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Magic Online Announcements, June 1, 2021
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Modern Horizons 2 on MTGO
Over the Horizon Series Starts Friday
Legacy Showcase Challenge Schedule Update
Treasure Chest Updates for MH2
Alt-Vintage Cube: A New Take on a Classic
Magic Online Format Challenges Every Weekend
Downtime June 2
Modern Horizons 2 on MTGO
Fun and excitement are on the horizon when Modern Horizons 2 makes its debut this Thursday, June 3! Limited League play begins at 10 a.m. Pacific (17:00 UTC) that day and will feature Sealed, Draft, and Phantom Draft. Those Leagues will run until the release of Adventures in the Forgotten Realms in July.
Cards from the set will be legal in all formats once downtime ends tomorrow. This set is non-redeemable.
Modern Horizons 2 Draft League
Entry Options:
- 25 Event Tickets
- 3 Modern Horizons 2 boosters + 4 Event Tickets
- 250 Play Points
Prizes:
- 3 wins: 6 Modern Horizons 2 boosters + 2 Qualifier Points
- 2 wins: 2 Modern Horizons 2 boosters
Modern Horizons 2 Sealed League
Entry Options:
- 45 Event Tickets
- 6 Modern Horizons 2 boosters + 3 Event Tickets
- 450 Play Points
Prizes:
- 5 wins: 6 Modern Horizons 2 boosters + 675 Play Points + 5 Qualifier Points
- 4 wins: 3 Modern Horizons 2 boosters + 450 Play Points + 2 Qualifier Point
- 3 wins: 1 Modern Horizons 2 booster + 225 Play Points + 1 Qualifier Point
Modern Horizons 2 Phantom Draft League
Entry Options:
- 10 Event Tickets
- 100 Play Points
Prizes:
- 3 wins: 150 Play Points + 1 Treasure Chest + 2 Qualifier Points
- 2 wins: 100 Play Points
- 1 win: 50 Play Points
Over the Horizon Series Starts Friday
We have a special group of high-level Modern Horizons 2 Limited events in store for you during the month of June—the Over the Horizon Series!
This series will feature three events on each of three weekends—earn six wins in one of these tournaments and you will earn a Token good for entry into the Over the Horizon Championship on Saturday, June 26, at 7 a.m. Pacific (14:00 UTC)!
Top finishers in the Championship will earn sets of both the original Modern Horizons and Modern Horizons 2, while the winner walks away with four sets of each!
Over the Horizon: Weeks 1–3
Start Times:
- Friday, June 4, at 2 p.m. Pacific (21:00 UTC)
- Saturday, June 5, at 1 a.m. Pacific (08:00 UTC)
- Sunday, June 6, at 7 a.m. Pacific (14:00 UTC)
- NOTE: The same day/time combinations will be used on the weekend of June 11–13 and June 18–20.
Entry Options:
- 50 Event Tickets
- 500 Play Points
- 40 MOCS Season 2 Qualifier Points
Product: 6 Modern Horizons 2 boosters. Cards opened will be added to players’ collections.
Size: 129–672 players
Format: Sealed Deck—20-minute deck-building time, followed by eight rounds of Swiss. There is no playoff.
Round Length: 25 minutes per player, first to win two matches
Prizes:
- 8 Wins: 24 Modern Horizons 2 Boosters, Limited Championship Entry Token
- 7 Wins: 12 Modern Horizons 2 Boosters, Limited Championship Entry Token
- 6 Wins: 9 Modern Horizons 2 Boosters, Limited Championship Entry Token
- 5 Wins: 6 Modern Horizons 2 Boosters
Over the Horizon Championship
Start Time: Saturday, June 26, at 7 a.m. Pacific (14:00 UTC)
Entry Options: 1 Limited Championship Entry Token
- NOTE: Unused or extra Limited Championship Entry Tokens will be removed from collections at the next downtime.
Product: 6 Modern Horizons 2 boosters, plus 3 Modern Horizons 2 boosters in the Top 8 draft. Cards opened will be added to players’ collections.
