Magic: The Gathering is Bringing Back Battle of The Planes

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Wizards of the Coast is celebrating Magic: The Gathering's 25th Anniversary in many ways this year, and now the company has announced that they're bringing back Battle of the Planes in Magic Online in June as part of the trading card game's milestone.

Last year, Magic Online ran a format called Battle of the Planes, where players choose a popular plane from Magic's history and build a phantom Sealed deck from sets on that plan, and battle against other players doing the same. Now, they're bringing it back.

The exciting format will be available June 6-13 on Magic Online, and it will let players choose among five planes (Innistrad, Lorwyn, Mirrodin, Ravnica, and Zendikar). You'll get a phantom Sealed pool of the boosters shown below:

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After you build your deck using cards from the phantom Sealed pool, you can play three matches against other players. Plane selection doesn't affect who you'll play against. You can play against someone using the same plane or another one.

Check out the event details below:

Start Time: June 6 at 10 a.m. PST

Closed Time: June 13 at 10 a.m. PST

End Time: June 13 at 2 p.m. PST

Entry Options:

10 Event Tickets

100 Play Points

Structure: Build your deck, on your schedule, then play up to three matches at your convenience.

Prizes:

Three wins: 150 Play Points

Two wins: 100 Play Points

One win: 40 Play Points

Zero wins: 10 Play Points

This seems like a fun format to play if you want to try something totally different in MTGO.

Are you going to play Battle of the Planes in MTGO?

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