There will be 4 total Arena Limited Championship Qualifiers (ALCQs) throughout 2026, intended to qualify players for the Arena Limited Championship (ALC) towards the end of the year.
Anyone can enter the ALCQ Draft 1:
Entry Fee:
25,000 Gold
5,000 Gems
Format:
Best-of-one Lorwyn Eclipsed Draft
Structure:
You stop playing when you hit either 7 wins or 2 losses.
A previous version of the Terms and Conditions article incorrectly listed this as 7 wins or 3 losses. I spoke with one of the Arena developers and they were able to confirm that 7 wins or 2 losses is correct.
Rewards:
0 – 3 Wins: No Reward
4 Wins : 1,000 Gems
5 Wins: 2,500 Gems
6 Wins: 5,000 Gems
7 Wins: 5,500 Gems and a token to enter Draft 2
Draft Two requires the token granted for getting to 7 wins in Draft 1:
Entry Fee:
ALCQ Draft Two entry token (earned in Draft 1)
Format:
Best-of-one Lorwyn Eclipsed Draft
Structure:
You stop playing after you hit either 6 wins or 2 losses.
The Terms and Conditions email incorrectly states this as 6 wins or 3 losses. Again, 6 wins or 2 losses should be correct here.
Rewards
0 Wins: No Reward
1 Win: 6,500 Gems
2 Wins: 7,500 Gems
3 Wins: 8,500 Gems
4 Wins: 10,000 Gems
5 Wins: $1,000 USD and an entry to the 2026 ALC
A previous version of the Terms and Conditions article incorrectly listed 5 Wins as not awarding the 2026 ALC token. As above, I spoke with an Arena developer, and 5 Wins will grant you a 2026 ALC token.
Both Draft 1 and Draft 2 will be running this entire time, from 11 am ET on February 20th through 11 am ET on February 23rd.
If you’ve signed up for either Draft 1 or Draft 2 already, you’ll have until 2 pm ET on February 23rd to finish your game.
Once you earn an ALCQ Draft Two entry token, you will immediately be able to sign up for Draft Two.
It is unknown at this time if the pool of drafters will be specific to Draft 1 and Draft 2, if both Draft 1 and Draft 2 will pull from the same pool, or if both Draft 1 and Draft 2 will be using the same pool of players as the Premier draft queue.
Once you win entry into the 2026 ALC, you are not able to earn a second entry into that tournament. However, you may continue to play as many times as you’d like over that weekend, and multiple cash prizes can be won this way.
