Magic Online Weekly Announcements, September 16, 2025

Posted on Sep 16, 2025

THE LEAD 

Through the Omenpaths Set Article – Go Read It!

The next set is approaching – click this link to read everything there is to know about Through the Omenpaths, which debuts on Magic Online next Tuesday, September 23 at 10 a.m. PT (17:00 UTC). Highlights include:

• Premium Land Bundles: Three full colors of bling stand out inside each 74-card, all-premium boxed set!
  • Every three-color combo has its own bundle containing:
    • 10 of each in-color land type: liquid-gold rimmed Unsanctioned basic lands
    • 10 of each in-color land type: foil Unstable full-art basics
    • Plus foil Pathways, Retro Shocks, Retro Fetches, and more!
• Three decks from the Commander Backlog go on sale for the first time.
• A whole mess of special events coming up in the next couple months!

Through the Omenpaths Event Structures

The new set features a unique Pick-Two draft experience, so we are experimenting with entry and prize structures in our event offerings. Check out all the details on this page.

Scheduled Downtime Tomorrow, 9 a.m.-Noon PT

Magic Online will be offline for scheduled maintenance tomorrow, September 17, from 9 a.m. to 12 noon PT (16:00-19:00 UTC). Be sure to follow our social channels for updates.

Vintage Championship Week On Now

Our latest Format Championship event is underway – time to earn glory using the oldest card pool available – it's Vintage Championship Week!

Complete one of the following feats between now and 7 a.m. PT this Saturday in order to earn a Vintage Point:

• Complete a 5-0 Vintage League course
• Finish 4-0 or 3-1 in a Vintage Preliminary – here’s the remaining schedule (all times PT, for UTC add 7 hours):
  • Tuesday, September 16 – 6 a.m and 12 noon
  • Wednesday, September 17 – 1 a.m., 30 minutes after downtime ends (~12:30 p.m.), and 6 p.m.
  • Thursday, September 18 – 3 a.m. and 6 p.m.
  • Friday, September 19 – 3 a.m., 11 a.m., and 8 p.m.
• Top 8 a Vintage Challenge 32 event – the schedule for those is:
  • Thursday, September 18 – 8 a.m.
  • Friday, September 19 – 3 p.m.

That Vintage Point is good for free entry into the Vintage Championship Week Finals on Saturday, September 20 at 7:00 a.m. PT. Unlike other Finals events of this type, you are able to directly enter the finals with the entry options of 40 Event Tickets or 400 Play Points or 2 Mythic Event Tokens!

Prizes for the Finals will be the same as a Super Qualifier, but without invitations or Leaderboard Points. In addition, the Top 32 finishers and those with the same record as 32^nd place will receive an event-exclusive version of the Vintage Showcase avatar – Psychic Frog!

As usual, you can only enter one of your accounts in the Finals event, and excess Vintage Points will be cleared from accounts next week.

Magic Online All-Access – 1 Week Left

One of our most popular promotions – All-Access – has returned! It’s been almost a year since we last offered it, so let’s bring new folks up to speed on how it works:

The Mythic Event Token is now on sale. As usual it costs $25 USD for access to almost all of the cards on MTGO between time of purchase and 8 a.m. next Tuesday, September 23.

To use All-Access, simply purchase the Mythic Event Token in the Store, then build or import any legal deck in your chosen format. You will likely show negative quantities of cards in the Collection as you drag cards down – this is expected. You can try all Constructed formats with All-Access!

Once your deck is built the way you want it, enter an Open Play game or paid event (entry options still required). No cards will be added to your collection, but you'll be able to play even if you don't have all the cards in your collection.

• Calling all Commander Players – Build your paper decks in MTGO and take them for a spin in our Commander lobby, or if you’re feeling experimental, try our Freeform Commander with your buddies!
  • Additionally, we’re bringing back the Competitive Commander league until next week for players who want to battle for prizes – details later in this article.
• Hey Grinders – Whether you’re practicing for the upcoming Modern Pro Tour or aiming to compete in our upcoming Vintage premier events, All-Access is your perfect tool to gain an edge.
• Everybody Else – It's the perfect time to try out our game and play with cards that may be beyond your reach in tabletop (#blacklotusiscalling).

As with previous All-Access periods, certain Premier Events will have an extra entry option of 2 Mythic Event Tokens. This represents a $15 savings compared to the combined cost of All-Access and a single Super Qualifier entry. Your account shouldn’t need more than two total Tokens during the All-Access period. When you spend the Tokens this way, the access remains on your account until the expiry time.

The two events offering the extra entry option are:

• Vintage Championship Week Finals – Saturday, September 20
• Vintage Super Qualifier – Sunday, September 21

We'll remove all Mythic Event Tokens from accounts and turn off All-Access at 8 a.m. on Tuesday, September 23.

Note: If you’re still competing in a Constructed League when All-Access ends, you’ll be allowed to complete that match (not the entire course).

Just like previous All-Access periods, certain cards (Secret Lair versions, TRANSFORMERS, WARHAMMER 40,000, Battlebond, and old-frame Power Nine) are unavailable. Additionally, card variants sold in Bundles (Oil Lands, Retro Shocklands, etc.) are unavailable. Finally, All-Access doesn’t apply to Limited events.

