Magic Online Weekly Announcements, August 12, 2025

Posted on Aug 12, 2025

THE LEAD 

MOCS Postseason Begins This Weekend

It’s time once again to qualify players for the next Magic Online Champions Showcase in October! Over the next two weekends, Top 8 finishers from Showcase Challenges and 5-win players from Last Chance events (see Premier Play below) will battle until one remains as this season’s Showcase Champion for that format.

In addition to reaching the Champions Showcase (with its $50,000 prize pool and two invitations to the 2026 World Championship), the winner of each Showcase Qualifier is invited to the first Pro Tour of 2026 plus the Regional Championship round in October-November feeding that event. Leaderboard Points are also on the line as players seek one of two At-Large invites at the end of the postseason.

Here’s the schedule:

If you miss out on reaching the Showcase Qualifiers, you’ll have a final shot at reaching the MOCS Showcase from one of two Limited-format MOCS Open events on September 6-7.

For more information on these events, click the Premier Play Information link at the top of the Blog.

Expiring QPs Usable for Vintage Cube Single Elimination Aug 13-20

Those Season 2 Qualifier Points that expire tomorrow will be redeemable for free entries into the Vintage Cube Single Elimination queue! This will start tomorrow, August 13 at 10 a.m. PT (17:00 UTC) and continue until Wednesday, August 20 at 10 a.m. PT. These events will use the current iteration of the Cube, not the one that will debut later that day in the League.

In a change from past seasons, the number of QPs per free entry is being increased. Each free entry will take 12 Season 2 QPs. Regular entry options of 10 Event tickets or 100 Play Points still apply.

VINTAGE CUBE LEAGUE

League Returns Next Week – Article This Friday

It’s almost time for another round of Vintage Cube. This iteration features some new overarching themes involving old favorites as well as the debut of cards from Edge of Eternities. Creative Director Ryan Spain and Cube Curator Chris Wolf will present the updated card list and archetypes in an article here on MTGO.com this Friday, August 15.

As usual, the Always-On Vintage Cube queue will keep its current configuration until the League begins next Wednesday at 10 a.m. PT (17:00 UTC). You can always find the most recent Vintage Cube card lists on this page.

Preview League Returns Next Monday and Tuesday

For two days next week, you’ll be able to play single-game matches of the new Cube for free!

Try out some wacky strategies and learn how to find your draft lane – all in preparation for the real League starting next Wednesday.

The Free Vintage Cube Preview League kicks off next Monday, August 18 at 8 a.m. PT (15:00 UTC) and runs until Wednesday, August 20 at 5 a.m. PT (12:00 UTC).

In order to enter the League, you’ll need to get yourself Draft Points. How do you acquire those? Enter the code 2025AUG into the box in the MTGO Store as shown below.

You can only redeem the code once on your account, but you will receive 2 Draft Points. Spend one of them to enter the draft queue, then play up to three single games with your Phantom draft deck. Then repeat this process once.

We’ll clear out any leftover Draft Points once the League ends. Enjoy the Preview!

MTGO BROADCASTS

Save the Date – Next Creator Showdown on Saturday, August 16

Dozens of your favorite Magic content creators will be in action competing for up to $5,000 in cash and prizes in the next MTGO Creator Showdown on Saturday, August 16!

The rotating format of battle this month is Modern and all participants will be streaming simultaneously in this six-round event starting at 9 a.m. PT (16:00 UTC).

Once the field is whittled down to 16 undefeated players, the official MTGO Twitch channel will fire up a broadcast hosted by Admirable (aka Nathan Zamora) and featuring a rotating cast of commentators – this month’s guest co-caster is NileJoanRivers – and giveaways galore! Look for that to begin between 10:30 and 11 a.m. PT (17:30-18:00 UTC).

Catch YungDingo Streaming on Fridays

Magic Online is pleased to bring you weekly streams from some of our top creators. We’ve teamed up with YungDingo to show off MTGO at a regular time each week.

YungDingo takes the reins Friday nights at 6 pm PT (01:00 Tuesday UTC) streaming at twitch.tv/magiconline.

There will be giveaways galore, including Play Point codes and his own unique in-game avatar!

Visit YungDingo's stream and collect each Friday

EVENT UPDATES

MTGO Spellgrounds – Modern This Week

Great news – our Spellgrounds project continues! Try out a slice of the current metagame between Monday and Wednesday – all with sideboards geared specifically for this group – all for free!

You’ll encounter a Super-Jump style draft – 3 of the 6 decks are presented randomly for you to select one. Then play up to 3 matches without the pressure of prizes on the line.

There are some spicy brews next time, including Allosaurus Combo (!), Affinity, Living End (!!), as well as format bogeyman Boros Energy.

This week’s Modern lists are live now on this Moxfield page.

Here’s the upcoming schedule:

• August 11 – Modern
• August 18 – None (Vintage Cube Preview League)
• August 25 – Standard
• Labor Day Weekend (August 30-September 3) - Pioneer

We hope you find this is a no- or low-risk way to expand your horizons in Magic Online and it’s a great way to learn new formats!

PREMIER PLAY

MOCS Last Chance Events Wrap Early Tomorrow

Here is the remaining schedule of Last Chance in the next 24 hours:

Each event’s entry is 40 Season 2 QPs plus either 30 Event Tickets or 300 Play Points. Players finishing with 5 match wins will earn a Token good for the Showcase Qualifier in their respective format held August 16-24.

