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FNM at Home was a series of Magic events run by Wizards of the Coast through Magic: The Gathering Arena to help keep players connected to Magic during the lockdown periods of the COVID-19 pandemic[1]. FNM at Home events replaced the earlier Feldon's Workshop series on Arena. The first event was run on March 27, 2020 and the final event occurred July 2, 2021.[2]
Description
In place of true Friday Night Magic events due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Magic: The Gathering Arena had weekly events each Friday with several different formats.[3] There were no entry fees for the event and players were awarded two rare Standard individual card rewards (ICRs), alongside a cosmetics code that could be redeemed from a local game store (LGS).[4] While initially opening at midnight Friday Pacific standard time (PST), the event opening time was eventually shifted to 7 pm Thursday PST in recognition that PST was effectively the last time zone to reach Friday. This made the event more convenient for non-American players.
Events
March 2020
- March 27 — Challenger Decks (Phantom preconstructed)[3]
April 2020
- April 3 — All Access (Standard)[3]
- April 10 — Historic Brawl (60 cards)[3]
- April 17 — Ikoria: Lair of Behemoths Lair (Any event was eligible for rewards this week.)[5]
- April 24 — Singleton (Standard)[6]
May 2020
- May 1 — Artisan (Standard; commons and uncommons only.)[6].
- May 8 — Pauper (Standard; commons only.)[6].
- May 15 — Historic Brawl (60 cards)[6]
- May 22 — Historic Artisan[7]
- May 29 — Cascade (Standard with an unique emblem which gives your first spell each turn Cascade)[7]
June 2020
- June 5 — Historic (Best-of-One)[7]
- June 12 — Momir[7]
- June 19 — Historic Brawl (60 cards)[7]
- June 26 — Core Set 2021 Play Whatever (Any event was eligible for rewards this week.)[8]
July 2020
- July 3 – Singleton (Standard)[8]
- July 10 – Artisan (Standard)[8]
- July 17 – Any Play Counts (Any event was eligible for rewards this week.)[9]
- July 24 – Historic All Access[9]
- July 31 – Jumpstart[9]
August 2020
- August 7 – Pauper (Historic)[9]
- August 14 – Any Play Counts[9]
- August 21 – Mastermind (A Phantom preconstructed event which is inspired by Duel Masters's mana system. Discard cards to create land tokens.)[9]
- August 28 – Standard 2021 (A post-rotation preview. Legal sets were Throne of Eldraine, Theros Beyond Death, Ikoria: Lair of Behemoths, and Core Set 2021.)[9]
September 2020
- September 4 – Historic Brawl (60 cards)[9]
- September 11 – Historic[9]
- Sept 18 – Zendikar Rising Play Anything[9]
- Sept 25 – Artisan (Standard)[9]
October 2020
- October 2 – Singleton (Standard)[9]
- October 9 – Standard[9]
- October 16 – Historic Brawl (60 cards)[10]
- October 23 – Momir[10]
- October 30 – Super Standard (100 cards)[10]
November 2020
- November 6 – Brawl (Standard)[10]
- November 13 – Kaladesh Remastered Play Anything[11] (an earlier version of the page had listed this as "Zendikar Rising Play Anything".[10])
- November 20 – Historic[10] (All-access Best-of-One)
- November 27 – Historic Artisan[10] (All-access Best-of-One)
December 2020
- December 4 – Mastermind (Phantom preconstructed)[12]
- December 11 – Historic All Access[12]
- December 18 – Historic Pauper[12]
- December 25 – Treasure Singleton (Standard with an Emblem giving you a Treasure token each turn)[12]
January 2021
- January 1 – Historic Brawl Showcase (Phantom preconstructed)[12]
- January 8 – Standard (Best-of-One)[13][14]
- January 15 – Artisan (Standard)[13][14]
- January 22 – Omniscience (Phantom preconstructed with an Omniscience emblem)[14]
February 2021
- February 5 – Treasure Singleton (Standard. This originally had been scheduled as Artisan.)[14][15][16]
- February 12 – Standard[15]
- February 19 – Momir[15]
- February 26 – Historic Brawl (60 cards. This had originally been scheduled with a 100 card minimum deck size)[17]
March 2021
- March 5 – Super Standard (100 cards)[17]
- March 12 – Historic[17]
- March 19 – Standard Shakeup
- Banned cards: Behold the Multiverse; Bonecrusher Giant; Brazen Borrower; Claim the Firstborn; Doom Foretold; Embercleave; Goldspan Dragon; Lovestruck Beast; Showdown of the Skalds; Thieves' Guild Enforcer; Tibalt's Trickery; Ugin, the Spirit Dragon; Valki, God of Lies; Vorinclex, Monstrous Raider and Yorion, Sky Nomad[17]
- March 26 – Pauper (Historic)[17]
April 2021
- April 2 – New Player Decks[17] (Preconstructed)
- April 9 – Omniscience (Phantom preconstructed with an Omniscience emblem)[17]
- April 16 – "Go Play STX" (Play any event with new Strixhaven cards for rewards this week.)[18]
- April 23 – New Player Preconstructed Decks (Preconstructed)[18]
- April 30 – Standard (Best-of-One)[18]
May 2021
- May 7 – Historic Brawl (60 cards)[18]
- May 13 – Challenger Decks (Phantom preconstructed)[19]
- May 20 – Artisan (Standard)[19]
- May 28 - Omniscience (Phantom preconstructed with an Omniscience Emblem, reduced life total, and a one spell per turn restriction.)[20]
June 2021
- June 4 - Pauper (Historic All Access)[20]
- June 11 - Historic All Access[20]
- June 18 – 100-Card Historic Brawl[21]
- June 25 – No Limits (All Access, no format, no bans, no four-of deck building restriction, 40 card minimum deck size)[21]
July 2021
Midweek Magic
By July 2021, in-store play began opening up in many American states, which meant that regular FNM could go forward.[22] The event was kept, but changed to a Tuesday to Thursday event and renamed Midweek Magic. The first new event, Future Precons, was held from July 13 to 15, 2021[2][23]. Prizes remained the same. The cosmetics code was eventually folded into the event as the third prize.
