Digital

800 gems or 4000 gold per land 😳

In case anyone didn't see them in the Arena announcements. Coming in the October 10th patch.

From the announcements:

Orcish Bowmasters and The One Ring have been some of the strongest and most played cards in Alchemy and Historic since The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth™ was released. After letting the formats adjust to this release, we are rebalancing Orcish Bowmasters and The One Ring.

Orcish Bowmasters had no opportunity cost to be included in every black deck, and as a result, its enter-the-battlefield ability was pushing one-toughness creatures out of Alchemy and Historic. We want to maintain the card's role as a counter to card drawing, so we are removing enter-the-battlefield effect to reduce its warping impact on the metagame.

The One Ring was too efficient at effectively winning the game with its sheer amount of card advantage. We are adding a mana to the activated ability to give players more time to execute their own strategy or interact with The One Ring before it takes over the game.

In this edition:

• Congratulations to the Arena Championship 4 Winner Shinya Saito!!
• Alchemy: Eldraine Out Tomorrow!
• Alchemy: Eldraine Premier Draft October 10–16
• Card Rebalances
• In-Store Wilds of Eldraine Promos
• Spooky October Cosmetics
• Begin Your Magic Ascension This Weekend
• Event Schedule

https://www.magic.gg/news/historic-metagame-breakdown-for-arena-championship-4

Decks will be available tomorrow after the tournament kicks off

Check your inbox again! This time it's a rare wildcard and a random cosmetic (seems to be limited to rare/mythic card style, sleeve or avatar. Don't know if anyone has gotten a pet yet)

Rewards are 5k XP, a special sleeve, Kenrith the Returned King card and his Multiverse Legends card style (looks to be the same for all players)

In this edition:

• Anniversary Week Issues
• Arena Championship 4 This Weekend!
• Alchemy: Eldraine Arrives October 10
• Wilds of Eldraine Festivals Continue
  • October 2–6: Season of Growth Standard
  • October 6–10: Gift Bag Historic
• Event Schedule

Well, this last week sure hasn't gone as we planned. What was originally scheduled to be a celebration of five years of fun hasn't quite lived up to that promise, so today I wanted to apologize. We'll talk a little later about some of the "how," but one of the things that I emphasize with the team is that players don't care what's happening behind the scenes when their experience is bad, they just want to know when it will get better, so let's get to it.

The short answer is, we're working on it but don't have an official timeline yet. For many, the game is fine, but there are certain areas that are still experiencing issues that we're troubleshooting. As a steward of this game that so many play each day, I know this isn't a fulfilling answer, but it is where we are right now, and for that we're sorry.

In this edition:

• MTG Arena's Fifth Anniversary Celebration Continues!
• Special Inbox Gift on Wednesday
• Dev Diary: Booster Chamber
• Magic World Championship XXIX Crowns a New Champion!
• Will You Be the Next Magic World Champion?
• Arena Championship 4 Is Coming
• Wilds of Eldraine Festival – Dark Tutelage
• Last Chance! Grab Your September Bonus XP This Week!
• Event Schedule

Thank's wotc! This is awesome. Even if you don't log in, it will be automatically claimed for you.

Saw it was still offline a couple hours ago with no news on the status page. Is it still down for everyone?

Log in every day until September 27th for free rewards!

In this edition:

• MTG Arena's Fifth Anniversary Celebration Continues!
• Chat with Jay Parker and Ian Adams Tomorrow
• Get In-Game Rewards Starting Tomorrow
• ICYMI: State of Formats and 2023 Rotation State of the Game
• MagicCon: Las Vegas Creator Arena Presented by IHOP
• Time Is Running Out to Claim Bonus XP During September
• Event Schedule