,000 XP
• 2 WIns: 4x Syr Konrad, the Grim
• 3 Wins: 4x Faerie Vandal
• 4 Wins: 4x Savvy Hunter
• 5 Wins: 4x Inspiring Veteran
• 6 Wins: 4x Order of Midnight

For more information, please refer to the Welcome to the Eldraine Courtside Brawl guide.

Important Note

The event rewards will only be available through the Eldraine Courtside Brawl event until the sets official release! The reward cards can be played in Standard 2020 events, Direct Challenge match (except Tournament), and in Bot Matches up until Throne of Eldraine's release on September 26.Players will not be able to craft the event rewards until maintenance completes on September 26. Event decks (and their cards) will not be added to your collection.

New Confirmatio...

Eldraine Courtside Brawl Decks

Players will be able to pick from one of four preconstructed decks based on the tabletop product that will be released later this year:

• Knights’ Charge*
• Savage Hunter*
• Wild Bounty
• Faerie Schemes

These decks use cards from throughout Standard, from Guilds of Ravnica all the way through Throne of Eldraine. They also contain unique cards that aren't found in typical boosters, but are still Standard legal and playable!

Want to learn more? Check out today’s card preview article, where we take a step inside the box to examine the Brawl decklists.

*These decks each have two different cards than the tabletop versions of these decks. Mask of Immolation and Izoni, Thousand-Eyed were added to the Savage Hunter deck. Additionally, Shivan Dragon and Tajic, Legion’s Edge were added to the Knights’ Charge deck. All four cards were added to replace cards in the tabletop decks that were designed for multiplayer play (so didn’t make sense for MTG Arena’s 1v1 event)...

Q&A

When will Constructed Brawl (the ability to build and play with your own Brawl decks) be coming to MTG Arena?

While we currently don’t have an exact ETA, but we hope to include Constructed Brawl as part of our October game update.

Can I make any changes to the pre-constructed decks?

The decks come “as is”, and you won’t be able to make any changes to the decklist.

Will the pre-constructed decks be added to my collection?

Nope.

Will the tabletop Brawl decks include codes for MTG Arena like the Planeswalker decks?

The tabletop Brawl decks will not include a code for MTG Arena.

How do I add the 20 unique Brawl cards to my collection?

You’ll be able to craft any of the unique Brawl cards using Wildcards – including the four that were swapped for this event. Please note that just like the Planeswalker decks, these unique cards will not appear in booster packs or as individual card rewards, but they are all Standard legal!

When can I craft cards from the Brawl deck?

You’ll be abl...

Playing Courtside Brawl in MTG Arena

Choosing a Deck

Once you have joined the Courtside Brawl event, you will have an option to choose from one of the four preconstructed Brawl decks provided for you: Knights’ Charge, Savage Hunter, Wild Bounty, and Faeries Schemes.

Gameplay

Starting a Game

Per the Brawl format rules, each player is given a “free” mulligan.

Battlefield

The Eldraine Courtside Brawl will be played on the new Throne of Eldraine themed battlefield! Watch out for faeries!

Highlights:

• Each player begins the game with 25 life.

• When a player’s commander is in the Command zone, it will appear as a ‘near-hand’ castable. You can hover both your and your opponent’s commander card to view a larger version.
• The commander’s name is also listed below the both players; you can click this to view an enlarged version of the card as well.
• The total cost for the commander will automatically update when in the command zone. You can hover the card to see the mana cost (without...

The release of Throne of Eldraine on September 26 heralds a new start for Standard with the yearly rotation. It's a great time to be on—or jump back on—MTG Arena. Updates to Standard, Renewal Rewards and special events throughout the month of September, as well as updates to Historic will make rotation a can't-miss event.

ROTATION

Throne of Eldraine's release is just around the corner and with it our Standard set rotation. Rotation is an exciting, once-a-year refresh of Standard where the environment is shaken up—when the fall set releases, the four oldest sets in Standard rotate out.

