Build an EPIC Collection for FREE (MTG Arena Free to Play Guide) 

I wish you could turn mythic wildcards into rare wildcards. Rares eat the most wildcards after all, and mythics tend to be more kooky than efficient. I would prefer the ability to squeeze 2 rares out I of a mythic, but I think that's far too optimistic a feature from wotc. 😅

Good advice for new players. On ranked play, you don't have to "achieve" bronze rank. All you have to do is play one game in ranked each season, win or lose, and you will be ranked at least bronze for that season. So, everyone should play (win or lose) at least 1 ranked game per season to get a free pack (you could just start a game and auto concede). Also, for players that choose not to draft, don't let that free premier draft token from the MP go to waste, but be sly about how you use it and when you play your games. Each set usually spans 3 ranked seasons (calendar months), so the premier draft you enter with your token can span those three months as well as long as you don't complete the event. You play at least 3 games, so you can spread those games out by playing 1 game in each of the months the set spans and get limited ranked in 3 seasons with a single token, so you get 3 free packs rather than 1. For example, MKM started in Feb, so you could start a MKM premier draft in Feb, play just one game and get ranked for Feb. Then play one game in March and get ranked for March. Then play one game in April (before the new set drops) and get ranked for April. If you're going to be totally F2P, you really have to quick draft. I did this for a long time and never had any trouble earning my gems for the MP each set (+ a bunch extra) and I am ~ 47% win rate (rare drafting) player on average in Qdraft. I just don't care for the time pressure and results-matter stress of quick drafting to earn my MP each set. I was sitting on a stash of 9000+ gems when golden packs were introduced and I switched to no-draft mode. On set completion, I'm getting pretty similar results as I was with quick drafting, but now I'm spending down my gems. When the time comes, I think I'll be fine spending money on gems to buy the MP for each set. If not, I'll go back to quick drafting. One note on production... @8:00 that slow background zoom was making me nauseous. Anyone else?

I just started playing mtga, after not playing any sort of mtg (offline or online ) for 10 years. This is a very good resource on starting out.

As someone who has thought about playing either mtg:a or hearthstone, I feel like there's more variety in decks with mtg:a. Im someone who would only play free so this is very helpful.

That tip about rerolling the 500 gold quests in huge!

Something worth noting. Bo1 constructed events aren't a bad way to convert gold into gems. I'm someone who loves drafting (but I'm only average at it). So running constructed events every time I hit 2.5k gold allowed me to draft more frequently with a lower win rate. Additionally, you can also get packs from constructed events which will allow you to win more consistently thus converting more gems to gold, aka, more drafts, lol. Mono red is a good way to get your feet wet in these events. Then you can slowly upgrade to something better like the humans deck or some Ux control deck.

Great video. Wish it was release before my break from magic. Usually i like sticking to naya color when selecting card.

Been playing Arena since beta, every word you say is true, good job and thank you.

This was really useful, man. Thank you!

Thank you for divine MTG financial advice.

That was very informative yet casual video loved it!!

Im a new MTG paper player and went to see the arena, im from yugioh also, so i have master duel as a base, what i found out: Yes Yugioh doesnt have free packs from real boosters, BUT master duel is pretty much entirely free to play. Arena on the other hand brings too much grind for little reward. When you first log in and complete master duels's quests, you can literally make a tier 1 deck zero grind. When you first log and complete arena's quests you have a very bad and noob deck with few card types and will mostly play very long games (10 turns +) Mtg as a whole is an expensive tcg, but i have to say this: its the best tcg, not much bully decks, not much extra long games, very balanced over all

Amazing collection of information. Thank you so much for posting this. Subscribed!

Tried to import the deck but it says Roast not found?

returning player, did all the color challenge and got into ranked. i haven't made a deck yet just playing the saddle up starter deck and its done amazing for me. I want to build a deck for the new season to start my grind on rank ladder... i have 13 rare, 8 mythic, 12k Gold and 6k Gems. show me the way brother lmao. what do you recommend?

