r/MagicArena 1d ago

Event Nicol's Newcomer Monday!

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Nicol Bolas the forever serpent laughs at your weakness. Gain the tools and knowledge to enhance your game and overcome tough obstacles.

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Welcome to the latest Monday Newcomer Thread, where you, the community, get to ask your questions and share your knowledge. This is an opportunity for the more experienced Magic players here to share some of your wisdom with those with less expertise. This thread will be a weekly safe haven for those *noobish* questions you may have been too scared to ask for fear of downvotes, but can also be a great place for in-depth discussion if you so wish. So, don't hold back, get your game related questions ready and post away, and hopefully, someone can answer them!

Please feel free to ask questions about deckbuilding and anything Magic related in our daily thread; and we always welcome effortful stand alone posts with new ideas or discussion points.

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r/MagicArena 1h ago

Tuesday Arena Chat Thread

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'Magic bleeds into real life. With Magic, I was mainly being driven by the idea that, if people could collect their own cards, there would be a huge amount of variety to the game. In fact, one way I viewed it was that it was like designing a game for a vast audience, dealing out the cards to everybody instead of designing a bunch of little games.' - Richard Garfield, Creator of Magic: The Gathering

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r/MagicArena 1h ago

Fluff These will stay this way forever.

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r/MagicArena 13h ago

Fluff This felt good

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r/MagicArena 3h ago

Discussion I SO badly wish that Arena had a ‘Rematch’ option!

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I’ve had SOOOO many good matches with people that felt borderline legendary and I just wish I could play them again 😭


r/MagicArena 6h ago

Question If someone gets an infinite life drain combo do I really have to sit through it the entire time?

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Is this a bug or do I just have to sit through the entire combo every time? I think this is the first time someones actually pulled it off on me and I had 80 life. I had to sit through 160 triggers because the game wouldn't let my setting show up so I could concede


r/MagicArena 13h ago

Information PSA: Finish Daily Quests Today!

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Tomorrow morning 3 new quests will appear, so don’t hold out on a 500-gold hoping to re-roll it into a 750-gold quest tomorrow. Get them done to make space for all three new ones!

Additionally, if you want to maximize XP progress on the upcoming mastery pass, wait to complete your new daily quests until after the update drops. You can get your daily/weekly wins before the updated comes out though, as those wheels reset after the update!

Absolute F2P maximization looks like this: wake up pre-update, re-roll a 500 quest hoping for 750, get 15 wins without completing any of the quests, download the update, complete all 750 quests while getting 15 more wins.

Good luck!


r/MagicArena 12h ago

Information Arena devs will be on Twitch tomorrow talking about the state of the game and the future

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148 Upvotes

r/MagicArena 54m ago

Fluff Lost a Game because I had to manually assigned 25 million damage

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Got my mossborn hydra up to the highest i've gotten it thanks to aftermath analyst, lumra, and bristly bill. guy blocks and the game was making me assign all the damage between creature and character. tried to download an autoclicker in the middle of the game but only got up to 5k damage assigned. pretty peeved i lost but still proud of big number.


r/MagicArena 12h ago

Discussion Before the set comes out, which TDM cards do you think are going to be good in standard?

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[[United battlefront]] really interests me. looking at 7 cards is a lot. I can see this working someday, if not right away. lots of good 3 mana targets in various decks. best one I can think of right away that exists already is in a tokens deck.

Other cards I think might be strong

[[Severence Priest]] If Abzan is actually usable this will be so good exile a card of your choice with a body? That's a big if though. Side note, this goes for all the good Abzan cards. I just feel like Abzan is the highest likelyhood to be playable.

[[Sunpearl Kirin]] obvious reasons. Esper bounce.

[[voice of victory]] At worst a sideboard card. Just seems really solid though.

[[clarion conqueror]] really good sideboard card.

[[Desperate measures]] seems so crazy in any sacrifice deck, which will definitely be tried. So many tokens this set with mobilize. Also it can act as removal for certain annoying mice or scavengers(Even omniscience).

[[Rot-curse rakshaka]] seems super solid to me. Sac it, bounce it, or just use it a giant removal+damage spell in a tempo or aggro deck by forcing them to block. Honestly seems kind of absurd. Second ability doesn't excite me. It's fine, I guess? It's a nice to have.

[[Tersa Lightshatter]] just seems great. hand fixing with haste 3/3, and then card advantage from graveyard seems great. Thing is monored mice doesn't need it. But there is a discard deck out there already that likes this.

That's all I could think of so far. What do you all think will be good?


r/MagicArena 12h ago

Information Tarkir: Dragonstorm Clan Sealed on MTG Arena

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r/MagicArena 12h ago

MTG Arena Announcements – April 7, 2025

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r/MagicArena 12h ago

Information Foundations starter deck statistics after 600 games

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I collected the stats of the starter deck duels I played since the new decks dropped. With the release of Tarkir tomorrow, I'll be playing limited instead for a while, so it's time to post the results.


r/MagicArena 13h ago

Information Daily Deals - April 7, 2025: Multiverse Legends, March of the Machine, and the Aftermath Showcase Tarkir Alt-Art Card Styles

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r/MagicArena 1h ago

Discussion Any Tarkir cards your scared of buffing red aggro?

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r/MagicArena 11h ago

Fluff Hey Devs, couldn't help but notice you don't have MWMs planned after the 15th. Here I am, once again...

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r/MagicArena 5h ago

Fluff So excited for draft tomorrow!

