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The August 2020 Ranked Season has begun, running from July 31, 12:05 PT (20:05 UTC) through to August 31 at 12:00 PT (19:00 UTC) and we have all the details for you below. There is the release of Amonkhet Remastered to look forward to on August 13 to shake up the Historic format, with Zendikar Rising a bit further out in September 17 to accompany Standard rotation. Will we see any further suspensions and bans during this time to keep the powerful mana accelerators like Wilderness Reclamation in check? Or will we see innovations such as Mono Black Aggro from last season sweep up the ladder and tournament scene?
Finishing in the top 1200 Mythic ranked players in the June, July and August 2020 season will feed into the same September 2020 Zendikar Rising Qualifier Weekend, so this month will be your last chance to do so if you have not qualified already. If you are not sure of your final placement, you should see a badge in your profile and the results of the July 2020 season should be emailed out by Wizards in the next few days.
Season Details
Card Style Rewards
The card style rewards for August 2020 Ranked Season are Pestilent Haze and Speaker of the Heavens for reaching Gold and Platinum rank, respectively.
Formats
- Constructed:
- Standard Ranked (BO1) Ladder
- Traditional Standard Ranked (BO3) Ladder
- Historic Ranked (BO1) Ladder
- Traditional Historic Ranked (BO3) Ladder
- Limited: See below for dates on available sets.
Standard Constructed Legal Sets
Be sure to check out our Standard Rotation Guide for 2020!
| Guilds of Ravnica Ravnica Allegiance War of the Spark Core Set 2020 | Throne of Eldraine Theros Beyond Death Ikoria: Lair of Behemoths Core Set 2021 |
Standard Constructed Banned Cards
- As of November 18, 2019 (read announcement):
- As of October 21, 2019 (read announcement):
- Field of the Dead
- As of June 1, 2020 (read announcement):
Historic Constructed Legal Sets
| Ixalan Rivals of Ixalan Dominaria Core Set 2019 | Guilds of Ravnica Ravnica Allegiance War of the Spark Core Set 2020 |
| Throne of Eldraine Theros: Beyond Death Ikoria: Lair of Behemoths Core Set 2021 | Historic Anthology 1 Historic Anthology 2 Historic Anthology 3 Jumpstart |
Historic Constructed Banned Cards
- As of July 13, 2020 (read announcement):
- As of March 9, 2020Â (read announcement):
Historic Constructed Suspended Cards
- As of July 13, 2020 (read announcement):
Season Dates
August 2020 Ranked Season starts July 31, 12:05 PT (20:05 UTC), ends August 31 at 12:00 PT (19:00 UTC).
- Top 1,200 Mythic Ranked players in Constructed or Limited at the end of this season will be eligible to compete in the September 2020 Zendikar Rising Qualifier Weekend.
| Ranked Events | Format | Start | End |
| Standard Ranked | Bo1 Standard Constructed | ∞ | ∞ |
| Traditional Standard Ranked | Bo3 Standard Constructed | ∞ | ∞ |
| Historic Ranked | Bo1 Historic Constructed | ∞ | ∞ |
| Traditional Historic Ranked | Bo3 Historic Constructed | ∞ | ∞ |
| Quick Draft: Ikoria: Lair of Behemoths | Draft | 6/26/2020 | 7/10/2020 |
| Quick Draft: Theros Beyond Death | Draft | 7/24/2020 | 8/7/2020 |
| Quick Draft: Core Set 2021 | Draft | 8/7/2020 | 8/21/2020 |
| Premier Draft: Core Set 2021 | Player Draft | 6/25/2020 | September 2020 |
| Premier Draft: Dominaria | Player Draft | 7/31/2020 | 08/14/2020 |
August 2020 Season Reward
Players will receive their rewards for August 2020 season at the start of the next ranked season (August 31, 12:05 PT/19:05 UTC). You must have played at least one ranked game in the respective format to receive seasonal rewards.
- Bronze: 1 Core Set 2021 booster pack
- Silver: 1 Core Set 2021 booster pack + 500 gold
- Gold: 2 Core Set 2021 booster packs + 1000 gold + Pestilent Haze Card Style
- Platinum: 3 Core Set 2021 booster packs + 1000 gold + Speaker of the Heavens Card Style
- Diamond: 4 Core Set 2021 booster packs + 1000 gold
- Mythic: 5 Core Set 2021 booster packs + 1000 gold
As a general reminder, card styles are a cosmetic option only and does not add any cards to a player’s collection. There is no benefit to acquiring a card style more than once; if you achieve Gold Rank or higher in both Limited and Constructed, you will only receive one copy of the card style.
Seasonal Reset
Constructed and Limited Ranks will be reset. Your new rank will be based on your end of season rank from the previous season:
| Previous Rank | New Rank |
| Bronze Tier 4 | Bronze Tier 4 |
| Bronze Tier 3 | Bronze Tier 4 |
| Bronze Tier 2 | Bronze Tier 4 |
| Bronze Tier 1 | Bronze Tier 3 |
| Silver Tier 4 | Bronze Tier 3 |
| Silver Tier 3 | Bronze Tier 3 |
| Silver Tier 2 | Bronze Tier 2 |
| Silver Tier 1 | Bronze Tier 2 |
| Gold Tier 4 | Bronze Tier 1 |
| Gold Tier 3 | Silver Tier 4 |
| Gold Tier 2 | Silver Tier 3 |
| Gold Tier 1 | Silver Tier 2 |
| Platinum Tier 4 | Silver Tier 1 |
| Platinum Tier 3 | Gold Tier 4 |
| Platinum Tier 2 | Gold Tier 4 |
| Platinum Tier 1 | Gold Tier 3 |
| Diamond Tier 4 | Gold Tier 3 |
| Diamond Tier 3 | Gold Tier 2 |
| Diamond Tier 2 | Gold Tier 2 |
| Diamond Tier 1 | Gold Tier 1 |
| Mythic | Platinum 4 |
