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Decathlon Events Begin January 1 On MTG Arena

Flex your multi-format prowess during January’s MTG Arena Decathlon events

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Sundering Titan, illustrated by Grzegorz Rutkowski

Arena Decathlon

January 1–16, players can participate in ten preliminary across fifteen days covering Draft, Explorer, Standard, Jump In! and more formats.

Preliminary events are “scheduled as pairs, each open for three days and featuring a different game mode.” Those who participate will earn a Bronze Sundering Titan card sleeve.

Structure

  • Dates: January 1–16
  • Entry: 2,000 Gold or 400 gems for each entered event
  • Entry prize: Bronze Sundering Titan sleeve
  • Format: 
    • Best-of-One matches: Play until 7 wins or 3 losses
    • Best-of-Three matches: Play until 5 wins or 2 losses

Prizes

  • 3 Tokens = 1 Arena Decathlon Finals entry + Silver Sundering Titan sleeve
  • 7 Tokens = 2 Arena Decathlon Finals entries + Silver Sundering Titan sleeve
  • 10 Tokens = 2 Arena Decathlon Finals entries + Silver Sundering Titan sleeve + Gold Sundering Titan sleeve + 10 Play-In Points

Schedule

January 1–4

  • Decathlon 1: Jump In!*
    Choose two themed packets and combine into a deck and play!
  • Decathlon 2: Pauper
    Banned in Pauper: Persistent Petitioners

January 4–7

  • Decathlon 3: Mixed Dominarian Sealed* (Dominaria, Dominaria United, and The Brothers’ War)
  • Decathlon 4: Standard with Gift Bag emblem:At the beginning of your upkeep, choose one that hasn’t been chosen:
    • Create a Treasure token.
    • Create a Clue token.
    • Create a Food token.
    Banned in Standard: The Meathook Massacre

January 7–10

  • Decathlon 5: The Brothers’ War Traditional Player Draft* (Best-of-Three)
  • Decathlon 6: Alchemy

January 10–13

  • Decathlon 7: Kamigawa: Neon Dynasty Bot Draft*
  • Decathlon 8: Traditional Explorer (Best-of-Three)
  • Banned List
    • Expressive Iteration
    • Field of the Dead
    • Kethis, the Hidden Hand
    • Leyline of Abundance
    • Lurrus of the Dream-Den
    • Nexus of Fate
    • Oko, Thief of Crowns
    • Once Upon a Time
    • Teferi, Time Raveler
    • Tibalt’s Trickery
    • Underworld Breach
    • Uro, Titan of Nature’s Wrath
    • Veil of Summer
    • Wilderness Reclamation
    • Winota, Joiner of Forces

January 13–16

  • Decathlon 9: Omniscience Phantom Bot Draft*
    Draft from packs of mixed cards from across MTG Arena and build a 40-card deck. All spells can be cast for no mana!
  • Decathlon 10: On the Edge
    Bring a 60-card deck with cards from Streets of New Capenna, Dominaria United, and The Brothers’ War sets only!

*Note: These are Phantom events, and cards are not added to your collection.

January 21 – Arena Decathlon Finals

  • Event start: January 21 at 8 AM PT (16:00 UTC)
  • Signup close: January 22 at 8 AM PT (16:00 UTC)
  • Event end: January 22 at 11 AM PT (19:00 UTC)
  • Entry: Arena Decathlon Finals entry token
  • Entry reward: Silver Sundering Titan sleeve
  • Format: Traditional (Best-of-Three) Phantom Duplicate Sealed – Each player will receive an identical pool of cards to build their deck. There are many possible decks, so choose wisely!
  • Structure: 4 Wins or 1 loss

Finals Rewards

Event Schedule

Midweek Magic

  • December 20–22: Explorer
  • December 27–29: Happy Brawlidays All-Access Brawl
  • January 3–5: Historic Artisan
  • January 10–12: Alchemy All Access

Quick Drafts

  • December 9–23: Streets of New Capenna Planeshifted Quick Draft
  • December 23–January 7: The Brothers’ War
  • January 7–20: Dominaria United

Other

Qualifier Weekend Events

Arena Championship 2

The Arena Championship is an “invitation-only, two-day virtual event for players who earn invitations through Qualifier Weekend events.”

  • March 18–19, 2023
    • Format:
      Swiss: One Draft + Historic
      Top 8: Historic

January

Arena Open

The Arena Open Day 1 entry window begins at 6 AM PT and closes to new entries the following day at 3 AM PT (UTC-08:00).  Day 2 entry window is 2 hours only, from 6 AM PT until 8 AM PT (UTC-08:00). 

  • Arena Open January 21–22 
    • Day 1, January 21: Kaldheim Sealed Best-of-One and Best-of-Three
    • All participants will receive the Memory Lapse sleeve:
  • Best-of-One Qualifier Play-In
    • January 7, 6 AM PT–January 8, 6 AM PT (UTC-08:00)
    • Format: Alchemy
  • Best-of-Three Qualifier Play-In
    • January 13, 6 AM PT–January 14, 3 AM PT (UTC-08:00)
    • Format: Alchemy

December Ranked Rewards

  • Bronze Reward: 1 The Brothers’ War pack
  • Silver Reward: 1 The Brothers’ War pack + 500 gold
  • Gold Reward: 2 The Brothers’ War packs + 1000 gold + Monastery Swiftspear card style
  • Platinum Reward: 3 The Brothers’ War packs + 1000 gold Monastery Swiftspear card style Simian Simulacrum card style
  • Diamond Reward: 4 The Brothers’ War packs + 1000 gold Monastery Swiftspear card style Simian Simulacrum card style
  • Mythic Reward: 5 The Brothers’ War packs + 1000 gold Monastery Swiftspear card style Simian Simulacrum card style

January Ranked Rewards

  • Bronze Reward: 1 The Brothers’ War pack
  • Silver Reward: 1 The Brothers’ War pack + 500 gold
  • Gold Reward: 2 The Brothers’ War packs + 1,000 gold + Recruitment Officer card style
  • Platinum Reward: 3 The Brothers’ War packs + 1,000 Gold + Recruitment Officer card style + Brotherhood’s End card style
  • Diamond Reward: 4 The Brothers’ War Packs + 1,000 Gold + Recruitment Officer card style + Brotherhood’s End card style
  • Mythic Reward: 5 The Brothers’ War Packs + 1,000 Gold + Recruitment Officer card style + Brotherhood’s End card style

Bug Fixes

The irregular behavior of Wastes in decks has been fixed.

Read the original article from Wizards of the Coast.