References
- ↑ Wizards of the Coast (March 19, 2020). "Wizards of the Coast’s Response to COVID-19 (website)". Wizards of the Coast. Archived from the original on May 16, 2020. Retrieved on March 30, 2020.
- ↑ a b c Wizards of the Coast (July 13, 2021). "Recharge Your In-Store Play Community (website)". Wizards of the Coast. Retrieved on March 30, 2020.
- ↑ a b c d Wizards of the Coast. "FNM at Home, With Your Local Store, And on MTG Arena (website)". Wizards of the Coast. Archived from the original on March 20, 2020. Retrieved on March 29, 2025.
- ↑ Magic: The Gathering Arena – Reward Distrubution & Drop rate Information. Magicthegathering.com (April, 2020).
- ↑ Wizards of the Coast (April 13, 2020). "MTG Arena: State of the Game – April 2020 (website)". Wizards of the Coast. Archived from the original on September 23, 2020. Retrieved on March 30, 2020.
- ↑ a b c d Wizards of the Coast. "FNM at Home, With Your Local Store, And on MTG Arena (website)". Wizards of the Coast. Archived from the original on April 24, 2020. Retrieved on March 29, 2025.
- ↑ a b c d e Wizards of the Coast. "FNM at Home, With Your Local Store, And on MTG Arena (website)". Wizards of the Coast. Archived from the original on May 9, 2020. Retrieved on March 30, 2025.
- ↑ a b c Wizards of the Coast. "FNM at Home, With Your Local Store, And on MTG Arena (website)". Wizards of the Coast. Archived from the original on June 25, 2020. Retrieved on March 30, 2025.
- ↑ a b c d e f g h i j k l m Wizards of the Coast. "FNM at Home, With Your Local Store, And on MTG Arena (website)". Wizards of the Coast. Archived from the original on August 12, 2020. Retrieved on March 30, 2025.
- ↑ a b c d e f g Wizards of the Coast. "FNM at Home, With Your Local Store, And on MTG Arena (website)". Wizards of the Coast. Archived from the original on October 14, 2020. Retrieved on March 30, 2025.
- ↑ Wizards of the Coast. "FNM at Home, With Your Local Store, And on MTG Arena (website)". Wizards of the Coast. Archived from the original on November 20, 2020. Retrieved on March 30, 2025.
- ↑ a b c d e Wizards of the Coast. "FNM at Home, With Your Local Store, And on MTG Arena (website)". Wizards of the Coast. Archived from the original on December 2, 2020. Retrieved on March 30, 2025.
- ↑ a b MTG Arena Admin (December 10, 2020). "DEC 10 - 1.15.00.00 Patch Notes (forum post)". Wizards of the Coast. Archived from the original on December 10, 2020. Retrieved on March 30, 2025.
- ↑ a b c d e /u/Hans_Run (January 8, 2021). "FNM at Home - February Shedule (forum post)". reddit. Retrieved on March 30, 2025.
- ↑ a b c Wizards of the Coast. "FNM at Home, With Your Local Store, And on MTG Arena (website)". Wizards of the Coast. Archived from the original on February 7, 2021. Retrieved on March 30, 2025.
- ↑ MTG Arena Admin (January 28, 2021). "JAN 28 - 2021.01.00 Patch Notes (forum post)". Wizards of the Coast. Archived from the original on May 11, 2021. Retrieved on March 30, 2025.
- ↑ a b c d e f g Wizards of the Coast. "FNM at Home, With Your Local Store, And on MTG Arena (website)". Wizards of the Coast. Archived from the original on February 25, 2021. Retrieved on March 30, 2025.
- ↑ a b c d Wizards of the Coast. "FNM at Home, With Your Local Store, And on MTG Arena (website)". Wizards of the Coast. Archived from the original on April 18, 2021. Retrieved on March 30, 2025.
- ↑ a b Wizards of the Coast. "FNM at Home, With Your Local Store, And on MTG Arena (website)". Wizards of the Coast. Archived from the original on May 9, 2021. Retrieved on March 30, 2025.
- ↑ a b c Wizards of the Coast. "FNM at Home, With Your Local Store, And on MTG Arena (website)". Wizards of the Coast. Archived from the original on May 20, 2021. Retrieved on March 30, 2025.
- ↑ a b c Wizards of the Coast. "FNM at Home, With Your Local Store, And on MTG Arena (website)". Wizards of the Coast. Archived from the original on June 17, 2021. Retrieved on March 30, 2025.
- ↑ Jay Parker (July 2, 2021). "MTG Arena: State of the Game – Adventures in the Forgotten Realms". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast. Archived from the original on June 29, 2022.
- ↑ Wizards of the Coast (July 13, 2021). "Midweek Magic: A New Take on FNM at Home on MTG Arena (website)". Wizards of the Coast. Archived from the original on July 13, 2021. Retrieved on March 30, 2025.