Arena Championship 13: Watch Times and Standard Decks to Follow

Plan your viewing

Arena Championship 13 Broadcast Times

Arena Championship 13 broadcast start in US daylight time and UTC
Dates	Pacific	Mountain	Central	Eastern	UTC
October 24 and 25, 2026	9 a.m. PDT	10 a.m. MDT	11 a.m. CDT	Noon EDT	16:00

Watch on Twitch’s Magic channel or Play MTG on YouTube. The official viewer guide lists the same start for both days.
These are US daylight-saving conversions; the clock change comes the following weekend. No exact broadcast end time is announced.
Use the official event page for decklists and standings. The October 23 metagame article says lists become available when the tournament starts.

This is the invitation-only Arena Championship, a separate competition from the open-entry Arena Direct event. Image: Wizards of the Coast.

Read the starting field

Frank Karsten’s October 23 registration breakdown contains 176 players across 32 archetypes. Its newer total differs from the 178-player October 15 viewer guide.
The top three sum to 75 players: 75 divided by 176 is 42.6% after rounding. More than half the field is playing something else.
Do not read 16.5% as Mono-Green’s chance of winning. It is a share of registrations before this tournament’s results.
Likewise, a change from an earlier winner-only sample does not measure the same population as this complete entry list.

Compare the choices

Mono-Green Landfall turns land development into pressure. Watch whether the deck can keep presenting threats after its first burst, rather than judging it only by the fastest opening.
Dimir Uldaros uses its graveyard as a resource. Track when the opponent spends disruption and whether the blue-black player can rebuild afterward.
Orzhov Life Gain converts repeated life-gain events into battlefield value. Watch which engine pieces matter most when the opponent has a removal spell.
Those are the published archetype plans, not complete recommended lists. Wait for each published main deck and sideboard before copying card quantities or sideboard plans.
Pick one of these matchups and write down a decision that surprised you. Compare the second game with the first to see which cards leave the main plan and which answers come in. This is a viewing exercise, not a tested sideboard guide.

Follow the bracket

All rounds are Standard. Day One runs modified Swiss until a player reaches seven wins or three losses, with up to nine rounds.
Day Two may begin with Top 16 qualification matches, depending on the number of seven-win players, before the single-elimination Top 16.
Do not apply Arena Direct’s two-loss stop rule to this championship: they are different competitions. The Arena Direct entry guide explains that event’s separate limits.
The announced prize pool is $250,000, with $10,000 for first place. Top 16 earns Pro Tour Nauctis invitations; the two finalists earn World Championship 33 invitations.
The older prize table extends through place 178 while the current field lists 176. Check the event page for an official payout update; the field count alone does not explain how any unawarded places are handled.

Use what you watched

Open the event page or the organizer’s Melee page once lists are public. Match the player and archetype before importing a list.
Keep the original list before making changes. A substitution can remove the job that made another card useful, even when the replacement looks stronger by itself.
Separate a deck’s popularity, its match record and its suitability for your collection. A rare deck reaching the final would not erase what the full registration field looked like.
For the set behind these changes, our Reality Fracture Commander guide covers a different format; do not transfer Commander rankings into Standard.
The Puebla viewing guide covers another streamed event this weekend, with its own channels and reward conditions. This Magic guide does not promise watch rewards.

Check the snapshot

Checked October 23, 2026: Frank Karsten’s Standard metagame breakdown, October 15 viewer guide and event page.
Counts are the published pre-event registration snapshot, not final standings, win rates or a TCG Spikes power ranking. No tournament results or deck playtesting are claimed.