Welcome to the MTG Arena Sleeve Gallery. This gallery was created out of a need to see how past and present sleeves were obtained. This will be an ongoing project as new sleeves are continuously being released.
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Updated: 03/19/2021
Sleeves Found: 196
Sleeves Found: 196
2021
February 2021
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January 2021
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2020
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December 2020
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November 2020
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October 2020
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September 2020
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August 2020
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July 23-ish
Path to Exile
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The Path to Exile sleeve was available to those participating in the Magic Esports leagues from Magic.gg. Players that competed in the 2020 partial season were rewarded with a code for Magic Arena for these special Path to Exile sleeves, with promotional artwork by Chris Seaman.
This artwork first appeared as a MagicFest 2020 promo as a full art card, which was available in the MagicFest-in-a-Box kit. This was for a paper and foil card only, no code for Arena was given out with this kit. |
July 16
City of Brass
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City of Brass was included in the Adventurer Bundle available in the Arena Store. It cost $14.99 and included 3500 gems, The Adventurer avatar and the City of Brass sleeves.
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June/July
Cats vs. Dogs
These sleeves were obtained from a special WotC promotion via local game stores leading up to the release of JumpStart. Availability was from June 26 - July 16, 2020. These were obtained by any MTG purchase or by playing MTG at y our LGS or online (if the LGS supported it). You were able to choose either the cat or dog sleeve available that week. Each choice of a cat or dog were tallied up from each week to declare which was more superior. Results were released at the release of JumpStart. More information on this promotion can be found HERE.
Regarding the "Cat Token", it's original "printing" is from Apocalypse. It was released only on Magic Online for the card Penumbra Bobcat. This token never had a physical printed card. Penumbra Bobcat has been reprinted for JumpStart, but still a physical token does not exist due to JumpStart not having any tokens in that set's booster packs.
Regarding the "Cat Token", it's original "printing" is from Apocalypse. It was released only on Magic Online for the card Penumbra Bobcat. This token never had a physical printed card. Penumbra Bobcat has been reprinted for JumpStart, but still a physical token does not exist due to JumpStart not having any tokens in that set's booster packs.
June 25
Core Set 2021
These sleeves were available with the Ikoria set release
- Master of Time (Teferi) - Included in the pre-release play bundle. (Available June 5th)
- Waker of the Dead (Liliana) - Included in the pre-release pack bundle. (Available June 5th)
- Best Friend - Included with the purchase of the Core Set 2021 mastery pass.
- Ugin Exquisite Sleeve - Acquired when reaching level 85 of the Core Set 2021 mastery pass.
June 20-21
Historic Challenge
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Ulamog, the Ceaseless Hunger was released as a prize for the June, 2020 Historic Challenge event. Entry was 10,000 gold or 4,000 gems, and was acquired even with 0 wins.
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Ulamog
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June 1-15
Secret Lair
The June Secret Lair Summer Superdrop, available from June 1-15, brought us 5 new drops, and with them, 5 new Arena sleeves.
More info on the entire drop can be found HERE.
5 Total sleeves were available, one in each respective drop:
More info on the entire drop can be found HERE.
5 Total sleeves were available, one in each respective drop:
- Ajani Steadfast - included in the The Path Not Traveled. Art by David Rapoza.
- Arcbound Ravager - included in the Can You Feel With A Heart Of Steel. Art by Danny Miller.
- 11/28/2020 available as a Daily Deal for 300 gems / 2000 gold
- Birds of Paradise - included in Ornithological Studies. Art by Ovidio Cartagena.
- 11/14/2020 available as a Daily Deal for 300 gems / 2000 gold
- Lightning Bolt - included in Mountain, Go. Art by Noah Bradly.
- Pithing Needle - included in Full Sleeves: The Tattoo Pack. Art by Joshua Howard.
