With the holiday season now well and truly upon us, MTG Arena devs have decided to spread the holiday cheer with a free Pauper event. So bring your most powerful deck constructed only out of common cards, and see how far your skills will take you in a format that's quite different from the

After quite a few previews, MTG Arena has now finally received its long-awaited ranked play update! As you might imagine from the name alone, you can now queue up for competitive best-of-one matches, face off against increasingly better players as you progress through the ranks, and naturally,

[Update]: Today's patch has been delayed due to overwhelming criticism. More information will be coming "soon".

MTG Arena devs have just released their State of the Beta update, and to say it has

If you ever wanted to get into MTG Arena, now would be the perfect time to do so. Not only has Wizards of the Coast just announced a massive $10,000,000 pro league, but they are also currently giving away a variety of extremely good cards, and I say that without even a single hint of

If you've been playing MTG Arena recently, you've probably realized that the ranking system has some rather major flaws. The amount of points you gain or lose seems completely random, there are no rewards or incentives to perform well, and perhaps most notably of all, the whole thing does

[Update]: Small correction: It appears that the friend list has not yet been added and will come with the upcoming "social features" rework.

After quite a long delay, MTG Arena has now finally added a friend list, as well as the ability to challenge said friends to a

While MTG Arena is a highly enjoyable game, and one that has consumed the better part of my free time these past two weeks, it unfortunately has a bit of a problem when it comes to its in-game economy. To be more specific, right now acquiring a 5th copy of a rare or mythic card feels absolutely

While MTG Arena is without a doubt a great game, it does currently have a couple of really annoying issues. At the very top of this list is something that I was genuinely shocked to hear was missing, and that is the ability to challenge friends to a duel - the most common and enjoyable way of

If you ever wanted to give MTG Arena a try, now would be the perfect time to do so. Not only has it entered Open Beta so it's available to everyone for free, but the transition has also reset everyone's progress, meaning that whether you're a veteran or a complete beginner, you'll be starting

If you've been itching to give MTG Arena a try but you haven't had much luck getting a Closed Beta key, worry not as the Open Beta is just around the corner. According to the ...

While MTG Arena is a pretty darn enjoyable card game, it definitely suffers when it comes to its in-game economy and the 'new player experience' as a whole. Right now, if you're not willing to pay you're going to have to play for an absurdly long time before you can acquire a decent collection.

In an announcement that should've been made years ago, Wizards of the Coast has now revealed an online free-to-play version of Magic: The Gathering. It will feature most of the same complexity and diversity the physical card game is famous for, though with some concessions to make it actually