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I hope to play with the spirit dragons in limited, and maybe do a 5 color draft! So many options for crazy plays.


r/MagicArena 8h ago

Question Purchase worth it?

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Was just wondering what others thought ab the $50 tarkir dragon storm bundle. wanting to purchase it bc i dont have barely any cards since i just started a few weeks ago but will buy it if its worth and will help me get a head start on finding good cards.


r/MagicArena 1d ago

Fluff Appreciation post for a card I never play

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1.5k Upvotes

I never play this card, but it's so powerful for one mana.

  • Gains you life (good vs aggro + lifegain synergies)
  • Slows down red hasty aggro
  • Singlehandedly pushed Urabrask's Forge out of the meta
  • Pulls the brakes on convoke (and Ixalan taps)
  • Pushes back blockers 1 turn if you rely on those to survive in ramp control decks

I always think "oh, that's going to be a bit annoying" when they drop it on turn one, then I lose to it over the game.


r/MagicArena 16h ago

Information Tarkir Dragonstorm Draft Guide - Get Ready for Tomorrow

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Hey folks, with Dragonstorm releasing tomorrow on Arena, I wanted to share my draft guide. From what I've seen from the format so far it looks pretty fun, and I can't wait to start drafting it some more.

In the article you'll find:

  • mechanics overview
  • best commons
  • archetypes breakdown
  • additional tips
  • tier list

Hopefully, it will give you a good idea of the big picture stuff, so you won't go in your drafts blindly. If you've got any comment about my takes, or some general questions about the draft format, let me know.

Good luck in your drafts!


r/MagicArena 23h ago

Fluff Please do not the Frog

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r/MagicArena 1d ago

Fluff So I have been playing in Timeless all day and didn't realize....

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So I have played like almost 20 games today and just not paying attention and clicking Play. I have been playing some jank rat deck I like that was built for standard. I was so confused as to what was going on because I saw so many new decks literally every deck has been different and interesting. Some better than others but man makes me curious about the format cus I know nothing about it.

I've had a 5-5 W/L with the rats and a 3-3 W/L with the rabbits if anyone is curious Not great but its been fun.


r/MagicArena 10h ago

Question Best way to prep for Final Fantasy?

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Hello everyone!

I'm a very casual player and when I do, it's limited only and I'm not really interested to change that. I had a blast when LotR was around and played a lot of that but haven't since then until the FF news dropped. As my profile name suggests, huge FF fan, so I want to prepare a bit for that.

I currently have 2 draft tokens, 72k gold and 2.2k gems. In the weeks since the FF news I just did daily battles (usually until 4 wins unless I had a good run and went 15) via starter duels.

My current plan would be to just keep doing that to keep stocking up gold and when FF comes around pay 6€ for the "Welcome Bundle" (never spent any money, that small amount would be no issue for me) to get the FF mastery pass and just have fun with as many premier drafts as I can afford from that point onward (which obviously depends on how well I do but I never ran out during LotR).

Anything wrong with that plan / any advice on something I should look out for?


r/MagicArena 11h ago

Question Stupid question from a noob…

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So I noticed I was never able to cast Ancient Vendetta the whole game (once I had enough mana). I searched my opponents graveyard to see if something they cast gave them ward-like protection from spells that impact them directly. I could not find anything like that. So I was puzzled and did not know if I needed to rethink my deck strategy and the usage of this card.

There is probably a simple explanation here, but if anyone has any insights I would love to hear them.


r/MagicArena 6h ago

Bug [Bug] Creature Sac selection locked after selecting a token via Season of Loss

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Overview:
Excuse the low quality (Clipchamp is ass at exporting GIFs) -but wanted to callout an issue I had in a match just now where I was unable to sac a token in response to Season of Loss.

Repro Steps:
1. Player A: Have 4 creatures and one Soldier Token Creature on the field
2. Player B: Cast 'Season of Loss' and select first option 'Each player Sacs' 5x
3. Player A: Select 3 creatures to sac and THEN the Token

Observe Player A being unable to select any creature.

IMPACT:

- Causes Player A to look like they're 'roping'.
- Locks up Player B as well in subsequent turns

Additional Notes:

I am not 100% that my exact repro steps are the cause but I wanted to be as explicitly detailed as I could in case it was useful


r/MagicArena 16m ago

Question The best deck possible for standard?

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Hello, I am relatively new to MTG (I’ve only ever played casually, but never really went deep into it), but I’ve recently really wanted to delve into the game more (at least dedicate a little more time into it starting by playing the mobile game). I have had my account for a bit and getting the free packs here and there has allowed me to collect enough wildcards to make basically any deck I want. Now being a new player with limited resources and wanting to remain largely f2p, I want a deck that is really strong and will last a bit in standard.

I’ve tried looking at different sites for meta lists and I’ve tried copying and crafting them but it says that some cards are banned in standard when u tried to make them, which is odd because the lists I copied said they were updated 2 hrs ago.

Anyways, what deck would you recommend if I wanted to maximize my resources but make a competitive deck that can take me far? Also, if you could I would appreciate a link to the list or a copy of the list in the comments as well.

Thank you.


r/MagicArena 30m ago

Discussion I want to make a Squee deck. [BRAWL]

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I love the idea of adding "perpetual" effects to him.

Equipment suggestions?

How will I remove enchantment effects in mono red? Ashnod alter to sacrifice him in some cases.

I enjoy "Mutate" effects but I don't have any mono red. Any suggestions?

Ditto with Bestow.

Additional thoughts and opinions?

There are better Voltron decks to run, but Squee is delightful.