Magic Online Announcements, February 11, 2020
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Preliminary Schedule Adjustment
Magic Online Format Challenges Every Weekend
CHAOS DRAFT! February 5–19
Flex your deck-building skills during February's CHAOS DRAFT!, a format that requires players to contemplate meta-archetypes over the curated archetypes typically found in a cube. CHAOS DRAFT! runs through February 19—plenty of time to smash face amidst the Pandemonium.
Sets that can be opened in this CHAOS DRAFT! include:
Visions, Weatherlight, Stronghold, Exodus, Urza's Legacy, Urza's Destiny, Planeshift, Apocalypse, Torment, Judgment, Legions, Scourge, Darksteel, Fifth Dawn, Betrayers of Kamigawa, Saviors of Kamigawa, Guildpact, Dissension, Coldsnap, Planar Chaos, Future Sight, Morningtide, Eventide, Conflux, Alara Reborn, Worldwake, Mirrodin Besieged, New Phyrexia, Dark Ascension, Dragon's Maze, Born of the Gods, Journey Into Nyx, Fate Reforged, Oath of the Gatewatch, Eldritch Moon, Aether Revolt, Hour of Devastation, and Rivals of Ixalan
Preliminary Schedule Adjustment
In order to improve the Premier Play experience and maximize participation, we are adjusting the formats of three of our weekly Preliminary events. We expect that there will be additional adjustments in upcoming months as we continue to fine-tune the system. We welcome additional feedback on this system at MagicOnlineFeedback@wizards.com.
| Time Slot (PT) | Current Format | New Format |
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Monday 12 a.m. |
Legacy |
Pauper |
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Monday 11 a.m. |
Pauper |
Legacy |
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Friday 12 a.m. |
Pauper |
Legacy |
Pioneer PTQ Saturday
On Saturday, February 15, there will be a Pioneer 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 in May.
Learn more about Players Tour Qualifier events here.
Modern PTQ Sunday
On Sunday, February 16, 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 in May.
Learn more about Players Tour Qualifier events here.
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.
Pacific Time (-8 from UTC)
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Saturday, 6 a.m. |
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Saturday, 8 a.m. |
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Saturday, 10 a.m. |
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Sunday, 6 a.m. |
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Sunday, 8 a.m. |
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Sunday, 10 a.m. |
Check out this page for further event details.
Downtime February 26
The next downtime will be on February 26, beginning at 3 a.m. and continuing until noon. All times listed are Pacific time (UTC-8).
Build Notes
- Players can no longer incorrectly play additional lands if their Dryad of the Ilysian Grove loses all abilities.
- A display bug was fixed that caused Shadowspear’s ability to not appear to remove color-specific hexproof abilities even after removing them.
- Veil of Summer no longer provides hexproof from blue or black to activated abilities.
- Primitive Justice no longer causes a game reset.
- Cards chosen with Niv-Mizzet Reborn's ability now appear in the game log.