Barcelona hosted The Lord of the Rings Professional Tour event from July 28 to 30, showcasing the Fashionable format for the primary time in years and a number of Magic: The Gathering World Champions securing a top-eight playoff end.
Over 200 of the most effective Magic gamers from across the globe gathered in Barcelona for the final Pro Tour tournament of the 2022-2023 season. Gamers competed in a complete of six rounds of Lord of the Rings: Tales of Center-earth Draft and as much as 10 Swiss rounds of Fashionable Constructed, looking for a high eight end and an invitation to the 2022-2023 Magic World Championship that’s scheduled to take place from Sept. 22 to 24 in Las Vegas.
High-eight MTG gamers at Professional Tour Lord of the Rings
First to safe a top-eight end at Professional Tour Lord of the Rings was Javier Dominguez. The MTG 2019 World Champion secured a seat on the high eight playoffs after having made the highest eight on the previous Pro Tour March of the Machine tournament in Minneapolis. Dominguez introduced the Mono-Inexperienced Tron deck to Professional Tour Lord Barcelona, defeating Kazune Kosaka on Rakdos Evoke to earn his thirteenth and closing match win on the event.
Heading into the Barcelona event with seven Professional Tour wins and a World Championship title from 1999 was Kai Budde. Enjoying Temur Rhinos, Budde secured a top-eight end at Professional Tour Lord of the Rings by defeating Sean Goddard on 5-Colour Creativity. Becoming a member of Budde and Dominguez had been six different high Magic gamers, together with Nielsen and Calcano.
- First: Javier Dominguez from Spain enjoying Mono-Inexperienced Tron
- Second: Christian Calcano from america enjoying Mono-Inexperienced Tron
- Third: Simon Nielsen from Denmark enjoying Mono-Inexperienced Tron
- Fourth: Jake Beardsley from america enjoying Rakdos Evoke
- Fifth: Marco Del Pivo from Italy enjoying Temur Rhinos
- Sixth: Stefano Vinci from Italy enjoying Temur Rhinos
- Seventh: Kai Budde from Germany enjoying Temur Rhinos
- Eigth: Dominic Harvey from Canada enjoying Amulet Titan
Having already secured a World Championship invite to Las Vegas from the top-eight group was Simon Nielsen, who additionally went undefeated throughout day certainly one of Professional Tour Barcelona. And standing out from the group was Harvey’s eighth-place end on the one deck that wasn’t Mono-Inexperienced Tron, Rakdos Evoke, or Temur Rhinos.
Followers can watch the top eight playoff action unfold at Professional Tour Lord of the Rings on July 30, beginning at 3am CT on Twitch.
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