Magic Online Weekly Announcements, July 22, 2025

Posted on Jul 22, 2025

THE LEAD 

Read All About It – Edge of Eternities on MTGO Next Week!

It's time once again for a new set article – this time starring Edge of Eternities! Check out this page for information on what we’ll have going on starting next Tuesday at 10 a.m. PT (17:00 UTC):

• 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

Pack Wars! Mini-Master Comes to MTGO 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 debuts during tomorrow’s downtime and our first format of choice is Aetherdrift.

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

Get all the details in today’s Edge of Eternities set article!

Downtime Tomorrow – 9 a.m. to Noon PT

Magic Online will be down for scheduled maintenance tomorrow, June 4, from 9 a.m. to 12 noon PT (16:00-19:00 UTC). Be sure to follow our social media links above for info on when we will return as well as any adjusted start times for pre-empted Scheduled Events.

EVENT UPDATES

Vintage Cube League Wraps at Downtime Tomorrow

This round of Vintage Cube League concludes with tomorrow’s downtime. If you’re still holding onto a Vintage Cube Entry Token, be sure to use them up before the League ends – there are no refunds for unused Tokens.

MTGO Spellgrounds

Great news – our Spellgrounds project continues! Try out a slice of the current Pauper metagame until tomorrow’s downtime – 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.

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

We're re-jiggering the future schedule a bit, so no Spellgrounds next week due to the launch of Edge of Eternities. Here’s the list of upcoming Spellgrounds events:

• July 28 – None (Edge of Eternities launch)
• August 4 – Legacy
• August 11 – Modern
• August 18 – Standard
• August 25 - None (Vintage Cube Preview League)

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!

MTGO BROADCASTS

EOE Early Access Streams Thursday & Friday

Dozens of your favorite creators will be showcasing the new set in Early Access streams! Tune in this Thursday, July 24 at 9 a.m. PT (16:00 UTC) until Friday at 12 noon PT (19:00 UTC). Check with your favorites to see who will be on at which times.

Congratulations Daniel Cane, MTGO GameShowDown Winner

Our first video showcasing the softer side of Magic knowledge – trivia, guessing games, and more – of eight MTGO Creators is in the books. In the end, Daniel Cane was crowned champion of the first MTGO GameShowDown!

Want to see how it all went down? Watch the video in its entirety on the MTGO YouTube page.

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

PREMIER PLAY

No Premier Play This Weekend – Normal Scheduled Event Schedule in Place

We don’t have any Premier events this weekend due to EOE Prerelease Weekend tabletop tournaments around the world. We still have our full suite of Format Challenges, Phantom Sealed Trials, and other Scheduled Events taking place, so be sure to get in on the action!

Season 2 QP Expiration Coming Soon

We’re closing in on the end of MOCS Season 2 qualifying. You have until the morning of Wednesday, August 13 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 – but not as low as usual ...

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

• August 2-10 – Showcase Challenges (Pauper, Legacy, Modern, Standard – in that order)
• August 8 – EOE Limited Qualifier
• August 10-13 – Showcase Last Chance Events
  • These require Tickets/Play Points in addition to QPs to enter

Additionally, we have several events that will take the QPs after August 13 that will take Season 2 QPs due to upcoming schedule congestion:

• August 15 – Modern Qualifier
• August 22 – EOE Limited Super Qualifier
  • We are finalizing next season’s schedule and there could be a change to which Season the September 1 Modern Super Qualifier will be assigned. We will advise in the next couple weeks.

Finally, no decision has yet been made regarding draft queues that may accept leftover QPs after season’s end. We’ll announce that in the next couple weeks as well.

ALTERNATE PLAY

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.

• Tomorrow-July 29: We close out FIN season with Supreme Draft – the high-power, draft-two-and-toss-em format. (Phantom)
• July 29-August 13 – Edge of Eternities Limited is front and center for these two weeks.
  • The Best-of-One League returns and will run during this period.
• 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 20-27 – Keep cool with one of the snowiest sets around – it's Kaldheim Progressive Sealed! (Keeper)
• August 27-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 27-September 17 – Edge of Eternities Refresh
• October 1-21 – Update to support MOCS

Magic Online Judge Open League Continues Through Thursday

Several of us on the MTGO Game Team are former high-level Judges, and the entire team is appreciative of the benefits provided to the Magic community by members of Judge programs around the world. We are celebrating that effort by having another Magic Online Judge Open (or MOJO for short)!