This means that in a few short weeks, Standard will bid farewell to the Ixalan, Rivals of Ixalan, Dominaria, and Core Set 2019 card sets, as we welcome Throne of Eldraine to the MTG Arena family.

Throne of Eldraine, if you haven't heard, is a new world featuring an Arthurian Legend and fairy-tale aesthetic with Magic's signature twists. Its addition to MTG Arena promises to shake up the Standard form...

Issue: In the Omniscience event, the 7 Wins reward pop-up is showing an extraneous line of text. Players may see either “MainNav/EventsPage/Event_Popup_Text_Draft_Prize8 “ or “English: English: (Details Field) depending on their language settings.

Status: This is a visual bug, and there should be no text or event info displayed in that area. This will be fixed in future versions of this event.

Rewards are not affected (players receive 950 Gems and 2 Packs of Core Set 2020 if they achieve a 7-x record in the event).

SEASON DATES

Core Set 2020 Season 1 starts July 31st, 12:05 PT (19:05 UTC), ends August 31st at 12:00 PT (19:00 UTC)

• First qualifying period for Mythic Championship VII (MTG Arena)
• Top 1,000 Mythic Ranked players in Constructed or Limited at the end of this season will be eligible to compete in the Mythic Championship Qualifier Weekend VII
• For more information on the Mythic Championship Qualifier Weekend for Mythic Championship VII, click here.

Core Set 2020 Season 2 starts August 31st, 12:05 PT (19:05 UTC), ends September 30th at 12:00 PT (19:00 UTC)

• Second qualifying period for Mythic Championship VII (MTG Arena)
• Top 1,000 Mythic Ranked players in Constructed or Limited at the end of this season will be eligible to compete in the Mythic Championship Qualifier Weekend VII
• For more information on the Mythic Championship Qualifier Weekend for Mythic Championship VII, click here.

QUALIFICATION PERIODS

Core Set 2020 ranked seasons are qualification periods for Mythic Championship VI...

Store

Payment

• Real-money transactions will now take place within the game client. Players will no longer be directed to a secure website browser to complete their purchase.
• Discover, American Express, Maestro and JCB are now supported payment options.
• For more information, please refer to our Upcoming Changes to MTG Arena's Payment System.

Bug Fixes

• Nexus of Fate is no longer incorrectly banned in best-of-three Direct Challenge matches.
• Players may no longer sideboard down to a 40-card deck in best-of-three Direct Challenge matches.

Known Issues

• If a player attempts to install the latest version of MTG Arena while the client is currently running, it may automatically restart their PC.
  • Workaround: Please close out of the client before attempting to update to the latest version of Magic: The Gathering Arena.
• When playing in a Plane-cation event, if a player is currently in-match when the event ends they will be disconnected.

Upcoming Changes to MTG Arena’s Payment System

Starting on August 8th, 2019, Magic: The Gathering Arena will be partnering with Xsolla as our platform for payments and real-money transactions. Players will now be able to complete all monetary transactions through the in-game client without being taken to a secure website.

This change will happen automatically for all players as part of the 0.17.02.00 game update, currently scheduled to begin at 8 a.m. PT (15:00 UTC) on August 8th, 2019.

FAQ

What is ‘Xsolla’?

Xsolla is a third-party company that specializes in payment related tools and services. You can learn more about the company, here.

Why are you making this change?

By partnering with Xsolla, we hope to provide a faster, more seamless experience for players who wish to make real-money purchases in MTG Arena.

What happens to my saved payment information?

Most of the saved payment information should automatically transfer over to this new system, however some players may n...

We will be performing scheduled maintenance on August 8th at 8AM PT (15:00 UTC) to deploy the 0.17.02.00 game update.

Maintenance is expected to last approximately three hours. The in-game store will be unavailable during this time, and there will be a required update. Players who are logged in prior to the start of maintenance will be required to restart their client to download the patch.

