Magic Online Announcements, August 18, 2020
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Magic Online Format Challenges Every Weekend
Double Masters on Magic Online
As announced previously, Double Masters events are ongoing with Sealed Deck, Draft, and Phantom Draft Leagues available. If you haven't checked out the updated Magic Premier Play schedule yet and what Super Qualifiers qualify you for, go read that announcement.
Showcase Qualifier Weekend
Players who earned entry into the Showcase Qualifier will be squaring off for an invitation to the Champions Showcase. The entry fee for Showcase Qualifiers is a format token that matches the format of the Showcase. As with QPs, after the season's Showcase Qualifiers are finished, all unused Format Tokens will be removed from players' accounts. Each Showcase Qualifier is a scheduled Swiss-style event with a Top 8 playoff. The winner of each Showcase Qualifier earns a spot in the final Showcase event and a chance to earn their share of $70,000 and an upcoming Premier Event invitation.
Showcase Qualifiers are scheduled as follows:
| DATE | TIME | EVENT | FORMAT | INVITATION |
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| Saturday, August 22, 2020 | 10:00 a.m. | Vintage Showcase Qualifier | Vintage | Season 2 Showcase |
| Sunday, August 23, 2020 | 9:00 a.m. | Limited Showcase Qualifier | 2XM Sealed | Season 2 Showcase |
| Saturday, August 29, 2020 | 8:00 a.m. | Modern Showcase Qualifier | Modern | Season 2 Showcase |
| Sunday, August 30, 2020 | 8:00 a.m. | Legacy Showcase Qualifier | Legacy | Season 2 Showcase |
Learn more about Showcase Qualifier events here.
CHAOS! Draft Returns
Continuing through August 26, you can find Chaos Drafts in the Limited Play Lobby. This version is classic Chaos Draft, unthemed and with tons of sets in the mix.
What are those sets, you ask? Here they are:
- Aether Revolt
- Alara Reborn
- Amonkhet
- Apocalypse
- Avacyn Restored
- Battle for Zendikar
- Betrayers of Kamigawa
- Born of the Gods
- Champions of Kamigawa
- Coldsnap
- Conflux
- Dark Ascension
- Darksteel
- Dissension
- Dominaria
- Dragon's Maze
- Dragons of Tarkir
- Eldritch Moon
- Eventide
- Fate Reforged
- Fifth Dawn
- Future Sight
- Gatecrash
- Guildpact
- Guilds of Ravnica
- Hour of Devastation
- Ikoria: Lair of Behemoths
- Innistrad
- Ixalan
- Journey into Nyx
- Judgment
- Kaladesh
- Khans of Tarkir
- Legions
- Lorwyn
- Mirrodin
- Modern Horizons
- Morningtide
- New Phyrexia
- Oath of the Gatewatch
- Odyssey
- Onslaught
- Planar Chaos
- Planeshift
- Ravnica Allegiance
- Ravnica: City of Guilds
- Return to Ravnica
- Rise of the Eldrazi
- Rivals of Ixalan
- Saviors of Kamigawa
- Scars of Mirrodin
- Scourge
- Shadows Over Innistrad
- Shards of Alara
- Theros
- Theros Beyond Death
- Throne of Eldraine
- Time Spiral
- Torment
- War of the Spark
- Worldwake
- Zendikar
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.
Magic Online's Format Challenges now 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. NOTE: The Pauper Challenge is never pre-empted.
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10:00 a.m. |
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2:00 p.m. |
Check out this page for further event details.
Next Downtime August 26
The next downtime will be August 26, beginning at 9 a.m. and continuing until noon. All times listed are Pacific time (UTC-7).
Build Notes
AKH | Cruel Reality now causes enchanted player to lose life if they cannot sacrifice a creature or planeswalker.