Wizards of the Coast (WotC) has released their weekly MTG Arena update that includes details on Arena Championship 1, Dominaria United preorders, and more.
Dominaria United Preorders Start Tomorrow
Two Dominaria United preorder bundles go on sale in the MTG Arena store tomorrow. The Liliana pack bundle is the usual pack bundle containing 50 Dominaria United packs, five mythic Dominaria United packs, Liliana card sleeve, Liliana card, and Liliana card style. The Jaya play bundle includes the mastery pass, 10 mastery levels, a new pet, three Player Draft tokens, one Sealed token, a Jaya card sleeve, a Jaya card, and a Jaya card style.
Each bundle costs $49.99 and will unlock the card sleeve immediately. The rest of the bundle contents will be available on September 9.
Arena Championship 1 Set For Late September
The first Arena Championship is coming on September 24-25. The two-day, invitation-only event will feature a prize pool of $200,000 and the winner qualifies for the 2023 Magic World Championship. More details are still to come, but you can check out the players who have qualified so far here.
Event Schedule
Events open at 8 a.m. PT (UTC -7) and close at 8 a.m. PT (UTC-7) on the dates shown unless otherwise noted.
- August 12-September 1: Arena Cube
- August 22-27: Kaladesh Remastered Premier Draft
- August 27-September 1: Amonkhet Remastered Premier Draft
- September 9-12: Standard Metagame Challenge
Quick Draft
- August 5–19: Kamigawa: Neon Dynasty
- August 19–September 2: Alchemy Horizons: Baldur’s Gate
- September 2-15: Streets of New Capenna
- September 16-30: Dominaria United
- September 30-October 14: Innistrad: Midnight Hunt
Midweek Magic
Midweek Magic events open on Tuesdays at 8 AM PT and close on Thursdays at 8 AM PT.
- August 23-25: Future Alchemy (All Access)
- August 30-September 1: Last Call (All Access)
- September 6-8: Dominaria United Phantom Sealed
- September 13-15: Artisan
Premier Play Schedule
All times listed are Pacific time (UTC -7).
Note: The format for the August Qualifier Play-In and Qualifier Weekend events has been updated to Alchemy. For full details, see the event pages linked below.
Qualifier Weekend Events
Day One and Day Two events close to new entries at 8 AM PT (UTC 15:00) each day.
Qualifier Weekend events are two-day events in which eligible players compete for invitations to the Arena Championship held in the fourth quarter of 2022.
August
- Qualifier Weekend
- August 20, 6 AM – August 21, 4 PM
- Format for both days: Alchemy
Read the original article from WotC.