Vice President of the e-sports direction Wizards of the Coast Ilane Chase (Elaine Chase) stated that this event “marks the beginning of the era of e -sports in Magic". The event will be held from 28th to March 31 in Boston, Massachusetts, during Pax East 2019. It will take part in both professional players and well -known streamers – they will compete for first place and 250 thousand dollars. The total prize pool will be 1 million US dollars.
Mythic Invitational matches will be held according to the Duo Standard system, that is, up to two victories. To participate in it, you need to choose two decks of the "Standard" format. Between the parties players are not allowed to modify the decks. Gamers have the right to choose both two similar decks, and completely different. And they can take the same deck at all twice.
In total, 64 players will take part https://vegasloungecasino.co.uk/games/ in the tournament. No one will leave empty -handed – even for the last place is supposed to be 7.5 thousand dollars. The distribution of funds is as follows:
• 1st place – 250 thousand dollars.
• 2nd place – 125 thousand dollars.
• 3rd place – 70 thousand dollars.
• 4th place – 45 thousand dollars.
• 5-6 places – 12.5 thousand dollars.
• 17-64 places – 7.5 thousand dollars.
Eight slots will be able to occupy the best gamers MTG Arena In the format "collected deck" for February. Over this month Wizards of the Coast will publish players rating every week so that applicants can follow their successes. The season will end on February 28 at 23:00 in Moscow, and the final results will be announced on March 4.
It will be possible to follow the competitions here – every day from Thursday to Saturday (March 28–31), the broadcast will begin at 17:00 in Moscow. Stream finals will begin on Sunday at 18:00 in Moscow. You will find the list of participants at this link, and the official qualification rules – according to this.