Patch notes will be available once maintenance is complete.

BUG FIXES

• The avatar that you chose will now be displayed correctly to your opponent in Direct Challenge.
• The Mu Yanling sleeve will now display correctly.
• Pet will no longer re-enable itself after a player disables it.
• Fixed a bug that should address a large number of gameplay issues players have been reporting, including cards getting stuck hovering above the battlefield or on the stack and the Next/Resolve button disappearing.

Developers Note: This particular issue has been very difficult for us to reproduce, so if you come across this bug again, please help us by reporting it on our bug forums with your game log files as well as your DXDiag to help us identify the problem.

• How To: Create Log Files
• How To: Create a DxDiag File

EVENTS

Since the meta has shifted a bit since we built the ban list for the Standard Shakeup event, we've adjusted our ban list for the event.

We have removed:

• Venerated Loxodon
• Command the Dreadhorde
• Experimental Frenzy

We have added:

• Brineborn Cutt...

UPDATED: August 8th, 2019

Important Note:

This information is intended as a workaround for players who are experiencing issues updating or installing MTG Arena using the current launcher. If you encounter any issues when using this method, please be aware that customer support may be unable to provide any additional assistance.

Installing through the Windows Installer Package (.msi)

Note: This will not work if you have previously installed using the Windows Installer Package (e.g. Version 1615, 1539, etc.) If you have previously installed using a .msi file, see below for information on updating with the Windows Installer patch (.msp).

• Step 1: Download the latest .msi file: https://mtgarena.downloads.wizards.com/Live/Windows32/versions/1622.721726/MTGAInstaller_0.1.1622.721726.msi
• Step 2: Either double click this file or execute the following from the command prompt: msiexec /i MTGAInstaller_0.1.1622.721726.msi.
• Step 3: Follow the Setup Wizard prompts. It will look something like ...

Highlights

• Plane-cation Chronicles
• New Basic Land Cards, Full-Art Lands, and Card Styles
• Installer Updates

Installer Updates

Developer Note: These updates are shipping with the July 25th game update, which means players will need to update the game first to experience these improvements going forward.

• Players will no longer be required to download and reinstall the entire client when updating Magic: The Gathering Arena. In future updates, players will only need to download the specific changes in the update.
  • In the event that a full client download is required, we will try in make note of this as part of our scheduled maintenance announcements.
• Players will now be able to download certain assets prior to game updates. These downloads will happen in the background during normal play, and should decrease the amount that players need to download on release days - including card set releases!
• Players ...

We will be performing scheduled maintenance on July 25th, 2019 at 8AM PT (15:00 UTC) to deploy the 0.17.00.00 game update.

Maintenance is expected to last approximately two hours. While no downtime is expected, this is a required update. Players who are logged in prior to the start of maintenance will be required to restart their client to download the patch.

Patch notes will be available once maintenance is complete. For the latest information on maintenance times and status updates, please refer to our status page.

You know what? It's been a long couple of weeks. I think we've all earned ourselves a little vacation.

PLANE-CATION CHRONICLES

Pack your bags, wear comfortable shoes, and hold onto your Spark at all times—it's time to hit the Multiverse in our new Chronicles event series, Plane-cation!

For travel and scheduling purposes, here's a breakdown of each one of our scheduled stops across the Blind Eternities:

• Each event will start on Sunday at 8 a.m. PT (15:00 UTC) and end on the following Tuesday at 11 a.m. PT (18:00 UTC). Players will have until 8 a.m. PT Tuesday to join the event.
• Players will earn rewards based on the number of wins, up to 6 wins for each event.
• Losses are not tracked; you can play in each event until you earn the rewards (or the event itself ends) without starting over.
• No entry fee!

For those of you who participated in our War of the Spark Chronicles events, you'll notice a couple of key differences. For starters, we shortened both how long the event lasts and the ...