Magic Online Weekly Announcements, April 8, 2025

Posted on Apr 08, 2025

THE LEAD

Read All About It - Tarkir: Dragonstorm Live Today!

After speeding across three planes in a single set, today is the day – it's time to return to the land of dragons and clans! Tarkir: Dragonstorm hits our digital shelves next Tuesday, April 8. Click this link to learn more about:

• The Draft Bundle returns - $32 USD for 3 League Drafts and an exclusive avatar!
  • The Tokens are usable for the first three weeks this time – one more than Aetherdrift.
• Each clan has its own Commander Deck - $29.99 USD each.
• The Premium Booster is back as well for $6.99 USD each.
• Our premium card effect for this set, the Dragon Eye lands, will be given away primarily via our Player Rewards grant at the start of May covering April’s paid event play and Store spending!
• Treasure Chest contents will update around 10 a.m. PT (17:00 UTC) today – follow our Discord for exact timing.

MTGO BROADCASTS

Creator Showdown This Saturday – Pioneer for Cash!

Dozens of your favorite Magic content creators will be in action competing for up to $5,000 in cash and prizes in the next MTGO Creator Showdown this Saturday, April 12!

The rotating format of battle this month is Pioneer and all participants will be streaming simultaneously in this six-round, double-elimination event starting at 9 a.m. PT (16:00 UTC).

Once the field is whittled down to 16 undefeated players, the official MTGO Twitch channel will fire up a broadcast hosted by our new host Admirable (aka Nathan Zamora) and featuring a rotating cast of commentators – this month it’s Corey Baumeister – and giveaways galore! Look for that to begin between 10:30 and 11 a.m. PT (17:30-18:00 UTC).

MTGO Twitch Streams Four Nights a Week

MeatMTG Wednesdays & YungDingo Fridays

Magic Online is pleased to bring you weekly streams from some of our top creators. We’ve teamed up with YungDingo and MeatMTG to show off MTGO at a regular time each week.

MeatMTG is streaming Wednesdays at 5:30 PM PT (00:30 Thursday UTC), while YungDingo takes the reins Friday nights at 6 pm PT (01:00 Saturday UTC) – both at twitch.tv/magiconline.

There will be giveaways galore, including Play Point codes and their own unique in-game avatars!

Visit their streams to earn and collect starting Wednesday and Friday this week

Oblivion Sorrow’s MTGO University How-To Series Tuesdays & Thursdays

We have launched an exciting new How-To series featuring one of our favorite content creators, OblivionSorrow from The Grim Tutors! Join her as she embarks on a journey through Magic: The Gathering Online, guiding both new and returning players through the ins and outs of the game. From streams to YouTube videos, shorts, and more—there’s something for everyone.

Look for streams on Tuesdays and Thursdays at 3 p.m. PT (6 p.m. ET) with YouTube postings of the episodes soon afterward. Be sure to tune in to the stream starting this week to get OblivionSorrow’s exclusive in-game avatar!

Use Code "Oblivion" Today

PREMIER PLAY

MOCS Postseason Continues This Weekend

It’s time once again to qualify players for the next Magic Online Champions Showcase in May! Top 8 finishers from Showcase Challenges and 5-win players from Last Chance events will battle until one remains as this season’s Showcase Champion for that format.

In addition to reaching the Champions Showcase (with its $50,000 prize pool and two invitations to the 2025 World Championship), the winner of each Showcase Qualifier is invited to Pro Tour Edge of Eternities at Magic Con Atlanta in September plus the Regional Championship round in April-May feeding that event. Leaderboard Points are also on the line as players seek one of two At-Large invites at the end of the postseason.

Here’s the schedule:

If you are not qualified for this weekend’s events, don’t fret – you'll have one last chance to spike an invitation by winning a MOCS Showcase event the weekend of April 19-20.

For more information on these events, click the Premier Play Information link at the top of the Blog.

Congratulations Vintage & Legacy Showcase Champions

We have our first two players qualified for next month’s MOCS Season 1 Showcase event – they are WingedHussar (Vintage) and NathanoftheGiltLeaf (Legacy).

