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The Dragon's Maze Buy a Box promotion was recently announced on DailyMTG. The first 20-30 purchases at select locations will receive an alternate art copy of Render Silent, an upcoming Azorius rare.

The May 17th event will feature gaming personality Day[9] among others as a special invite recipient. Return to Ravnica Block Constructed and Draft will be the formats of choice.

A new duel deck will be available in September. The title is Heroes vs. Monsters, with Chris Millar, Kelly Digges and Sam Stoddard heading design and development.

Wizards has posted a link where community members can vote for the color of the latest You Make The Card subject. The last round of votes saw enchantment nearly win over land as the card type of choice. Voting ends on Thursday at Midnight (though no time zone is specified).

Players will be allowed to "challenge" judge rulings twice in a tournament via the new challenge flag system. Personal flags can be brought by players themselves, or purchased from MTGMerch.

Festival Of Old Limited Sealed will be available to players on MTGO, or will it? The set date is April 1st, and the abbreviation of the title spells FOOLS. Regardless, the format will (or will not) include 10 booster packs from various old sets.

Voting to decide the card type for You Make the Card 4 has completed. Enchantment won the vote over land by a narrow margin. The next round of voting will determine the color of this community-based collaboration.

This weekend's PAX East has provided a number of spoilers not only for Dragon's Maze, but also for the block to follow. "Theros" will be the title of the subsequent block, with "Born of the Gods" and "Jounrey into Nyx" as the second and third sets, respectively.

Coverage of the Magic Online Championships begins today, with live coverage featuring the Academy's own Marshall Sutcliffe. Coverage will include live matches and interviews.

In an impressive Top 8 that included Brian Kibler, Erich Froehlich and David Sharfman, Nathan Holiday managed to win the Modern GP with his Eggs combo deck. Holiday had to defeat both Kibler and Froehlich on his path to the championship.

The fourth edition of the community-based promotion has nearly settled on its card type. The two choices remaining are Land and Enchantment, with voting currently still open.

This weekend's Constructed Grand Prix takes place in San Diego, CA. The format of choice is Modern, with coverage being provided by Magic personalities Brian David-Marshall, The Academy's own Marshall Sutcliffe and Rashad Miller, among others.

Information regarding the 2013 MOCs has been released on DailyMTG. Beginning on March 22nd, the MOCs will be covered via live webcast.

There will be 16 Magic Online PTQs, beginning on March 23rd. These Qualifiers are for Pro Tour Dublin, which takes place on October 11-13th. The format is Standard, and there are a number of prizes given out to top performers.

Wizards is providing video coverage of Grand Prix Verona this weekend. The Standard Grand Prix features a number of pro player participants, including Sam Black and Shuhei Nakamura.

Pro Tour Dragon's Maze, which begins on May 17th in San Diego, CA, has been moved to a new venue. The even will take place at the San Diego Concourse Golden Hall.

The results are in for Grand Prix Yokohama, the largest ever to be held in Japan. The Limited event was also the second largest Grand Prix in Magic history.

Wizards has announced that they will automatically issue refunds for events that crashed in the post-downtime debacle.

The schedule for World Magic Cup Qualifiers around the globe has been announced. Participants will be treated to an alternate-art copy of Vengevine.

We have added 4x Common and 4x Uncommon sets from Gatecrash, Innistrad, Dark Ascension and Avacyn's Restored to MTGO Academy's store page