Magic: The Gathering Arena/Changelog

Date 	Added sets	Notable changes
2017-09-07Magic: The Gathering Arena World Premiere Stream	 	Alpha version revealed.
2017-12-04 	 	Start of the Closed Beta.
2018-01-18 	 	Economy changed and collections wiped.
2018-03-22 	 	NDA lifted. Economy changed and collections wiped. New starter decks added.
2018-04-26 	 	Economy changed. Paid economy and events added.
2018-06-07State of the Beta for May 30, 2018 	 	Standard banlist introduced. Economy changed. More event types added.
2018-07-14 	 	New Player Experience (NPE). Tutorial games added. Economy changed.
2018-09-27 	 	Start of the Open Beta. Collections wiped. Kaladesh, Aether Revolt, Welcome Deck 2017, Amonkhet, and Hour of Devastation removed.
2018-11-15HOW TO: Direct Challenge 	 	Implemented the “Direct Challenge” feature in preparation for other social features (e.g. friend lists).
2018-12-13December State of the Beta: Rank 1.0 Breakdown 	 	New ranking system introduced. Seasonal rewards for Constructed and Limited ranks added.
2019-01-17January 17 - 0.11 Release Notes 	 	Duplicate protection (5th copy) for rare/mythic and other minor economy changes. Best-of-three Ranked.
2019-02-14Feb 14 0.12.00.00 Patch Notes 	 	Discord integration added. Deck builder overhaul and improvements.
2019-03-27March 2019 State of the Beta: In like a Leonin 	 	Unlockable/purchasable cosmetics (card styles, card sleeves, and avatars). “Practice Matches” versus AI. “Mastery Tree” progression system.
2019-04-25 	 	
2019-07-02 	 	Rotating Ranked Draft, Set Mastery system, with the Mastery Tree and reward track (replacing Weekly Win rewards), Mastery Pass, London Mulligan, New Player Decks.
2019-07-10 	 	Set Mastery system update, return of Weekly Win rewards.
2019-09-26 	 	Official launch. Rotation: Ixalan, Rivals of Ixalan, Dominaria, and Core Set 2019 moved to the new Historic format and add Historic Anthology 1.
2019-11-21 	 	Friends List
2019-12-12 	 	Suspensions, Historic Anthology:
2020-01-16JAN 16 - 1.04.00 Patch Notes 	 	
2020-03-12 	 	Historic Anthology II
2020-04-16 	 	Player Draft
2020-05-21 	 	Historic Anthology III. Permanent Historic Ranked Queue.
2020-07-25 	 	Availability on macOS. Improved pack collation for less reprints. Brawl permanently available.
2020-08-13 	 	New player decks. Creation of Arena Base Set.
2020-08-12 	 	Set rotation: Guilds of Ravnica, Ravnica Allegiance, War of the Spark and Core Set 2020 move to Historic format. Customizable emotes.
2020-11-12 	 	
2021-01-28 	 	Release on Android Early Access to play the game on mobile phones.
2021-03-11 	 	Historic Anthology IV
2021-03-25 	 	Support added for tablets and iOS devices. Log-ins on one of these devices give a Thopter pet.
2021-04-15 	 	7-card Sideboard change in in Best-of-One.
2021-05-27 	 	Historic Anthology 5
2021-07-08 	 	Dungeons and Dice rolling.
2021-08-10 	 	Large-scale change to our backend systems.
2021-08-26 	 	Designed-for-digital cards and mechanics. 100-card Historic Brawl events added to the queue.
2021-09-16 	 	
2021-10-13 	 	Introduction of rebalanced cards
2021-11-17 	 	
2021-12-09 	 	Introduction of the Alchemy format. Alchemy: Innistrad
2022-02-10 	 	
2022-03-17 	 	Alchemy: Kamigawa. Arena Base Set moved to Alchemy. Cosmetics per deck enabled.
2022-04-28 	 	Introduction of Explorer. Enabling multiple Boosters purchases with gold. Vault progress visible.
2022-06-02 	 	Alchemy: New Capenna. Hotswapping rebalanced cards. Mythic packs.
2022-07-07 	 	Alchemy Horizons: Baldur's Gate.
2022-07-28 	 	Historic Anthology 6 and Explorer Anthology 1
2022-08-11 	 	Introduction of rebalancing cards during a limited season in Alchemy Horizons: Baldur's Gate.
2022-09-01 	 	
2022-10-06 	 	Alchemy: Dominaria. Collection progress tracking.
2022-11-15 	 	Introduction of Golden packs.
2022-12-13 	 	Alchemy: The Brothers' War, Explorer Anthology 2, changes to country-specific card sleeves. Addition of in-game mailbox.
2023-02-07 	 	
2023-02-28 	 	Alchemy: Phyrexia, preferred printing option.
2023-03-21 	 	
2023-04-21 	 	
2023-05-11 	 	Replacing the Alchemy set for March of the Machine.
2023-05-23 	 	Availability on Steam.
2023-06-20 	 	
2023-07-18 	 	Historic Anthology 7 and Explorer Anthology 3. Explorer Anthology 2 is added to the store again, until September 5, 2023.
2023-09-05 	 	Improved duplicate protection. Advanced filter. Alchemy rotation. "Pets" renamed to "Companions".
2023-10-10 	 	Alchemy: Eldraine.
2023-11-14 	 	, , and are added as bonus cards for Brawl players.
2023-12-05 	 	Alchemy: Ixalan.
2023-12-12 	 	Introduction of Timeless. Players receive a copy of through their inbox.
2024-02-06 	 	Introduction of Play Boosters, including The List and Special Guests.
2024-03-05 	 	Alchemy: Karlov Manor.
2024-03-31 	 	Players receive four copies of for April Fools' Day through their inbox.
2024-04-16 	 	A large visual identifier is added for creatures with reach on the battlefield.
2024-05-07 	 	Alchemy: Thunder Junction.
2024-05-21 	 	The enemy colored fetch lands from Modern Horizons 2 are made available for players to craft through the Enemy Fetch Lands Anthology.
2024-06-11 	 	; ; ; ; ; ; and are made available in Limited packs at a rate of approximately 1 in 21, replacing a card of any rarity.
2024-07-10 	 	New starter decks added.
2024-07-30 	 	Imagine: Courageous Critters added as craftable cards. The Mastery Emporium replaces the Mastery Tree. Alchemy and Standard rotation.
2024-08-13 	 	Complete purchasable preconstructed Standard and Brawl decks are available in the MTG Arena Store for the first time.
2024-09-24 	 	
2024-11-12 	 	
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