VINTAGE CUBE

Current Vintage Cube League Ending

The current round of Vintage Cube League ends tomorrow. If you haven’t used up your Vintage Cube Draft Tokens, be sure to do so before downtime!

You can always find the most recent Vintage Cube card lists on this page.

CubeCon 2025 – October 16-19

Magic Online is proud to partner with CubeCon, the world’s largest gathering of competitive Cube players. This year’s event will be held Thursday-Sunday, October 16-19 in Madison, Wisconsin. For ticket information as well as which Cubes will be played, visit cubecon.org.

For the third year in a row, MTGO will be providing digital prizes to players who finish in the Top 128 of the CubeCon Main Event, as well additional goodies for all CubeCon attendees! The Top 8 will draft a real-life version of MTGO’s Vintage Cube (not for keeps, though).

The CubeCon community will also get to vote on a Cube to be featured in MTGO for a week in November – more details on that in future weeks.

MTGO BROADCASTS

MTGO Creator GameShowDown 

Our Winner of the Creator GameShowDown is MyHandsAreBlank!

Battling through speed drawing, guess that creature challenges, brutal guessing games, and the final lightning round, he came out victorious, nailing the ultimate question: How many fruit cups and snack packs does it take to play Magic at the highest level? Watch the full video on YouTube now. 

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 Saturday 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

Vintage Super Qualifier Sunday

Our two weeks of All-Access caps off with an event of particular vintage! The Vintage RC Super Qualifier  begins this Sunday, September 21 at 7 a.m. PT (14:00 UTC).

It takes 40 Event Tickets, 400 Play Points, 40 Season 3 Qualifier Points, or 2 Mythic Event Tokens to enter a Super Qualifier. The Top 4 finishers are invited to the first Regional Championship round of 2026 in January-February, and prizes pay down to the Top 128!

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

EVENT UPDATES

Duel Commander Trial Back to 16

After reviewing feedback and event data, we have reverted the change requiring 24 players for a Duel Commander Trial – if will return to 16 as of today. There have been adjustments to the prize table to help meet the original goals of the change – the new prizes can be found here.

MTGO Spellgrounds – Legacy This Week

Great news – our Spellgrounds project continues! Try out a slice of the current Legacy 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.

Legacy Spellgrounds decklists can be found here.

Due to the upcoming set release and Vintage Cube update, Spellgrounds will be taking a couple weeks off.

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! If you have feedback about Spellgrounds, let us know on our Discord channel.

ALTERNATE PLAY

Pack Wars! Kaldheim Continues

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 set in the crosshairs is the snowy realm of Kaldheim!

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.

Kaldheim runs until Wednesday, September 24, then it will be the turn of Strixhaven: School of Mages!

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

Tarkir: Dragonstorm Supreme Draft Starts Tomorrow

The highest-powered draft decks around will be shredding MTGO’s virtual tables following tomorrow’s downtime – it's Supreme Draft starring Tarkir: Dragonstorm!

This single-player Phantom draft experience has you open a booster, pick two cards, and then chuck the rest. Crack another pack, pick two again, and keep going like this until you’ve seen 18 boosters. From there it’s a normal Draft league – play up to 3 best-of-three matches anytime before Through the Omenpaths goes live next Tuesday.

Entry options to Supreme Draft are 8 Event Tickets or 80 Play Points, and the prizes shake out like this:

• 3-0 – 120 Play Points and 3 Treasure Chests
• 2-1 – 80 Play Points
• 1-2 – 40 Play Points

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.

• Until 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?

• 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

Edge of Eternities redemption tokens are now on sale! Check out our Redemption page for full program rules and inventory levels. As a reminder, the game itself is the most current place to determine if there is stock remaining for Redemption Tokens.

Tarkir: Dragonstorm regular redemptions remain on sale in the MTGO Store, though foil-for-regular have sold out.

Aetherdrift redemptions have now sold out.

AROUND THE WEB

Minimum & Recommended Specifications Update

We’ve added a lot to Magic Online over the years, so we saw the need to update our minimum and recommended specifications. These are also viewable under the big Download Now button in the middle of the home page at MTGO.com

MTGO University Changing Now MTGO TV

We are making some small changes to our University channel. Don't worry, the university isn't going away, we are just adding more to it. Now we will be featuring other content from our creators here, including new shows and previous Creator Showdowns. 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 TV! 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 - September 17, 2025

Quality-of-Life Improvements

• A Yield to All button will appear when multiple items are on the stack.
• The More Info button in the Play Lobby will provide better Web links to event descriptions.
• Additional links and descriptive text can be found in Queues and some Leagues.

Duel Scene

• If you click No to an optional mana payment (Mana Leak, etc), the game will no longer require you to click No a second time.
• Far Wanderings will correctly not have threshold enabled at all times.
• Frodo, Determined Hero will correctly only prevent damage on its controller’s turn.
• Modal double-faced cards will correctly show only the back face on hover-zoom (and not the front face twice).

NEXT SCHEDULED DOWNTIME – November 12, 9 a.m.-Noon

After tomorrow, the next scheduled maintenance is Wednesday, November 12 from 9 a.m. to noon PT (16:00-19:00 UTC). This is to support the release of Magic: The Gathering | Avatar: The Last Airbender.