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In our State of the Game article for Jumpstart: Historic Horizons, we shared that we’re working on a large change to some of our backend systems. As we’ve continued iterating and testing those changes, we’ve decided that we need a bit more time to get them ready for release. Unfortunately, the release of Jumpstart: Historic Horizons is tied into this backend change, so we need to shift the release date for that as well.
Here’s the short version: we’re moving everything out by two weeks. The release that was planned for August 10 is now expected to arrive on August 24, with Jumpstart: Historic Horizons now scheduled for release on August 26.
We also need to delay adding the new Historic Brawl queue until this update as well, but for players looking forward to that, we will be adding a Historic Brawl event (with no entry fee) on August 12 that will run until the queue is available.
There are additional impacts here as well. Because Jumpstart: Historic Horizons is now starting closer to Innistrad: Midnight Hunt‘s launch on September 16, we’re extending the duration of the Jumpstart: Historic Horizons event to run until October 14 so there’s plenty of time to enjoy both sets.
We also shared in the State of the Game that we would be splitting the August 2021 Ranked Season into two seasons. With this shifted release date, we’re updating this plan as well: the August 2021 season is underway now through August 24, and the September 2021 season will run from August 24 to September 30.
Since we initially planned and announced this as two August seasons with two sets of rewards, we’re instead combining the pack, card style, and gold rewards from both seasons into the new August 2021 Ranked Season so players can still earn everything we had previously promised—it will be an excellent time to finish with a Mythic ranking!
Though the season won’t end until August 24, we’re also standing by our decision that the first 500 players to reach Mythic by 7:00 a.m. PT on August 10 will receive invitations to participate in the October 9–10 Qualifier Weekend; the August 2021 Ranked Season will then continue as normal, with the top 1,200 Mythic-ranked players at the end of the season receiving an invitation as well.
You can review all the details for the updated August 2021 Ranked Season over on Magic.gg.
- August 2021 Ranked “Doubling Season”: August 1–24
- Players can earn the combined rewards from the previously announced split August season. This applies to both Constructed and Limited.
- First 500 players on August 10 at 7 a.m. PT will receive an invitation to the next Qualifier Weekend in addition to the top 1,200 players at season end.
- September Ranked Reason: August 24–September 30
- October Ranked Reason: September 30–October 31
Given the additional time until Jumpstart: Historic Horizons arrives, we’re also adding more Historic-themed Premier Drafts with a “twist” to help hold you over until Jumpstart: Historic Horizon‘s release: the first time players join each of these drafts, we’ll waive the entry fee! These Premier Drafts will run for about five days before changing to the next. Here are the sets making a return:
First One on Us Historic Premier Drafts: August 10–26
No Entry Fee Historic Brawl Event: August 12–24
MTG Arena Game Update: August 24
Jumpstart: Historic Horizons: August 26–October 14
August 2021 Ranked Season (with combined pack and style rewards): Now–August 24
September 2021 Ranked Season: August 24–September 30
Innistrad: Midnight Hunt Release: September 16
We know you build excitement and plans around the timelines we announce, and we try hard to stick to them. In this case, moving the dates was the best way to ensure that these large and important changes will provide a better experience for our players, and we hope the extra events will help make the wait for Jumpstart: Historic Horizons a little bit easier to bear.
Thank you for your patience for what comes next to MTG Arena!
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