Game history

Version	Date	Set	Standard Changes	New Planeswalkers	New Events	Other Changes
1.2	Dec 2015	Origins (ORI)		Chandra, Roaring Flame Gideon, Battle Forged Jace, Telepath Unbound Liliana, Defiant Necromancer Nissa, Sage Animist	Quick Battle	Public Game Launch
1.3	Feb 2016					Monthly progression daily rewards added Heroic encounters added to Story Mode Ranking rewards added to Quick Battle
1.3.1	Feb 2016					Free daily booster packs added (3 cards every 8 hours) Quick battle rewards rebalanced
1.4	Apr 2016	Battle for Zendikar (BFZ)		Gideon, Ally of Zendikar Ob Nixilis Reignited Koth of the Hammer Garruk Wildspeaker		Planeswalker level cap increased from 50 to 60 Duplicate cards can be sold for Mana Runes Zendikar Story Mode added Origins planeswalkers rebalanced
1.5	Jun 2016	Oath of the Gatewatch (OGW)		Ajani Vengeant Kiora, Master of the Depths Sarkhan the Mad	Oath of the Gatewatch	Significant Zendikar card rebalancing
1.5.8	Jul 2016				Nodes of Power	Color Mastery and reward tiers added
1.6	Aug 2016	Shadows over Innistrad (SOI)		Nahiri, the Harbinger Tezzeret, the Seeker Sorin, Grim Nemesis	Terrors in the Shadows	Coalitions added
1.6.5	Aug 2016			Saheeli Rai	Saheeli Rai's Challenge	Coalition events added
1.7	Sept 2016			Jace, Unraveler of Secrets	Avacyn's Madness	Coalition chat feature added
1.7.1	Oct 2016	Eldritch Moon (EMN)		Arlinn Kord Liliana, the Last Hope	Emrakul's Corruption Hallow's Eve (Halloween event)	Carousel activity hub added Animation speed-up
1.8	Nov 2016					Activity Hub updated Preview for upcoming planeswalkers added to vault
1.9.0	Dec 2016	Kaladesh (KLD)		Dovin Baan Chandra, Torch of Defiance	Fateful Showdown Dovin Baan's Challenge Holiday Showdown (Holiday season event)	Event nodes now begin charging when the event starts TS, EC, NoP reword as individual events Menace ability reworked
1.9.1					Inventor's Fair	Can no longer contribute to coalition scores by joining mid-event OGW reworked as individual event (parts 1 and 2)
1.9.2						Exclusive cards added, available by friend invite
1.10	Jan 2017	Aether Revolt (AER)		Nissa, Vital Force	Revolt Against the Consulate Angel's Embrace (Valentine's Day event) Fate is Rarely Fair Emergency Ordinances
1.10.1	Feb 2017					Battle log added
1.10.2	Mar 2017			Tezzeret the Schemer	Trial of the Planes Planeswalker Arena	Masterpiece rarity added Mana Jewel currency added Super Pack and Premium Pack added; Fat Pack and Big Box removed
2.0	Apr 2017			Ajani, Unyielding	Training Grounds	Deck slots added Quick Battle removed Confirmation prompts added to purchases
2.1	May 2017	Amonkhet (AKH)	ORI, KLD, AER, AKH added	Gideon of the Trials Nissa, Steward of the Elements	Trial of Zeal Trial of Strength Trial of Ambition	Standard and Legacy formats introduced Event leaderboard ties no longer split by a time-based criterion Rewards Rebalancing
2.2	Jul 2017	Hour of Devastation (HOU)	HOU added	Elspeth, Sun's Champion Liliana, Death's Majesty	Return of the God-Pharaoh Hour of Devastation Hour of Revelation	Only part of the HOU set available on release Free daily boosters changed to one card every 2 hours Improvements to event deck slots
2.2.2	Aug 2017			Samut, the Tested		Additional large set of HOU cards made available
2.2.3	Oct 2017					Oktagon Games replaces Hibernum as the developer RotGP event recharge and progression reworked
2.2.5	Nov 2017			Nicol Bolas, God-Pharaoh
2.3	Dec 2017					Booster Crafting added
2.4	Feb 2018	Ixalan (XLN)	XLN added	Jace, Cunning Castaway Huatli, Warrior Poet Vraska, Relic Seeker	Across Ixalan Race to Orazca	Drop rates published going forward
2.5	Mar 2018	Rivals of Ixalan (RIX)	RIX added KLD, AER removed	Angrath, the Flame-Chained Huatli, Radiant Champion	Battle of Four Tribes	Major XLN card rebalancing AI difficulty reduced again
2.6	Apr 2018			Karn, Scion of Urza		Customer support switched from Zendesk to Helpshift
2.7	May 2018	Dominaria (DOM)	DOM added AKH removed	Teferi, Hero of Dominaria Jaya Ballard	A World Reborn A Journey Through History	Free daily boosters changed to 3 cards every 6 hours Artwork zoom feature added
2.7.1	Jul 2018					400 jewel elite packs can no longer drop duplicates Objective changes for AJTH and RGP events
2.8	Jul 2018	Core Set 2019 (M19)	M19 added HOU removed	Nicol Bolas, the Ravager Ajani, Adversary of Tyrants Liliana, Untouched by Death Sarkhan, Fireblood Tezzeret, Artifice Master Vivien Reid	The Dragon War	The Training Grounds event now alternates between Standard and Legacy formats Shield number icon added to support cards Some widespread card changes for balance, including nerfing key Cycling cards
2.9	Sep 2018	Zendikar vs Eldrazi (ZVE)		Nissa, Worldwaker The Eldrazi Desolation	Duel Decks: Zendikar vs Eldrazi	New event type: Duel Decks
3.0	Nov 2018	Guilds of Ravnica (GRN)	GRN added	Ral, Izzet Viceroy Vraska, Golgari Queen	Rising Tensions	Graveyard contents now visible during play Standard rotation will now change in sync with MtG Across Ixalan changed to a Legacy 2-day event
3.1	Dec 2018					Jaya Ballard abilities reworked Copied cards no longer castable on the turn they are copied
3.2	Jan 2019			Sarkhan Unbroken	Tour de Ravnica	Player Profile feature added Card Visual Aid feature added (speed up / slow down animations) Master/Expert decks added for all Planeswalkers Two Training Grounds events now run in parallel, one Legacy and one Standard Battle of Four Tribes split into two 2-day events