Core Set 2020 Season

Season Details

Format

• Constructed: Standard Ranked (BO1) and Traditional Ranked (BO3) Ladder
• Limited: Ranked Draft (BO1)

Constructed Legal Sets

• Ixalan
• Rivals of Ixalan
• Dominaria
• Core Set 2019
• Guilds of Ravnica
• Ravnica Allegiance
• War of the Spark
• Core Set 2020

Constructed Banned Cards

• Rampaging Ferocidon: Ranked (BO1), Traditional Ranked (BO3)
• Nexus of Fate: Ranked (BO1)

Dates

• Core Set 2020 Season 1 starts July 31st, 12:05 PT (19:05 UTC), ends August 31st at 12:00 PT (19:00 UTC)
  • First qualifying period for Mythic Championship VII (MTG Arena)
  • Top 1,000 Mythic Ranked players in Constructed or Limited at the end of this season will be eligible to compete in the Mythic Championship Qualifier Weekend VII
  • For more information on the Mythic Championship Qualifier Weekend for Mythic Championship VII, click here.
• Core Set 2020 Season 2 starts August 31st, 12:05 PT (19:05 UTC), ends September 30th at 12:00 PT (19:00 UTC)
  • Second qualifying period for Mythic Championship VII (MTG Arena)
  • Top 1,000 Mythic Ranked players in Constructed or Limited at the end of this season will be eligible to compete in the Mythic Championship Qualifier Weekend VII
  • For more information on the Mythic Championship Qualifier Weekend for Mythic Championship VII, click here.

Qualification Periods

Core Set 2020 ranked seasons are qualification periods for Mythic Championship VII, and the two qualify for the same Mythic Championship Qualifier Weekend. If you are within the Top 1000 in either Constructed or Limited at the end of these periods, you will be eligible to participate in the Mythic Qualifier Weekend for Mythic Championship VII. If you reach that level in both Constructed and Limited and/or you do so in both Core Set 2020 Season 1 or 2 you will only receive one token to participate.

For more information on qualifying for Mythic Championships, please refer to our Mythic Championship Qualifiers page.

Season Rewards

CORE SET 2020 SEASON 1 REWARDS

Players will receive their rewards for Season 1 at the start of Core Set 2020 Season 2 (August 31st, 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 2020 booster pack
• Silver: 1 Core Set 2020 booster pack + 500 gold
• Gold: 2 Core Set 2020 booster packs + 1000 gold + Blood for Bones Card Style
• Platinum: 3 Core Set 2020 booster packs + 1000 gold + Agent of Treachery Card Style
• Diamond: 4 Core Set 2020 booster packs + 1000 gold
• Mythic: 5 Core Set 2020 booster packs + 1000 gold

CORE SET 2020 SEASON 2 REWARDS

• Bronze: 1 Core Set 2020 booster pack
• Silver: 1 Core Set 2020 booster pack + 500 gold
• Gold: 2 Core Set 2020 booster packs + 1000 gold + Angel of Vitality Card Style
• Platinum: 3 Core Set 2020 booster packs + 1000 gold + Scheming Symmetry Card Style
• Diamond: 4 Core Set 2020 booster packs + 1000 gold
• Mythic: 5 Core Set 2020 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. You’re new rank will be based on your end of reason 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