EVENT UPDATES

New Event Type - Pauper Throwdowns

With the recent shakeup to the Pauper metagame and the format being featured in the upcoming MOCS season, we decided to try a new event!

Introducing the Pauper Throwdown – a five-round Scheduled Event with extra everything compared to a League course. We’re running one of these tournaments every weekday. Here is the current schedule:

Start Times (all PT, for UTC add 7 hours)

• Monday 2 p.m.
• Tuesday 6 a.m.
• Wednesday 6 p.m.
• Thursday 1 p.m.
• Friday 1 a.m.

We will be closely following community response to this event and may adjust event times and days as soon as the end of this week – follow our Discord channel for updates.

ALTERNATE PLAY

Alternate Play Schedule

Here’s a look at the schedule of events coming up between now and Magic: The Gathering®–FINAL FANTASY™. Each description mentions if the Draft is Phantom – cards won’t be added to players’ collections in Phantom events. All transitions take place at 10:00 a.m. PT (17:00 UTC) unless otherwise noted.

• April 8-23 – Tarkir: Dragonstorm Limited is front and center for these two weeks.
• April 23-May 21 – The Vintage Cube will be back with another refresh for a four-week run to support the next MOCS Showcase premiering on May 11. (Phantom)
• May 21-June 5 – We’ve got something very special up our sleeve, but we’re not ready to talk about it just yet.
• June 5-11 – We’re still considering our options for this final week before the year’s first Universes Beyond set.

When Do Vintage Cube Leagues Return?

• April 23-May 21 – Update to support MOCS

AROUND THE WEB

MTGO’s Web Event Calendar is Back Today!

Magic Online’s Web-based Event Calendar is up and running again starting today! Capture all of the important dates in a weekly or monthly layout and filter down to the types and formats of game play you care about most. Crucially, all of the start times are listed local to your time zone!

Want to see all of your upcoming chances to play competitive Pauper/Legacy/whatever? The calendar’s got you covered.

Looking for all of the mid-range events to build your experience towards the Premier level? We’ve got a filter for that too!

We’ll continue to tinker with improvements here, too – soon you’ll be able to always see a full seven days ahead in the Web calendar. We’re also looking into ways for you to export the calendar to your devices. Our team hopes you find it to be an excellent and useful resource.

MTGO University – MTGO Fundamentals How-To Short-Form Video Series

We’ve introduced a brand-new landing spot for everything related to getting your new-to-MTGO friends up to speed on playing our game – MTGO University! Whether you’re new to a specific format, new to Magic Online, or are just curious about what this version of MTG is all about, check out MTGO University.

New to MTGO University – the MTGO Fundamentals playlist: short-form videos showing off a bunch of tips and tricks. Check it out on YouTube today!

WEEKLY UPDATES

Redemption Corner

We’ve updated our Redemption page with new quantity percentages.

Aetherdrift redemptions are now on sale in the MTGO Store! Tarkir: Dragonstorm redemptions are planned to begin on Wednesday, May 7.

As a reminder, we announced changes to the Redemption Program starting with Bloomburrow – read all about it in this article.

Magic Online Format Challenges Every Weekend

Format Challenges are the first step toward qualifying for Premier Play through your favorite Magic formats and provide excellent prizes for those looking to test their mettle in their favorite formats. Learn more about Premier Play qualification to get started today.

Magic Online's Format Challenges run as shown on the schedule on this page.

TODAY’S PATCH NOTES – April 8, 2025

Duel Scene

• Cost reductions will apply as expected for “two-brid” mana costs (Beseech the Queen, Tower Above, etc).
• Effects that shuffle either your entire graveyard or up to/any number of cards into your library will correctly count as one event for triggers to find – not once for each card shuffled away.
• If Gaea’s Blessing or other card that target both a player and cards in their graveyard is copied or has its targets changes, the game will correctly not apply effects to illegal targets.
• Token copies of permanents that exile to transform will correctly remain in exile.

NEXT SCHEDULED DOWNTIME – April 16, 6-7 a.m PT

An extra scheduled maintenance has been added for next Wednesday, April 16 from 6 a.m. to 7 a.m. PT (13:00-14:00 UTC). This is to support hardware upgrades to multiple Daybreak games.