MTG Arena Lifts NDA, Invites 100k More Players, New CBT Begins

Magic: The Gathering Arena developer Wizards of the Coast announced this week that their digital CCG is lifting its NDA and launching a large update this Thursday (March 22, 2018). MTG: Arena is a free to play digital version of Magic the Gathering with microtransactions.

Updates Coming This Thursday:

• More Invites – Inviting 100,000 more players into the game in the next few weeks and giving out more Closed Beta access codes.
• New Starting Collections – To test new starting collections, including 10 preconstructed decks, we’ll be instituting an account wipe.
• Amonkhet Block – The addition of Amonkhet and Hour of Devastation cards to the game.

New starting collections:

• Ten preconstructed decks, with more than 300 unique Magic cards. Check out the decklists here.
• Three packs each of Amonkhet, Hour of Devastation, Ixalan, and Rivals of Ixalan.
• One rare Wildcard, two uncommon Wildcards, and four common Wildcards.

While the digital card game space is getting crowded, MTG Arena has a real shot to compete with Hearthstone, as the game is based on one of the most iconic physical card games of all time. Time will tell if newcomers like MTG Arena of Valve's Artifact have a chance winning market share from Hearthstone though.