Lord Seth
04-19-2015, 02:20 AM
I guess it's sort of old news (announced two weeks ago (liminary-pro-tour-qualifier-updates-2015-04-06)), but I only discovered it recently myself and it seems it was announced somewhat quietly, so figured I might as well mention it.
You know how this and the previous Preliminary PTQ season have let the stores choose Standard, Modern, or Sealed, resulting in like 5% of them being in the Modern format? Wizards has gone back to the idea of "seasons" having specific formats, so now in the Modern seasons stores will have their constructed Pre-PTQs be Modern, and in the Standard seasons it'll be Standard. (Stores can still choose to make their Pre-PTQs into Sealed format if they want) So the season that's June 6 to August 16 will be Modern format.
The format for the applicable Regional PTQ will Modern as well, and then that'll qualify you for the Modern Pro Tour.
I really like this format, and in fact it makes more sense than the previous PTQ season system. In that setup, you'd have a Modern PTQ season... that would then lead into a Standard Pro Tour. This will make it so the Modern Regional PTQs will lead into the Modern Pro Tour. So it's Modern->Modern->Modern (or Sealed->Modern->Modern) instead of Modern->Standard or Standard->Modern.
I don't think they've said how many seasons will be Modern-themed--I'm going to guess that, like the Pro Tour, we'll have three seasons of Standard/Sealed and then a season of Modern/Sealed--but it'll make it a lot more possible to play in Modern Pre-PTQs, even if it does mean they'll be Standard Pre-PTQs the rest of the year.
You know how this and the previous Preliminary PTQ season have let the stores choose Standard, Modern, or Sealed, resulting in like 5% of them being in the Modern format? Wizards has gone back to the idea of "seasons" having specific formats, so now in the Modern seasons stores will have their constructed Pre-PTQs be Modern, and in the Standard seasons it'll be Standard. (Stores can still choose to make their Pre-PTQs into Sealed format if they want) So the season that's June 6 to August 16 will be Modern format.
The format for the applicable Regional PTQ will Modern as well, and then that'll qualify you for the Modern Pro Tour.
I really like this format, and in fact it makes more sense than the previous PTQ season system. In that setup, you'd have a Modern PTQ season... that would then lead into a Standard Pro Tour. This will make it so the Modern Regional PTQs will lead into the Modern Pro Tour. So it's Modern->Modern->Modern (or Sealed->Modern->Modern) instead of Modern->Standard or Standard->Modern.
I don't think they've said how many seasons will be Modern-themed--I'm going to guess that, like the Pro Tour, we'll have three seasons of Standard/Sealed and then a season of Modern/Sealed--but it'll make it a lot more possible to play in Modern Pre-PTQs, even if it does mean they'll be Standard Pre-PTQs the rest of the year.