Magic Online Weekly Announcements, October 15, 2024

Posted on Oct 15, 2024

THE LEAD

Magic: The Gathering® - Fallout® On Sale Tomorrow After Downtime!

The wait is nearly over – click here to read all about Magic: The Gathering® – Fallout®, coming to Magic Online tomorrow following downtime!

A couple items that didn’t make it into the original announcement:

• Fallout® cards will appear in Treasure Chests after downtime
• No new avatars with this set, nor are there any events.
• The set will be legal in all formats – including Legacy, Vintage, Pauper, Freeform, and Commander – immediately following downtime

We also have a new Premium effect to debut with Fallout® - the Pip-Boy frame and animation. Take a look!

Fallout® and its trademarks used with permission from Bethesda Softworks.

Downtime Tomorrow – 9 a.m. to Noon PT

Magic Online will be down for scheduled maintenance tomorrow, October 16, from 9 a.m. to approximately 12 noon Pacific time (16:00-19:00 UTC). Be sure to follow our social media outlets (Discord, Twitter/X, and more) to keep real-time tabs on this release. As a reminder, our Help site and Forums will also be down during this period.

VINTAGE CUBE LIVE

Vintage Cube LIVE Prize Cube Revealed – Plus Curation Details

The 540 cards have been selected and the list is ready – click here to learn all about the Vintage Cube LIVE Prize Cube from our curators Ryan Spain and Chris Wolf.

Remember, this Cube will be available to draft on Magic Online on Friday, October 25 immediately after the Live draft concludes around 8:30 p.m. PT (03:30 UTC Saturday)!

In addition, Ryan details the process of assembling the physical Prize Cube in another article found here. It’s a great read for aficionados of old-school cardboard!

Watch the Ultimate Guard Finals Friday-Saturday, October 25^th-26^th

The Vegas 8 will gather live at Magic Con Las Vegas to Rochester draft a real-life version of the Magic Online Vintage Cube on October 25-26. Everyone keeps what they draft, then the players compete for the lion’s share of the remaining undrafted cards – this is going to be epic – someone will walk away with a Black Lotus!

Catch streaming coverage of the draft on Friday, October 25^th starting immediately following Day One of the Magic World Championship – roughly 6 p.m. PT (01:00 Saturday UTC) – on twitch.tv/UltimateGuardLive and co-streamed on the MTGO Twitch channel.

Then on Saturday, the players return for three rounds of play – will someone already have the Lotus, or will be up for grabs for the winner? Streaming coverage begins right after Worlds Day Two concludes around 6 p.m. PT (01:00 Sunday UTC).

Don’t know what a Rochester draft is? Have a read of Ultimate Guard’s event info page.

Want to learn more about the players? Check out Pro Tour Hall of Famer Martin Juza’s article found here.

MTGO BROADCASTS 

Creator Showdown Results – Tandy Makes It Two!

Dozens of your favorite Magic content creators were in action on Saturday competing for up to $5,000 in cash and prizes in the MTGO Creator Showdown!

In this Duel Commander battle, Todd Anderson notched his second consecutive undefeated Showdownd! His Esper deck led by Animatou, the Fateshifter bested Skura's innovative mono-green build captained by Azusa, Lost but Seeking in the finals to claim the top prize of $1,250 USD. Other cash winners included PieGonti (Aragorn, King of Gondor). Beekeeper (Phelia, Exhuberent Shepard), and TSPJendrek (Ertai Resurrected).

Be sure to mark your calendar for the next Creator Showdown on November 9 when the streamers take on Legacy!

PREMIER PLAY

It’s Showcase Challenge Weekend!

It’s time to get the next batch of players invited to MOCS Season 3’s Showcase Qualifiers in November & December.  

You’ll need 40 Season 3 Qualifier Points to enter a Showcase Challenge. The Top 8 finishers in each event earn a Championship Entry Token for the event’s format plus earn Leaderboard Points toward an At-Large berth in the next Showcase!

Here are the dates and times for the second round of Showcase events – we are off our normal pattern for this round only:   

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

ALTERNATE PLAY

Frank Lepore’s Horror Cube Continues

Our resident curator of all things Spooky Season, Frank Lepore, has returned at the perfect moment. See how he has expanded the Horror Cube beyond Innistrad – to Duskmourn, Ixalan, and other corners of the multiverse – in this article.

