After two years of basically no live events, it looks like Magic: The Gathering Pro Tour is returning to FLGS for regionals in 2022.
First off, we love any time local stores get help or have the ability to jump into the ring for big promotions! The regionals will all take place at local stores, so if you want in on the fun, get to your closest shop and get working on those Magic skills!
After two+ years of the scene on life support due to COVID, it looks like this will be quite the event. Even the Players’ Tour has pretty much been left for dead in favor of online events. So we’ll have to see how much this resurrects things.
Magic: The Gathering’s Pro Tour Returning to FLGS!
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Pro Tours will be hosted by Wizards of the Coast at locations we’ll announce as we get closer to the dates. While the uncertainty surrounding COVID does make our crystal ball a bit hazy, we’re currently targeting our first Pro Tour for early 2023. Our priority is always for the safety of our players and staff, and we’ll be adjusting plans in accordance with the latest health and safety guidelines. Our goal is to gather again to celebrate the best of the best on the Pro Tour, and we’ll be sharing more information as plans solidify.
Most Pro Tour qualifications will be earned by performing well at Regional Championships or from finishing with 10 wins in a previous Pro Tour, but we’re also introducing a points system called Adjusted Match Points (AMP) that will allow players to earn invites through multiple strong, but not otherwise qualifying, performances at Pro Tour tournaments. For more on how AMP works, you can read the details here.
All invite policies for the first year of this program will be more generous as we populate the tournament system. For more information, check out that details article.
The tour this time around (slightly different from the 2018 version) will have four levels of competition, first starting at the regional level, which will be held at FLGS. Then, the winners will have regional championships which will let you actually qualify for the Pro Tour. So just to get there, you already have to have some serious chops. After that, the Pro Tour will pit the regional champions against each other, eventually leading all the way to the World Championships. They are targeting early 2023 for the start of the Pro Tour.
You won’t just get pride for winning either, you’ll be getting some sweet prizes! At the FLGS/regional level, they will be giving out Lava Spike promo cards for qualifiers and the top finishers will receive a Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx promo. Then, for the regional championships, the promo card will be a Teferi, Hero of Dominaria.
Oh yeah, plus the Pro Tour will have $500,000 worth of prize money that you can battle for! Overall, this is great for the community and stores together!
Find Out More About the New Magic the Gathering Pro Tour Here.
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