Magic Online Weekly Announcements, August 2, 2022

Posted on Aug 02, 2022

MTGO BLOG - August 2, 2022

2022 MOCS SEASON 2 SHOWCASE QUALIFIERS THIS WEEKEND

Players who earned entry into the Showcase Qualifier will be squaring off for an invitation to the 2022 Season 2 Champions Showcase!

The entry fee for Showcase Qualifiers is a format token that matches the format of the Showcase. As with QPs, after the season's Showcase Qualifiers are finished, all unused Format Tokens will be removed from players' accounts.

Each Showcase Qualifier is a scheduled Swiss-style event with a Top 8 playoff. The winner of each Showcase Qualifier earns a spot in the final Showcase event and a chance to earn their share of $70,000 and an invitation to the 2023 Magic World Championship!

Showcase Qualifiers are scheduled as follows:

SHOWCASE LAST CHANCE EVENTS TODAY & TOMORROW

Following Showcase Challenge Weekend, your next opportunity to continue toward qualification for the Season 2 MOCS are the Last Chance Events. Three Preliminaries in either Pauper or Legacy are replaced with Last Chance tournaments in the next 24 hours.

These five-round events cost either 30 Event Tickets plus 40 Qualifier Points, or 300 Play Points plus 40 QPs to enter. If you win all five matches, you will earn an Entry Token good for that format's Showcase Qualifier next month.

Note that Limited and Standard Preliminaries during this period will fire normally.

UPDATES TO PREMIER PLAY FOR 2022 MOCS SEASONS 2–3

The Magic Online event schedule has been updated for remaining Season 2 events and with information about upcoming Season 3 events. You can see Premier Play events newly added from August 27 and onward.

The main changes for Season 3 (starting August 3) are:

• Entry for Constructed Preliminaries has dropped to 20 Event Tickets or 200 Play Points.
  • While Play Point prizes have been similarly reduced by one-third, the QP amounts remain intact and Treasure Chests have been increased by one at the three-win level!
• Standard rotates into the fourth Showcase format slot, replacing Pauper.

UPDATE: SEASON 2 QP EXPIRATION

Due to the success of the 20th Anniversary Series, there are a larger-than-normal number of accounts that still have lots of Season 2 Qualifier Points. Those QPs were due to expire tomorrow.

As a one-time change, we are going to extend the validity of those Season 2 QPs for two extra weeks to August 17! This permits you to continue entering Limited Preliminaries from August 3–17.

Through tonight at midnight PT (07:00 UTC Wednesday), QP prizes will be Season 2. Starting tomorrow at 4 p.m. PT (23:00 UTC), QP prizes will be Season 3, usable only for other event types as normal.

Because of this, the prize payout will revert to the same one we used for Modern Horizons 2 back in January:

• 4 Wins – 750 Play Points and 40 Season 3 QP
• 3 Wins – 450 Play Points and 20 Season 3 QP
• 2 Wins – 150 Play Points and 10 Season 3 QP

AUGUST SPECIAL EVENTS: DOUBLE MASTERS 2022 DUELS

We have heard plenty of feedback from players regarding adding Limited to the menu of weekly Format Challenge choices.

As an experiment, we are going to try out a new event type on weekends this month that has a set number of rounds (like Preliminaries) but has greater prizes (like Challenges). For now, we are working these in around the existing schedule.

Double Masters 2022 Duels

Time: August 5–28, Saturdays and Sundays at 1 a.m. PT (8:00 UTC) and noon PT (19:00 UTC)

• Replaces Limited Prelims in the following time slots: 1 a.m. PT Saturday, noon PT Saturday, and noon PT Sunday
• New slot at 1 a.m. PT Sunday
  • August 20–21 at 1 a.m. there are no Duels—just normal Prelims.

Entry: 45 Event Tickets or 450 Play Points
Format: Double Masters 2022 Sealed Deck
Min-Max Players: 65–256
Rounds: 7 (no Playoff)
Prizes:

KHANS OF TARKIR FLASHBACK STARTS WEDNESDAY & VINTAGE CUBE RETURNS AUGUST 17

Here's our schedule of upcoming Draft offerings:

• August 3–10: Khans of Tarkir Flashback—Phantom

The following weeks' drafts have been changed as of August 2:

• August 10–17: Dominaria Flashback—Phantom
• August 17–September 1: Vintage Cube returns! No changes from June (both regular league and single-elimination queue)

DOUBLE MASTERS 2022 ON MTGO

Our newest set, Double Masters 2022, is now live in the game. Sealed, Draft, and Phantom Draft Leagues are available. Check out the release article to learn all about events, avatars (both for Streets of New Capenna and Double Masters 2022), and how Cryptic Spires will work in the game.

Also, our Limited Preliminaries currently feature Double Masters 2022 with a special set of entry options: 45 Event Tickets, 450 Play Points, or 45 Season 2 MOCS Qualifier Points. The Season 2 QP entry option is available through August 17.

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.

Magic Online's Format Challenges run once on Saturdays and once on Sundays for each Constructed format! On weekends featuring Showcase Challenge events, the Format Challenge that starts at either 6 a.m., 8 a.m., or 10 a.m. Pacific time is pre-empted by the Showcase Challenge—Format Challenges scheduled at other times remain in place.

NOTES:

• Pauper, Vintage, and Standard Challenges are never pre-empted.
• Saturday Legacy Challenges require 32 players and give prizes to Top 32.
• Sunday Legacy Challenges require 64 players and give prizes to Top 64.

CHANGE LOG

• If multiple Ledger Shredders trigger simultaneously, you will correctly be able to choose how to stack the triggers.

NEXT DOWNTIME AUGUST 31

The next scheduled downtime is planned for August 31, beginning at 9 a.m. and continuing until noon. All times listed are Pacific Daylight Time (UTC-7). This is for the release of Dominaria United.