Magic Online Weekly Announcements, July 21, 2026

Posted on Jul 21, 2026

THE LEAD 

MOCS Postseason Begins This Weekend

It’s time once again to qualify players for the next Magic Online Champions Showcase in September! 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 2027 World Championship), the winner of each Showcase Qualifier is invited to Pro Tour Nauctis next February in Detroit, 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 Magic: The Gathering® | Marvel Super Heroes Limited-format MOCS Open events on August 8-9.

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

Vintage Cube League – 1 Week Left

The Vintage Cube League is in progress now with the usual entry options of 10 Event Tickets or 100 Play Points. You can always view the current Vintage Cube list on this page.

Check out Chris Wolf’s article for the latest list and archetype shake-ups with Magic: The Gathering® | Marvel Super Heroes!

As usual, we're offering a Vintage Cube Bundle for $27 USD, which includes 3 Vintage Cube Draft Tokens plus this set’s exclusive Bundle avatar featuring a premium foil treatment – The Incredible Hulk!

Each Token is good for one course of the Vintage Cube Draft League. Tokens are valid for entry until the League ends next Wednesday, July 29 – be sure to use up your Tokens by then as they are non-refundable!

Leftover Season 2 QPs Usable in Vintage Cube Single Elim July 22-29

If you have 12 or more Blue MOCS Season 2 Qualifier Points left on account, you will be able to use them for free entries into the single-elimination Vintage Cube queue starting tomorrow for a week. The QPs will expire next Wednesday, July 29 at 10 a.m. PT.

PREMIER PLAY  

MOCS Season 2 Ends Tomorrow

If you have been grinding Qualifier Points for this season’s Premier Events, it’s last call to get to the magic number of 40. Here are the remaining tournaments that can be entered with Season 2 QPs:

• Last Chance Events today and tomorrow (see item below)
• Vintage Cube Single Elimination Drafts starting tomorrow (see item above)

The schedule of events in MOCS Season 3 will be posted next week alongside the Weekly Announcements.

MOCS Last Chance Events End Tomorrow

Here is the remaining schedule of Last Chance Events this round (events in bold):

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 July 25-August 2.

Note that unlike past seasons, the Last Chance Schedule does not correspond to Preliminary times (however, all Constructed Preliminaries are still pre-empted during this period).

EVENT UPDATES 

Pack Wars – Bloomburrow

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

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.

• Through July 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 have another old format Keeper draft to close out MSH season – it's Urza Block Draft!

When Do Vintage Cube Leagues Return?

• Through July 29 – MSH Update
• August 19-September 17 – HOB Update to support MOCS Showcase

WEEKLY UPDATES  

Magic: The Gathering® | Marvel Super Heroes Available Now

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, including:

• Our largest-ever Premium Booster containing 12 cards
• The Draft Bundle – featuring a premium-effect Nick Fury avatar
• 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 ...

Redemption Corner

All Secrets of Strixhaven redemption tokens and all Lorwyn Eclipsed tokens have sold out.

PATCH NOTES – Wednesday, July 22

Card Fixes

• Jeskai Revelation will show how it affects each target while it’s on the stack.

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™.