Wanna know when Foundations releases on Arena? You’ve come to the right place, as below you’ll find out the exact time of Foundations MTGA release plus a countdown timer. No need to convert the time into your time zone. Afterwards, you’ll find some interesting info about this set.
So, the maintenance starts on Tuesday, November 12th, at 8 a.m. PT (15:00 UTC). Officially, it should take about three hours, but most commonly the new sets goes live quickly after the maintenance starts. (Though there might be some lag and bugs in this early time frame.)
Foundations Release Time MTGA
Here’s the countdown timer to the Foundations release on Arena:
You can also find Foundations release time in most common time zones in this table:
| Region | FDN Release Time |
|---|---|
| USA, Canada (Pacific) | 11:00 PT (November 12th) |
| USA, Canada (Mountain) | 12:00 MT (November 12th) |
| USA, Canada (Central) | 13:00 CT (November 12th) |
| USA, Canada (Eastern) | 14:00 ET (November 12th) |
| USA, Canada (Atlantic) | 15:00 AT (November 12th) |
| Brazil | 16:00 BRT (November 12th) |
| United Kingdom | 19:00 BST (November 12th) |
| Central Europe | 20:00 CEST (November 12th) |
| Australia | 3:30 ACST (November 13th) |
NOTE: Both countdown timer and the table are under the assumption that the maintenance takes three hours. But as mentioned, it’s possible you’ll be able to play with new cards earlier. The soonest possible time would be three hours earlier than the timer and table say. Just keep in mind, that there might be some issues immediately after the patch goes live.
Maintenance Progress Check
Want to avoid the early lag and bugs? If so, you can check Wizards’ Customer Support on Twitter. They usually post before the maintenance starts, and once it’s finished. Plus, they’ll also let you know about any problems with the new patch.
The second option is to go on MTG Arena Status Page. For normal gameplay, the Game, Matches, and Logins systems must all be marked as operational.
While there’s no downtime expected, you’ll still need to restart the client to download Foundations patch.
Additional Foundations Information
So, what can you do while waiting for Foundations to release on Arena?
Well, if you plan to draft the new set, you’ll want to read our Foundations Draft Guide and the accompanying Foundations Draft Tier List. This two articles should give you an edge early in the format by discussing all the things going on in the format.
Perhaps you want to open some boosters in real life too? In that case, we’d recommend the Foundations Bundle, which is a moderately priced product, containing both packs and some extras such as foil lands. If you’d want more info, check Foundations Bundle’s contents.
Codes
Do you know about the free MTGA codes, which you can use to expand your collection? They grant you free Packs on Arena, as well as other goodies. You’ll also be able to find the Foundations code among them, provided there will be one.
During Foundations prerelease events (in local game stores), players received codes for 6 Foundations Packs in their prerelease kits. If you weren’t be able to attend, you can still buy a code from a respectable online vendor. We’d recommend MTGAcodes.com.
With some sets, you could only redeem multiple prerelease code per set. However, that’s not the case here, as you can claim just one Foundations code per account for a total of 6 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.
Foundations Events
Which events will you be able to play once Foundations releases on Arena?
If you want to draft, there will be two different draft variants available. You can choose between Premier (best-of-one) or Traditional Draft (best-of-three). If you want to play Quick Draft (best-of-one), you’ll need to wait a couple of weeks.
Additionally, you could play Sealed in two different modes: Traditional Sealed and Best-of-one Sealed. If you plan to compete at higher level events, such as Arena Open or Qualifier events, this is a good way to practice.
What about constructed? Well, Foundations doesn’t change anything about the Standard rotation. It just adds the new cards to Standard, and nothing rotates out. Of course, you’ll also be able to play Duskmourn cards in all Constructed formats, such as Explorer, Historic, Brawl, and Timeless.
MTGA Foundations Release Time – FAQ
Before we wrap up, here are the answers to some frequently asked questions about the Foundations’s release time on MTGA.
It will be released on Tuesday, November 12th. The maintenance starts at 8:00 PT (15:00 UTC), and will take three hours at most. Thus, the official release is at 11:00 PT (18:00 UTC), but the set could go live earlier.
All preordered products can be opened once the set goes live. (See previous answer.)
Because they were a part of the Early Streamer Access event. This was happening only on Magic Online and not on MTG Arena.
Conclusion
That’s all about Foundations Arena release time. Hopefully, everything will run smoothly, and we’ll be able to play with the new cards (and old reprints) very soon.
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Until next time, have fun casting the iconic Foundations cards.