They try your hand at mastering the Horror Cube until Friday, October 25^th! Normal Cube entry options and prizes will be used, and we’ll feature both a Swiss league and single-elimination queue.

Alternate Play Schedule

Here’s a look at the schedule of events coming up between now and Magic: The Gathering Foundations. 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 until Nov. 3, 18:00 UTC after) unless otherwise noted.

• Now-October 25 – Just in time for our newest horror set, Frank Lepore returns with his Horror Cube, incorporating Duskmourn and other creepy crawlies from across Magic’s history into the previously Innistrad-themed set. (Phantom)
• Tomorrow-November 6 – 4-player pods of Commander Masters draft return – each League course is two matches with winner-take-all prizes. (Phantom)
• October 25-November 12 – The Vintage Cube LIVE Prize Cube makes its appearance digitally – see if you can do any better than the eight from Vegas. This Cube will begin at approximately 8:30 p.m. PT once the Live event draft has concluded. (Phantom)

When Is Vintage Cube League Back?

A regular feature of the Blog, this item points out when the next scheduled run of our most popular event will take place:

• October 25 to November 12 – Vintage Cube LIVE’s Prize Cube will be in MTGO
• November 27-December 4 – No Holds Barred Vintage Cube
• December 18-January 22 – Vintage Cube for the Holiday Season

AROUND THE WEB

Treasure Chest Update (guest-starring Unfinity!)

Our developers were able to pick up a few extra cards that will be included in the Set Debut Slot of the Treasure Chest starting tomorrow. In addition to all of the Booster Fun variants from Fallout®, we are picking up three die-rolling cards:

• Attempted Murder
• Clown Car
• Monoxa, Midway Manager

Check out the Treasure Chest information link at the top for full details.

MTGO University – MTGO Fundamentals How-To Series Live

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!

2FA Required to Trade on MTGO

MTGO accounts that wish to engage in trade are now required to enable Two-Factor Authentication. You can read all about the reasoning for this change in this article and get instructions for enabling 2FA here.

WEEKLY UPDATES 

Duskmourn: House of Horror Now Available

From Rooms to multiple cool card treatments, this impending set does anything but manifest dread ... learn all about Duskmourn: House of Horror (set code DSK) in this article. Within that you’ll find out about all the scariness in store on MTGO:

• DSK Premium Boosters – get your bling on for just $5.99 USD each
  • Ryan Spain shows off our newest suite of Premium effects in this article!
• Commander Decks – both the ones from this set and several from Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur’s Gate
• Duel Commander’s ascent to full format with Challenges and Leagues
• Alternate Play (#horrorcube), including the return of Commander Draft Leagues
• Plus the usual bits and bobs: MOPR, Avatars, Treasure Chest info, etc

Redemption Corner

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

Bloomburrow redemption sets (both regular and foil-for-regular) are now on sale. As a reminder, we announced changes to the Redemption Program starting with Bloomburrow – read all about it in this article.

Duskmourn: House of Horror redemption tokens go on sale tomorrow following downtime.

Outlaws of Thunder Junction is nearing the end of its run in the Store – be sure to redeem that set soon.

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.

TOMORROW’S PATCH NOTES – October 16, 2024

Administrative

• New-to-Modern cards were inadvertently omitted from Modern Horizons 3 full set objects. Accounts that opened one or more MH3 sets will be granted those 42 cards for each regular or foil set opened during downtime.
  • MH3 sets opened after downtime will include the New-to-Modern cards.

Card Fixes

• Karazaikar, the Eye Tyrant will no longer trigger if it attacks its owner.
• Valgavoth, Harrower of Souls will correctly trigger if multiple opponents lose life at once.
• Paranormal Analyst will display cards returned to hand in the Game Log.
• Capital Punishment will correctly force creature sacrifices for each time Taxes is selected.
• Pia’s Revolution will correctly prompt the targeted player if they want to take 3 damage and then deal that damage on a “Yes” response.
• Distented Mindbender will correctly require cards of appropriate mana values to be chosen (can’t opt out).

Collection

• The back side of Innistrad: Crimson Vow’s double-faced extended-art cards will be visible.

NEXT SCHEDULED DOWNTIME – November 6, 9 a.m.-Noon PT

After tomorrow, the next scheduled maintenance is set for Wednesday, November 6 from 9 a.m. to 12 noon PT (17:00-20:00 UTC). This is to support the release of Magic: The Gathering Foundations.