Game overview
Magic: The Gathering Arena
Magic: The Gathering Arena empowers you to discover your strategy, meet the planeswalkers, explore the multiverse, and battle friends around the world. Start playing for free, challenge your friends, unlock cards, and feel the magic of the original fantasy CCG!
- Players now
- 5,335
- All-time peak
- 16,740
- 24-hour change
- -12.9%
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Welcome to the digital Multiverse! Magic: The Gathering is the original trading card game- and now you can download and start playing for free with your friends from anywhere!
Magic: The Gathering Arena empowers you to discover your strategy, meet the planeswalkers, explore the multiverse, and battle friends around the world. Collect, build and master your unique deck that will become its own legend. Your battle is only the beginning; duel on stunning battlefields, and enjoy Arena’s game changing battle effects and immerse yourself in the game. Start playing for free, challenge your friends, unlock cards, and feel the magic of the original fantasy CCG!
NO EXPERIENCE NECESSARY
Never played Magic before? No problem! Magic: The Gathering Arena’s tutorial system takes you through the playstyles so you can find your strategy and decide if you’re the type to overwhelm your opponent with brute strength, if subterfuge is more your style, or anything in between. Meet characters from around the multiverse and try out spells and artifacts that make learning to play the original fantasy collectible card game quick and fun. It’s never been easier to play Magic! Collect cards to build a deck that matches your personality, then master your strategy to battle friends and be part of the TCG that started them all.
GAME ON(LINE)
The original TCG is now digital! Explore the fantasy worlds of Magic: The Gathering Arena and build your deck, play a variety of game formats to collect cards, master multiple strategies, and hone your skills against friends or the AI. With multiple game formats like Draft and Brawl, 15 unlockable collectible decks, and explosive card combo effects: Your ideal Magic: The Gathering playstyle is at your fingertips! Show off eye-popping cosmetics like avatars, card sleeves, and pets and collect daily rewards to grow your collection and build powerful decks that reflect your personal strategy.
CHALLENGE AND PLAY
Duel your friends for glory or enter in-game tournaments for exciting prizes! With Draft and Brawl pairing, there is always someone to game with. Special in-game events offer exciting rewards, and with Esports qualifiers your Pro-Magic dreams are closer than you think in the Arena Premier Play League! Queue into casual battles to hone your strategy at your own pace, or battle in Esports qualifiers and frequent tournaments to flaunt your mastery.
FANTASY AND MAGIC
Dive into the fantasy planes of Magic: The Gathering and write your own legend through Magic’s immersive lore and vibrant card art. Find your path through the multiverse using only favorite characters and their most iconic spells and artifacts, or create a theme deck with a narrative that makes sense only to you. Your story is only just beginning!
All prices inclusive of VAT.
Wizards of the Coast, Magic: The Gathering, Magic: The Gathering Arena, their respective logos, Magic, the mana symbols, the planeswalker symbol, and all character names and their distinctive likenesses are property of Wizards of the Coast LLC. ©2019-2026 Wizards.
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Windows
Minimum
Minimum:- OS *: Windows 7
- Processor: AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 5600+ or Equivalent
- Memory: 2 GB RAM
- Graphics: GeForce GTX 8800 or Equivalent
- Network: Broadband Internet connection
Recommended
Recommended:- OS: Windows 10
- Processor: Intel Core2 Quad Q9300 @ 2.50GHz
- Memory: 4 GB RAM
- Graphics: GeForce GTX 560
- Network: Broadband Internet connection
macOS
Minimum
Minimum:- OS: macOS 10.12 (Sierra)
- Processor: 2.6 GHz Core i5 (I5-4278U)
- Memory: 4 GB RAM
- Graphics: HD Graphics 5000
- Network: Broadband Internet connection
Game details Languages, features & support
- Publisher
- Wizards of the Coast
- USK rating
- 12
- Brazilian rating
- 18
- Steam Germany rating
- 16
- Features
- Multi-player, PvP, Online PvP, Cross-Platform Multiplayer, In-App Purchases, Family Sharing
- Languages
- English*, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese - Brazil, Spanish - Latin America
*languages with full audio support - Website
- Official website ↗
- Support
- Support site ↗
Compatibility & accessibility Steam Deck, controllers & access features
Can I Play This?
Steam declarations and Valve's Steam Deck compatibility result. Missing data is shown as unknown, never unsupported.
Structured language support (9)
| Language | Interface | Full audio | Subtitles |
|---|---|---|---|
| English | Yes | Yes | No |
| French | Yes | No | No |
| Italian | Yes | No | No |
| German | Yes | No | No |
| Spanish - Spain | Yes | No | No |
| Japanese | Yes | No | No |
| Korean | Yes | No | No |
| Portuguese - Brazil | Yes | No | No |
| Spanish - Latin America | Yes | No | No |
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