04/20/2026
Upgrade Challenge League is about to begin another exciting season at Comic Boom!
Congratulations to all of our Season 3 play-off finalists: Seth Umstead, Dave Broughton, AJ Reagan, and our still-reigning Upgrade League Champion, Jerome Grondin!
There are three rules that we are changing for the upcoming league. Firstly, upgrade league will now be using the Standard ban-list instead of having no banlist, mostly due to the disproportionate strength of some common and uncommon cards.
Secondly, we are removing the "in-universe" point bonus that was in effect for the first three seasons of league. We found that players were making too many sacrifices to their decks' strategies in order to earn bonus points, which took away from the deckbuilding process.
Lastly, the final round of league will now be an 8-player swiss tournament instead of a 4-player play-off! The upper point-spread for the last two seasons of league were incredibly close, sometimes with the 5th-place player only being a couple of points away from 4th. Opening up the final round to the top 8 players instead of the top 4 will allow more players who build strong decks to compete for prizes. All players who play in the top 8 tournament will win store-credit.
Upgrade League remains to be the most fun, creative, and affordable way to play Magic! We've been having a blast building decks and testing our skill. Practice week for the next season of Upgrade League begins Wednesday, April 29th, at 6:00 PM! We hope to see you there!