- 12/06/2020 available as a Daily Deal for 300 gems / 2000 gold
MAY 7
Secret Lair: The Godzilla Lands
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This sleeve was available for the Secret Lair drop series: The Godzilla Lands.
The digital Arena sleeve art picked for this series depicts and island coastline with Godzilla in the distance. It was created by artist Jonas de Ro. You can see more about this limited time drop series HERE. |
April/May
FNM @ Home
Starting in April, WotC introduced a new MTG Arena Promo Pack to give out as prizes for FNM @ Home events during the COVID-19 pandemic. The drop rates and contents for these Promo Packs can be found HERE (halfway down the page).
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13 of the JP-alt art sleeves were released for War of the Spark, so those images can be viewed there (April 2019). The remaining 22 JP-alt art sleeves will be displayed here, since that is when they were released to the public.
The JP-alt Ajani was not included in this promo pack since he was recently released as a WPN promo for the first round of FNM @ Home (April 3, 2020) , and can be found in that section.
The JP-alt Ajani was not included in this promo pack since he was recently released as a WPN promo for the first round of FNM @ Home (April 3, 2020) , and can be found in that section.
Japanese Alt-Art Planeswalkers
Embossed Guild Emblems
April
Ikoria: Lair of Behemoths
These sleeves were available with the Ikoria set release
- Lukka - Included in the pre-release play bundle
- Vivien - Included in the pre-release pack bundle
- Voracious Greatshark - Included with the purchase of the Ikoria mastery pass
- Mana Vault - included with the Be Your Store's Champion pre-order sales for local game stores.
- Song of Creation - Acquired when reaching level 70 of the Ikoria mastery pass.
April
Historic Challenge
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This Platinum Angel sleeve was a reward for the April 2020 Historic Challenge that ran from April 11-13, 2020.
All players received this as a reward, regardless of wins. Entry to the event was 10,000 gold or 2,000 gems, making this a pricey sleeve for zero wins. The event was traditional best-of-three, and in addition to this sleeve, 8 wins maximum won you an additional 40 historic boosters packs and 15,000 gold. 5/23/20 - Available as a daily deal for 300gems/1,500gold |
Platinum Angel
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April 1
April Fools!
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This was sent to me by keen eyed reader. He stated he saw this as the default card back for April 1, 2020 this year.
I have not been able to verify it yet, but wanted to share it as I think it's pretty cool. This was not an obtainable sleeve, but an alternate card back only seen on this date. Let me know if you've seen this as well! In any case, it's pretty fun! We should all keep our eyes opened for April 1 pranks from now on! |
March-April
FNM @ Home WPN Promos
Due to the COVID-19 virus outbreak during this time period, nearly all social events have been cancelled and postponed, including regular FNM play at local game stores (LGS).
Because of this, WotC ran 3 separate FNM @ Home events on March 17, April 3 and April 10, with no entry fee, to encourage Magic players to play via their LGS's online communities. Stores that are part of the WPN were given codes to give out to players when they posted game play screenshots via their LGS's social media outlets.
Because of this, WotC ran 3 separate FNM @ Home events on March 17, April 3 and April 10, with no entry fee, to encourage Magic players to play via their LGS's online communities. Stores that are part of the WPN were given codes to give out to players when they posted game play screenshots via their LGS's social media outlets.
WPN Exquisite
March 27
Challenger Decks The WPN Exquisite sleeve makes another appearance for this event. Players were able to play all of the 2020 Challenger decks before they were released for sale the next week. |
​Ajani JP alt-art (Miho Midorikawa)
April 3
All Access This sleeve was obtained by playing the All Access event. You were able to build decks using any card in standard, even if you did not own them. |
Swords ? No Title
April 10
Historic Brawl Players received this sleeve when playing the Historic Brawl event. This is possibly called " Enchanted Kingdom Sleeve (Right)", but I can't find any verifying information on this. |
MARCH
Secret Lair: Thalia,Guardian of Thraben
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The Thalia Sleeves were available with the March 12, 2020 Secret Lair drop with the same name.
