Magic Online Announcements, October 15, 2019
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Innistrad Flashback Draft October 30
Banned & Restricted List Update Window
Throne of Eldraine: Magic Online Edition
Vintage & Pauper Bonus Format Playoffs
Magic Online Format Challenges Every Weekend
CHAOS DRAFT! October 16
Flex your deck-building skills during this week's CHAOS DRAFT!, a format that requires players to contemplate meta-archetypes over the curated archetypes typically found in a cube. CHAOS DRAFT! starts tomorrow, October 16, and runs for a week—plenty of time to smash face amidst the Pandemonium.
Sets that can be opened in this CHAOS DRAFT! include:
Return to Ravnica, Gatecrash, Dragon's Maze, Magic 2014 Core Set, Theros, Born of the Gods, Journey into Nyx, Magic 2015 Core Set, Khans of Tarkir, Fate Reforged, Dragons of Tarkir, Magic Origins, Battle for Zendikar, Oath of the Gatewatch, Shadows over Innistrad, Eldritch Moon, Kaladesh, Aether Revolt, Amonkhet, Hour of Devastation, Ixalan, Rivals of Ixalan, Dominaria, Core Set 2019, Guilds of Ravnica, Ravnica Allegiance, War of the Spark, Core Set 2020, and Throne of Eldraine
Innistrad Flashback Draft October 30
To celebrate Halloween, players can enjoy frightful fights in the upcoming Innistrad Flashback Draft! Get in on all the spooky action starting Wednesday, October 30. Innistrad Flashback Draft runs through November 6, so you'll have plenty of time to enjoy the creepiest of creatures.
Banned & Restricted List Update Window
Next Monday, October 21, R&D will make an announcement regarding the banned and restricted lists for each format. If there is a change to any format, Magic Online will implement that change at 12 p.m. PT on the same day as the announcement.
If a card is banned or restricted, players using the newly banned card in a league can finish their league courses in the intervening four hours. At noon, however, any remaining players with newly illegal decks will be removed from the league with their entry option returned to their collection. If a card is unbanned or unrestricted, players can join existing leagues with decks containing those cards after the update.
Throne of Eldraine: Magic Online Edition
Join Knights and Nobles to forge your path toward victory with Throne of Eldraine on Magic Online! Constructed and Limited events are well underway, and you should also mark down the following dates for redemption:
- Redemption begins October 23.
- The Throne of Eldraine redemption guarantee period ends February 5, 2020.
- Throne of Eldraine redemption will end on March 11, 2020.
For more information, check out Alli's release article here.
Vintage & Pauper Bonus Format Playoffs
For those of you who missed the previous format playoffs, we're holding bonus playoffs this month! To join, accrue 35 Format Points in Challenges and Leagues within a single format by its Playoff date—Vintage on Saturday, October 19, and Pauper on Sunday, October 20, both at 10 a.m.
The Magic Online Format Challenges continue every weekend for Modern, Vintage, Legacy, and Pauper formats except when replaced by Format Playoffs during scheduled Format Playoff dates.
Format Playoff events qualify you for the Format Championship in January that sends the top player to the Magic Online Championships and the tabletop Players Tour. For a list of users who have qualified thus far, click here.
WAR Redemption Ends Soon
Redemptions for War of the Spark end next week on Monday, October 21. For more information on redemption, please see our Redemption Policy page.
Legacy Premier League
Legacy Premier League, Legacy's popular community league, makes its return on twitch.tv/itsJulian. Don't miss Group C's show on Wednesday at 6 p.m. ET (3 p.m. PT).
Alternative Play Calendar
For the Throne of Eldraine Alternative Play season, we're trying something new and different: a series of blasts from the past. And by that, we mean way in the past. For this season, we're introducing several non-Phantom events into the schedule, but all events listed below are Phantom unless stated otherwise:
| Events | Dates | Phantom or non-Phantom |
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| CHAOS! Draft | October 16–23 | Phantom |
| Masters Edition II Flashback Draft | October 23–30 | non-Phantom |
| Innistrad Flashback Draft | October 30–November 6 | Phantom |
| Masters Edition III Flashback Draft | November 6–13 | non-Phantom |
| Legacy Cube | November 13–20 | Phantom |
| Masters Edition IV Flashback Draft | November 20–27 | non-Phantom |
| Modern Horizons Flashback Draft | November 27–December 4 | Phantom & non-Phantom |
| Vintage Masters Flashback Draft | December 4–11 | non-Phantom |
| Vintage Cube | December 11–TBD | Phantom |
Limited PTQ Finals Saturday
On Saturday, October 19, there will be a Limited PTQ Finals at 7 a.m. PT. The set will be Throne of Eldraine, and each event will cost 1 Limited PTQ Finals Token. The winner receives an invitation to their choice of the first set of Players Tour regional events in February.
Learn more about Players Tour Qualifier events here.
Modern PTQ Finals Sunday
On Sunday, October 20, there will be a Modern PTQ Finals at 9 a.m. PT. The event will cost 30 Event Tickets or 300 Play Points. The winner receives an invitation to their choice of the first set of Players Tour regional events in February.
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 Format Focus events and premier play qualification, click here.
The Magic Online Format Challenges continue every weekend for Modern, Vintage, Legacy, and Pauper formats except when replaced by Format Playoffs during scheduled Format Playoff dates.
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Saturday, 8 a.m. |
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Saturday, 10 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 October 23
The next downtime will be on October 23, beginning at 3 a.m. and continuing until noon. All times listed are Pacific time (UTC-7). This is for standard maintenance.
Build Notes
- Predict correctly yields two cards when its controller guesses the correct card name.
- Cards exiled by Spell Queller can again be cast by their controller when Spell Queller leaves the battlefield.
- If you cast an Adventure spell while controlling Feather, the Redeemed, you can correctly choose which replacement effect to send the spell to exile (Adventuring or Feather-ing).
- Lavabelly Sliver and Constricting Sliver now correctly trigger when Irregular Cohort creates a Shapeshifter token