Want to know when Bloomburrow releases on Arena? In that case, you’re in the right place. Below you’ll find out the exact time of Bloomburrow MTGA release and a countdown timer. This way, there’s no need to convert the time into your time zone. Besides, we also included some interesting information about this set.
Anyway, the maintenance starts on Tuesday, July 30th, at 8 a.m. PT (15:00 UTC). Officially, it will take around three hours, but most often, the new sets go live quickly after the maintenance starts. (However, you might encounter lag and bugs in this early time period.)
Bloomburrow Release Time MTGA
So, with that taken into account, here’s the countdown timer to the Bloomburrow release on Arena:
Additionally, you can find Bloomburrow release time in most common time zones in this table:
| Region | BLB Release Time |
|---|---|
| USA, Canada (Pacific) | 11:00 PT (July 30th) |
| USA, Canada (Mountain) | 12:00 MT (July 30th) |
| USA, Canada (Central) | 13:00 CT (July 30th) |
| USA, Canada (Eastern) | 14:00 ET (July 30th) |
| USA, Canada (Atlantic) | 15:00 AT (July 30th) |
| Brazil | 16:00 BRT (July 30th) |
| United Kingdom | 19:00 BST (July 30th) |
| Central Europe | 20:00 CEST (July 30th) |
| Australia | 3:30 ACST (July 31st) |
KEEP IN MIND: Both countdown timer and the table assume that the maintenance will take three hours. However, it’s likely that you’ll be able to play with the new set earlier. When? Potentially up to three hours earlier than the timer and table say. But be warned that there might be some issues in that early time frame.
Maintenance Progress Check
Want to avoid the early lag and bugs? Check Wizards’ Customer Support on Twitter. They post before the maintenance starts, and when it’s finished. Besides, they’ll also alert you in case of any problems with the new patch.
The other option available is to check MTG Arena Status Page. For normal gameplay, the Game, Matches, and Logins systems must all be “operational”.
While there’s no downtime expected this time around, you’ll still need to restart the client to download Bloomburrow patch.
Additional Bloomburrow Information
So what can you do while you’re waiting for Bloomburrow to arrive? You could learn more about the set, of course!
You can find all Bloomburrow cards here, so you’ll know which ones you want to craft first. If you’ll be drafting, you also want to make sure you read our Bloomburrow Draft Guide, which will be released in the coming days. Make sure to check back soon.
Are you a fan of Commander? In that case, you’ll enjoy discovering Bloomburrow Commander precons. There are four different ones, and each presents a fun theme with an adorable legendary creature at the front. Squirrels, Raccoons, and more creatures await!
Do you want to crack some packs not only within the digital client, but in real life too? If so, we’d recommend the Bloomburrow Bundle, which is a moderately priced product and contains both packs and extras. If you’d want more info, check Bloomburrow Bundle’s contents here.
Codes
The free MTGA codes are a great way to expand your collection. With them you can claim free Packs on Arena, as well as other goodies. You’ll also find the Bloomburrow code among these.
During the Bloomburrow prerelease events (in local game stores), each player receives a code for 6 Bloomburrow Packs in the prerelease kit. If you won’t be able to attend, you can still buy a code from a respectable online vendor. We’d recommend MTGAcodes.com.
Previously, you could only redeem one prerelease code per set. However, that recently changed. Now you can claim up to five Bloomburrow codes per account for a total of 30 packs.
Acquiring codes from MTGAcodes.com typically costs less than buying the same amount of packs from Arena Store. Note that you can redeem only five prerelease codes per set.
Bloomburrow Events
When Bloomburrow releases on Arena, which events will you be able to play?
If you’re a Limited player, there will be two different draft variants available at the release. You can select either can pick between Premier (best-of-one) or Traditional Draft (best-of-three). For a Quick Draft (best-of-one), you’ll need to wait a couple of weeks.
Besides, you could also play Sealed in two different modes: Traditional Sealed and Best-of-one Sealed. Typically, these don’t stay around as long as the draft do. However, if you plan on competing at higher level events, such as Arena Open, this is a good way to get some practice runs.
What about constructed? Well, Bloomburrow starts the Standard rotation, kicks out a few sets, and if the newest set in this format. It’ll be interesting to see how this format develops with this big change.
Of course, you’ll also be able to play with the new cards in formats such as Explorer, Historic, Brawl, and Timeless.
MTGA Bloomburrow Release Time – FAQ
Before we wrap up, here are the answers to some commonly asked questions about the Bloomburrow’s release time on Arena.
It will be released on Tuesday, July 30th. The maintenance starts at 8:00 PT (15:00 UTC), and takes three hours at most. Thus, the official release is at 11:00 PT (18:00 UTC), but the set might go live earlier.
All preordered products can be opened once the set goes live. (See the previous answer.)
Because they were a part of the Early Streamer Access event. This is happening both on MTG Arena and Magic Online.
Conclusion
And that’s it for the Bloomburrow Arena release time. Hopefully, everything will run smoothly, and we’ll be able to play with the new cards very soon.
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Until next time, have fun casting the adorable Bloomburrow cards.