This drop was released with the tie in to the Historic Anthologies II set, released on the same day, and also including Thalia, Guardian of Thraben.
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Thalia, Guardian of Thraben
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March
Secret Lair: International Women's Day 2020
Saskia, the Unyielding
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This Secret Lair was available March 8, 2020 for a special International Women's Day drop. It showcased the women artists of MTG as well as the powerful women they painted.
Included was an Arena code for a sleeve featuring Saskia the Unyielding, by artist Anna Steinbauer.
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February
World Championship Trophy
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The World Championship Trophy sleeves were available for those that participated in the #FindYourChampion event for Magic Arena players during the World Championship XXVI.
You were able to submit one entry via email for one of the 16 contestants. Rewards scaled based on what place they finished in. Everyone that participated received these sleeves for all 16 placements. A one time use code was emailed out to Arena players after the championship was over. |
World Championship Trophy
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February
Secret Lair: Theros Stargazing
Announced during the 2020 Word Championship XXVI, was the Secret Lair Theros Stargazing Drop Series. This drop was only be available during the Magic World Championship weekend February 14-16. Each drop included a code for a different sleeve themed around the Theros gods.
- All 5 Theros Stargazing Sleeves - available as a Daily Deal for 300 gems/1500 gold on 01/16/2021
- Nylea - available as a Daily Deal for 300gems/2000gold on 11/1/2020
- Purphoros - available as a Daily Deal for 300gems/2000gold on 10/8/2020
- Erebos - available as a Daily Deal for 300gems/2000gold on 9/26/2020
- Heliod - available as a Daily Deal for 300gems/2000gold on 7/21/2020. Capitalizing on the new super strong mono-white lifegain deck that sprung up.
- Theses were all later released in the Arena Store in the June 25 patch for 600 gems / 4000 gold.
February
World Championship XXVI
World Champ XXVI
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This sleeve was available during the Magic World Championship weekend, running from Feb 14-16, 2020.
There was a free BO1 event on Arena that allowed players to play any of the 16 decks from each of the 16 competitors during this time period. You were rewarded with these sleeves on the 3rd win. You could play as much as you wanted with no loss penalties. These were very easy to obtain. |
January
Secret Lair: Year of the Rat
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This Secret Lair drop, entitled Year of the Rat, brings 8 Foil Alt-Art cards to add to your paper MTG collection.
As a bonus, a code for digital Year of the Rat sleeves was included for MTG Arena players. |
Year of the Rat
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January
Theros Beyond Death
These sleeves were available for the Theros Beyond Death set release
- Elspeth mosaic - included with the pre-release play bundle.
- Ashiok mosaic - included with the pre-release pack bundle.
- Elspeth's Nightmare - included with the purchase of the Theros mastery pass.
- Ashiok exquisite - awarded when completing level 70 of the Theros mastery pass.
January
Historic Challenge
These two sleeves were rewarded for the Historic Challenge that ran from Jan 11-13, 2020. The historic challenge cost 10,000 gold / 2000 gems, making this an expensive event, which in turn makes these sleeves expensive and rare items.
- Treasure Hunt - rewarded with 0-4 wins
- 7/12/20 - Available as a Daily Deal
- 7/12/20 - Available as a Daily Deal
- Gaea's Cradle - rewarded with 5 or more wins
- 6/?/20 - Available as a Daily Deal
- 6/?/20 - Available as a Daily Deal
2019
December
December 2019 Update
These two exquisite style sleeves, Cryptic Command and Lightning Bolt, rolled out with the December 2019 update.
Starting with these two sleeves, we are starting to see a price increase. These were both offered for 8,000 gold each, which at the time was worth $8.45. Previous sleeves were offered at 4,000 gold, or $4.22.
