Monday, October 11, 2021

Magic: The Gathering Shows Its Hand, Particulars 2021 Esports Plans

Magic is promising even more esports in 2019, with more prize cash, extra ways to qualify and extra methods to play. This year will probably be cut up into two key paths. The primary is the trail that each participant will take to qualify for particular person Mythic Championships and the second is the path to the $1m (£765,000) 2019 Magic World Championship.


Over the course of the yr, Magic will run qualifying occasions for Mythic Championships by way of native WPM shops, tournament organisers, MagicFest, Magic Online and MTG Area. Events will include each Magic on-line and tabletop, with some tabletop events (London and Cleveland) having already concluded or starting soon. Tabletop gamers can nonetheless take part in Barcelona and Richmond events, which happen on July 26-28th and November 8th-10th respectively.


With reference to the Mythic Championship Qualification: seven events will happen in 2019, with the first tabletop occasion getting underway on Friday 22nd February in Cleveland, Ohio. This event might be adopted by:


London, England - April 26-twenty eighth - Tabletop - $500,000 (£400,000)
MTG Enviornment - June/July - $750,000 (£575,000)
Barcelona, Spain - July 26-twenty eighth - Tabletop - $500,000 (£400,000)
MTG Enviornment - August/September - $750,000 (£575,000)
Richmond, Virginia - November 8-10th - Tabletop - $500,000 (£400,000)
MTG Enviornment - November/December - $750,000 (£575,000)


The Magic World Championship will come to a climax in December 2019, with sixteen gamers concluding a monster yr of Magic esports. The sixteen will likely be made up of last years winner, Javier Dominquez as effectively as the winners of the seven Mythic Championships (four tabletop and three MTG Arena) plus the top 4 Magic Professional League gamers and the highest 4 Challengers gamers based mostly on Mythic Points.


In the event that a prime points earner receives an computerized qualification, the subsequent highest factors earner receive an invite. A separate $1m (£765,000) prize pool can also be on provide at the World Championship, meaning almost $5m (£3.826m) is up for grabs over the course of 2019 across multiple occasions.


Esports Insider says: Magic goes huge in 2019. In a 12 months that has seen Valve’s card sport, Artifact, fall seemingly flat on its face, it’s good to see a CCG push ahead strongly - particularly with the scenes distinctive take on esports with each physical and digital events coexisting.


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