n Monday, March 3rd at 9:00 am PST, Morningtide goes on sale in the Magic Online store.

NOTE: Morningtide becomes legal in ALL Constructed formats the day it goes on sale (March 3). All casual rooms, constructed queues, and Premier Events will use Morningtide starting on March 3.

Morningtide Release events begin Friday, March 7 and will have 3 components:

Release Leagues
Draft Queues
Premier Event "No Top 8" Flights

Morningtide Release Leagues

SIGNUP: March 7, 9:00am – March 20, 9:00pm (the final 1 week, 2x league will start no later than 9:00pm on March 20). Release Leagues will have a maximum of 256 players each and will auto-spawn (as soon as a league reaches 256 players, another will begin registration).

LEAGUE DURATION: 1 week

PRODUCT: 1 Lorwyn Tournament Pack and 3 Morningtide Booster Packs.

ADMISSION: 2 Tix, Product

PRIZE SUPPORT: 2x prizes, Participation Avatar: Stonehewer Giant; Records of 5-0 get Prize Avatar: Maralen of the Mornsong .

Avatars will be distributed Approx. 3 weeks after the last league concludes

NOTE: The regularly schedule downtime will still take place on Wednesday, March 12 & 19 at 8:00 am PST. Plan your league games accordingly as no compensation will be issued if you lose a game due to the servers going down for maintenance.

Morningtide Draft Queues

QUEUES BEGIN: Draft Queues will run for a 24-hour period (except for scheduled maintenance downtimes) every other day starting on Saturday, March 8 at 10:00 AM PST. A complete schedule of when draft queues will be in operation (all times PST):

March 8 10:00 AM – March 9 10:00 AM
March 10 10:00 AM – March 11 10:00 AM
March 12 10:00 AM – March 13 10:00 AM
March 14 10:00 AM – March 15 10:00 AM
March 16 10:00 AM – March 17 10:00 AM
March 18 10:00 AM – March 18 10:00 AM

FORMATS: Booster Draft

PRODUCT: 2 Lorwyn booster and 1 Morningtide Booster, or 3 Morningtide Boosters. (Note: Only Lorwyn/Morningtide and 10th Edition drafts will run for the duration of the Morningtide Release Events)

ADMISSION: 2 Tix, Product

PRIZE SUPPORT: 4-3-2-2 and 8-4

NOTE: The regularly schedule downtime will still take place on Wednesday, March 12 & 19 at 8:00 am PST. Queues will be down during the downtime.

Morningtide "No Top 8" Premier Events

DURATION: Premier Events will run for a 24-hour period every other day starting on Friday March 7 at 12:00 PM PST. "No Top 8" Flights will have a minimum of 24 players, maximum of 32 players per flight and will start every 15 minutes. A complete schedule of when Premier Events will be in operation (all times PST):

March 7 10:00 AM – March 8 9:45 AM
March 9 10:00 AM – March 10 9:45 AM
March 11 10:00 AM – March 11 10:00 PM
March 13 10:00 AM – March 14 9:45 AM
March 15 10:00 AM – March 16 9:45 AM
March 17 10:00 AM – March 18 9:45 AM
March 19 10:00 AM – March 20 9:45 AM

PRODUCT: 1 Lorwyn Tournament Pack and 3 Morningtide Booster Packs.

ADMISSION: 2 Tix, Product

PRIZE SUPPORT: As there is no top 8, prizes are based on total match points at the end of the tournament. Each match win awards 3 points, each draw awards 1 point, and each loss awards 0 points.

All who participate in a "No Top 8" Premier Event Flight will get the Stonehewer Giant avatar. Players with 12 or more match points and the end of the tournament will get a Maralen of the Mornsong avatar.

NOTE: The regularly schedule downtime will still take place on Wednesday, March 12 & 19 at 8:00 am PST. There will be no Premier Events starting from 10:00 pm on March 11 through 10:00 am on March 12, or starting from 10:00 pm on March 18 through 10:00 am on March 19.

Important information regarding system crashes and refunds for Premier Events

If during your event the system crashes, 1 of 3 things will happen:

1. The system will come right back up. In this case:

   • Events will continue and additional time will be given to allow players to finish the event
   • No Compensation will be given

2. The system cannot recover the event and "finishes" (prematurely ends) the event, or a WOTC Tournament Coordinator must "finish" (prematurely end) the event.

   • We will accept the prize payouts "as is" - This means that whatever prize payouts and invites the system awards, we will not change what the system does.
   • No changes will be made to these events from what the system automatically pays out as prizes or invitations

   If the event is in TOP 8:

   • No product or tickets will be refunded
   • All players keep the product used to enter the event as well as the drafted cards from the TOP 8 draft.

   If the event is still in Swiss Rounds:

   • Players can request a refund through Customer Service.
   • We will refund your Product and tickets.

3. The event is cleared or cancelled by the system. If an event is cancelled this means the event can no longer be viewed in the premier event listings.

   • The system will automatically refund your tickets.
   • Players can request a refund through Customer Service.
   • We will refund your Product.