Magic: The Gathering Arena/Events

Events are competitive Magic: The Gathering Arena formats with an entry fee in gold and some exclusives to gems. These formats end after an amount of wins or losses with a reward based on results.

Constructed Event
Entry fee: 500 gold or 95 gems. Best-of-one matches; run ends after seven wins or three losses.

Rewards based on total wins are:
 * No wins — 100 gold and three uncommon or higher cards
 * One win — 200 gold and three uncommon or higher cards
 * Two wins — 300 gold and three uncommon or higher cards
 * Three wins — 400 gold and three uncommon or higher cards
 * Four wins — 500 gold, and three uncommon or higher cards
 * Five wins — 600 gold and two uncommon or higher cards, and one rare or higher card
 * Six wins — 800 gold and one uncommon or higher card, and two rare or higher cards
 * Seven wins — 1,000 gold and one uncommon or higher card, and two rare or higher cards

Traditional Constructed
Entry fee: 1,000 gold or 190 gems. Best-of-three matches with sideboarding; run ends after five wins or two losses.

Rewards based on total wins are:
 * No wins — Three uncommon or higher cards
 * One win — 500 gold and three uncommon or higher cards
 * Two wins — 1,000 gold and three uncommon or higher cards
 * Three wins — 1,500 gold and two uncommon or higher cards, and one rare or higher card
 * Four wins — 1,700 gold and two uncommon or higher cards, and one rare or higher card
 * Five wins — 2,100 gold and one uncommon or higher card, and two rare or higher cards

Quick Draft


Entry fee: 5,000 gold or 750 gems. Best-of-one matches; run ends after seven wins or three losses. Events alternate through previous Draft formats and the current format every fortnight. Match results affect Limited rank.

Players pick cards from three Draft packs (of 14 cards each) over 14 rounds each. All drafted cards are added to the player's collection. Players then proceed to construct a deck with a minimum of 40 cards using their drafted cards. Deck construction and drafting times aren't limited, and players draft against robot opponents whose picks are influenced by MTGO data. After the Draft match window closes, players get rewards according to their win record. Draft has its own ranking system.

Rewards based on total wins are:
 * No wins — 50 gems and one pack (20% chance of two instead)
 * One win — 100 gems and one pack (22% chance of two instead)
 * Two wins — 200 gems and one pack (24% chance of two instead)
 * Three wins — 300 gems and one pack (26% chance of two instead)
 * Four wins — 450 gems and one pack (30% chance of two instead)
 * Five wins — 650 gems and one pack (35% chance of two instead)
 * Six wins — 850 gems and one pack (40% chance of two instead)
 * Seven wins — 950 gems and two packs   [NOTE: 70%-100% effective win rate required]

A similar game mode in Magic Online is called Friendly Single-Game Draft League.

Premier Draft
Entry fee: 10,000 gold or 1,500 gems. Best-of-one matches; run ends after seven wins or three losses. One queue runs with the latest draft format; beginning with July 2020, a second queue with a previous format or a remastered format is also run. Match results affect Limited rank. This queue runs with human drafters.

Rewards based on total wins are:
 * No wins — 50 gems and one pack
 * One win — 100 gems and one pack
 * Two wins — 250 gems and two packs
 * Three wins — 1000 gems and two packs
 * Four wins — 1400 gems and three packs
 * Five wins — 1600 gems and four packs
 * Six wins — 1800 gems and five packs
 * Seven wins — 2200 gems and six packs  [NOTE: 78%-100% effective win rate required]

Sealed Deck
Entry fee: 2.000 gems. Best-of-one matches; run ends after seven wins or three losses. Events run during the first month of a new set; it returns irregularly with any format. All sealed pool cards are added to the player's collection. Players then proceed to construct a deck with a minimum of 40 cards using their sealed pool. Deck construction times aren't limited. After the match window closes, players get rewards according to their win record.

Rewards based on total wins are:


 * No wins — 200 gems and 3 booster packs
 * One win — 400 gems and 3 booster packs
 * Two wins — 600 gems and 3 booster packs
 * Three wins — 1200 gems and 3 booster packs
 * Four wins — 1400 gems and 3 booster packs
 * Five wins — 1600 gems and 3 booster packs
 * Six wins — 2000 gems and 3 booster packs
 * Seven wins — 2200 gems and 3 booster packs  [NOTE: 70%-100% effective win rate required]

Traditional Sealed
For the February 2021 Arena Open using Kaldheim Sealed, a Traditional Sealed queue was opened to practice. Run ends after four wins or two losses. Entry fee and gameplay rules as above.


 * No wins — 200 gems and 1 booster pack
 * One win — 500 gems and 2 booster packs
 * Two wins — 1200 gems and 3 booster packs
 * Three wins — 1800 gems and 4 booster packs
 * Four wins — 2200 gems and 5 booster packs

Traditional Draft
Entry fee: 10,000 gold or 1,500 gems. Best-of-three matches with sideboarding; run ends after five wins or two losses. The latest-released Standard-legal set is always available. Kaladesh Remastered was the first nonstandard release set to have a Traditional offering.

Rewards based on total wins are:
 * No wins — One pack
 * One win — Two packs
 * Two wins — 800 gems and three packs
 * Three wins — 1,500 gems and four packs
 * Four wins — 1,800 gems and five packs
 * Five wins — 2,100 gems and six packs

With human drafting in the Ikoria update, the play structure was changed closer to that of MTGO Draft leagues - all players can play three matches, but only two or three wins pay out. Gold payment was opened at 10,000 gold a run.


 * No wins - One pack
 * One win - One pack
 * Two wins - 1,000 gems and four packs
 * Three wins - 3,000 gems and six packs

Draft Challenge
Entry fee: 15,000 Gold or 3,000 Gems. Best-of-three matches with sideboarding; run ends after six wins or two losses. The first Challenge was with Kaladesh Remastered in November 2020. Rewards based on total wins are:
 * No wins — No rewards
 * One win — 2,000 Gold and 3 Kaladesh Remastered booster packs
 * Two wins — 4,000 Gold and 6 packs
 * Three wins — 7,500 Gold and 12 packs
 * Four wins — 10,000 Gold and 20 packs
 * Five wins — 15,000 Gold and 30 packs
 * Six wins — 20,000 Gold and 40 packs

After feedback from Limited players, the prize payout was altered for the second Challenge in May 2021 with Strixhaven: School of Mages, giving out in Player Draft Tokens rather than gold.


 * No wins — No rewards
 * One win — 1 Player Draft token
 * Two wins — 1 Player Draft token and 3 Strixhaven: School of Mages  booster packs
 * Three wins — 2 Player Draft tokens and 6 packs
 * Four wins — 3 Player Draft tokens and 10 packs
 * Five wins — 3 Player Draft tokens and 15 packs
 * Six wins — 4 Player Draft tokens and 20 packs

Cube Draft
Entry fee: 600 gems or 4000 gold. Event is phantom. Initially only best-of-one; in December 2020, a Traditional queue was also opened for the same price. Three card pools ("Arena Cube", "Artisan's Cube", "Chromatic Cube") have been curated so far; events return some weeks before each new quarterly expansion. All card rewards are from non-Standard sets.

Best-of-one rewards based on total wins are:
 * No wins — Two uncommon or higher cards, and one rare or higher card
 * One win — 500 gold and two uncommon or higher cards, and one rare or higher card
 * Two wins — 1,000 gold and two uncommon or higher cards, and one rare or higher card
 * Three wins — 2,000 gold and two uncommon or higher cards, and one rare or higher card
 * Four wins — 3,000 gold and two uncommon or higher cards, and one rare or higher card
 * Five wins — 4,000 gold and one uncommon or higher card, and two rare or higher cards
 * Six wins — 5,000 gold and one uncommon or higher card, and two rare or higher cards
 * Seven wins — 6,000 gold and one uncommon or higher card, and two rare or higher cards

Best-of-three rewards based on total wins are:
 * No wins — Two uncommon or higher cards, and one rare or higher card
 * One win — Two uncommon or higher cards, and one rare or higher card
 * Two wins — 4,000 gold and two uncommon or higher cards, and one rare or higher card
 * Three wins — 6,000 gold and one uncommon or higher card, and two rare or higher cards

Brewer's Delight
Entry fee: 250 gold or 50 gems. Best-of-three matches. Rewards are cards selected by designers to help build fun, non-meta decks.

Singleton
Entry fee: 250 gold or 50 gems. Run ends after seven wins or three losses. The deck can only contain up to one copy of any card, excluding the basic lands and cards like Rat Colony, which allow the player to include any number of copies.

Pauper
Free-to-play mode. Best-of-one matches; run ends after five wins or two losses. Constructed format limited to only common cards.

Momir's Madness
Entry fee: 250 gold or 50 gems. Best-of-one matches; run ends after five wins or two losses. Format uses Momir rules with a 60-card deck with 12 of each basic land, except with 20 life and a card pool limited to the current Standard format.

Feldon's Workshop
Free-to-play event with preconstructed decks, no limit to matches. First win grants either 500 gold, 500 experience points, or a rare individual card reward. Format of play varies largely, from sample limited decks, recognized formats like Brawl or Artisan, unusual formats such as "Mastermind" or "No-limit", or Historic Anthology showcases.

Retired as of 15th July 2020.

Eldraine Courtside Brawl
Event Dates: September 4–9, 2019. Entry Fee: None. Event Format: Preconstructed Brawl (One-on-One, Best-of-One). Rewards:
 * 1 Win: 4x (playset) of Heraldic Banner and 1,000 XP
 * 2 Wins: 4x of Syr Konrad, the Grim
 * 3 Wins: 4x of Faerie Vandal
 * 4 Wins: 4x of Savvy Hunter
 * 5 Wins: 4x of Inspiring Veteran
 * 6 Wins: 4x of Order of Midnight

Launch Celebration
Two events: "Play Any Deck" and "Win Any Card". Play Any Deck Event Dates: 9/26 - 10/1/2019


 * No Entry Fee
 * Access to 4 Copies of every card in standard
 * Play up to 12 Best-of-one games or 2 losses
 * No prizes

Win Every Card Event Dates: 10/5-10/7/2019


 * No Entry Fee
 * Access to 4 Copies of every card in standard
 * Play up to 12 Best-of-one games or 2 losses

Win Every Card Prizes:


 * 12 Wins: 1 Copy of every card in Standard + 1 Sealed Event Token + Golden Egg Sleeve
 * 11 Wins: 1 Copy of every card in Throne of Eldraine + 1 Sealed Event Token + Golden Egg Sleeve
 * 9–10 Wins: 1 Sealed Event Token + 5 Throne of Eldraine Rare ICRs + Golden Egg Sleeve
 * 8 Wins: 5Throne of Eldraine rare ICRs + Golden Egg Sleeve
 * 6–7 Wins: 4Throne of Eldraine rare ICRs + Golden Egg Sleeve
 * 4–5 Wins: 3Throne of Eldraine rare ICRs + Golden Egg Sleeve
 * 2–3 Wins: 2Throne of Eldraine rare ICRs + Golden Egg Sleeve
 * 0–1 Wins: 1Throne of Eldraine rare Individual Card Reward (ICR) + Golden Egg Sleeve

Jumpstart
Introduction of Jumpstart on MTG Arena. Pick two themed packets and play.
 * Available: July 16 – August 16, 2020 and June 4 - July 8, 2021
 * Entry Fee: 2,000 gold or 400 Gems
 * Event Record: Play as much as you like!
 * Rewards:
 * 2nd Win: 1 Jumpstart rare individual card reward (ICR)
 * 1st Win: 1 Jumpstart rare ICR

Historic Shakeup
A Historic event with a changing banned card list, you'll have to stay on your toes and think fast to find the right deck each week. Week 1 of Historic Shakeup started March 19, 2021.

Mirror, Mirror
A short event featuring rebalanced versions of some of Historic's iconic banned cards.

Event prizes
In Magic: The Gathering Arena, some cards and card styles have only been awarded as event prizes and promotions.

The cards are:
 * Duress (M19 card frame with Urza Saga artwork): Prize for one win in the Singleton Weekend event (Feb 14–18, 2019)
 * Ghalta, Primal Hunger (Ixalan Store Championship participation promo): Prize for five wins in the Singleton Weekend event (Feb 14–18, 2019)
 * Llanowar Elves (Full art promo): Prize for one win in the Holiday Pauper event (Dec 24, 2018 to Jan 4, 2019)
 * Firemind's Research (Alt art promo by Robbie Trevino): Prize for five wins in the Holiday Pauper event (Dec 24, 2018, to Jan 4, 2019)
 * Teferi, Hero of Dominaria (Guilds of Ravnica: Mythic Edition): Reward for participating in the MTG Arena Closed Beta
 * Ral, Izzet Viceroy (Guilds of Ravnica: Mythic Edition): Reward for participating in the MTG Arena Closed Beta
 * Vraska, Golgari Queen (Guilds of Ravnica: Mythic Edition): Reward for participating in the MTG Arena Closed Beta

The card styles are:
 * Skewer the Critics: Prize for one win in the Treasure Constructed event (March 29–31, 2019)
 * Chemister's Insight: Prize for five wins in the Treasure Constructed event (March 29–31, 2019)
 * Liliana, Dreadhorde General: Preorder War of the Spark packs
 * Wizard's Lightning: Prize for reaching gold rank in Limited or Constructed during RNA Season 2
 * Vraska's Contempt: Prize for reaching platinum rank in Limited or Constructed during RNA Season 2
 * Pteramander: Prize for reaching gold rank in Limited or Constructed during WAR Season 1
 * Incubation Druid: Prize for reaching platinum rank in Limited or Constructed during WAR Season 1
 * Rally of Wings: Prize for reaching gold rank in Limited or Constructed during WAR Season 2
 * Risk Factor: Prize for reaching platinum rank in Limited or Constructed during WAR Season 2

Ranked season
Each month's season qualifies the top 1,200 Mythic-ranked competitors for a future qualifier event.

Prank events


The April Fools' Day prank for April 1, 2019, was the addition of googly eyes to all of the deckboxes in the Decks screen. The select/deselect animations caused the eyes to jiggle and gave the box a smile.

April Fools' Day for 2021 was a new format known as "New Historic", which removed the 4-card limit, dropped the minimum deck size to 40 cards and had no ban list. The prize was 100 Experience on the first win.