Mage Duel

Mage Duel is a Standard PvP event, released in May 2026 with update 7.9.1 after the release of Secrets of Strixhaven (SOS) card set.

Mage Duel (MD)
Type	PvP Standard
Rewards	Progression
Nodes	1
Specials	Perma-support in play  Special rules affect play
Card XP gain	20 XP (all wins on a node)
Introduced	SOS · May 2026 · v7.9.1
Portal:Events   (Infobox · Data)

Contents

Story

“My trick? Hit their casting hand and they lose their advantage. So far, I’m undefeated.”

— Alessia, Lorehold duelist

Well you see, students are mostly young, brazen, full of wonder and desire. With each new spell learned they become more and more eager to test their magic in real situations, libraries and classrooms can only go so far in teaching what magic can really do. It is not surprising that students find alleys and tavern lots to test their mettle. It is mostly friendly sparing, but sometimes someone ends up hurt? Or worse? Of course they do, but that’s what healing magic is for, for everything else, there’s always necromancy.

Special rules

Special rules	One or more nodes in this event have special rules causing ongoing effects.

Your event deck may consist solely of spell cards.

Permanent support		A permanent support affects play on one or more nodes.

Each player has the following support on their board:

Permanent support: Strixhaven Influence

Side: Both

When you cast the first spell card during your turn: If that spell has one or two colors - For each color that card has, perform the following effects: White: Create 4 Soldier Tokens and your first creature gets +2/+2 and gains Double Strike. Blue: Drain 6 mana from your opponent's hand. Gain 6 mana. Black: Your opponent discards the first spell card from their hand and lose 5 life. Red: Deal 8 damage to any opposing target. Green: Create 4 Beast Tokens.

Objectives

Objectives	Reward
Win the fight!  Win the fight against your opponent.	5 · 200
Spell Caster:  Cast 5 or more spells during a single fight.	3
Multifocused:  Cast 5 or more multicolored spells during a single fight.	2

Rewards

Progression rewards (Jul 2026)

Ribbons	Bronze	Silver	Gold	Platinum
25	500	1,000	1,000	1,500
30	5	10	15	20
35	SOS Booster Pack	SOS Booster Pack	SOS Booster Pack	SOS Booster Pack
40	1,000	1,000	1,500	1,500
45	15	15	15	20
50	1,500	2,000	2,500	3,000
55	SOS Booster Pack	SOS Booster Pack	SOS Booster Pack	SOS Booster Pack
60	SOS Booster Pack 5	SOS Booster Pack 10	SOS Booster Pack 15	SOS Booster Pack 20