Note: This will be the last season where LCEs will be overlaid on top of the Preliminary schedule. Starting with Season 3, we’ll have pre-defined time slots for each format that will be more evenly spread across the 72-hour period.

MOCS Season 2 QP Gathering Ends Tomorrow

We’re closing in on the end of MOCS Season 2 qualifying. You have until tomorrow at 8 a.m. PT (15:00 UTC) to collect the last batches. If you’ve been holding on to the blue Season 2 Qualifier Points, you’re running low on chances to use them.

Here’s the full list of remaining Premier Events taking these QPs:

• Until August 13 – Showcase Last Chance Events
  • These require Tickets/Play Points in addition to QPs to enter

Additionally, we have two events after tomorrow that will take Season 2 QPs due to upcoming schedule congestion:

• August 15 – Modern Qualifier
• August 22 – EOE Limited Super Qualifier

First 2026 RC Invites at Stake Friday

It’s a new season for tabletop’s Regional Championship qualifying, so your next chance to earn a seat at the January-February 2026 RC comes up this Friday.

We’ll have a Next RC Qualifier this Friday, August 15 at 7 a.m. PT (14:00 UTC)!

It takes 40 Season 2 Qualifier Points to join this event (yes, Season 2, the season just ended – and not Season 3). The Top 2 finishers earn seats at the RC and prizes go down to 64^th place.

For more information on these events, click the Premier Play Information link at the top of the Blog.

ALTERNATE PLAY

Pack Wars! TDM Starting Tomorrow

Attention Limited fans: We've taken a long-time favorite of Magic at big conventions and brought it into Magic Online. There are some who call it Mini-Master, but on MTGO it’s Pack Wars! This format is up and running and our next pack at war is Tarkir: Dragonstorm.

There are two different flavors of Pack Wars events – both of which are Best-of-One formats: a Keeper Swiss League, and a 2-Player Phantom Queue.

These events will run for 2 weeks from tomorrow until Wednesday, August 27.

Get all the details in the Edge of Eternities set article!

Flashback Time Spiral-Planar Chaos Draft Starts Tomorrow

Our next trip into the wayback machine launches us into the time-traveling craziness of 2006-2007, where color bends were plentiful and we were all kept in suspense ... It’s Time Spiral-Planar Chaos Flashback draft!

TTP League starts tomorrow, August 13 at 10 a.m. PT (17:00 UTC) and runs for a week until August 20. Entry Options include the usual 10 Tickets or 100 Play Points. If you have some old packs lying around waiting for just such a scenario, you can also get in for 2 Event Tickets + 2 packs of either Time Spiral or Planar Chaos.

Prizes are the same as Vintage Cube League, and the event is Phantom – cards opened aren’t added to Collections.

Reminder: EOE Best-of-One Closes Tomorrow

If you are thinking about joining the EOE Bo1 Draft League, or are already in it, you have one day remaining to finish your matches – good luck!

Alternate Play Schedule

Here’s a look at the schedule of events coming up between now and Through the Omenpaths. 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 (17:00 UTC) unless otherwise noted.

• August 13-20 – The first Flashback requested from our Community survey last month – it's Time Spiral-Planar Chaos draft (without all that Sprout Swarm nonsense). (Phantom)
• August 20-September 17 – These are the weeks where the Vintage Cube League returns! (Phantom)
• September 17-23 – Shred those packs and build the best you can in Tarkir: Dragonstorm Supreme Draft. (Phantom)

When Do Vintage Cube Leagues Return?

• August 20-September 17 – Edge of Eternities Refresh
• October 1-21 – Update to support MOCS

WEEKLY UPDATES

Read All About It – Edge of Eternities on MTGO

Magic’s first space opera is in flight – Edge of Eternities! Check out this page for information on what we have going on with this set:

• Awesome premium effects, including Galaxy Foil and Viewport Frames with animation
• A handful of Quality-of-Life Improvements
• Premium Boosters return for $6.99 USD each
• Draft Bundles are back for a three-week run – including an exclusive avatar
• The debut of Pack Wars events

Note: EOE Limited events will use the traditional entry options and prize structures shown on the MTGO Limited events page and the Premier Play pages

Redemption Corner

We’ve updated our Redemption page with new quantity percentages.

Aetherdrift and Tarkir: Dragonstorm regular redemptions remain on sale in the MTGO Store. Foil-for-regular redemption sets for those expansions have sold out.

Edge of Eternities redemption tokens will go on sale August 27^th.

As a reminder, we announced changes to the Redemption Program starting with Bloomburrow – read all about it in this article.

AROUND THE WEB

MTGO University

We’ve introduced a brand-new landing spot for everything related to getting your new-to-MTGO friends up to speed on playing our game – MTGO University! Whether you’re new to a specific format, new to Magic Online, or are just curious about what this version of MTG is all about, check out the MTGO University playlists on YouTube.

TOMORROW’S PATCH NOTES – August 13, 2025

Duel Scene

• Vona’s Hunger will not have its Ascend ability on at all times.
• Creatures that lose all abilities after being reanimated (Xu-Ifit, Portal to Phyrexia + Dress Down, etc) will correctly not have those abilities continue to function.

NEXT SCHEDULED DOWNTIME – September 17, 9 a.m. to Noon PT

After tomorrow, the next scheduled maintenance is Wednesday, September 17 from 9 a.m. to 12 noon PT (16:00-19:00 UTC). This is to support the release of Through the Omenpaths.