Starting with these two sleeves, we are starting to see a price increase. These were both offered for 8,000 gold each, which at the time was worth $8.45. Previous sleeves were offered at 4,000 gold, or $4.22.
December
Secret Lair
The Secret Lair limited edition bundles, which was a physical MTG product, each contained a code for an exclusive Arena sleeve. This marks the first of the Secret Lair drop series. Many more came after this, each including fun new sleeves for Arena. More information on this first drop can be found HERE.
There were 7 in total, each based on the artwork from the bundle from which they came.
There were 7 in total, each based on the artwork from the bundle from which they came.
- Bitterblossom - included with the Bitterblossom Dreams drop.
- Snow Covered Mountain - included with the Eldraine Wonderland drop.
- Life From the Loam - included with the Restless in Peace drop.
- Serum Visions - included with the Seeing Visions drop.
- Goblin King - included with the <Explosion Sounds> drop.
- Sliver Overlord - included with the Kaleidoscope Killers drop.
- Regal Caracal - included with the OMG Kitties! drop.
- All 7 of these sleeves were available as a Daily Deal on 1/23/2021 for 500 gems / 2500 gold each.
- All 7 of these sleeves were available as a Daily Deal on 8/23/2020 for 500 gems / 2500 gold each.
November
WPN Exquisite
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This sleeve was offered via local store events as part of the Wizards Play Network reward system.
You could receive these during FNM and other special events in the form of a code to redeem in Arena. This sleeve doesn't really have a name, but represents the red and blue crossed swords belonging to Rowan and Will Kenrith, the Royal Scions, from the Throne of Eldraine set. This sleeve makes a future appearance as another WPN reward from LGS. |
WPN Exquisite
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November
Court Knight Exquisite
Court Knight exquisite
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The Court Knight Exquisite Sleeve was released with the Court Knight bundle and cost 3000 gems.
This bundle included 4 card styles, a Court Knight avatar, and Court Knight sleeve.
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October
Ponies: The Galloping
Ponies: The Galloping was available during a limited time for the Extra Life Charity. More information about this event can be found HERE. This was a limited purchase for 3 cross-brand MTG paper cards featuring My Little Pony characters and art on a silver-bordered card for $49.99/ea. 3 play playmats for $99/set were also available at the time and sold out immediately.
On MTG Arena, this charity event offered digital sleeves featuring each of the My Little Pony art, as well as Ajani worked into an Extra Life event logo. These sleeves were available from October 28 - November 4, 2019. The cost for each sleeve was $3.99, and all net proceeds went directly to charity.
On MTG Arena, this charity event offered digital sleeves featuring each of the My Little Pony art, as well as Ajani worked into an Extra Life event logo. These sleeves were available from October 28 - November 4, 2019. The cost for each sleeve was $3.99, and all net proceeds went directly to charity.
October
Win Every Card
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The Win Every Card event was to celebrate the launch of MTG Arena leaving open beta and ran from Oct 5-7, 2019.
Players who participated in this free event were given access to play with every card in standard in an attempt to build a deck that could win up to 12 games with only 2 losses. Those who made it to 12 games won 1x of every card in standard. Prizes were very generous for this event, with those not wining a single game still receiving a random rare ICR and the Golden Egg exquisite sleeve. This was a very easy sleeve to obtain.
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Golden Egg exquisite
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September
Open Beta Player Rewards
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Fblthp was available as a returning player reward at the launch of Throne of Eldraine, which marked the end of open beta. Players who logged in prior and up to Sept 26 were eligible for rewards that included:
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September
Throne of Eldraine
These sleeves were available during the Throne of Eldraine set release. This set marks the end of the open beta period for MTG Arena. Those that played prior to the release of this set were emailed a code for Fblthp sleeves.
- Gingerbread exquisite - included in the pre-order pack bundle. (She animates when you mouse over her.)
- Enchanted Kingdom - included with the purchase of the Eldraine mastery pass.
