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New Phyrexia goes on sale in the Magic Online Store on Monday, May 30 at 9:00 AM PDT (16:00 UTC). New Phyrexia becomes legal in ALL constructed formats following the May 25 scheduled maintenance. All appropriate Daily Events, Premier Events, and Queues will switch to New Phyrexia a prize payouts after the scheduled maintenance on Wednesday, June 1.

New Phyrexia Release Events begin after the downtime Wednesday, June 1 and will consist of 5 parts:

New Phyrexia Booster Draft Queues
New Phyrexia 16-player Swiss Sealed Flights
New Phyrexia 64-Player "Top 8" Premier Drafts (beginning June 3)
New Phyrexia "Top 8" Swiss Sealed Events (beginning June 3)
New Phyrexia Release Events Championship (June 18)

More details at the official announcement here. Read more!

New Phyrexia will be available in the Magic Online store on May 30. The New Phyrexia prerelease will feature three separate parts: Swiss Sealed Flights, 8-Player Swiss Draft Queues, and Casual Drafts. See below for more information.

http://www.wizards.com/magic/magazine/article.aspx?x=mtg/daily/other/05162011d

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June 20th marks Magic Online's 7th anniversary! To celebrate we will be offering four full weeks of events. The celebration begins after the downtime on June 17th and ends after the downtime on July 15th.

During the MTGO 7th Anniversary Celebration we will feature the following events:

Mirage and Tempest Return
Masters Edition sets Nix Pax
Launch of Casual Format Weekend Challenges
MTGO and MTGO Forums Participation Awards
Wizards Employee Gunslinging

...and many more!

More info below!

We have also lined up a host of great weekly events for the celebration!

June 17 - 23

Farewell to Lorwyn Tournament Packs events
Alara Block Constructed Bonuses
Onslaught Block (OLS) Sealed Deck Tournament III

June 24 – 30

Farewell to Mirage Tournament Packs events
Extended Constructed Bonuses

July 1 – 7

Farewell to Shadowmoor Tournament Packs events
Standard Constructed Bonuses
Odyssey Block (OTJ) Sealed Deck Tournament IV

July 8 - 14

Farewell to Tempest Tournament Packs events
Classic Constructed Bonuses

Please join us in celebrating 7 great years of Magic Online!

For further information and source, click here.Read more!

As you might remember from a few posts back, the first season of Magic Online 2009 Championship Series is now underway.



The Online Championship itself is played during the World Championship in Rome, and the 8 players will win a minimum of $4,000 USD, with $13,000 going out to the first place winner.

Now players have an extra incentive to continue playing despite already having enough Qualifying Points (QPs) - the 2009 Magic Online Player of the Year Race.

Magic Online Player of the Year...has a nice ring to it. Earn the most QP points over the course of the 2009 Magic Online Championship Series and the title is yours! In addition to the title, the Magic Online Player of the Year will receive an invitation to the 2009 Magic Online Championship and will be pre-qualified to compete in all Season Championships in the 2010 Magic Online Championship Series.

2009 Magic Online Format Champions of the Year

The players that earn the most QP points in the following categories will be named the 2009 Magic Online Champion for that format. The categories that will be tracked and awarded are:

* Standard Constructed play
* Block Constructed play*
* Extended Constructed play
* Classic Constructed play
* Sealed play*
* Draft play*

In addition to the title, the Magic Online Format Champions of the Year will pre-qualify for their choice of one of the Season Championships in the 2010 Magic Online Championship Series.

Wizards of the Coast will post and update the top 100 players and their point totals for each of these races, along with each season's points. Point lists will be updated once a week.

*Play across all product mixes will be aggregated for each of these titles. There will only be one overall champion for the Block Constructed, Sealed, and Draft play formats.

- Mike Gills, Official Annouoncement

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Magic Online will now offer Champion Series where players can earn Qualifier Points to qualify themselves for the Series Championship, 7 seasons starting from April to October, where each Season Championship tournament winner (and season 7's 2nd place winner) receive an invitation to compete in the 2009 Magic Online Championship AND an invitation to participate in the 2009 Magic the Gathering World Championship as well.

The Online Championship itself is played during the World Championship in Rome, and the 8 players will win a minimum of $4,000 USD, with $13,000 going out to the first place winner.

The official announcement, and more importantly, the many detailed fine print on the rules and regulations can be found here.Read more!

Win a chance to play with Ravnica block products in a Ravnica Sealed Deck tournament for free on Magic Online via joining the RGD Qualifiers!





This is a Magic Online Event.

For more information about Magic Online, visit this link.

RGD Qualifiers

Dates: Wednesday, November 5, 2008 through Tuesday November 11, 2008.

32 Daily Events will be designated RGD QE's (Qualifying Events). Each RGD QE will invite the Top 8 finishers to play in the RGD Block Sealed Deck Tournament on Saturday, November 15, 2008 at 9:00 AM PST.

Formats: Various (Limited and Constructed)

Cost: Constructed Formats – 7 Tix
Limited Formats – 3 Tix, plus Product
Prizes: Top 8 finishers of each RGD Qualifier are invited to the Ravnica Block Sealed Deck Tournament. RGD Qualifiers will NOT pay RGD Product as prizes.

Ravnica Block Sealed Deck Tournament I

START TIME: Saturday November 15, 9:00 am PST.

PRODUCT: Ravnica Tournament Pack, 1 Guildpact™ Booster, 1 Dissension™ Booster. Top 8 Booster draft. The booster draft format will be 1 Ravnica, 1 Guildpact, 1 Dissension booster per player.

