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MagicCon Atlanta: Your Guide to the Weekend

MagicCon is a weekend fan convention for Magic: The Gathering. This one is in Atlanta from November 13 to 15, and whether you're going or following along from home, this page is where we'll keep track of it.

By Pyrias Published November 8, 2026 Updated November 10, 2026

When and Where

It's at the Georgia World Congress Center in Atlanta, from Friday, November 13 to Sunday, November 15, 2026. Friday and Saturday run 10am to 7pm Eastern, and Sunday runs 10am to 6pm Eastern.

What's Happening

  • On the Mana Stage: Game Knights Live and the Cosplay Contest Grand Championship, which is scheduled for Saturday, November 14.
  • The Big Tournament: Magic World Championship 32, where the plays on Sunday, November 15.
  • Around the Floor: Art of Magic and Creator Central.
  • For Families: Family Spark workshops, with cosplay on Friday, worldbuilding on Saturday and learning to draw on Sunday.

Wizards of the Coast says there will be sneak previews of 2027 and beyond. They haven't published the full schedule yet, so we'll add the details here once they do.

Promo Cards

A card is a special version of a card you can only get a certain way. Every badge comes with a Wayfarer's Bauble (art by Diego Gisbert). Spend 150 dollars in a single purchase at the Official Show Store and you can also get a Preordain (art by Chris Seaman), while supplies last.

Reality Fracture and Star Trek are the sets in the spotlight, and Star Trek comes out on opening day, November 13.

One Note for Each Day

We'll post a short note at 9am Eastern on each day of the show. Each day below opens up when its note goes live.

Top 8The eight players with the best results at the end of the main rounds of a tournament. Those eight keep playing in a final single elimination bracket until one champion is left.Open the full glossaryPromoA special printing of a card that you can only get in a certain way, such as at an event or as a gift with a purchase, instead of from regular packs. It is the same card and plays the same as the normal one.Open the full glossary

Going in person? Meet the Artists lists who will be there, with their booth numbers and some of their cards.

Day by Day

Day 1 Out Now

MagicCon Atlanta, Day 1: What Is on Today

The show opens, the World Championship starts and the Star Trek set comes out.
Day 2 Live Now

MagicCon Atlanta, Day 2: What Is on Today

The World Championship cuts to its best eight, and the cosplay contest takes the stage.

Day 3 Not Yet Live

MagicCon Atlanta, Day 3: The Last Day

Opens Sunday, Nov 15 at 9 AM Eastern

Every Card in This Article

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printingThe same card can be printed in many sets. Each one is a printing, with its own art and price.CombosTwo or more cards that, put together, do something far bigger than either of them does alone, often ending the game on the spot. Sanguine Bond and Exquisite Blood are a well-known pair: together they drain every opponent to zero.Open the full glossaryLand FetchSearches your deck for a land. That handles color fixing (making sure you can produce the specific colors of mana your cards ask for), and because it puts a real land onto the battlefield, it also switches on landfall. Cultivate, Farseek, Evolving WildsOpen the Land Fetch pageMana SinkGives you somewhere useful to spend spare mana, usually through an ability you can activate again and again. Rogue's Passage, Mind StoneOpen the Mana Sink pageRampAn effect that accelerates your mana, giving you a reusable mana source beyond the usual one land per turn. Cultivate Rampant GrowthOpen the Ramp pageSelf-SacrificeSacrifices itself as part of its own ability, trading the permanent away for what it does. Evolving Wilds, Mind StoneOpen the Self-Sacrifice pageTutors / ToolboxCards that search your deck for another card, each one called a tutor, so you can find the exact answer you need.Open the Tutors / Toolbox pageCantripA cheap instant or sorcery that replaces itself: it has a small effect and draws a card, so casting it costs you no cards overall. Commander Nexus counts a spell of mana value 2 or less that draws exactly one card. Ponder OptOpen the Cantrip pageCard SelectionImproves what you draw rather than how much: you look at the top few cards of your library and decide what stays on top. Ponder lets you rearrange the top three, Serum Visions lets you scry, and Consider lets you surveil. It makes your draws more reliable without giving you extra cards.Open the Card Selection pageDrawDraws you extra cards. More cards means more choices every turn, and in a 100-card deck it is the main way to find the pieces you need. Rhystic Study, SkullclampOpen the Draw page

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