- Available as a Daily Deal on 12/20/20 for 300 gems / 1500 gold
- Available as a Daily Deal on 12/20/20 for 300 gems / 1500 gold
- Magic Mirror - rewarded for completing level 100 of the Eldraine mastery pass
- Available as a Daily Deal on 12/20/20 for 600 gems / 3000 gold
- Available as a Daily Deal on 12/20/20 for 600 gems / 3000 gold
- Garruk - included as a code in the Throne of Eldraine Deluxe Collection.
September
TwitchCon 2019 Promo
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For those who attended TwitchCon on Sept 27, 2019, they received 4 codes in their swag bag for this special Arena sleeve. These sleeves are extremely rare and hard to get. Many participants sold their extra codes on the secondary market for a premium because of their exclusivity.
The codes are set to expire 1/1/23, so make sure to use or give them away before then. Thank you so much to Miki for sending me a code for this sleeve! |
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July
Core Set 2020
These sleeves were available during Core Set 2020 (M20), which was released on July 2, 2020.
- M20 - available with the pre-order pack bundle.
- Chandra - available with the purchase of the Core Set 2020 mastery pass.
- Available as a Daily Deal on 7/25/20 for 600 gems / 3000 gold.
- Available as a Daily Deal on 7/25/20 for 600 gems / 3000 gold.
- Chandra exquisite - awarded for completing level 100 of the mastery pass.
- Mu Yanling - available with the Mu Yanling bundle in the store for 2,400 gems.
June
Serra the Benevolent
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Serra the Benevolent was available in the Arena store during the release of Modern Horizons (paper product, not brought to Arena) in mid June, 2019.
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April
War of the Spark
War of the Spark was released on April 25, 2019. These cards were available during this set's release period.
- War of the Spark set symbol - available in the War of the Spark pre-order bundle on Arena.
- Eternal - included in the Eternal bundle from the Arena store.
- 10/18/2020 Eternal available as a Daily Deal for 600 gems / 3,000 gold
- Nicol Bolas - included in the Essential Bolas bundle in the Arena store.
- 10/19/2020 Nicol Bolas available as a Daily Deal for 400 gems / 2,000 gold
Japanese Alt-Art Planeswalkers
These sleeves were released during the War of the Spark set. WotC did not bring the highly sought after Japanese alt-art planeswalkers to Arena, so they instead created digital sleeves depicting the art from these cards for players to collect. These were available in the Arena store for a limited time during the War of the Spark set.
- 12/15/2020 Teferi available as a Daily Deal for 300 gems / 1,500 gold
- 9/12/2020 Ugin available as a Daily Deal for 450 gems / 2,250 gold
- 8/21/2020 Teferi available as a Daily Deal for 450 gems / 2,250 gold
March
Black Sleeve
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This plain black sleeve was obtained by using the free code "STARTERSTYLES", which was released available from 3/28/19-7/2/19.
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Black standard sleeve
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March
Guild Sleeves
With the March 2019 update came these Guild symbol sleeves. These were available during the Guilds of Ravnica and Ravnica Allegiance sets in the Arena store.
There were two sleeves for each of the 10 Ravnica guilds, both a plain boring sleeve and an exquisite sleeve.
There were two sleeves for each of the 10 Ravnica guilds, both a plain boring sleeve and an exquisite sleeve.
- 3/09/2021 Orzhov (plain) was available as a daily deal for 150 gems / 750 gold
- 2/28/2021 Simic (plain) was available as a daily deal for 150 gems / 750 gold
- 2/28/2021 Selesnya (plain) was available as a daily deal for 150 gems / 750 gold
- 2/27/2021 Dimir (plain) was available as a daily deal for 150 gems / 750 gold
- 2/23/2021 Gruul (plain) was available as a daily deal for 150 gems / 750 gold
- 2/17/2021 Azorius (plain) was available as a daily deal for 150 gems / 750 gold
- 2/9/2021 Golgari (plain) was available as a daily deal for 150 gems / 750 gold
- 2/5/2021 Boros (plain) was available as a daily deal for 150 gems / 750 gold
- 2/1/2021 Rakdos (plain) was available as a daily deal for 150 gems / 750 gold
- 1/29/2021 Izzet (plain) was available as a daily deal for 150 gems / 750 gold
- 11/9/2020 All of the Exquisite Guild sleeves were available for 600 gems / 3000 gold.