Format: Sealed Deck—20-minute deck-building time, followed by a number of Swiss rounds based on attendance, followed by a Top 8 draft with single-elimination playoff.
Round Length: 25 minutes per player, first to win two matches
Prizes:
- 1st: 1,000 Play Points, 200 Treasure Chests, 4 regular Modern Horizons sets, and 4 regular Modern Horizons 2 sets
- 2nd: 750 Play Points, 150 Treasure Chests, 2 regular Modern Horizons sets, and 2 regular Modern Horizons 2 sets
- 3rd–4th: 600 Play Points, 100 Treasure Chests, 1 regular Modern Horizons set, and 1 regular Modern Horizons 2 set
- 5th–8th: 450 Play Points, 50 Treasure Chests, 1 regular Modern Horizons set, and 1 regular Modern Horizons 2 set
- 9th–16th: 300 Play Points, 25 Treasure Chests, and 1 regular Modern Horizons 2 set
- 17th–32nd: 300 Play Points, 15 Treasure Chests
- 33rd–64th: 150 Play Points, 5 Treasure Chests
Please note: Qualifier and Super Qualifier events will return to MTGO in late July or early August, before the end of MOCS Season 2.
Legacy Showcase Challenge Schedule Update
The Legacy Showcase Challenge originally scheduled for Sunday, May 30, has been moved to this Sunday, June 6, at 8 a.m. PT (15:00 UTC). Please note: Modern Horizons 2 will be legal for this event.
The event requires 40 QPs to enter, and the Top 8 finishers from each event will earn a qualification token to enter the appropriate Showcase Qualifier in August.
Learn more about Showcase Challenge events here.
Treasure Chest Updates
Treasure Chests have been updated with the release of Modern Horizons 2. Full details will be available next week on the Treasure Chest Page (apologies for the delay).
Select Modern Horizons 2 promo cards have been added to the curated list. New Modern Horizons 2 cards will also appear in the rare/mythic rare slot (excluding reprints that are new to Modern).
The following Treasure Chest avatars have been added to the Avatar Slot:
Modern Horizons 2 Booster Bundles (50 packs) and Regular and Premium sets have been added to the Curated list (note that Modern Horizons 2 is not eligible for redemption).
Alt-Vintage Cube: A New Take on a Classic
MTGO’s Vintage Cube returned last Wednesday, reinterpreted by Cube aficionados Gaby Spartz and Luis Scott-Vargas. To find out what this means for you, be sure to check out Luis’s article that walks through how they approached the process, what changes they made, and available archetypes
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Click here for the full cube list
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Card Name Color Kytheon, Hero of Akros White Mother of Runes White Elite Spellbinder White Student of Warfare White Adanto Vanguard White Leonin Relic-Warder White Selfless Spirit White Soulfire Grand Master White Stoneforge Mystic White Thalia, Guardian of Thraben White Tithe Taker White Wall of Omens White Enlightened Tutor White Doomskar White Blade Splicer White Usher of the Fallen White Flickerwisp White Thraben Inspector White Monastery Mentor White Ranger-Captain of Eos White Recruiter of the Guard White Thalia, Heretic Cathar White Vryn Wingmare White Reidane, God of the Worthy White Hero of Bladehold White Linvala, Keeper of Silence White Restoration Angel White Archangel Avacyn White Baneslayer Angel White Maul of the Skyclaves White Reveillark White Sun Titan White Elesh Norn, Grand Cenobite White Iona, Shield of Emeria White Urza’s Ruinous Blast White Gideon of the Trials White Elspeth, Knight-Errant White Gideon, Ally of Zendikar White Elspeth Conquers Death White Dauntless Bodyguard White Elspeth, Sun’s Champion White Porcelain Legionnaire White Mana Tithe White Path to Exile White Swords to Plowshares White Isamaru, Hound of Konda White Unexpectedly Absent White Oust White Balance White Charming Prince White Kenrith, the Returned King White Council’s Judgment White Lingering Souls White Spectral Procession White Emeria’s Call White Armageddon White Day of Judgment White Wrath of God White Giver of Runes White Ravages of War White Legion’s Landing White Felidar Guardian White Skyclave Apparition White History of Benalia White Honor of the Pure White Faith’s Fetters White Parallax Wave White Ephemerate White Spirit of the Labyrinth White Aminatou’s Augury Blue Baral, Chief of Compliance Blue Jace, Vryn’s Prodigy Blue Looter il-Kor Blue Phantasmal Image Blue Snapcaster Mage Blue Deceiver Exarch Blue Pestermite Blue Trinket Mage Blue Vendilion Clique Blue Glen Elendra Archmage Blue Thieving Skydiver Blue Venser, Shaper Savant Blue Arcane Denial Blue Alrund’s Epiphany Blue Mulldrifter Blue Riftwing Cloudskate Blue Consecrated Sphinx Blue Shark Typhoon Blue Brazen Borrower Blue Glasspool Mimic Blue Narset, Parter of Veils Blue Sea Gate Restoration Blue Jace, the Mind Sculptor Blue Phyrexian Metamorph Blue Hullbreacher Blue Ancestral Recall Blue Brainstorm Blue Spellseeker Blue High Tide Blue Mystical Tutor Blue Spell Pierce Blue Thassa’s Oracle Blue Brain Freeze Blue Counterspell Blue Daze Blue Impulse Blue Mana Drain Blue Mana Leak Blue Negate Blue Remand Blue Frantic Search Blue Thirst for Knowledge Blue Commit // Memory Blue Cryptic Command Blue Fact or Fiction Blue Turnabout Blue Force of Will Blue Emry, Lurker of the Loch Blue Mystic Confluence Blue Dig Through Time Blue Time Warp Blue Gitaxian Probe Blue Ponder Blue Preordain Blue Chart a Course Blue Time Walk Blue Sublime Epiphany Blue Timetwister Blue Tinker Blue Thassa, Deep-Dwelling Blue Mind’s Desire Blue Time Spiral Blue Upheaval Blue Miscalculation Blue Echo of Eons Blue Force of Negation Blue Opposition Blue Urza, Lord High Artificer Blue Putrid Imp Black Dark Confidant Black Woe Strider Black Mesmeric Fiend Black Oona’s Prowler Black Vampire Hexmage Black Bone Shredder Black Sedgemoor Witch Black Midnight Reaper Black Ophiomancer Black Phyrexian Rager Black Gonti, Lord of Luxury Black Burning-Rune Demon Black Ravenous Chupacabra Black Rotting Regisaur Black Valki, God of Lies Black Yawgmoth, Thran Physician Black Skyclave Shade Black Agadeem’s Awakening Black Shriekmaw Black Grave Titan Black Massacre Wurm Black Tasigur, the Golden Fang Black Sheoldred, Whispering One Black Griselbrand Black Liliana of the Veil Black Smiting Helix Black Bolas’s Citadel Black Dark Ritual Black Entomb Black Fatal Push Black Vampiric Tutor Black Cabal Ritual Black Liliana’s Triumph Black Shallow Grave Black Heartless Act Black Corpse Dance Black Dismember Black Hero’s Downfall Black Soul Shatter Black Bloodchief’s Thirst Black Duress Black Imperial Seal Black Inquisition of Kozilek Black Reanimate Black Thoughtseize Black Collective Brutality Black Demonic Tutor Black Exhume Black Hymn to Tourach Black Night’s Whisper Black Bloodghast Black Painful Truths Black Wishclaw Talisman Black Toxic Deluge Black Yawgmoth’s Will Black Damnation Black Tendrils of Agony Black Dark Petition Black Braids, Cabal Minion Black Mind Twist Black Animate Dead Black Bitterblossom Black Necromancy Black Rankle, Master of Pranks Black Recurring Nightmare Black Brain Maggot Black Snuff Out Black Professor Onyx Black Embereth Shieldbreaker Red Fires of Invention Red Goblin Guide Red Goblin Welder Red Grim Lavamancer Red Monastery Swiftspear Red Zurgo Bellstriker Red Abbot of Keral Keep Red Orcish Lumberjack Red Earthshaker Khenra Red Young Pyromancer Red Conspiracy Theorist Red Bonecrusher Giant Red Bonus Round Red Goblin Rabblemaster Red Imperial Recruiter Red Birgi, God of Storytelling Red Rampaging Ferocidon Red Seasoned Pyromancer Red Avalanche Riders Red Flametongue Kavu Red Hazoret the Fervent Red Hellrider Red Pia and Kiran Nalaar Red Glorybringer Red Bomat Courier Red Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker Red Shatterskull Smashing Red Thundermaw Hellkite Red Zealous Conscripts Red Inferno Titan Red Chandra, Torch of Defiance Red Daretti, Scrap Savant Red Koth of the Hammer Red Flame Slash Red Pyroclasm Red Burst Lightning Red Lightning Bolt Red Abrade Red Ancient Grudge Red Desperate Ritual Red Incinerate Red Lightning Strike Red Underworld Breach Red Pyretic Ritual Red Shrine of Burning Rage Red Valakut Awakening Red Char Red Seething Song Red Hidetsugu’s Second Rite Red Through the Breach Red Fireblast Red Chain Lightning Red Faithless Looting Red Firebolt Red Rite of Flame Red Mizzix’s Mastery Red Light Up the Stage Red Rift Bolt Red Wheel of Fortune Red Fiery Confluence Red Runaway Steam-Kin Red Wildfire Red Mana Flare Red Sulfuric Vortex Red Embercleave Red Sneak Attack Red Splinter Twin Red Eidolon of the Great Revel Red Arbor Elf Green Avacyn’s Pilgrim Green Birds of Paradise Green Elves of Deep Shadow Green Elvish Mystic Green Fyndhorn Elves Green Ramunap Excavator Green Joraga Treespeaker Green Llanowar Elves Green Noble Hierarch Green Dryad of the Elysian Grove Green Gilded Goose Green Satyr Wayfinder Green Vivien, Monsters’ Advocate Green Life from the Loam Green Lotus Cobra Green Paradise Druid Green Rofellos, Llanowar Emissary Green Sakura-Tribe Elder Green Esika’s Chariot Green Sylvan Caryatid Green Wall of Blossoms Green Wall of Roots Green Eternal Witness Green Jadelight Ranger Green Finale of Devastation Green Nissa, Vastwood Seer Green Reclamation Sage Green Springbloom Druid Green Crop Rotation Green Questing Beast Green Oracle of Mul Daya Green Acidic Slime Green Biogenic Ooze Green Beast Within Green Toski, Bearer of Secrets Green Abundant Harvest Green Thragtusk Green Primeval Titan Green Avenger of Zendikar Green Hornet Queen Green Craterhoof Behemoth Green Terastodon Green Woodfall Primus Green Veil of Summer Green Garruk Wildspeaker Green Explore Green Nissa, Who Shakes the World Green Birthing Pod Green All Sun’s Dawn Green Elvish Reclaimer Green Turntimber Symbiosis Green Channel Green Kodama’s Reach Green Search for Tomorrow Green Harmonize Green Natural Order Green Primal Command Green Green Sun’s Zenith Green Fastbond Green Survival of the Fittest Green Sylvan Library Green Heartbeat of Spring Green Utopia Sprawl Green Courser of Kruphix Green Traverse the Ulvenwald Green Bala Ged Recovery Green Oath of Nissa Green Tireless Tracker Green Spell Queller Multicolor/Artifact Yorion, Sky Nomad Multicolor/Artifact Teferi, Hero of Dominaria Multicolor/Artifact Teferi, Time Raveler Multicolor/Artifact Soulherder Multicolor/Artifact Thief of Sanity Multicolor/Artifact The Scarab God Multicolor/Artifact Atris, Oracle of Half-Truths Multicolor/Artifact Fallen Shinobi Multicolor/Artifact Baleful Strix Multicolor/Artifact Angrath’s Rampage Multicolor/Artifact Daretti, Ingenious Iconoclast Multicolor/Artifact Kolaghan’s Command Multicolor/Artifact Falkenrath Aristocrat Multicolor/Artifact Rakdos’s Return Multicolor/Artifact Wrenn and Six Multicolor/Artifact Escape to the Wilds Multicolor/Artifact Dragonlord Atarka Multicolor/Artifact Phylath, World Sculptor Multicolor/Artifact Manamorphose Multicolor/Artifact Voice of Resurgence Multicolor/Artifact Kitchen Finks Multicolor/Artifact Knight of Autumn Multicolor/Artifact Eladamri’s Call Multicolor/Artifact Lurrus of the Dream-Den Multicolor/Artifact Ashen Rider Multicolor/Artifact Fracture Multicolor/Artifact Vindicate Multicolor/Artifact Deathrite Shaman Multicolor/Artifact Witherbloom Command Multicolor/Artifact Binding the Old Gods Multicolor/Artifact Maelstrom Pulse Multicolor/Artifact Casualties of War Multicolor/Artifact Growth Spiral Multicolor/Artifact Bring to Light Multicolor/Artifact Oko, Thief of Crowns Multicolor/Artifact Prime Speaker Vannifar Multicolor/Artifact Hydroid Krasis Multicolor/Artifact Dack Fayden Multicolor/Artifact Saheeli Rai Multicolor/Artifact Prismari Command Multicolor/Artifact Expressive Iteration Multicolor/Artifact Lutri, the Spellchaser Multicolor/Artifact Figure of Destiny Multicolor/Artifact Showdown of the Skalds Multicolor/Artifact Nahiri, the Harbinger Multicolor/Artifact Wear // Tear Multicolor/Artifact Lightning Helix Multicolor/Artifact Sphinx of the Steel Wind Multicolor/Artifact Kess, Dissident Mage Multicolor/Artifact Leovold, Emissary of Trest Multicolor/Artifact Omnath, Locus of Creation Multicolor/Artifact Niv-Mizzet Reborn Multicolor/Artifact Knight of the Reliquary Multicolor/Artifact Vanishing Verse Multicolor/Artifact Kozilek, Butcher of Truth Multicolor/Artifact Ulamog, the Ceaseless Hunger Multicolor/Artifact Ulamog, the Infinite Gyre Multicolor/Artifact Smokestack Multicolor/Artifact Emrakul, the Aeons Torn Multicolor/Artifact Karn, Scion of Urza Multicolor/Artifact Song of Creation Multicolor/Artifact Karn Liberated Multicolor/Artifact Ugin, the Spirit Dragon Multicolor/Artifact Phyrexian Revoker Multicolor/Artifact Metalworker Multicolor/Artifact Stonecoil Serpent Multicolor/Artifact Lodestone Golem Multicolor/Artifact Solemn Simulacrum Multicolor/Artifact Golos, Tireless Pilgrim Multicolor/Artifact Wurmcoil Engine Multicolor/Artifact Myr Battlesphere Multicolor/Artifact Sundering Titan Multicolor/Artifact Hangarback Walker Multicolor/Artifact Walking Ballista Multicolor/Artifact Blightsteel Colossus Multicolor/Artifact Black Lotus Multicolor/Artifact Chrome Mox Multicolor/Artifact Everflowing Chalice Multicolor/Artifact Lion’s Eye Diamond Multicolor/Artifact Lotus Bloom Multicolor/Artifact Lotus Petal Multicolor/Artifact Mana Crypt Multicolor/Artifact Mox Diamond Multicolor/Artifact Mox Emerald Multicolor/Artifact Mox Jet Multicolor/Artifact Mox Pearl Multicolor/Artifact Mox Ruby Multicolor/Artifact Mox Sapphire Multicolor/Artifact Mana Vault Multicolor/Artifact Skullclamp Multicolor/Artifact Sol Ring Multicolor/Artifact Talisman of Conviction Multicolor/Artifact Talisman of Creativity Multicolor/Artifact Talisman of Curiosity Multicolor/Artifact Talisman of Dominance Multicolor/Artifact Grim Monolith Multicolor/Artifact Talisman of Hierarchy Multicolor/Artifact Talisman of Impulse Multicolor/Artifact Talisman of Indulgence Multicolor/Artifact Talisman of Progress Multicolor/Artifact Talisman of Resilience Multicolor/Artifact Tangle Wire Multicolor/Artifact Talisman of Unity Multicolor/Artifact Smuggler’s Copter Multicolor/Artifact Sorcerous Spyglass Multicolor/Artifact Umezawa’s Jitte Multicolor/Artifact Winter Orb Multicolor/Artifact Coalition Relic Multicolor/Artifact Crucible of Worlds Multicolor/Artifact Crystal Shard Multicolor/Artifact Sword of Body and Mind Multicolor/Artifact Sword of Feast and Famine Multicolor/Artifact Sword of Fire and Ice Multicolor/Artifact Scrapheap Scrounger Multicolor/Artifact Worn Powerstone Multicolor/Artifact Coercive Portal Multicolor/Artifact Thran Dynamo Multicolor/Artifact Batterskull Multicolor/Artifact Memory Jar Multicolor/Artifact Maze of Ith Land Ancient Tomb Land Arid Mesa Land Badlands Land Bayou Land Bazaar of Baghdad Land Blackcleave Cliffs Land Blood Crypt Land Bloodstained Mire Land Blooming Marsh Land Botanical Sanctum Land Breeding Pool Land Celestial Colonnade Land Fabled Passage Land Concealed Courtyard Land Copperline Gorge Land Creeping Tar Pit Land Darkslick Shores Land Thespian’s Stage Land Flooded Strand Land Gaea’s Cradle Land Godless Shrine Land Hallowed Fountain Land Hissing Quagmire Land Inspiring Vantage Land Karakas Land Mystic Sanctuary Land Lavaclaw Reaches Land Library of Alexandria Land Lumbering Falls Land Marsh Flats Land Mishra’s Factory Land Mishra’s Workshop Land Misty Rainforest Land Mutavault Land Needle Spires Land Overgrown Tomb Land Plateau Land Polluted Delta Land Prismatic Vista Land Raging Ravine Land Razorverge Thicket Land Rishadan Port Land Sacred Foundry Land Savannah Land Scalding Tarn Land Scrubland Land Seachrome Coast Land Shambling Vent Land Shelldock Isle Land Spirebluff Canal Land Steam Vents Land Stirring Wildwood Land Stomping Ground Land Strip Mine Land Taiga Land Temple Garden Land Tolarian Academy Land Tropical Island Land Tundra Land Underground Sea Land Verdant Catacombs Land Volcanic Island Land Wandering Fumarole Land Wasteland Land Watery Grave Land Windbrisk Heights Land Windswept Heath Land Wooded Foothills Land Indatha Triome Land Ketria Triome Land Raugrin Triome Land Savai Triome Land Zagoth Triome Land Dark Depths Land
Magic Online Format Challenges Every Weekend
Format Challenges are the first step toward qualifying for Premier Play through your favorite Magic formats and provide excellent prizes for those looking to test their mettle in their favorite formats. To learn more about Premier Play qualification, click here.
Magic Online‘s Format Challenges 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: Pauper and Standard Challenges are never pre-empted.
Check out this page for further event details.
Next Downtime June 2
The next downtime will be on tomorrow, June 2, beginning at 9 a.m. and continuing until noon. This is for the release of Modern Horizons 2. All times listed are Pacific time (UTC-7).
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