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All current Redemption Requests are restocked and available in the Magic Online Store. As a reminder, all of Ravnica block (Ravnica, Guildpact, and Dissension) rotates off the redemption schedule on October 26 with the EXCEPTION of premium foil Dissension sets. Due to the restock delay, premium foil Dissension will remain available until November 4.

The system will be down from 8:00 am PDT / 1500 UTC to 12:00 pm PDT / 1900 UTCThe 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 4 hours. We will put up draft queues approximately one hour after we come up from the downtime to make sure things are running as they should. We'll have a small build tomorrow. Barter in Blood and Chandra Ablaze should both be working after tomorrow morning. UPDATE: Replays should be fixed tomorrow as well.

Were you hoping to find out more about the community members coming out to Wizards of the Coast to battle for the Cup? Here is your chance! Meet the Challengers!

The fixes that we had slated for tomorrow morning are being deployed now. We expect to be down for an hour or two while we get the build up and tested. If all goes well we won't need the downtime tomorrow morning. As Vince stated yesterday, if you were in an event prior to the crash, it will not continue. You will need to file for a refund. Please go to accounts.wizards.com and login. (This is separate from your MTGO login, create a support if you do not have one.) Then Click here to go to the bug report form to file a refund. (For a refund you keep your cards and get the cost of entry back.)

Due to the issues we've seen this weekend we are planning a downtime for tomorrow to make an attempt at fixing the problems. The system will be down starting at 6:00 am PDT / 1300 UTC.The system will go into ‘No Pay’ at 3:00 am PDT / 1000 UTC.Store and trades will shut off at approximately 5:45 am PDT / 1245 UTC.We will update you on the rest of the details when they have been finalized. UPDATE: We plan on being down for about 2 hours. UPDATE: The downtime has been canceled. The needed fixes were deployed while the server was down.

Yes, Magic Online is available again. Our apologies for the frustration and inconvenience of this crash. If you were in an event prior to the crash, it will not continue.  You will need to file for a refund. Please go to accounts.wizards.com and login. (This is separate from your MTGO login, create a support if you do not have one.)  Then Click here to go to the bug report form to file a refund.  (For a refund you keep your cards and get the cost of entry back.) You will need your event ID to file a refund.  To find it, open your Deck Editor, and hit Load Deck.  Click the Look In drop...

After a week off, it is time for another edition of MTGO around the Web. Orgion just started a very interesting 100-card Singleton blog at myMTGO. The first in a planned series, the blog features a quick introduction and some basic analysis on red deck archetypes. A good read for beginning and intermediate players, look for the blogs on the other colors to follow. If you haven't checked it out yet, head over to PureMTGO and check out the Top 8 of the MOCS Season 7 championship. JXClaytor has done a great job with the videos, and you can watch how it all unfolded. Congrats to all our...

Sorry for the late notice, it's a long one too. The system will be down from 8:00 am PDT / 1500 UTC to 5:00 pm PDT / 0100 UTCThe 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 9 hours. Notes to follow. A large part of the downtime is database maintenance to address recent lag issues. NOTES: Card Rules Zenikar Set (On Sale 9AM Monday, 10/19) Numerous pre-Zendikar card interaction fixes User Interface Improved performance reducing click-lag...

On November 5th and 6th, community representatives will be here at Wizards of the Coast to go up against the Magic Online Team. All of the details can be found by clicking here. Join the discussion and root all of them on by clicking here.

Our first Player of the Year competition has concluded. The 2009 Player of the Year is yaya3! Big events this weekend: Online Pro Tour Qualifier and MOCS VII Championship Core Set Constructed has beat out Prismatic to be our next specialty format starting on October 14th. We will also discontinue support for Kaleidoscope and Standard w/Vanguard on the same day.