Magic: The Gathering Arena first arrived on PC in 2017 as a beta that was downloadable from the Wizards of the Coast website. It left beta two years later, was added to the Epic Games Store in 2020, and got a mobile port in 2021, but only now have the Serra Angels descended in a shining chorus to announce that unto us is come a savior: a version of Arena on Steam.
The original collectible card game, Magic: The Gathering remains one of the best in the genre. (Though I still stan for Faeria as well.) While more complex than the aggressively streamlined Hearthstone, that complexity is what makes its wild combos and surprising mid-match turnarounds possible. It's well-supported too, and unlikely to go into stasis as some of our other favorite digital CCGs have in the past.
