Magic Online Weekly Announcements, June 23, 2026

Posted on Jun 23, 2026

THE LEAD

Read All About It - Magic: The Gathering® | Marvel Super Heroes On Sale Today

The arrival of some of the greatest comic book super heroes of all time to Magic Online is here! Check out this article to learn about the debut of Magic: The Gathering® | Marvel Super Heroes, on sale at 10 a.m. PT today: 

• Our largest-ever Premium Booster containing 12 cards
• The four Commander decks, each featuring 30 brand-new cards
• The Borderless Bold Logo cards get an exclusive Premium visual effect
• More Booster Fun, avatars, Treasure Chests, and more ... 

Five-Minute Modern Update

The newest experimental format on Magic Online, Five-Minute Modern, continues this week in Contraption! We are announcing no changes to the ban list for the format. You can find the League and open-play rooms under Constructed -> Specialty.  

Check out our article for full details. The rules are simple: 

• Best-of-One, 5-minute timers for each player
• Modern format with a few extra bans
• No access to sideboards 

The League has 6 single-game rounds for either 6 Event Tickets or 60 Play Points, and prizes start after the third win in a course. Enjoy! 

PREMIER PLAY

Two RC Super Qualifiers This Weekend

Eight more seats for the next round tabletop Regional Championships are at stake across a pair of Magic Online events this weekend!  

First, a Pauper RC Super Qualifier begins Saturday, June 28 at 7 a.m. PT (14:00 UTC). 

Then on Sunday at 7 a.m., we will host a Standard RC Super Qualifier. 

A Super Qualifier can be joined with 40 Event Tickets, 400 Play Points, or 40 Season 2 Qualifier Points. Each of these tournaments send the top 4 players to the October-November RC in their home region and the events award prizes to the Top 128! 
 
For more information on these events, click the Premier Play Information link at the top of the Blog

EVENT UPDATES 

Challenge Tweaks, Including the Return of 96-Level Events!

With the return of Modern as the current season’s tabletop RCQ format, there has been a dramatic rise in Modern Challenge participation over the last few weeks. To compensate for this, we are making a few tweaks: 

• Challenge 32 and Challenge 64 events will have a maximum of 7 Swiss rounds going forward.
  • This means there is a hard cap of 128 players in these events. This will make time commitments easier to manage.
  • Challenge 32 events still have a caveat when players finishing all rounds with an X-2 record are eligible for a minimum prize of 250 Play Points – contact Customer Support to claim the prize difference when applicable. 
• Challenge 96 events have returned! This level allows an 8th Swiss round when required and can accommodate 212 players. The prize structure can be found here – we have raised the Play Point amounts for those finishing 33rd-96th compared to last time!
  • The first time slot to have the new structure will be Wednesdays at 9 a.m. PT (16:00 UTC), so starting tomorrow.
  • We will be watching these events closely – if a 96 fails to fire, the slot will drop back down to 64 for the remainder of the RCQ season.
  • We will watch this week’s participation numbers to determine which other slots to promote starting next week. 
• In response to community requests, we have added a weekly Modern Challenge Tuesdays at 5 p.m. PT (midnight Wednesday UTC). 

Extra Pauper Challenges Wednesday

The powers that be have asked for extra data on the new Pauper metagame prior to the next banned and restricted announcement next week. To accommodate this, we have added two extra Pauper Challenge 32 events tomorrow only, June 24, at 5 a.m. and noon PT (noon and 7 p.m. UTC). Other Pauper Challenges will remain in their usual time slots.  

Pack Wars – Ravnica Remastered Starts Tomorrow

Pack Wars – the Magic Online space for Mini-Master – rolls on. Our meandering adventure across the multiverse continues with a return trip to Ravnica! 

The idea is simple – crack a pack, add 2 of each basic land, and play a game. In the Keeper League, you then crack another pack, edit your deck, play a game ... and keep going until you have opened 4 packs and played 4 games!  

This Keeper League is easy – 4 packs + 4 games (plus prizes if you do well) for just 4 Event Tickets or 40 Play Points! 

Alternate Play Schedule

Here’s a look at the schedule of events coming up. Each description mentions if the Draft is Phantom – cards won’t be added to players’ collections in Phantom events. All transitions take place at 10:00 a.m. PT unless otherwise noted.  

• June 23-July 1: Magic: The Gathering® | Marvel Super Heroes Limited is front and center for this week.
• July 1-29: Vintage Cube is back with updates from the newest set! (Phantom)
• July 29-August 5: A special mash-up of the two Marvel sets in a combined Limited experience – it's Marvel “Block” Sealed: 4 Magic: The Gathering® | Marvel Super Heroes boosters and 2 Magic: The Gathering® | Marvel’s Spider-Man packs!
• August 5-11: We are still considering our option for this week ... 

When Do Vintage Cube Leagues Return?

• July 1-28 – MSH Update 

WEEKLY UPDATES

Magic: The Gathering® | Marvel’s Spider-Man Available Now

Check out this article to learn about the special event and product offerings featuring Magic: The Gathering® | Marvel's Spider-Man, including: 

• 7-Card Premium Boosters, and a Bundle of them that comes with a product-exclusive Spider-Man avatar 
• Details on how this set interacts with Through the Omenpaths
• Plus info on events, Treasure Chest, Player Rewards, Booster Fun and more! ... 

Redemption Corner

We have again temporarily paused sales of Redemption tokens while we resolve outstanding customer issues. It is anticipated that the last amounts of SOS will become available sometime later this week. Please follow our Discord channel for updates. 

 You can find details on the redemption program here.  

PATCH NOTES – Tuesday, June 23

Card Fixes

• Ledger Shredder will correctly connive off each individual player’s spell count. 

Duel Scene

• Cards requiring a target chosen for each opponent will resolve as expected. 
• Laelia, the Blade Reforged will correctly trigger once for each cascaded card
• Moonmist will no longer cause a game reset in certain game states. 

General

• Commander game replays will function as expected.
• The card name will display correctly on Ral, Monsoon Mage in Collection. 

NEXT SCHEDULED DOWNTIME – August 5, 9 a.m.-Noon

The next scheduled maintenance is Wednesday, August 5 from 9 a.m. to noon PT (16:00-19:00 UTC). This is to support the release of Magic: The Gathering® | The Hobbit™.