Magic Online Weekly Announcements, November 5, 2024

Posted on Nov 05, 2024

THE LEAD

Magic: The Gathering Foundations Set Article Live Tomorrow

It’s already time for another new set! There is a slight delay, but more details on the Foundations set will be here on MTGO.com tomorrow morning Pacific time. 

Downtime Tomorrow, 9 a.m. to Noon PT

Magic Online will be down for scheduled maintenance tomorrow, November 6, from 9 a.m. to approximately 12 noon Pacific time (17:00-20:00 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.

MTGO Creator Season – It's Legacy Week!

For the first time, we’re letting a handful of MTGO’s Creator Program members curate and inspire some unique event experiences over the next couple months. Magic Online’s Creator Season kicks off this weekend and runs until December 18! Read all about it in this article ...

Here’s what’s on the horizon:

• AnziD’s Eternal Legacy Showdown
  • $20 All-Access good from end of downtime Wednesday, November 6 to Tuesday, November 12 10 a.m.
  • Qualify for the Showdown this Sunday, November 10 at 8 a.m. PT (16:00 UTC) by doing well in Legacy events between now and then.
    • Legacy Leagues, Legacy Prelims, and Legacy Challenges
      • Sunday’s normal Legacy Challenge will be a 32-player version and begin at 9:30 a.m. PT.
    • Or purchase 2 Sapphire Event Tokens for $40 USD to directly enter the Showdown!
• Girls Play Commander Gauntlet Refresh
  • Five new Commander Gauntlet decklists go live next Tuesday alongside FDN!
  • Players new to Magic Online can join the Girls Play community’s channels for a code containing an Account Upgrade Kit and a bonus Commander Gauntlet token.
  • Girls Play will be streaming MTGO Commander November 13-17 – check their channel for exact times.
  • Commander Gauntlet entry options: 1 Commander Gauntlet Entry Token, 2 Event Tickets, or 20 Play Points

Be sure to keep an eye on this space to see who else will bring the fun this Creator Season – upcoming guest event curators include Amaz and AspiringSpike!

MTGO BROADCASTS 

Next Creator Showdown This Saturday – Legacy!

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, November 9!

The rotating format of battle this month is Legacy and all participants will be streaming simultaneously in this six-round, double-elimination event starting at 9 a.m. PT (17:00 UTC).

Once the field is whittled down to 16 undefeated players, the official MTGO Twitch channel will fire up a broadcast hosted by Will Hall and featuring a rotating cast of commentators. We’ll whip around from stream to stream catching every turn of the cards until one player emerges with a 6-0 record and scores the top prize of $1,250!

There will be giveaways galore on the MTGO channel’s broadcast, so be sure to tune in and follow the action in the last Showdown of 2024 (it’ll be back in January)!

Thank You Donors to the MTGO Extra Life Stream!

It’s time for our annual Extra Life fundraiser! We are excited for the community helped us raise over $7,389 for the kids. We are still going till the end of the year. Please help us reach out goals! 

We’ll have plenty of donation rewards to earn including two unique avatars, Soul Warden and Mox Diamond. A 100 Play Point code is available for just a $5 donation (limit one per account), and we have a few surprises in store for those ponying up more to support the kids. Tune in to find out!

PREMIER PLAY

3 Weeks Left to Gather Season 3 QPs

Tournaments feeding MOCS and Regional Championships are taking a week off – enjoy playing in Leagues, Prelims, and Challenges all weekend!

November 27 will be here before we know it! That’s the last day to earn the current MOCS season’s Qualifier Points. There’s only a few tournaments remaining to use them as well:

• Showcase Challenges
  • November 16-17 – Modern & Legacy
  • November 23-24– Standard & Pioneer
• Showcase Last Chance Events
  • November 25-27 – Dates and times to be finalized in a couple weeks
• Cube Drafts after Expiration
  • To be determined next week

ALTERNATE PLAY

MTGO Prize Cube Events Continue

Whether you made the trip to Magic Con or not, you can enjoy the same Prize Cube as the Vegas 8. Prize Cube events are now up and running in Magic Online. They are live until November 12, so you have a total of 2½ weeks to show off your skills – have a blast!

Click here to learn all about the MTGO version of the Vintage Cube LIVE Prize Cube from our curators Ryan Spain and Chris Wolf, or you can just skip ahead to view the Full List.

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.

• Until 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:

• Through November 12 – Vintage Cube LIVE’s Prize Cube will be in MTGO
• November 27-December 4 – Max-Power Vintage Cube
• December 18-January 22 – Vintage Cube for the Holiday Season

AROUND THE WEB

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!

WEEKLY UPDATES 

Magic: The Gathering® - Fallout® Available Now!

Click here to read all about Magic: The Gathering® – Fallout®, now available on Magic Online!

The MTGO Store has all four Commander decks as well as the MTGO-exclusive Premium Booster (six foils, seven rares/mythics).

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

• Fallout® cards appear in Treasure Chests until November 6.
• No new avatars with this set, nor are there any events.

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.

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 are also now available in the Store.

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 – November 6, 2024

Card Fixes

• Cruel Ultimatum will work as expected when an opponent has fewer than three cards in hand.
• Cards with Encore will correctly create tokens for each opponent.
• Gwenna, Eyes of Gaea will correctly be unable to pay for costs generated by triggered abilities (Tranquil Frillback, etc)
• Opponents of controllers of Propaganda will no longer be able to undo their way out of paying the tax.
• Fiery Annihilation will no longer require a confirmation click if the targeted creature doesn’t have Equipment attached.
• Copies of transforming double-faced cards created by The Myriad Pools will correctly transform rather than stay in exile.

NEXT SCHEDULED DOWNTIME – December 11, 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.