MagicCon Atlanta, Day 2: What Is on Today

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

By Pyrias Published November 14, 2026 Updated November 10, 2026

Welcome to Day 2

Saturday is a full day at MagicCon Atlanta. The show floor is open 10am to 7pm Eastern.

The World Championship

The second starts around 9am, followed by more rounds. Each player plays 14 rounds in all, and the best eight move on to Sunday's playoffs. Wizards says the will be announced around 8:15pm.

On the Mana Stage

The Cosplay Contest Grand Championship is scheduled for today. Wizards hasn't posted the time yet.

For Families and Collectors

Family Spark has a worldbuilding workshop today. Spend 150 dollars in one purchase at the Official Show Store and you can get a Preordain , a special version of a card, while supplies last. Every badge also comes with a Wayfarer's Bauble.

DraftA way to play where you build your deck during the event. Players take turns picking cards, one at a time, from packs that get passed around the table, then build a deck from only the cards they picked.Open the full glossaryStandardA Magic format that only allows cards from the most recent sets, so older cards leave it as new sets come out. It is a different format from Commander.Open the full glossaryTop 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 glossary

Part of the MagicCon Atlanta Series. Going in person? Meet the Artists lists who will be there and their booth numbers.

Every Card in This Article

Preordain

Card
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$0.68 Commander 2015 #101, regular Buy at TCGplayer

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Wayfarer's Bauble

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$0.19 The List #M3C-315, regular Buy at Mana Pool

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Commanders that want this card
Korlash, Heir to Blackblade plan, shares ,

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 glossaryCantripA 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 pageLand 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 page

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