Magic Online Announcements, March 24, 2020

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Magic Online Super Qualifiers

Vintage Cube Until April 1

Modern Horizons Draft April 1

ELD Redemption Ends March 25

Limited PTQ Saturday

Modern PTQ Sunday

Qualifier Points Reminder

Magic Online Format Challenges Every Weekend

Downtime March 25

Build Notes

Magic Online Super Qualifiers

As part of our initiatives to give you more ways to play at home, we wanted to provide options for you to play at the highest levels for competitive stakes. Therefore, in light of the changes to the tabletop Players Tour Qualifiers announced earlier, we're adding a new series of qualifiers to Magic Online to provide additional ways for players to compete and qualify for upcoming Players Tour events: Magic Online Super Qualifiers. These online events will run alongside existing Magic Online Qualifiers and will continue to invite players to Players Tour Series 2 events.

And in order to make the Super Qualifiers as exciting as possible, we've added more prizes! Players who earn 65th place through 128th place will receive 100 Play Points. These prizes are in addition to those previously announced. And, because we intend this to be a quality of the Super Qualifier events as a whole, we're retroactively adding these to events that have already concluded! Players who earned these prizes will have them granted before the end of this week.

Get event info here, read more about MTGO Super Qualifiers here, or check out the schedule below:

Date Time (PDT) Format PT Tuesday, March 24, 2020 3:00 AM THB Sealed Series 2 Tuesday, March 24, 2020 3:00 PM Standard Series 2 Wednesday, March 25, 2020 12:00 PM THB Sealed Series 2 Thursday, March 26, 2020 7:00 AM Legacy Series 2 Friday, March 27, 2020 7:00 AM THB Sealed Series 2 Friday, March 27, 2020 3:00 PM Pioneer Series 2 Saturday, March 28, 2020 12:00 AM Modern Series 2 Saturday, March 28, 2020 12:00 PM Pioneer Series 2 Sunday, March 29, 2020 12:00 AM THB Sealed Series 2 Monday, March 30, 2020 7:00 AM Modern Series 2 Tuesday, March 31, 2020 3:00 AM THB Sealed Series 2 Tuesday, March 31, 2020 3:00 PM Pauper Series 2 Wednesday, April 1, 2020 12:00 PM THB Sealed Series 2 Thursday, April 2, 2020 7:00 AM Legacy Series 2

NOTE: All players are eligible to enter, including those already qualified for PT Series 2. If an already-qualified player finishes in the Top 2 of a Super Qualifier, that PT invite will not pass down.

Vintage Cube Until April 1

You asked, and we responded (or, rather, we asked, and you responded)! With some of us having some extra at-home time to fill, the Vintage Cube is back for two weeks starting tomorrow and running until April 1. This encore presentation is the same cube we ran back in December and January, so we don't have a change list to publish.

To make room for the Vintage Cube, we've moved the Invasion Block Flashback Draft to April 29, added Modern Horizons Draft for a week starting April 1, and delayed the start of the Modern Cube to April 8. We're aware that some Invasion Block fans may be disappointed by the change, so we'll explore some ways to spice up the event when it does launch.

Thanks, and good luck in your leagues.

Modern Horizons Draft April 1

For one week starting next Wednesday, April 1 at 10 a.m. PT, you can draft Modern Horizons. Drafts will include both Phantom and non-Phantom events. Phantom entry costs 10 Event Tickets, 100 Play Points, or 5 Modern Horizons Tokens, and non-Phantom entry costs 25 Event Tickets, 250 Play Points, 10 Modern Horizons Tokens, or 3 Modern Horizons boosters plus 4 Event Tickets.

ELD Redemption Ends March 25

Redemptions for Throne of Eldraine end this week on Wednesday, March 25. For more information on redemption, please see our Redemption Policy page.

Limited PTQ Saturday

On Saturday, March 28, there will be a Limited PTQ at 7 a.m. PT! The set will be Theros Beyond Death, and the event will cost 1 Red Limited PTQ Token. You can also join with 40 MOCS Qualifier Points. The winner qualifies for their choice of events in Series 2 of the 2020 Players Tour later this spring.

NOTE: Any remaining Red Limited PTQ Super Qualifier Entry Tokens must be used by April 5, the date of the last Magic Online PTQ Super Qualifier of this qualifying round. As a reminder, these Tokens can be used for either Limited or Constructed PTQ Super Qualifier events.

Reminder: Players already qualified for PT Series 2 cannot compete in these single-slot events.

Learn more about Players Tour Qualifier events here.

Modern PTQ Sunday

On Sunday, March 29, there will be a Modern PTQ at 9 a.m. PT! The entry fee is 1 Red PTQ Finals Token or 40 MOCS Qualifier Points. The winner qualifies for their choice of events in Series 2 of the 2020 Players Tour later this spring.

NOTE: Any remaining Red Limited PTQ Super Qualifier Entry Tokens must be used by April 5, the date of the last Magic Online PTQ Super Qualifier of this qualifying round. As a reminder, these Tokens can be used for either Limited or Constructed PTQ Super Qualifier events.

Reminder: Players already qualified for PT Series 2 cannot compete in these single-slot events.

Learn more about Players Tour Qualifier events here.

Qualifier Points Reminder

Qualifier Points from the current season will expire and be removed from accounts during the April 15 downtime. In addition to MOCS Showcase Challenges, Super Qualifiers, and PTQ events, QPs are usable for the MOCS Last Chance events on Monday and Tuesday, April 13–14.

Magic Online Format Challenges Every Weekend

Format Challenges are the first step toward qualifying for Premier Play through your favorite Magic formats. To learn more about Premier Play qualification, click here.

The Magic Online Format Challenges continue every weekend for Standard, Pioneer, Modern, Vintage, Legacy, and Pauper formats except when replaced by Showcase Challenges during scheduled Showcase Challenge dates. NOTE: The Vintage Challenge happens every weekend regardless of scheduled Showcase Challenges.

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Check out this page for further event details.

Downtime March 25

The next downtime will be on March 25, beginning at 9 a.m. and continuing until noon. All times listed are Pacific time (UTC-7).

Build Notes

General | Numerous updates and improvements have been made to sounds across the client.

Home Scene | The splash image has been replaced by a carousel that can display several images.

Duel Scene | Custodi Lich will once again trigger correctly on the turn it enters the battlefield if another player was already the monarch before it entered the battlefield.

Sideboarding | If a player submits a deck to an event without having all sideboard cards in their collection, but they have other versions of those cards instead, those other versions will be added to the deck for that event.