- 9/4/2020 The Gruul (plain) sleeve was available for 450 gems / 2,250 gold.
- 8/29/2020 The Izzet Exquisite sleeve was available for 600 gems / 3,000 gold.
- 8/27/2020 The Golgari (plain) sleeve was available for 450 gems / 2,250 gold.
March
Sol Ring
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Released during the March 2019 update and available in the Arena store.
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Early 2019
Embossed Mana Symbols
These were one of the early sleeve bundles available on Arena, which players could purchase in the Arena store until May 23, 2019. They were available for 10,000 gold for all 5, making them one of the most expensive and rare sleeves available due to it being harder to farm gold at the time. Now we really don't think too much of 2,000 gold per sleeve.
- Embossed Green Mana - 03/17/2021 Available as a Daily Deal for 240 gems / 1,200 gold.
- Embossed Green Mana - 01/04/2021 Available as a Daily Deal for 300 gems / 1,500 gold.
- Embossed Blue Mana - 12/28/2020 Available as a Daily Deal for 300 gems / 1,500 gold.
- Embossed Black Mana - 12/21/2020 Available as a Daily Deal for 300 gems / 1,500 gold.
- Embossed White Mana - 10/12/2020 Available as a Daily Deal for 300 gems / 1,500 gold.
- Embossed Red Mana - 9/28/2020 Available as a Daily Deal for 300 gems / 1,500 gold.
Miscellaneous Sleeves
Country Flags
WotC Gives out flag sleeves to live streamers as well as codes for them to give the same sleeves away during their live streams. You don't see these very often except typically during large streamed competitions.
5/16/20 Update: These flags were later released on the Arena Daily Deals for 1,500 gold / 300 gems each. This brought the average price of sleeve down from $5.63 to $4.30.
01/01/2021 Available as a Daily Deal for 300 gems / 1500 gold.
5/16/20 Update: These flags were later released on the Arena Daily Deals for 1,500 gold / 300 gems each. This brought the average price of sleeve down from $5.63 to $4.30.
01/01/2021 Available as a Daily Deal for 300 gems / 1500 gold.
Mythic Championship Qualifier
Exclusive sleeves are given out to all participants for the Mythic Championship Qualifiers.
Thanks to Jeff Hoogland for taking the time to send me screenshots of his MCQ Sleeves.
Thanks to Jeff Hoogland for taking the time to send me screenshots of his MCQ Sleeves.
Gingerbread
Gingerbread: 2018 Holiday Pauper Event
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The gingerbread "sleeve" is actually just an alternate card back used during the Holiday Pauper Event from December 2018.
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Alpha/Beta Card Backs
Closed Beta Test Card Backs
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This default looking card back was similar to one used during the Arena Closed Beta period. The MTG logo was in yellow, and they had removed the Deckmaster wording from the bottom of the card.
According to Jasonofindy "I’ve seen two other card backs used in either closed alpha or closed beta footage. One was a bright red or orange Planeswalker symbol over a drab green or brown background. The other was a gold circle or medallion of some sort over a green background." |
Closed Beta Test Card Backs
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Closed Beta Gold Coin
Closed Beta Gold Coin
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This card back was found on an old closed beta video on YouTube.
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Alpha Planeswalker Logo
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This Planeswalker Logo card back was taken from an old Alpha Gameplay video found on Youtube
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Alpha Planeswalker Logo
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Default Sleeve
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The original card back design from 1993
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