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Hey All, I just wanted to update MOPR rewards for March. Enjoy!

For the March 2010 season (Feb 24 – Mar 31) the Tier 1 and 2 alternate art land promo cards are the third set of released APAC lands, originally released in 1998.

The Tier 3 promo card is the non-foil Armadillo Cloak released in Magic Online as part of the July 2009 Pauper Weekend Challenge.

The Tier 4 and 5 promo card is Khabál Ghoul, originally part of the Magic Online promotional tab.

The Tier 6 and 7 is the full-art version of Urza's Factory, originally released for the Magic: The Gathering Champs/States program in 2006.

The Tier 8 and 9 promo card is is the alternate art version of Eternal Witness originally released as a Friday Night Magic card in 2008.

Worldwake Release Events start this week. Click for details.

February's Magic Online Player Rewards season ends tomorrow. Any activity after tomorrow's downtime will go toward your March MOPR points.

News on Shards of Alara Block Intro Packs: On Monday, March 1 at 9AM PST we will stop selling all Shards of Alara, Conflux, and Alara Reborn Intro Packs in the Magic Online Store. In the future, a previous block's Intro Packs will be discontinued when a new block is introduced in the fall.

The time to say farewell to Masters Edition III is coming! On Monday, March 22 at 9AM PDT we will no longer offer Masters Edition III in the Magic Online Store. Stay tuned for more information after near the end of the Worldwake Release Events.

Downtime Notes for 2/24/2010

The system will be down from 8:00 am PST / 1500 UTC to 12:00 pm PST / 1900 UTC

The system will go into ‘No Pay’ at 5:00 am PST / 1200 UTC.
Store and trades will shut off at approximately 7:45 am PST / 1445 UTC.
This downtime is expected to last approximately 4 hours.

Here are the notes for tomorrow's build:

Card Rules

Fixed Strength of the Tajuru not affecting all targeted creatures in some circumstances
Fixed Strength of the Tajuru / Comet Storm crash
Fixed World Queller to allow selecting Planeswalker / Tribal
Fixed Wood Sage, Fatespinner, Power Conduit prompts locking the game
Fixed Draw a Card and Reveal Hand buttons at end of game
Fixed Dead Reckoning crashing game if target removed or if cast using Wrexial
Fixed multiplayer games ending as soon as one player loses
Fixed Gaea's Blessing not working in some circumstances (Lurking Informant)

User Interface

Removed the ability to format the text of Marketplace messages

Update for February 20, 2010

Effective Date: Urza's Saga build, scheduled for Wednesday, March 17, 2010

Greetings from on site at Pro Tour San Diego!  Several changes today between looking at casual formats as well as the impending release of Urza's Saga on Magic Online.  I hope everyone is enjoying the Worldwake prereleases!

100 Card Singleton

Tolarian Academy is banned.

Classic

Tolarian Acedemy is restricted.

Commander

Recurring Nightmare is banned.

Tribal Wars Classic

Demonic Consultation is banned.

Extinction is banned.

Flash is banned.

Necropotence is banned.

Tolarian Academy is banned.

Endemic Plague is no longer banned.

Unnatural Selection is no longer banned.

Events that were started between 1pm PST (when they opened) and approximately 4:15 pm PST were set up incorrectly. All queues starting from now on should operate exactly as planned and you should receive your prizes upon completion of the event automatically.

For those affected in the earlier events, we fully realize part of the draw for these events is to have your cards/prizes early, and we are committed to granting all of the affected folks their prizes by the end of the day (midnight) PST today, at the latest. We will likely be sending out prizes in rolling waves as batches of events finish, starting with the earliest ones and moving forward. So if you played and finished an event that started at 1pm, you should expect your prizes in the next few hours, and so on.

Also, we are giving every player in the affected events a foil promo *in addition* to whatever prizes they would have received, so everyone in the event with receive 1 foil and 1 nonfoil version of the promo and players with 9+ points will now receive 2 foil promos and 1 nonfoil.

Apologies, hope you're all enjoying WWK.

Worldwake Prerelease starts on Friday. Be among the first to play with WWK online!

Worldwake Release Events will be a great way to play with the new set. Check out the webpage for all of the information.

If you are in the area, head to Pro Tour San Diego for a great weekend of Magic. Bring a deck to play in some of the great side events, or join the Magic Online Live Series for a chance to play Magic Online for your share of $5000.

