Arena Base Set
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| Symbol description | Arena logo | ||||
| Release date | August 13, 2020 | ||||
| Set size | 116 | ||||
| Expansion code | ANB[1] | ||||
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The Arena Base Set or Arena Beginner Set is a MTG Arena-exclusive card set that was released on August 13, 2020.[2]
Description
In August 2020, Magic: The Gathering Arena introduced new player decks. Unlike previous versions, the monocolored decks that each player received after the tutorial matches were designed to stay rotation-proof beyond Standard 2021. The Arena Base Set was created for this exact purpose.[2]
It was announced that the cards of this set would stay legal in Best-of-One matches until further notice. Studio X selected introductory cards that were good for new players learning to play Magic: The Gathering for the very first time and provide some obvious choices for cards players may look to replace when upgrading their decks.
To facilitate the creation of the New Player Experience (NPE) and to transition players smoothly into the normal play experience the designers introduced some MTG Arena-exclusive digital cards.
In March 2022, the Arena Base Set was removed from Standard. The set remains legal in digital formats Alchemy and Historic.[3]
List of cards
- White- Keep the Peace
- Angel of Vitality
- Angelic Guardian
- Angelic Reward
- Bond of Discipline
- Charmed Stray
- Confront the Assault
- Fencing Ace
- Goring Ceratops
- Hallowed Priest
- Impassioned Orator
- Inspiring Commander
- Knight's Pledge
- Leonin Warleader
- Loxodon Line Breaker
- Moorland Inquisitor
- Pacifism
- Sanctuary Cat
- Serra Angel
- Shrine Keeper
- Soulmender
- Spiritual Guardian
- Tactical Advantage
- Blue-Aerial Domination
- Air Elemental
- Armored Whirl Turtle
- Cloudkin Seer
- Coral Merfolk
- Frilled Sea Serpent
- Glint
- Octoprophet
- Overflowing Insight
- Riddlemaster Sphinx
- River's Favor
- Sleep
- Soulblade Djinn
- Sworn Guardian
- Unsummon
- Wall of Runes
- Warden of Evos Isle
- Waterkin Shaman
- Waterknot
- Windreader Sphinx
- Windstorm Drake
- Winged Words
- Zephyr Gull
- Black-Cold Blooded Killers
- Bad Deal
- Compound Fracture
- Cruel Cut
- Demon of Loathing
- Eternal Thirst
- Krovikan Scoundrel
- Malakir Cullblade
- Mardu Outrider
- Murder
- Nightmare
- Nimble Pilferer
- Raise Dead
- Sanitarium Skeleton
- Savage Gorger
- Scathe Zombies
- Sengir Vampire
- Skeleton Archer
- Soulhunter Rakshasa
- Typhoid Rats
- Unlikely Aid
- Vampire Opportunist
- Witch's Familiar
- Red-Goblins Everywhere
- Bombard
- Burn Bright
- Fearless Halberdier
- Goblin Gang Leader
- Goblin Gathering
- Goblin Trashmaster
- Goblin Tunneler
- Hurloon Minotaur
- Immortal Phoenix
- Inescapable Blaze
- Maniacal Rage
- Molten Ravager
- Nest Robber
- Ogre Battledriver
- Raging Goblin
- Raid Bombardment
- Reduce to Ashes
- Shock
- Siege Dragon
- Storm Strike
- Tin Street Cadet
- Volcanic Dragon
- Green-Large and In Charge
- Affectionate Indrik
- Baloth Packhunter
- Charging Badger
- Colossal Majesty
- Epic Proportions
- Feral Roar
- Generous Stray
- Gigantosaurus
- Greenwood Sentinel
- Ilysian Caryatid
- Jungle Delver
- Prized Unicorn
- Rabid Bite
- Rampaging Brontodon
- Rumbling Baloth
- Sentinel Spider
- Stony Strength
- Titanic Growth
- Treetop Warden
- Wildwood Patrol
- Woodland Mystic
- World Shaper
- Lands
Notes
- A denotes a MTG Arena exclusive digital card.
- On Gatherer, Arcane Signet and Command Tower are listed as #177 and #188 of the ANB set respectively. These are exclusively used in Brawl.
References
- ↑ Scryfall
- ↑ a b Wizards of the Coast (August 4, 2020). "MTG Arena: State of the Game – August 2020". magicthegathering.com. Archived from the original on November 10, 2022.
- ↑ Wizards of the Coast (August 14, 2022). "Patch Notes - 2022.14.0". MTG Arena Support. Archived from the original on January 30, 2023.