MagicCon Chicago Badges On Sale Next Week
It's time to score a badge to the first MagicCon of 2025.
Next week, MagicCon Chicago badges and Ticketed Play events will be available for purchase, and if last year's MagicCons are any indication, they won't last long.
Sales will open to the public at 10 a.m. (PST) on Monday, December 9 for the event scheduled to take place on Feb. 21-23 at the McCormick Place Lakeside Center.
That Dec. 9 date also begins a week of "Early Bird" pricing for all tiers of badges, according to Wizards of the Coast, that'll run through Monday, Dec. 16 at 10 a.m. PST.
According to Reedpop, the company organizing MagicCons, each badge comes with at least one Avacyn's Pilgrim promo card as well as a special D&D D20 die. All badges provide access to The Art of Magic, The D&D Experience, The "Immersive Experience", The Free Play Area, The CommandZone and to Creator Central.
Following Chicago, it was announced that two other MagicCons are scheduled for 2025, taking place in Las Vegas (June 20-22) and Atlanta (Sept. 26-28). Wizards of the Coast promised that in 2026, they'd return to Europe for at least one MagicCon.
But what badge should you buy?
With three seperate VIP badges to choose from at prices ranging from $360 to $1,000, as well as both premium and general day badges, it might be tough to find the right badge for your lanyard. Check out the info below to help make that choice:
Black Lotus VIP
$900 (after Early Bird, the price becomes $1000)
Perks:
- Weekend Badge
- Black Lotus Exclusive Lanyard
- 4 Traditional foil Avacyn's Pilgrim Promo Cards
- 2 Innistrad Remastered Collector Boosters
- 3 Aetherdrift Collector Boosters
- D&D 5th Anniversary D20
- MagicCon 2025 Event Exclusive Deck Box + Sleeves
- MagicCon: Chicago Official Pin
- MagicCon: Chicago Staff Trader Pin
- Black Lotus VIP Branded Bag
- Black Lotus Exclusive Playmat
- Black Lotus Exclusive Wearable
- Black Lotus Exclusive Drinkware
- Access to Thursday VIP Experience & Shopping
- Black Lotus Draft Event - Friday
- Black Lotus Commander Unknown Planechase Event - Saturday
- Black Lotus Mystery Booster 2 Draft Event - Sunday
- Black Lotus Progressive Sealed Event - Weekend Long
- Reserved Seating for a Live Commander Game
- Reserved Seating for D&D Live Game
- One Hour Early Access to the Show Floor
- Designated VIP line for Show Store
- 10% off Official Show Store merchandise
- Access to VIP Lounge
- Access to Exclusive Opportunities with Magic Personalities
D&D Level 20 VIP
$450/$500
- Weekend Badge
- Show Lanyard
- 2 Traditional foil Avacyn's Pilgrim promo card
- D&D Level 20 Exclusive Dice Set + Dice container
- D&D 50th Anniversary D20
- D&D Branded Bag
- MagicCon: Chicago Official Pin
- 3 Bespoke D&D Sessions in Level 20 Game Room with a personal DM
- Reserved seating for D&D Live Game
- 10% off Official Show Store merchandise
Legendary VIP
$360/$400
- Weekend Badge
- Legendary VIP Branded Bag
- Legendary VIP Exclusive Drinkware
- Legendary VIP Exclusive Playmat
- Show Lanyard
- 2 Traditional foil Avacyn's Pilgrim promo card
- 2 Innistrad Remastered Collector Boosters
- 3 Aetherdrift Collector Boosters
- D&D 50th Anniversary D20
- MagicCon 2025 Event Exlusive Deck Box + Sleeves
- MagicCon: Chicago Official Pin
- 10% off Official Show Store merchandise
Premium badges include 1 Non-foil Avacyn's Pilgrim Promo Card, the D&D 50th Anniversary D20, and 2 Aetherdrift Collector Boosters in addition to the base access to the show. A Premium Single Day badge, for Friday, Saturday or Sunday, is $65/$75, while a Premium Weekend badge covers all three days and is $160/$170.
General badges are also available for weekend or single day use, and both versions include base access, one non-foil Avacyn's Pilgrim promo and one D20. General Single Day badges are $35/$40 and General Weekend badges are $100/$110.
A Youth version of the General badge is also offered in Weekend or Single Day tiers. A Youth Single Day badge is identical to a General Single Day badge, but also includes 2 Foundations Jumpstart boosters and is $20 (there's no Early Bird pricing for Youth badges). The Youth Weekend badge runs $50 and in addition to the General Weekend access, also comes with 1 Aetherdrift Collector Booster and 1 Foundations Beginner Box.
Ticketed Play events, like the ever-popular Unknown events with Gavin Verhey, also go on sale Monday and are likely to fill up fast, so don't miss out.
Will we be seeing you in Chicago in a couple months? Let us know!
