Magic Online Weekly Announcements, October 28, 2025

Posted on Oct 28, 2025

THE LEAD

Season of the Cube Starts Tomorrow – Frank Lepore’s Horror Cube!

Magic Online’s Season of the Cube kicks off tomorrow with Frank Lepore’s Horror Cube! Back for a third consecutive year, this Cube combines elements of Innistrad, Duskmourn, and many other planes – with a few dozen cards from the past year sprinkled in the mix.

You can check out Frank’s article and updated card list on this page. The fun begins at 10 a.m. PT (17:00 UTC) and runs until early next Wednesday. The Normal Cube League entry options and prize structure apply.

Vintage Cube League Closes Tomorrow

If you have any Vintage Cube Draft Tokens left to use, it’s last call! Remember to use those Tokens up by the end of the new League tomorrow at 10 a.m. PT (17:00 UTC). They expire at that time and will be cleared from accounts without a refund.

Visit Magic Online At LDXP This Weekend

We’re rolling into Tacoma, Washington this weekend at the Laughing Dragon event at Tacoma Convention Center. Come hang out with us at our booth. Say hi to MTGNerdGirl, Torbin, and MTGO_Tony - we will be there all weekend!

We’ll be on the show floor with tons of fun stuff lined up, plus giveaways and more.

Meet other fans who love Magic Online as much as you do and score some swag! Whether you’re dropping by to chat, play a few games, or just vibe, we’ve got something for everyone!

Through the Omenpaths Events Wrapping Up

We’re also approaching the end of our Through the Omenpaths leagues. Both the Sealed and Pick-1 Draft Leagues close tomorrow at 10 a.m. PT.

PREMIER PLAY

Pioneer in the Limelight This Weekend

The newest 60-card format is on full display this weekend. Who will take home the invites?

First up is the Pioneer RC Super Qualifier that starts this Saturday, November 1 at 7 a.m. PT (14:00 UTC). It takes 40 Event Tickets, 400 Play Points or 40 Season 3 Qualifier Points to enter this event.

The Top 4 finishers are invited to the first round of tabletop Regional Championships of 2026 in January-February, and prizes pay down to the Top 128!

Then on Sunday, November 2, eight more invitations to December’s Pioneer MOCS Showcase Qualifier are on the line in the Pioneer Showcase Challenge starting at 6 a.m. PT (14:00 UTC – see Daylight Savings note below)!

This event can only be entered with 40 Season 3 Qualifier Points. The Top 8 finishers in each event earn a Championship Entry Token for the event’s format plus earn Leaderboard Points toward an At-Large berth in the next Showcase!  

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

EVENT UPDATES

Daylight Savings in North America This Sunday

The clock falls back one hour in North America this Sunday, November 2 at 2 a.m. PT. Usually this has the effect of delaying the start of the first round after that time by up to one hour. We will keep the scheduled Challenge events in place – Legacy Challenge Saturday at 8 p.m. PT, Vintage Challenge Sunday at midnight PT, and the Phantom Sealed Trial Sunday at 1 a.m. PT.

The most important thing: if your local time zone is correct, the game will display accurate start times for events from Sunday onward.

Pack Wars! Innistrad 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! Innistrad runs until Wednesday, November 5, then the following format will be War of the Spark.

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.

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

Alternate Play Schedule

Here’s a look at the schedule of events coming up between now and Magic: The Gathering | Avatar: The Last Airbender. 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.

• October 29-November 18 – Season of the Cube!
• October 29-November 5: Frank Lepore’s Halloween Horror Cube returns for year three. (Phantom)
• November 5-12:  Andrea Mengucci’s Powered Vintage Cube, the winner of the Creator Cube vote, will be featured. (Phantom)
• November 12-18: The favorite Cube from the format’s largest convention gets time in the limelight in CubeCon Cube.

When Do Vintage Cube Leagues Return?

• November 26-December 3 – The No Holds Barred variant returns
• December 17-January 20 – Holidays

MTGO BROADCASTS

MTGO Masters New Video

Over 14 years have passed since Blazing Shoal was banned in Modern, and as time goes on, players wonder if this combo deck would still be strong enough to hold its own against the format's newest kingpins. AshleyBits and ThatMillGuy are here to put that question to the test by pitting Blazing Shoal against 3 of the strongest decks in the Modern format. Can this decade-old menace still put up a fight? Tune in tomorrow, Wednesday, October 29th 5pm PT on MTGO TV to find out who wins!

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

WEEKLY UPDATES

Premium Land Bundles Available Now

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!

Redemption Corner

Edge of Eternities redemption tokens are on sale, but inventory is beginning to run low. Check out our Redemption page for full program rules and inventory levels (updated weekly). 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 have been restocked in a limited supply. Outlaws of Thunder Junction foils-for-regular remain available in small quantities.

Through the Omenpaths is not a redeemable set.

Treasure Chest Update Tomorrow

The upcoming iteration of the Treasure Chest is available to view now on its info page. We’ll switch over to the new stuff tomorrow around 10 a.m. PT – be sure to follow our social channels for exact timing.

We are continuing our experiment of having Qualifier Points included for this round of Chests.

After tomorrow, the next TC update will be on November 18.

AROUND THE WEB

MTGO University Is Now MTGO TV!

We are making some small changes to our University channel. Don't worry, it isn't going away, we are just adding more to it.

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.

In addition, we will be featuring other content from our creators here, including new shows and previous Creator Showdowns. 

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

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.