Buying packs is only good for the newest set, because only the newest set counts towards golden pack progression. Jump In! is good until you start getting playsets (4 copies) or rare cards. Packs have duplicate protection, Jump In! does not. Premier Drafts give you better rewards than Quick Drafts, at least as long as you manage to get 3 wins; Premier Drafts give you almost nothing for less than 3 wins. Also Quick Drafts (ironically) give you more time deciding which card to pick.

It would be great if they brought the MTGO mechanic where you can enter a draft with 3 packs. I would love to play a prerelease and get 2 drafts in with my code on arena or a free draft with the set code each set.

Free to play life is pretty hard, u can take from 4-5 months to gather enough wildcards in order to build a tier 1- tier 2 deck in a format. Playing regularly.

I've been playing since the beta release and now the most fun I have is with Brawl. It takes a long time to build a collection but you'll only need one copy of each and once you get the staples, it takes less to make new decks. I used to try standard but there's just not diversity in what you go up against anymore. I do agree that limited is still the only way to keep renewing the season pass.

Used to be, you could trade your unwanted cards to someone for cards that you wanted. In digital format, they locked out this standard feature of the game due to greed and a total unwillingness to give their player base any compelling reason to continue playing.

Wrong on one thing- you need less wins in premier draft to get a ROI. Quick draft has really poor rewards compared to premier draft as well.

Great vid, thanks 🎉

The codes from Dicebreaker don't work for me. Not a single one. Although I'm more than sure I haven't redeemed any of those, it always says that the code in question was already redeemed. No dice here. :(

Once per set? I have been doing my dailies for 1 year straight and my vault has never opened..

Why do some codes can't be redeemed? It is listed on the working codes, but when I use it, it says it doesn't work anymore?

Good guide

just use the infinite quest and youre all set. and its all legal. no third party apps needed

Great video

I haven’t spent any money on Arena since 2019. I currently have something like 300 unopened packs and around 600,000 gold. That’s not because I’m a really good player, that’s just because I play quite often. And with the 50% forced win/lose ratio, I’ve realized that the easiest way to both rank up and earn wild cards and that stuff is due. Just play a lot of games. Play aggro mostly, those games may last only about six or seven turns. You could have a aggro deck that only has about a 51% wine ratio, outperform a blue white control that has a 80% win ratio, but takes 30 minutes per game. I don’t waste my time on games that I’m obviously meant to lose. You can tell if you’re gonna win or lose a game usually within the first three turns.

Everything seems slow AF and it takes forever to get these cards. I'm trying to start here after playing paper forever and honestly so far this is is so freaking slow and aggravating

have fun playing for "free"

so should we save our gems and play quick draft w gold only? or if we do have enough gems use em?

I would love to do Events, BUT it costs Gems! Which is BS!

Fyi all the codes dont work anymore

How do tell what the rarity of the card ?

Where can I see how long the season pass last?

Saving gold packs for new sets is ok

Only play quick-draft if you think it's fun, otherwise it's a waste of time. It's a game after all not a job. If you play a mode you don't like you may get tire of it and drop the game.

at this point i feel the only reason to play bo3 instead of bo1 is so you run into less mono white lifegain andys, they arent hard to beat theyre just annoying.

I think draft a kaka I hate it

Great video whit many useful tips . One point i disagree whit ... --PLEASE DON'T ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO PLAY MONO RED I'M SO FED UP WHIT FACING THAT RETARDED DECK

I know people complain about the MTGA economy, but honestly, compared to paper magic, it's so much better. In real life you have to pay for every card you want to play with. But here you can get so much just from playing the game. At 1000 coins to buy a booster pack, each completed daily quest is equivalent to something like 5 bucks towards buying a pack from a store. Not to mention the existence of wildcards. If you want a specific card irl, you either gotta go out of your way to buy it from a third party, or you keep buying packs til you get it.

"Best format in Magic..." That is entirely subjective. Frankly, I think it's one of the worst.

this game is made for losers

Im do new god a need help i wish i never got rid ove my starter chest in 2001 and just played paper and kept up with technology

Thank you for this advice. Exactly what I was looking for. I am playing paper mtg right now, and can't afford buying arena packs as well LOL.

but how do i not get land screwed?

No codes work