Introduction to Historic

What is Historic?

"Historic" is what we're calling MTG Arena's non-rotating format. Events or play queues that are Historic will allow for players to use cards from any set currently available on MTG Arena.

Will Historic be an "official" Magic: The Gathering format?

Currently, we only plan to support Historic play on MTG Arena.

Will the Historic play be best-of-one, or best-of-three?

Both!

Outside of Play, will any other events or formats be Historic?

Currently, we intend for most of our casual events (Pauper, Singleton, Momir) to support Historic play.

Will Historic be ranked?

Historic play will not be ranked, and there are currently no plans for it to be a ranked format.

Can I play a Standard deck in the Historic queue?

Yep - as long as the card i...

Changes to Events, Rewards, and Collections

Rotation is always an exciting time for Magic: The Gathering players and we want to make sure that you're ready to try out some new or updated decks as we explore a new meta. As part of this, there are some changes we'll be making with the Core Set 2020 game update to further help players with their rotation readiness:

:loudspeaker: Effective July 2nd, 2019

Events

• We will no longer be scheduling Limited events (Drafts, Sealed) for sets rotating out of Standard this fall.
• Drafts and Sealed events use the following sets leading up to rotation: Guilds of Ravnica, Ravnica Allegiance, War of the Spark, Core Set 2020.

Individual Card Rewards (ICRs)

• Players will no longer receive ICRs from sets rotating out of Standard this fall.
• ICRs will reward cards from the following sets leading up to rota...

Introduction to Rotation

What is "rotation"?

Each year, four Magic: The Gathering sets are released and added to Standard. Once per year, when the fall set releases, the four oldest sets in Standard rotate out. This is known as "set rotation" (or rotation for short).

Which sets will be rotating out of Standard?

When the fall set releases, cards from the Ixalan, Rivals of Ixalan, Dominaria and Core Set 2019 sets will rotate out of Standard.

When will rotation happen on MTG Arena?

Rotation will happen when the fall set (code name: "Archery") releases on MTG Arena.

Does rotation mean there will be another reset on Magic: The Gathering Arena?

There are currently no plans to do another account reset on MTG Arena. Players will keep all the cards currently in their collection.

Will I still be ab...

Fall 2019 Rotation Guide

• INTRODUCTION TO ROTATION

• CHANGES TO EVENTS, REWARDS, AND COLLECTIONS

• INTRODUCTION TO HISTORIC

Please add a screenshot if you see this again. From your description, it sounds like you may not have had 8 or more loyalty on Nicol Bolas at the time - it has to have at least 8 loyalty to activate that ability.

It's not a bug. We change the cards new accounts get from time to time. If you've been playing awhile, you'll have cards your friend didn't get and vice versa. You can use wildcards to get the Gift Pack 2018 cards if you'd like.

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@wujo444:

@WotC_Lexie:

Hi! Posts about the shuffler outside of the mega thread get hidden because it is quite literally the same discussion time and time again. The shuffler has been hashed out many, many times. If you'd like to discuss variance, please do, but take it to the mega thread!

Wish You spend as much time updating event schedule as on explaining shuffler. Why is it only even updated every 2 months? Why Omniscience format is still unknown? What's next ranked and trad draft format? It really needs to be updated more often and not only because somebody from the commu...

@wujo444:

@WotC_Lexie:

@Zlehtnoba:

@Volkbrecht#63244:

@wujo444:

@WotC_Lexie:

Hi! Posts about the shuffler outside of the mega thread get hidden because it is quite literally the same discussion time and time again. The shuffler has been hashed out many, many times. If you'd like to discuss variance, please do, but take it to the mega thread!

Wish You spend as much time updating event schedule as on explaining shuffler. Why is it only even updated every 2 months? Why Omniscience format is still unknown? What's next ranked and trad draft format? It really needs to be updated more often and not only because somebody from the community yells at you.
Sorry foe being direct but it's the only way to be heard by somebody from the inside.

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Core Set 2020 will be out July 2, which will change things up a bit! :slightly_smiling_face:

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Maybe M20 will spice things up ???
Wait, Core Set = "spice"...probably not. :thinking_face:

I mean, have you seen M20? It actually is rather spicy haha.

@Zlehtnoba:

@Volkbrecht#63244:

@wujo444:

@WotC_Lexie:

Hi! Posts about the shuffler outside of the mega thread get hidden because it is quite literally the same discussion time and time again. The shuffler has been hashed out many, many times. If you'd like to discuss variance, please do, but take it to the mega thread!

Wish You spend as much time updating event schedule as on explaining shuffler. Why is it only even updated every 2 months? Why Omniscience format is still unknown? What's next ranked and trad draft format? It really needs to be updated more often and not only because somebody from the community yells at you.
Sorry foe being direct but it's the only way to be heard by somebody from the inside.

Don't expect them to do any kind of structured, transparent information work. It's just not their thing. ...