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WotC Bans Four Cards In Brawl On MTG Arena

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

Tainted Pact, illustrated by Benjamin Ex

As part of their weekly updates article, Wizards of the Coast (WotC) has banned four cards in Brawl and provided the schedule for several upcoming events.

Brawl Bans

Channel Demonic Tutor Natural Order Tainted Pact

Four cards from the upcoming Mystical Archive have been preemptively banned in Brawl — Channel, Demonic Tutor, Natural Order, and Tainted Pact. The other four cards that are banned in Historic — Counterspell, Dark Ritual, Lightning Bolt, and Swords to Plowshares — will remain legal in Brawl.

Store Updates

New bundles featuring borderless versions of planeswalkers, Strixhaven’s Elder Dragons, and a variety of stickers, sleeves, and pets will be available through the in-game store beginning April 15. Also available will be the Japanese alternate-art Mystical Archive card styles and the Forbidden Volumes bundle, which contains alternate-art copies of the cards banned in Historic.

Event Schedule

FNM @ HOME

  • April 16: No in-game FNM event, but play in any MTG Arena event and submit your event screenshot to your local game store for a code.
  • April 23: New Player Preconstructed Decks.

QUICK DRAFT

  • April 16–30: Kaldheim
  • April 30–May 14: Strixhaven: School of Mages

ARENA CUBE DRAFT

  • April 2–15: Best-of-One
  • April 2–15: Best-of-Three

More info here

STRIXHAVEN: SCHOOL OF MAGES LAUNCH EVENTS

  • April 15: Until Adventures in the Forgotten Realms Release: Premier Draft
  • April 15–July 2021: Traditional Draft
  • April 15–May 8: Strixhaven: School of Mages Sealed
  • April 15–May 8: Strixhaven: School of Mages Traditional Sealed

Read the original article from Wizards of the Coast.