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Strixhaven Takes Over Midweek Magic, Plus Arena Championship 2 Arrives This Weekend

Check out the updates and new events coming soon to MTG Arena

Wizards of the Coast (WotC) has released their weekly update article detailing the new events coming soon to MTG Arena.

MTG Arena Championship 2

MTG Arena’s most prestigious tournament kicks off this weekend with two days of Phyrexia: All Will Be One Traditional Draft and Traditional Historic. You can watch all the action beginning Saturday, March 18 at 9 AM PT on the Magic Twitch channel.

Shadows Over Innistrad Remastered

The next expansion for Arena’s Explorer format launches March 21 and will be accompanied by four weeks of unique events featuring Shadows of the Past cards. These cards are from “original Innistrad block, which included the sets InnistradDark Ascension, and Avacyn Restored” and will be randomly included in Limited and store packs of Shadows Over Innistrad Remastered. You can view the events below.

  • Week 1, March 21–28: Creature Type Terror!
  • Week 2, March 28–April 4: Fatal Flashback!
  • Week 3, April 4–11: Morbid and Macabre!
  • Week 4, April 11–18: Abominable All Stars!

Event Schedule

Midweek Magic

  • March 14–16: Strixhaven: School of Mages Bot Draft
  • March 21–23: Historic Pauper
  • March 28–30: Shadows over Innistrad Remastered Phantom Sealed
  • April 4–6: Innistrad Constructed (MID, VOW, and SIR sets)

Quick Draft

  • March 3–17: Innistrad: Crimson Vow
  • March 17–31: Phyrexia: All Will Be One
  • March 31–April 14: Kamigawa: Neon Dynasty
  • April 14–28: Phyrexia: All Will Be One

Other Events

  • March 10–21: Strixhaven: School of Mages Premier Draft
  • March 17–20: Historic Metagame Challenge
  • March 21–April 18: Shadows over Innistrad Remastered Premier Draft
  • March 24­–27: Explorer Metagame Challenge
  • April 6–10: Dungeons & Dragons: Adventures in the Forgotten Realms Premier Draft
  • April 10–18: Tinkerer’s Cube

Premier Play

April

  • Qualifier Play-In – Best-of-One
    • April 1, 6 a.m. PT–April 2, 6 a.m. PT
      • Format: Explorer
  • Qualifier Play-In – Best-of-Three
    • April 7, 6 a.m. PT–April 8, 3 a.m. PT
      • Format: Traditional Explorer
  • Qualifier Weekend
    • April 8, 6 a.m. PT–April 9, 4 p.m. PT
      • Format: Traditional Explorer

Arena Open

  • Arena Open April 1–2
    • Day One, April 1: Shadows over Innistrad Remastered Sealed (Best-of-One and Best-of-Three) + Fatal Flashback! Shadows of the Past
    • Day Two, April 2: Shadows over Innistrad Remastered Traditional Player Draft + Fatal Flashback! Shadows of the Past
      There are two Player Draft events on Day Two.  

Arena Championship 2

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

March 2023 Ranked Season

The March 2023 Ranked Season begins February 28 at 12:05 PM PT and ends on March 31 at 12 PM PT (UTC-08:00)

  • Bronze Reward: 1 Phyrexia: All Will Be One pack
  • Silver Reward: 1 Phyrexia: All Will Be One pack + 500 gold
  • Gold Reward: 2 Phyrexia: All Will Be One packs + 1,000 gold + Ossification card style
  • Platinum Reward: 3 Phyrexia: All Will Be One packs + 1,000 gold + Ossification card style + Dragonwing Glider card style
  • Diamond Reward: 4 Phyrexia: All Will Be One packs + 1,000 gold + Ossification card style + Dragonwing Glider card style
  • Mythic Reward: 5 Phyrexia: All Will Be One packs + 1,000 gold + Ossification card style + Dragonwing Glider card style

Read the original article from WotC.