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In 2023, Wizards of the Coast added Freeform Commander to the platform; this variant removed many deckbuilding restrictions. [40] In 2018, Wizards of the Coast launched Brawl as a Commander variant for its online platforms. The format is commonly played as a sanctioned event on Magic: The Gathering Online and on Magic: The Gathering Arena.
The Innovation Product for 2020, Commander Legends is the first Commander set designed to be drafted. It includes 361 total cards. Of these, 165 are new cards, including 71 new legendary creatures and planeswalkers. 165 Kaldheim Commander: Shield behind stylised axe head KHC February 2, 2021 [278] Two 100-card decks set on the plane of Kaldheim 16
Brawl utilizes all cards that are currently legal in Standard and has a rotation schedule similar to that of Standard. While similar to traditional Commander, deck size is limited to 60 cards and each player starts with 30 health. [95] [96] The format is commonly played as a sanctioned event on Magic: The Gathering Online and on MTG Arena.
Both the Series 1/2 Final and the 2020 Mythic Invitational served as qualifiers for a 32-player event to culminate the 2020 season, called the 2020 Season Grand Finals. [4] A yet another rebranding had the most high-profile MTG events, still held solely online on MTG Arena due to the pandemic, called X Championships for the next two seasons ...
Aggro (short for "aggressive") decks attempt to reduce their opponents from 20 life to 0 life as quickly as possible, rather than emphasize a long-term game plan. [4] Aggro decks focus on converting their cards into damage; they prefer to engage in a race for tempo rather than a card advantage-based attrition war.
The Magic Online World Championship was held for the first time. It also took place in Rome at the site of the paper Magic World Championship. The tournament was previously announced to be for eight competitors. The qualifications could be gained in special tournaments on Magic Online. The players played three rounds each of Classic, Zendikar ...
During the COVID-19 pandemic, which drew more players to the online Magic games and generated volumes of data of popular deck constructions, Wizards of the Coast was able to track popular combinations more quickly than in a purely paper game, and in mid-2020, the company banned additional cards that in specific combinations could draw out games ...
Washington D.C. was the first team Pro Tour. In a high-profile Top 8 featuring six players who were later inducted into the Hall of Fame, team Your Move Games (YMG) came out on top.