ADMISSION: FREE – (No Tix, No Product, Invitation only)

PRIZE SUPPORT:

Place Ravnica Guildpact Dissension
1 24 24 24
2 18 18 18
3-4 12 12 12
5-8 6 6 6
9-16 4 4 4
17-32 2 2 2
33-64 1 1 1

Although players may have multiple accounts qualified for the Ravnica Block Sealed Deck Tournament I event, players are not permitted to have more than 1 of their accounts entered in the event. Players are not permitted to have secondary accounts played by another person. If a player is discovered to have more than 1 account playing in the Championship before, during, or after the event, appropriate penalties will be applied (including disqualification from the event with no refund of product or event tickets).

Playing on another person's account, selling your account, etc. are all violations of the Terms of Service. If you play in these, win, and expect to get your prize, be very, very sure you are on your own account. We do not recognize "I and a friend jointly own the account," "It's my brother's account but he gave it to me," or similar. The only exception is an adult may authorize a single dependent child age 13-18 to play on an account that adult has purchased.

All players that have qualified for the Ravnica Block Sealed Deck Tournament I will be registered into the championship after the downtime on Wednesday November 12. It will be the player's responsibility to make sure that they have been properly entered into this event and are able to join it PRIOR to the start of the Tournament. If a player is qualified and is unable to join the tournament, they will need to contact customer service to get this corrected.

Important information regarding system crashes for the Ravnica Block Sealed Deck Tournament I

If during the scheduled Ravnica Block Sealed Deck Tournament I the system crashes, 1 of 2 things will happen:

The system will come right back up. In this case:

The event will continue and additional time will be given to allow players to finish the event
If the system cannot recover the event and "finishes" (prematurely ends) the event, or a WOTC Tournament Coordinator must "finish" (prematurely end) the event within 2 hours of the events scheduled start time:

The event will re-created and start over from the beginning. Results from the previous event will not be carried over.
If the event is still in its Swiss Rounds though not the final Swiss round and has been running for more than 2 hours:

The event will be considered canceled and will be rescheduled for Saturday October 25, 9:00 am PST. Results from the previous event will not be carried over.
If the event is in the final round of Swiss play:

The results of the last completed round of Swiss play will be official and the top 8 players from Swiss play will be invited to participate in an 8-player Single Elimination Standard queue and play it out to determine the final standings.
If the event is in the Top 8:

The results of the last completed round of Single Elimination will be official and the remaining players will be invited to participate in a queue of the correct designated size (8, 4, or 2) and play out to determine the final standings.

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Magic The Gathering Online is offering a series of tournaments to qualify for a Tournament Worlds Qualifier Tournament where the winner wins an invite to the World Championship 2008, as well as hotel accommodation and flight for two.

The 2008 Magic: The Gathering World Championships will take place December 11 – 14, 2008 in Memphis, TN, USA. The World Championships is the highest-level competition that Magic™ has to offer.

The Magic Online World Championships qualifier is a one-time opportunity which gives a chance for you to qualify and compete in the most exciting Magic: The Gathering tournament of the year. The winner of the qualifier and a guest will experience Worlds like Magic's elite: airfare, hotel, and a chance to become the 2008 World Champion.

- Wizards of the Coast official Announcement

Magic Online World Championships Qualifier Preliminary Top 8 Tournaments

Dates: Wednesday, October 8, 2008 through Tuesday October 14, 2008.

Thirty-two (32) Daily Events will be designated "Worlds QT Prelim" events. Each Worlds QT Prelim will invite the Top 8 finishers to play in the 2008 World Championships Qualifier Tournament on Saturday October 18, 2008 at 9:00 AM PST. See the Magic Online Event Schedule for a complete schedule of Worlds QT Prelims.

Formats: Constructed – Standard, Extended, Classic, LRW-SHM Block
Limited – SHM-EVE Sealed, 10E Sealed

Cost: Constructed Formats – 10 Tix
Limited Formats – 4 Tix, plus Product

Prizes: Prizes paid as follows.

Place Boosters
1 20
2 15
3-4 10
5-8 5
9-16 3
17-32 1

In addition, the Top 8 finishers of each Worlds QT Prelim are invited to the 2008 World Championships Qualifier on October 18, 2008.

Magic Online World Championships Last Chance to Qualify Queues

After the completion of the scheduled Top 8 Qualifier tournaments we will run Last Chance to Qualify Queues for approximately 36 hours running from Wednesday October 15 after the weekly downtime (approximately 12:00 PM PST) until 11:59 PM PST Thursday October 16.

These 8-player single elimination queues will award the 1st place finisher an invitation to compete in the 2008 Magic Online World Championships Qualifier. No other prizes will be awarded in these queues.

Dates: Wednesday, October 15 after the weekly downtime through Thursday October 16, 2008 12:00 am

Formats: Constructed – Standard
Limited – SHM-EVE Sealed

Cost: Constructed Format – 4 Tix
Limited Format – Product only

Prizes: The winner of each 8-player queue will be invited to participate in the 2008 World Championships Qualifier on October 18, 2008.

2008 Magic Online World Championships Qualifier

START TIME: Saturday October 18, 9:00 am PST

FORMAT: Standard

ADMISSION: FREE – (No Tix, Invitation only)

PRIZE SUPPORT:

Place Boosters
1 36
2 54
3-4 36
5-8 18
9-16 12
17-32 6
33-64 3

In addition, the winner of the World Championships Qualifier receives an invitation to the 2008 World Championships in Memphis, TN, USA, including two round-trip economy-class tickets from the airport nearest the winner's location to Memphis and five nights hotel accommodation during Worlds*.

Full terms and conditions can be found on the information and official announcement page found here.Read more!