Wizards of the Coast (WotC) has released its weekly update article for MTG Arena, highlighting this weekend’s Explorer Metagame Challenge, future events, a new sale, and more.
Explorer Metagame Challenge This Weekend
The Explorer Metagame Challenge returns this weekend from Friday through Monday morning. The event costs 2,000 gold or 400 gems to enter and awards prizes based on wins in Best-Of-One play. Reach the max number of seven wins and earn 5,000 gold and 30 packs of Shadows Over Innistrad Remastered. Players can enter as many times as they wish. The event is the first of its kind since the release of Explorer Anthology 3.
MTG Arena Summer Sale Starts Next Week
Next week also features the return of the MTG Arena Summer Sale. While more details will come next week, it is confirmed the fan-favorite April Fool’s card sleeve will be available. The sleeve will be part of the Happy Birthday Magic Bundle.
Upcoming Format Rotation And Renewal Rewards
While Standard is not going to rotate any sets this year after the announcement earlier this year that the format would only rotate every three years, Alchemy will have a rotation. With the release of Wilds of Eldraine on September 8, Alchemy will lose four Standard sets and four Alchemy-only expansions.
- Innistrad: Midnight Hunt
- Innistrad: Crimson Vow
- Alchemy: Innistrad
- Kamigawa: Neon Dynasty
- Alchemy: Kamigawa
- Streets of New Capenna
- Alchemy: New Capenna
- Alchemy Horizons: Baldur’s Gate
After the rotation, Alchemy will consist of the following sets:
- Dominaria United
- Alchemy: Dominaria
- The Brothers’ War
- Alchemy: The Brothers’ War
- Phyrexia: All Will Be One
- Alchemy: Phyrexia
- March of the Machine
- March of the Machine: The Aftermath
- The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth™
- Wilds of Eldraine
Renewal rewards will still be awarded to players with the Renewal Egg that will appear in the MTG Arena client soon. The Renewal Egg will show how much time remains for set rotation for Alchemy. It will also contain awards for players, which in the past have been packs and Individual Card Rewards (ICRs) from sets still legal in Standard.
Full details on rotation and renewal season can be found here.
Event Schedule
Midweek Magic
- July 25–27: Dominaria United Bot Draft
- August 8–10: Alchemy
- August 8–10: Slow Start
- August 15–17: Historic Pauper
Quick Draft
- July 18 – August 1: The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth
- August 1–5: Dominaria United
- August 15–29: The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth
- August 29–September 15: March of the Machine
Other Events
- July 25–August 3: The Brothers’ War Premier Draft
- July 28–30: Explorer Metagame Challenge
- August 3–14: Magic 30: Mixed-Up Premier Draft
- August 14–21: Throne of Eldraine Premier Draft
- August 26-27: Arena Open (Arena Cube Draft)
Premier Play
August
- Qualifier Play-In (Best-of-One)
- August 5, 6 AM PT
- Format: Explorer
- Qualifier Play-In (Best-of-Three)
- August 11, 6 AM PT–August 12, 3 AM PT
- Format: Explorer
- Qualifier Weekend
- August 12, 6 AM PT–August 13, 4 PM PT
- Format: Explorer
July 2023 Ranked Season Rewards
The June 2023 Ranked Season begins June 30 at 12:05 PM PT and ends on July 31 at 12 PM PT (UTC-07:00)
- Bronze Reward: 1 The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth pack
- Silver Reward: 1 The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth pack + 500 gold
- Gold Reward: 2 The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth packs + 1,000 gold + Shadow Summoning card style
- Platinum Reward: 3 The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth packs + 1,000 gold + Shadow Summoning card style + Press the Enemy card style
- Diamond Reward: 4 The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth packs + 1,000 gold + Shadow Summoning card style + Press the Enemy card style
- Mythic Reward: 5 The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth packs + 1,000 gold + Shadow Summoning card style + Press the Enemy card style
Read the original article from WotC.