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- magic.wizards.com MTG Arena Announcements – September 30, 2024
Catch up with the latest info and events on MTG Arena.
In this edition:
- Duskmourn: House of Horror Has Been Unleashed!
- New Phrases and Stickers in the Store
- Duskmourn: House of Horror Quick Draft Begins Friday!
- Event Schedule
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Has anyone else noticed Arena lagging specifically in games with the Duskmourn playmat?
feedback.wizards.com Arena runs slowly in games with the new Duskmourn playmatSince the Duskmourn update I have noticed significant lag in some of my games. I can play, barely, but animations run slowly and it takes about a second to see the results of my actions. I think I've narrowed it down to occurring only on the new Duskmourn-themed playmat -- the one with the televis...
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- magic.wizards.com MTG Arena Announcements – September 23, 2024
Catch up with the latest info and events on MTG Arena.
In this edition:
- Duskmourn: House of Horror Launches Tomorrow—Just One Day Left for Preorders!
- A House Full of Events
- New Duskmourn: House of Horror Packets in Jump In!
- Event Schedule
- magic.wizards.com MTG Arena Announcements – September 16, 2024
Catch up with the latest info and events on MTG Arena.
In this edition:
- Only One Week Before Duskmourn: House of Horror Preorders Are Gone
- Don't Miss the Duskmourn Streamer Event This Wednesday
- Preconstructed Decks Available until September 24
- Event Schedule
- magic.wizards.com MTG Arena Announcements – September 9, 2024
Catch up with the latest info and events on MTG Arena.
In this edition:
- Preorder Bundles Available Now!
- Join the Duskmourn Streamer Event Wednesday, September 18
- Remix Draft: Artifacts Returns Tomorrow
- Be Among the First to Qualify for Arena Championship 8
- Large MTG Arena Update This Week
- Event Schedule
- magic.wizards.com Duskmourn: House of Horror Mastery Details
Chills and thrills lurk in the Duskmourn Mastery Emporium with packs, companions, card styles, and more you can earn!
- magic.wizards.com MTG Arena Announcements – September 3, 2024
Catch up with the latest info and events on MTG Arena.
In this edition:
- Preorders Start Today for Duskmourn: House of Horror!
- Delve into Duskmourn with the Debut
- Five New Brawl Decks Now in the MTG Arena Store
- Qualify for Exciting Events in the Timeless Qualifier Play-In
- Celebrate Yargle Day in Midweek Magic This Week
- Event Schedule
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Reminder: Craft Amalia and Sorin for Wildcard refunds tomorrow
Since Amalia Benavides Aguirre and Sorin, Imperious Bloodlord will be banned in Explorer tomorrow, crafting them now means you'll be rewarded with the same number of wildcards and be able to keep the cards for use in Brawl/Historic
Note that Nadu/Grief are not being banned in any Arena formats so won't receive any wildcard refunds
- magic.wizards.com MTG Arena Announcements – August 26, 2024
Catch up with the latest info and events on MTG Arena.
In this edition:
- Banned and Restricted Announcements for August 26, 2024
- Duskmourn Debuts at PAX West—Preorders Start Next Tuesday!
- Arena Open: Bloomburrow Starts Saturday!
- Final Week to Play Standard at WPN Stores for MTG Arena Rewards
- Event Schedule
- magic.wizards.com MTG Arena Announcements – August 19, 2024
Catch up with the latest info and events on MTG Arena.
In this edition:
- Decks Are Back in the Store!
- Alchemy: Bloomburrow Available Tomorrow!
- The Next Arena Open: August 31
- Earn MTG Arena Rewards Playing Standard Events at WPN Stores until August 31
- Event Schedule
- magic.wizards.com MTG Arena Announcements – August 12, 2024
Catch up with the latest info and events on MTG Arena.
In this edition:
- Buy Decks in the MTG Arena Store Tomorrow!
- Get Ready for Arena Open: Bloomburrow This Weekend
- Alchemy: Bloomburrow Arrives August 20
- Time's Running Out to Play Standard Events at WPN Stores and Earn MTG Arena Rewards
- Event Schedule
- magic.wizards.com MTG Arena Announcements – August 5, 2024
Catch up with the latest info and events on MTG Arena.
In this edition:
- Bloomburrow Is Out, and Quick Draft Opens Friday
- This Weekend: August Qualifier Weekend
- The Fur Flies August 17–18 in Arena Open: Bloomburrow
- Earn a Bloomburrow Mythic Pack Playing Standard Events at WPN Stores
- Historic Rebalance Announcement
- Event Schedule
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Some of the Arena bugs introduced with Bloomburrow
Sideboards contain the wrong cards in Bo3 matches: https://feedback.wizards.com/forums/918667-mtg-arena-bugs-product-suggestions/suggestions/48694358-bug-on-sideboard-inside-best-of-3-games (Traditional Draft and Sealed are temporarily disabled because of this.)