Mirrodin Block (MD5) Sealed Deck Tournament IV is happening on Sunday, February 21st at 11:00 AM PST.

Downtime Notes for 2/17/2010

The system will be down from 8:00 am PDT / 1500 UTC to 2:00 pm PDT / 2100 UTC

The system will go into ‘No Pay’ at 5:00 am PDT / 1200 UTC.
Store and trades will shut off at approximately 7:45 am PDT / 1445 UTC.
This downtime is expected to last approximately 6 hours.

Here are the notes for tomorrow's build:

General

-Worldwake code is live! Worldwake cards can show up in Momir games (this is normal).
-Yawgmoth’s Will has been banned in Classic Tribal and Prismatic.

Card Rules
Notable

-Improved interface for casting spells during an ability. (e.g. Eye of the Storm) Once you have no more spells to play, you are not required to click “Cancel” to continue.
-Putting Auras into play from other zones now follows the correct rules. (they can’t enchant things coming into play at the same time as them, and they will remain in their previous zone if unable to enter play.)
-You will no longer be forced to stop at every priority and phase if you have mana floating- only if you’re about to lose that mana.
-Interface for cards (Etherwrought Page; Jace) that put a single card on top or bottom of library now asks a simple Yes/No question, instead of requiring several clicks to process.
-Cards that trigger when creatures “attack you” no longer trigger if your Planeswalker is attacked. (e.g. Raking Canopy)
-You no longer lose if you fail to draw a card with Platinum Angel in play, then the Angel leaves play.
-Panglacial Wurm can now be played from your library.
-Sakashima now copies “this is indestructible” when copying a Marit Lage token. [this is based on a new ruling, due to new Oracle text for Dark Depths]
-Fixed rare bug where player choosing to go second might skip their draw step.
-Fixed Trinisphere + Illusionary Mask interaction- creature no longer enters the battlefield face-up.
-Fixed Trinisphere + Gorilla Shaman- no longer forces you to pay at least 3 to use Shaman.
-Doomsday now allows you to choose cards from your graveyard.
-Cabal Therapy (among others) now lists the opponent’s hand in the chat log.
-Fixed crashes relating to Hunt Down, Diminishing Returns, Nettlevine Blight, Guile, Chronosavant, Manabond
-Fixed Treetop Village promo appearing as a face-down swamp.

Minor

-You can now use Bloom Tender during the resolution of a spell or ability that requires mana payment.
-Vedalken Orrery now allows you to suspend spells at instant speed.
-Now properly detects an infinite loop due to Transcendence + Rain of Gore.
-Oath of Druids (etc.) now print their selected target in the chat log.
-Stigma Lasher now prevents alternate cost of Invigorate.
-Sovereigns of Lost Alara (and similar cards) no longer allows you to choose Paradox Haze.
-You can’t select the same target twice for cards that say “another target”. (e.g. Carom)
-Aphetto Dredging can target changelings now.
-Maelstrom Archangel Avatar tokens no longer trigger Minion Reflector.
-If you grant a creature flying then equip Magebane Armor, it properly removes flying.
-If you Stifle the “draw the game” ability on Divine Intervention, it won’t trigger again next turn.
-Illusionary Mask properly handles (doesn’t flip) creatures that have been reduced to 0 power or are being dealt 0 damage.
-Web of Inertia now allows Planeswalkers to be attacked.
-Spectral Force now sees tokens as part of its drawback.
-Fixed “Triggers Locked” error message if a player declines to search for a creature with Boldwyr Heavyweights.
-Nyxathid no longer counts tokens in a player’s hand.
-Fixed interaction between Tomorrow, Azami’s Familiar and “wheel of fortune” effects such as Incendiary Command.
-Sand Golem now properly triggers when discarded to Wit’s End.
-Scapegoat returns creatures to owners', not controllers', hands.
-Roil Elemental (and other similar cards) won't gain control of something if you lose control of Roil Elemental in response to the ability.
-Fixed text on Tanglesap’s prevention shield.
-Fixed text on Blazing Torch’s menu ability. Also, now it can’t be used by someone who takes control of your creature.
-Howl of the Night Pack no longer creates Sound the Call tokens. (this was a visual error only)

User Interface

-Flip cards now have correct tool tips in spreadsheet view.
-Fixed mouse-over text for Banding keyword.