Magic Online Weekly Announcements, October 11, 2022
Posted on Oct 11, 2022
PLEASE READ: STATE OF MAGIC ONLINE AND TRANSITION TO DAYBREAK GAMES
Read up on all the latest information regarding Magic Online's transition to Daybreak Games in today's State of the Game article and transition details article.
Critical information on what you need to do to get Magic Online to work on your computer starting next Tuesday, as well as changes to redemption, our new forums and support site, and a look ahead to what the Magic Online team has planned in the short and long term are discussed in those articles.
CONGRATULATIONS NATHAN STEUER, TWO-TIME MOCS SHOWCASE CHAMPION!
Eight top Magic Online players battled in Modern Cube and Pioneer formats for a $70,000 prize pool and two invitations to the 2023 Magic World Championship.
Kiran Dhokia (cherryxman) punched his ticket to the World Championship with a sweep of Modern Cube rounds with a Rakdos Aggro build. Then Nathan Steuer (nathansteuer) joined Kiran in the finals by completing a 3–0 run in Pioneer with Izzet Phoenix. In the end, Steuer grabbed his second Showcase win in the past twelve months with a two-game Pioneer triumph over Dhokia.
Check out all of the coverage at magic.gg. Congratulations to Nathan and the other competitors this weekend!
The next MOCS Showcase will be held on Saturday, January 21, and will feature Vintage Cube and Modern. You can qualify for this event—find out how on the Premier Play info page.
BANNED LIST UPDATE
As announced in yesterday's article, two cards have been added to the Banned List for Modern and Standard:
Standard:
The Meathook Massacre is banned.
Modern:
Yorion, Sky Nomad is banned.
These changes took effect in Magic Online yesterday, and all players with those cards in their League decks at the time of the banning have had those League courses ended with the entry options returned.
CHROME-ATIC CHAOS DRAFT OCTOBER 12–18
Chrome-atic Chaos Drafts offer a mashup of multicolor and artifact sets, and players can join in starting tomorrow, October 12, through October 18. Entry options are 10 Event Tickets or 100 Play Points. This is a Phantom draft—cards won't be added to players' collections.
PLEASE NOTE: This League will end at Tuesday's downtime—one fewer day to play than normal.
In the draft, boosters from eighteen different expansions are available. There are two copies of each booster in the virtual grab bag. With 24 packs being randomly selected by the system for each eight-player draft, it's a new experience every time!
The expansions available to draft include:
- Invasion, Planeshift, and Apocalypse
- Ravnica: City of Guilds, Guildpact, and Dissension
- Return to Ravnica, Gatecrash, and Dragon's Maze
- Shards of Alara, Conflux, and Alara Reborn
- Mirrodin, Darksteel, and Fifth Dawn
- Scars of Mirrodin, Mirrodin Besieged, and New Phyrexia
MODERN CUBE ENDS TOMORROW
Players have one more full day to enjoy Modern Cube while they still can! We'll have both a regular Phantom Draft League and Single-Elimination Draft for a two-week run, just like always.
Be sure to check out the Modern Cube update article from Carmen Handy and Aaron Sorrells and the latest changes to the Modern Cube card list.
SHOWCASE CHALLENGE WEEKEND
Players looking to prove their mettle against the best players in Magic Online will want to use their QPs to enter Magic Online Champions Showcase (MOCS) events such as the returning Showcase Challenges this weekend.
These MOCS events are a set of linked events designed to highlight the best players on Magic Online each season, culminating in the Champions Showcase and its prize pool of $70,000 and invitations to the 2023 World Championship!
On Saturday, October 15, we have the Modern Showcase Challenge at 8 a.m. PT (15:00 UTC), and on Sunday, October 16, we have the Pioneer Showcase Challenge at 6 a.m. PT (13:00 UTC).
Each of these events requires 40 QPs to enter. The Top 8 finishers from each event will earn a qualification token to enter the appropriate Showcase Qualifier in December.
Learn more about Showcase Challenge events.
ALTERNATE PLAY SCHEDULE – DOMINARIA UNITED SEASON
Here's an update to the Alternative Play offerings on Magic Online leading to the release of The Brothers' War:
- October 12–18: A mashup of multicolor and artifact sets—it's the Chrome-atic Chaos Draft!
- October 19–25: The Cube Spotlight Series returns with an offering from John Terrill, the creator of 2020's Cultic Cube. Explore the lands with CubeCon Cartographia! This cube will be offered as both a league and single-elimination draft queue.
- October 26–November 4: A new cube from Carmen Handy: Magic 30 Cube! This will be a recurring offering that runs alongside Magic 30 and the multi-day tabletop celebrations in 2023. A course of the Phantom Draft League will be included in the festival's Virtual Ticket Package, and normal entry methods will be available for both that league and the single-elimination queue. (Note: There are two days of overlap to allow festival-goers a full week to compete.)
- November 2–8: It's our annual Flashback to Innistrad in its original form.
- November 9–15: One of our most popular formats returns: Throne of Eldraine. This will be a keep-the-cards Draft League. (Note: This league ends on Tuesday that week.)
DOMINARIA UNITED: MAGIC ONLINE EDITION
Our latest set, Dominaria United, is now live. Check out the dedicated article to learn all about everything new with the release:
- A revamp of Treasure Chests
- The latest suite of avatars
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 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 and Vintage 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.
New for Dominaria United—Limited Challenges! Get the full details on Limited Challenges in the Dominaria United article.
- 32-Player events are 6 rounds with no playoff and require 32 players to fire.
- 64-Player events are 7 rounds with no playoff and require 64 players to fire.
| TIME (PT) | SATURDAY | SUNDAY |
|---|---|---|
| 12:00 a.m. | Vintage Challenge | |
| 1:00 a.m. | NEW! 32-Player Limited Challenge | NEW! 32-Player Limited Challenge |
| 2:00 a.m. | Pauper Challenge | |
| 4:00 a.m. | 32-Player Legacy Challenge | Modern Challenge |
| 6:00 a.m. | Standard Challenge | Pioneer Challenge |
| 8:00 a.m. | Modern Challenge | Legacy Challenge |
| 10:00 a.m. | Vintage Challenge | Pauper Challenge |
| 12:00 p.m. | NEW! Limited Challenge | NEW! Limited Challenge |
| 2:00 p.m. | Pioneer Challenge | Standard Challenge |
Check out the Magic Online Format Challenges page for further event details.
NEXT DOWNTIME OCTOBER 18
The next scheduled downtime is planned for next Tuesday, October 18, beginning at 9 a.m. PT (16:00 UTC). Please read today's State of the Game article and transition details article for important information.