You need to toggle Arena Play Modes on the top right for it to show up: Traditional play is not visible by default.

Once you have followed the farming section instructions and built up at least a somewhat playable deck, you’ll likely need to switch from Play and Ranked to Constructed Event. More on this in the farming gold section. You may win a maximum of 7 games and lose up to 3 games until the event ends, winning some gold and random Individual Card Rewards (ICR) to boot. The main reason is due to its reward structure. We expect the ranked rewards to get a makeover as the open beta progresses.Ĭonstructed Event requires 500 gold or 95 gems to participate in, but may have a good expected value compared to the ladder and unranked play. However, getting to gold rank should not be a problem for casual players in its current state. You get seasonal rewards that are rather mediocre for the amount of time and effort you spend right now. Furthermore, it uses matchmaking ranking so the more you play the mode the harder matchups you have, so it’s not a safe option for long. Be aware though, that it uses a deck strength matching algorithm and as such you should avoid some common pitfalls such as including cards you had received from boosters to the starter decks.

It doesn’t have an entry fee and has no rewards except for completing your daily quests. The first format a new player encounters is the best of one (bo1) Play which might be the easiest way to start playing. There’s little information about it and it will likely not make an appearance before the rotation in October 2019. One thing of note regarding formats is that another permanent format had been confirmed by the developers as being in the works is the loosely named “Arena Modern” that will feature all the cards that will rotate out of Standard so you will always be able to play your cards even if they’re not standard legal. You need to win at least 5 games in Constructed Event with the new changes to play this format indefinitely and get the biggest bang for your buck. If you have a constant winrate of 60-80% making you one of the top players in MTG you may like the high-risk high reward formats such as Traditional Constructed, Traditional Draft and Competitive Metagame Challenge.Ĭonstructed Event should still be a safe bet for now as long as you have at least one grinding deck for this format. We don’t have an indication if they’re ever to return and how they will change.Ĭonstructed Event (#3) and Draft (#10) are the events with the best Expected Value (EV) that you should aim to compete in. Other formats have also been present such as holiday events and flash events. Matchmaking Ranking (MMR) discussion is covered in the WOTC info in the hyperlinks above.Ĭompetitive Metagame Challenge (#6), Singleton (#7), Pauper (#8), Momir (#9), Streamer Constructed Events (#10), Sealed (#13), and Streamer Draft Events (#14) are rotating formats, meaning they may not always be available.

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