Magic League
A Magic League is an ongoing tournament that plays out over the course of days or weeks rather than hours. Leagues have two main goals: reduce the amount of time it takes to play competitive Magic and allow players to play on their own schedules.
Description
A a seasonal league used to be organized by the DCI. The organisation is now transferred to individual shops. The ongoing, five-week tournament is played in local game and hobby stores around the world, a month after each a new card set is released. This sealed deck tournament follows up on Game Day events and uses the Standard format.
Each participant should play three matches per week, for a total of fifteen over the course of the league. Players joining the league late can play extra matches to catch up to the current match cap of three times the current total of weeks of the league. Over the course of the league, players are able to add more boosters to their league deck. There are optional achievements that players can complete to earn a Planeswalker points badge and achievement.
The first league was July / August 2012, in commemoration of the release of Magic 2013. Because League play wasn't making the returns on investment, and most stores would run leagues anyways, Magic 2014 marked the last physical League kit to be offered to stores. Starting with Theros, stores were able to download a digital asset kit, which didn't include special prizes anymore. [1]
Prizes
The base prize for the Top 10 finishers in the league is an exclusive token card.
- Magic 2013: red 1/1 Goblin [2]
- Return to Ravnica: white 2/2 Knight
- Gatecrash: red / white 1/1 Soldier
- Dragon's Maze: white 1/1 Bird
- Magic 2014: colorless 1/1 Sliver
- Theros: 2/2 white soldier token (only seen in advertisements, the league was discontinued)
Magic online
In Magic Online the Leagues room is where people can play matches against other players for prizes without affecting their Magic Online ratings. It is a good place to start for players who want to get used to competitive Magic play in a more casual environment. [3] [4]
Each Magic online league runs for a minimum of four weeks, though some leagues may run longer. Each week, participants can play up to five matches that count towards their league rating. Additional league matches played during that week count only towards players' tiebreaker points. Each match is best two out of three games, with a 90-minute time limit.
League play is a form of sealed deck. Players begin the league with one tournament pack and two boosters to build their deck. Each following week, they can purchase an additional booster.
Other uses
League may also refer to: