MAGIC ONLINE ANNOUNCEMENTS, DECEMBER 15, 2020 - By Wizards of the Coast

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Magic Online Announcements, December 15, 2020

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Okay, premier event players—we've heard your feedback and are adding a Modern Super Qualifier to the schedule for this Sunday, December 20, at 7 a.m. PT. This is the first opportunity to use your QPs this season, but if you haven't quite earned enough yet, you can join with Play Points or Event Tickets. Good luck and have fun!

Commander Legends has arrived! You can read more about Commander Legends on MTGO in Alli's release article here, and you can check out the updated Treasure Chest contents here.

Combining the fun of Supreme Draft with Chaos Draft, you'll draft a deck from 18 different packs. Which packs? Who knows? Enjoy the chaos!

For more info on MTGO Supreme Draft Events, click here.

What happens when you combine one of the most powerful formats ever with the most powerful Draft style? Yep. A week of that.

For more info on MTGO Supreme Draft Events, click here, and for a full list of the latest changes to Vintage Cube, click here.

The alternative play schedule that was announced in the Zendikar Rising set article has changed! Check out the latest schedule below.

• December 23–January 13: Vintage Cube. Another update in, this time with Commander Legends cards in the mix. This is easily the most common request we get, so . . . we hear you. More Vintage Cube. This will last for a few weeks, until . . .
• January 13–20: A brand-new addition to the Spotlight Cube Series. As usual, more details will come later, but this one promises to be a wheel of a good time.
• January 20–28: Vintage Masters Flashback. One of the most popular Draft formats of all time is back to round out Zendikar Rising season. We'll have a little more than a week of that, and then . . . well, it's not quite time to talk about Kaldheim just yet.

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Players who earned entry into the Showcase Qualifier will be squaring off for an invitation to the Champions Showcase. The entry fee for Showcase Qualifiers is a format token that matches the format of the Showcase. As with QPs, after the season's Showcase Qualifiers are finished, all unused Format Tokens will be removed from players' accounts. Each Showcase Qualifier is a scheduled Swiss-style event with a Top 8 playoff. The winner of each Showcase Qualifier earns a spot in the final Showcase event and a chance to earn their share of $70,000 and an upcoming Premier Event invitation.

Showcase Qualifiers are scheduled as follows:

Learn more about Showcase Qualifier events here.

Due to a lack of participation in the Phantom queue, we'll be closing the league on Monday, December 21, at 10 a.m. PT. This means no new entries will be allowed after that point, however, the regular League will remain open.

Format Challenges are the first step toward qualifying for Premier Play through your favorite Magic formats. To learn more about Premier Play qualification, click here.

Magic Online's Format Challenges now run once on Saturdays and once on Sundays for each Constructed format! On weekends featuring Showcase Challenge events, the Format Challenge that starts at either 6 a.m., 8 a.m., or 10 a.m. Pacific time is pre-empted by the Showcase Challenge—Format Challenges scheduled at other times remain in place. NOTE: The Pauper Challenge is never pre-empted.

Check out this page for further event details.

The next downtime will be January 27, beginning at 9 a.m. and continuing until noon. This is for the release of Kaldheim. All times listed are Pacific time (UTC-8).