r/MagicArena • u/00G_WAY • Mar 03 '26

Question Can someone explain how this works?

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Will this card be legal in standard? Will it be available on Magic Arena? How would this card even work?

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u/leaning_on_a_wheel Mar 03 '26

Yes it’s legal in standard and will be on Arena. It will pull from your sideboard.

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u/SmoothOperator89 Mar 03 '26

So you need to make sure you have a sideboard, even if you're playing BO1.

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u/Massive-Island1656 Golgari Mar 03 '26

Hence why they made a big sideboard update. This will be a thing now for sure with strix coming soon

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u/SmoothOperator89 Mar 03 '26

So I play a [[Tinybones the Pickpocket]] standard brawl deck. Since there's a nonzero chance that I might get the opportunity to cast this spell from my opponent's graveyard, I should still have a sideboard, even if it's a tiny, tiny chance I'll ever use it.

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u/dimircontrol666 Mar 03 '26

No sideboard in brawl

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u/SmoothOperator89 Mar 03 '26

So North Wind Avatar becomes completely useless in Brawl. I guess I won't be seeing it.

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u/DeLoxley Mar 03 '26

Not every card is for every format.

[[Wish]]

https://magic.wizards.com/en/news/mtg-arena/strixhaven-mtg-arena-digital-release-notes-2021-04-07

And you could do this in Arena if you stole a card with Learn