You can't always see the contents of graveyards when you need to: https://feedback.wizards.com/forums/918667-mtg-arena-bugs-product-suggestions/suggestions/48693707-graveyard-priority-lag
Tender Wildguide doesn't hold priority (but its Offspring token works fine): https://feedback.wizards.com/forums/918667-mtg-arena-bugs-product-suggestions/suggestions/48693464-tender-wildguide-not-stopping-between-phases
- magic.wizards.com MTG Arena Announcements – July 29, 2024
Catch up with the latest info and events on MTG Arena.
In this edition:
- Bloomburrow and Rotation Arrive Tomorrow!
- Unlock Psychic Frog's Horizon Hideaway Before Time Runs Out
- Renewal and Rotation Happen Tomorrow
- August Qualifier Play-In Best-of-One This Saturday
- Play Standard Events at a WPN Store, Earn MTG Arena Rewards!
- Event Schedule
- magic.wizards.com MTG Arena Announcements – July 22, 2024
Catch up with the latest info and events on MTG Arena.
In this edition:
- Bloomburrow Launches Next Tuesday!
- Bloomburrow Streamer Event Begins July 24
- Cool Bloomburrow Cards and Styles
- 2024 Renewal Happens July 30
- This Weekend: Win Two Play Booster Boxes!
- What's That Strange Store Tab?
- Event Schedule
- magic.wizards.com Renewal for MTG Arena's 2024 Standard Rotation
The season of Renewal is fast approaching in MTG Arena! Find out what to expect and the changes happening when Standard rotates with the release of Bloomburrow.
- magic.wizards.com MTG Arena Announcements – July 15, 2024
Catch up with the latest info and events on MTG Arena.
In this edition:
- Congratulations to the Winner of Arena Championship 6, Wouter Noordzij!
- Win $2,000 and an Invite to Qualifier Weekend in Arena Open This Weekend
- Arena Direct Returns with 2x Outlaws of Thunder Junction Play Booster Boxes
- Bloomburrow Preorder Bundles Available Now
- Magic: The Gathering® – Assassin's Creed® Bundles
- Preorder Duskmourn: House of Horror Play Booster Box on Amazon, Get a Special MTG Arena Sleeve
- Event Schedule
- magic.wizards.com Bloomburrow Mastery Details
Venture into Bloomburrow through MTG Arena's Set Mastery and the Mastery Pass—plus find rewards to claim in the new Mastery Emporium!
- www.magic.gg Arena Championship 6 Viewer's Guide
This weekend, MTG Arena's top players will face off. Cheer on your favorite decks as we prepare for the Arena Championship!
- magic.wizards.com MTG Arena Announcements – July 8, 2024
Catch up with the latest info and events on MTG Arena.
In this edition:
- Bloomburrow Debut and Preorders: Tuesday, July 9!
- Magic: The Gathering® – Assassin's Creed® Bundles
- See What's Been Previewed in Bloomburrow So Far
- Arena Championship 6 This Weekend
- Take Your First Steps in the Best-of-Three Qualifier Play-In
- This Weekend: Win Physical Magic Cards in the Arena Direct Event
- Have You Earned Your WPN MTG Arena Rewards Yet?
- Event Schedule
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Turn 2 or 3 combo deck for Historic Chimil
I'm early posting this, the Historic Chimil Midweek Magic event isn't until next week (July 9 - 11), but I'm already thinking about it.
About Name Historic Chimil Life Lock
Deck 1 Exquisite Blood 1 Sanguine Bond 4 Spinewoods Armadillo 4 Herd Migration 4 Colossal Skyturtle 4 Cease // Desist 11 Forest 2 Swamp 1 Island 4 Boseiju, Who Endures 4 Botanical Sanctum 4 Thornwood Falls 4 Lush Oasis 4 Brokers Hideout 4 Cabaretti Courtyard 4 Riveteers Overlook
Am I missing anything? Does this deck seem like it should work? Anyone have a deck that can win faster, or more reliably?
The plan is: mulligan any hand that has Sanguine Bond or Exquisite Blood, and hope really hard not to draw them. Discover one at the end of your first turn and the other at the end of your second. Then use one of your two-mana life-gaining effects, or if you don't have one, wait until turn 3 and play a land that either gains you life or damages your opponent. As soon as either of those things happen, the two enchantments will trigger each other infinitely.
