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Magic: The Gathering Arenais coming hot out of the gate in 2023 with its huge Arena Decathlon event — ten preliminary stages, one final, and lots of prizes to be won. What’s more, the event is open to all ages, meaning everyone can enjoy the competition in hype for thePhyrexia: All Will Be Onerelease.
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Although Wizards have made the finals shorter for competitors to compete more easily, there’s still a lot going on within the next few days. So whether you’re enjoying the preliminaries or playing to win, here are all the details you’ll need to carry you through from day one to the final rewards.
Preliminary Events
In the run-up to the final, preliminary events are held. Since it’s a decathlon, that means ten events in total withtwo events taking place together every three days.
Now for the juicy details. The preliminaries will run fromJanuary 1-16, and entry costs are2,000 gold or 400 gems per event. You can play each preliminary as much as you want, but the format for each event is different, and matches are eitherbest-of-one or best-of-three.
Decathlon Schedule
All events are best-of-one unless stated otherwise. Each eventstarts and ends at 8 am PT:
January 10–13
January 13–16
The draft, Jump In!, and sealed events are considered ‘phantom’ events. Any cards you get here won’t be added to your MTG Arena collection.
Preliminary Event Rewards
Anyone who enters a Decathlon event gets aBronze Sundering Titan card sleeve. If you win a match, your prize depends on whether it’s a best-of-one or best-of-three event.
Best-Of-One Rewards (play until Seven wins or Three losses)
4,000 gold + Arena Decathlon token
Five Or Six Wins
Three Or Four Wins
One Or Two Wins
No rewards
Best-Of-Three Rewards (play until Five wins or Two losses)
Two Or Three Wins
No Wins
The pack prizes are from across MTG Arena and feature standard, non-standard, alchemy, and mythic packs.The chances of getting each type are:
Standard main set
40%
Non-Standard main set
Alchemy set
10%
Qualifying for the Final
If youget the maximum number of wins in an event (seven for best-of-one and five for best-of-three) you’ll get a decathlon token, wherethree tokens make one Arena Decathlon Finals entry — plus a Silver Sundering Titan sleeve. Collecting all Ten tokens from the Decathlon preliminaries also rewards you with the Gold Sundering Titan sleeve, with all finals tokens and Gold Sundering Dragon sleeves handed out by Wednesday 18 January.
Each Decathlon token must come from a different event;duplicates from the same event will only count as one token.
Two or less Unique Tokens
Ten Unique tokens
you’re able to find the number of Decathlon tokens you’ve already got by hovering over the token icon on PC (top-right corner), or by tapping the icon on mobile.
Decathlon Final Details
If you’ve got an entry token, your next stop is the MTG Arena Decathlon Final. The format isbest-of-three duplicate sealed, meaning everyone who competes receives the same pool of cards to build their deck with. Finalists will play until they getfour wins or one loss— with prizes available to those who win one or more matches.
The Decathlon Final is also aphantom event, meaning you won’t keep any of the cards you draft.
The eventstarts January 21 at 8 am PT, withsignup closing January 22 at 8 am PT, and thefinal concluding January 22 11 am PT.
Decathlon Final Prizes
Everyone who enters the final will get their Silver Sundering Titan sleeve for MTG Arena, with anyone that wins a match getting the following prizes:
