The Specialty Formats that receive scheduled events and prize support are primarily determined by how often the community plays them. So, on October 14th we are going to stop event support for the Standard w/Vanguard and Kaleidoscope formats.
Standard w/Vanguard will be replaced with Standard Singleton. This leaves us with three Specialty Formats (Pauper, 100-Card Singleton, and Standard Singleton) to fill four Weekend Challenge slots. To fill the void, we would like the community to decide the Specialty Format to replace Kaleidoscope!
Here’s how it works. Each month we will create a “Choose your Specialty Format” blog post in the Magic Online group and list all of the formats you can choose from. Just let us know which format you would like to see supported by posting it in a comment (the poll feature is currently not working well). The format with the most votes will be the Specialty Format of the month. Once a format has been selected as the Specialty Format of the month, it won’t be eligible again for a minimum of 3 months, so don’t push for Core Set Constructed every month OK?
Here are this month’s formats to select from:
- Classic Tribal Wars
- Standard Tribal Wars
- Classic w/Vanguard
- Extended w/Vanguard
- Core Set Constructed
- Duel Decks
- Prismatic
- Freeform
- Lorwyn/Shadowmoor Block
- Ravnica Block
- Tempest Block
- Time Spiral Block
- Alara Block
The selected Specialty Format of the month will be announced on 10/09/09 and will be supported from 10/14/09 until 11/25/09.
Prizes for the selected Specialty Format of the month will be supported with Magic 2010 boosters.
So to recap; Standard w/Vanguard and Kaleidoscope event support ends and Standard Singleton and Specialty Format of the month event support begins on 10/14/09. Now go vote!