32 of the deck's cards are able to start the combo (once you have both enchantments), and 22 of the 42 lands enter untapped, so having two mana at the end of turn 2 should also happen pretty reliably.
The WotC page says you'll "discover a spell with cost 6 or lower" each turn. I assume it actually means 5, like Chimil itself, but if not then we'll have to cut Spinewoods Armadillo.
Weaknesses:
- Anything that gives the opponent hexproof will block the combo. Colossal Skyturtle can help with creatures and Boseiju with Leyline of Sanctity, but Teyo, the Shieldmage probably ruins our day.
- "Can't gain life" effects block the combo. Most of them are creatures and again, Colossal Skyturtle gives us some hope, but we have no way to deal with Tibalt, Rakish Instigator.
- Cheap counterspells like Annul or Spell Pierce will be good against us if Chimil's uncounterable effect isn't part of the emblem.
- Enchantment destruction will obviously be effective.
- Can't lose/can't win effects are a problem. Gideon of the Trials is the most likely, and our only hope of answering it is that they'll turn it into a creature and we'll have a Skyturtle. Phyrexian Unlife will cause a draw.
- "Can't cast spells" effects like Teferi, Time Raveler will stop us, and a lot of other decks too.
Between the two Swamps and Colossal Skyturtle's 2G ability, it's theoretically possible to recover from disruption and cast our enchantments fairly, but I doubt most opponents will twiddle their thumbs while you do it.
Even though the deck isn't bulletproof, I think it should be able to win reliably when not disrupted, and maybe occasionally even through a bit of disruption.
You might think I'm crazy for working so hard to break a casual format that will only exist for two days, and I wouldn't disagree with you....
- magic.wizards.com MTG Arena Announcements – June 24, 2024
Catch up with the latest info and events on MTG Arena.
In this edition:
- Summer Sale Starts Tomorrow!
- Win Physical Magic Cards with Arena Direct
- Pro Tour Modern Horizons 3 at MagicCon: Amsterdam This Weekend
- Modern Horizons 3 WPN Rewards on MTG Arena
- July Qualifier Play-In Best-of-One and Bonus Play-In
- Modern Horizons 3 Deck Tech and Format Tips on YouTube
- No Announcements Next Week
- Event Schedule
- magic.wizards.com MTG Arena Announcements – June 17, 2024
Catch up with the latest info and events on MTG Arena.
In this edition:
- Modern Horizons 3 Out Now on MTG Arena!
- Arena Open: Modern Horizons 3 This Weekend
- Pro Tour Modern Horizons 3 at MagicCon Amsterdam, June 28–30
- MTG Arena Rewards for WPN Play in Modern Horizons 3
- Event Schedule
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Spark Bundle in the store now: $25 for 4 Rare + 4 Mythic Wildcards, 1500 gems, a sleeve, and a pet!
Pretty good deal if you have ever considered buying the wildcard bundles. I think it all retails for $40 normally so it's roughly 40% off.
- magic.wizards.com MTG Arena Announcements – June 10, 2024
Catch up with the latest info and events on MTG Arena.
In this edition:
- Modern Horizons 3 Launches Tomorrow on MTG Arena!
- Explorer Qualifier Weekend This Weekend
- MTG Arena Rewards for WPN Play in Modern Horizons 3
- Event Schedule
- magic.wizards.com MTG Arena Announcements – June 3, 2024
Catch up with the latest info and events on MTG Arena.
In this edition:
- Modern Horizons 3 Streamer Event June 5
- Modern Horizons 3 Historic and Brawl Pre-Bans
- MTG Arena Matchmaking and You
- Card Styles Button Returns
- Explorer Best-of-One Play-In This Weekend
- Currency Update for Players in Japan
- Event Schedule
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Modern Horizons 3 Timeless & Historic Decks & Set Review (Part 2)
mtgazone.com Modern Horizons 3 Timeless & Historic Decks & Set Review (Part 2) • MTG Arena ZoneBest Modern Horizons 3 cards and decks for Timeless and Historic!
- magic.wizards.com MTG Arena Announcements – May 28, 2024
Catch up with the latest info and events on MTG Arena.
In this edition:
- Preorder Modern Horizons 3 Now until June 11
- Modern Horizons 3 Debut
- Modern Horizons 3 Rewards in Psychic Frog's Horizon Hideaway
- Only Days Remain for the WPN Draft Promotion!
- Play Chromatic Cube and Flashback Drafts
- Modern Horizons 3 Pack Breakdown
- Event Schedule
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Modern Horizons 3 Reward Structure
cross-posted from: https://mtgzone.com/post/673312
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