Today, Lee Sharpe of Wizards of the Coast announced their newest feature for Magic Online: the Pro Tour Gauntlet!
Once you join with your entry option and the eight-player queue fires, you’ll get to use a random deck from the Gauntlet. You’ll get to look over your deck and sideboard for a few minutes, then you can hit the Submit button when you’re ready to start playing. After this, you’ll play three Swiss rounds with the deck, and you can earn prizes based on how many matches you win.
All of the decks in the Gauntlet will be Modern decks with a strong finish in the Pro Tour and selected for the Pro Tour Gauntlet by Magic R&D. The Pro Tour Gauntlet events will be up for one week (from the downtime on the Wednesday following the Pro Tour through the following Wednesday’s downtime).
This gives players a way to play Modern on Magic Online without having to get the cards. I will definitely be joining in, will you?