For those who signed up in time and received a Limited Point object to play in MOJO, the League continues until this Thursday, July 24 at 10 p.m. PT (05:00 Friday UTC). It’s a Magic: The Gathering®–FINAL FANTASY™ Phantom Sealed League with 4 matches and pack-per-win prizes of FIN boosters.

If you heard about it too late or otherwise missed out this time, we are planning another MOJO League during the holidays.

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.

Duel Commander B&R Update Next Monday

The Duel Commander Committee will be announcing its latest Banned and Restricted changelist next Monday, July 28 around 11 a.m. PT (18:00 UTC).

Regardless of whether there are changes announced, the current version of the DC League will end Monday morning PT, then a new version of the League with any changes applied will be up by 1 p.m. PT (20:00 UTC) on Monday.

You can view the current Duel Commander B&R list as applied to MTGO in this article.

WEEKLY UPDATES

Magic: The Gathering®—FINAL FANTASY™ Available Now

Two of the world’s titans of the gaming industry are teaming up for a fantastical play experience! Magic: The Gathering®–FINAL FANTASY™ (set code FIN) is now available on Magic Online!

Be sure to check out our article on MTGO.com now for full info on this expansion, including products, events, and Booster Fun.

MTGO Event Structures for FIN

With a price point of $4.99 for each Magic: The Gathering® - FINAL FANTASY™ Play Booster pack, we have created a new set of entry options and prize structures. They will look familiar to fans of LTR two years ago as FIN is basically mimicking that set. For full details, visit this article.

Redemption Corner

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

Aetherdrift regular redemptions remain on sale in the MTGO Store and Tarkir: Dragonstorm redemptions are now available as well!

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

TOMORROW’S PATCH NOTES – July 23, 2025

Quality-of-Life Improvements

• After clicking on a Preconstructed Deck or Bundle in the Store, clicking the Show Contents button at the bottom will display the item’s contents on screen.
• You will be able to right-click to open sealed product immediately from the Added to Collection pop-up window.
• When resolving an ability requiring a mana payment (Mana Leak, etc), additional descriptive text will appear in the promot box.
• When searching for cards in Collection, the search term NOT has been disabled. Use ~ to exclude specific search terms. (hat tip to Not of This World and Not on My Watch)
  • You can use optionally use | (vertical line) in place of OR, or & in place of AND in that search bar.

Format-Specific

• Rules changes allowing Legendary Vehicles and Spacecraft to be a commander will apply immediately following downtime. This applies to all Commander variants including Duel Commander.
• Pack Wars will join MTGO as a new format.
  • Standard rotation does not take effect on MTGO until EOE is on sale next Tuesday, July 29.

Duel Scene

• Flagbearers will no longer avoid being targeted by either modal spells (Thraben Charm, etc) or spliced spells (Psychic Puppetry, etc.)
• Paying a Forage cost will no longer cause a game reset.
• Bronzehide Lion will not return to play if there is no creature to enchant.
• If Dress Down is in play, creatures with Impending will enter as creatures with no time counters.
• Experiment One will correctly regenerate after resolving its counter-removal ability.
• Nether Traitor will correctly not trigger if it enters a graveyard at the same time as other creatures.
• Revolt will correctly trigger when the land side of a double-faced card is put into your graveyard.
• The emblem of Sephiroth, One-Winged Angel, will correctly be grouped with non-creatures in the back row.
• Wheel of Sun and Moon will no longer make the game fail to progress if you pay for Ripples of Undeath’s ability.
• When Ulamog, the Defiler enters the battlefield via an opponent’s Emperor of Bones, Ulamog will correctly get at least 10 +1/+1 counters.
• Write into Being will correctly offer to put the unselected card on the top or bottom of the library.
• An issue where no player could take actions for a turn cycle after a spell that lost all its legal targets changes controllers has been corrected.
• Dealing combat damage to a planeswalker that’s also a blocking creature will no longer cause a game reset.

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.