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- Magic Online Shadows over Innistrad Prerelease Details
- Last Week of Ravnica in the Year of Modern Flashbacks
- Legendary Cube Drafts Begin Wednesday, March 30
- No Online Premier Play This Week—Check out a Prerelease Near You
- Reminder: Place Redemption Orders Before March 30
- Downtime for March 30, 2016
- Build Notes
- Ongoing and Upcoming Events
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Magic Online Shadows over Innistrad Prerelease Details
There are some changes coming to Magic Online Prereleases beginning with Shadows over Innistrad Prerelease Events, April 15-18. Digital Events Manager Lee Sharpe has the full details in his latest article.
Last Week of Ravnica in the Year of Modern Flashbacks
It's 2016: The Year of Modern Flashbacks! If you want to build up a collection for Modern, these Flashback Drafts add everything you draft to your collection once the event is over. Even if Modern isn't your thing, you can enjoy a leisurely draft through the planes of the past with rotating formats each week!
Full Ravnica Block Flashback Drafts begin after the Wednesday, March 30 downtime and run until Wednesday, April 6, at 10:00 a.m. PT (UTC-7), and are followed up by Coldsnap Flashbacks. Get the full schedule here and mark your calendar for the formats you're most excited about!
Legendary Cube Drafts Begin Wednesday, March 30
The Legendary Cube returns to Magic Online on March 30, following the downtime, and runs until April 15! Get the full details on what the cube looks like in its latest incarnation in R&D member Jules Robins's latest article. After Jules walks you through the changes and archetypes in the new and improved Legendary Cube, check out the full cube list here.
No Online Premier Play This Week—Check out a Prerelease Near You
There are no Magic Online Premier Play events this week but Shadows over Innistrad Prereleases are going on a your local game store April 2-3. If you don't already have a favorite game store, scout a few out with our store locator!
Reminder: Place Redemption Orders Before March 30
In an effort to make sure Magic Online is available when you want to play Magic, we’re working on ways to reduce the number of times we have to bring the system offline for maintenance. As a first step we’re simply going to eliminate at least one downtime each month.
Here are the dates of the exact downtimes we’ll be skipping in the first half of 2016:
- April 6
- April 20
- May 11
- June 8
- June 22
During these weeks without a downtime, Magic Online will NOT be processing set redemptions. This means that if your order wasn't made prior to the March 30 downtime, it won't be processed until April 13.
Downtime for March 30, 2016
- All tournaments will close Wednesday, March 30, at 5:00 a.m. Pacific (12:00 UTC)
- Store and trade activity will be suspended at approximately 7:45 a.m. Pacific (14:45 UTC)
- The system will be down from 8:00 a.m. Pacific (15:00 UTC) until 12:00 p.m. Pacific (19:00 UTC)
Build Notes
Promo Grants
- The Season 4 MOPR promos will be granted during this downtime.
General
- Store | Users in Illinois are now properly charged 7.75% sales tax, and users in Ohio are now properly charged 6.5% sales tax.
Ongoing and Upcoming Events
March 30–April 6—Year of Modern Flashbacks: Full Ravnica Block
April 6–April 13—Year of Modern Flashbacks: Coldsnap
March 30–April 15—Legendary Cube Events
April 7–10—Oath of the Gatewatch-Battle for Zendikar Sealed Pro Tour Qualifier Preliminaries
April 9—Legacy Challenge 11:00 a.m. PT (18:00 UTC)
April 9—2016 Magic Online Championship Series Monthly Event 7:00 a.m. PT (14:00 UTC)
April 10—Oath of the Gatewatch-Battle for Zendikar Sealed Pro Tour Qualifier Finals 7:00 a.m. PT (14:00 UTC)