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| type = Pro Tour | | type = Pro Tour | ||
| name = Mythic Championship IV Barcelona | | name = Mythic Championship IV Barcelona | ||
| date = July | | date = July 26–28, 2019 | ||
| location = {{flag|ESP}} Barcelona, Spain | | location = {{flag|ESP}} Barcelona, Spain | ||
| attendance = 457 | | attendance = 457 | ||
| format = [[Modern]] [[Constructed]] and ''[[Modern Horizons]]'' [[Booster draft]]. | | format = [[Modern]] [[Constructed]] and ''[[Modern Horizons]]'' [[Booster draft]]. | ||
| prizes = $500,000 | | prizes = $500,000 | ||
| winner = Thoralf Severin | | winner = [[Thoralf Severin]] | ||
| prev = [[Mythic Championship III]] | | prev = [[Mythic Championship III]] | ||
| next = [[Mythic Championship V]] | | next = [[Mythic Championship V]] | ||
}} | }} | ||
'''Mythic Championship IV''', or '''Mythic Championship Barcelona 2019''', took place on July | '''Mythic Championship IV''', or '''Mythic Championship Barcelona 2019''', took place on July 26–28, 2019, in Barcelona, Spain.<ref>{{WebRef|url=https://magic.wizards.com/en/events/premierplay/mythicseries/2019MC4|title=Mythic Championship IV|publisher=[[Magicthegathering.com]]}}</ref> The winner of the Mythic Championship, [[Thoralf Severin]] from Germany, took home $50,000, while second place was awarded $20,000, third and fourth places $15,000, and fifth through eighth places $10,000.<ref>{{WebRef|url=https://mailchi.mp/hipstersofthecoast/everything-you-need-to-know-about-mythic-championship-iv|title=Everything You Need to Know About Mythic Championship IV Barcelona|author=David McCoy|publisher=[[Hipsters of the Coast]]}}</ref> Players that finished in the Top 16 received $6,000 and the tournament paid all the way down to $500 to anyone placing lower than 180th. | ||
With a Top 8 comprised of faces relatively new to the Sunday stage, it was also the first Pro Tour since Pro Tour Kobe 2006 where there were no American competitors in the Top 8 - the highest placing American player was [[Eli Kassis]] at 15th, compared to Brian Hegstad at 9th in Kobe. | With a Top 8 comprised of faces relatively new to the Sunday stage, it was also the first Pro Tour since Pro Tour Kobe 2006 where there were no American competitors in the Top 8 - the highest placing American player was [[Eli Kassis]] at 15th, compared to Brian Hegstad at 9th in Kobe. | ||
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==Course of events== | ==Course of events== | ||
The Modern metagame Day 1 of Mythic Championship IV Barcelona was dominated by the | The Modern metagame Day 1 of Mythic Championship IV Barcelona was dominated by the Hogaak Vine deck, with over 21% of players—98 of the 456—choosing to play it.<ref>{{WebRef|url=https://www.hipstersofthecoast.com/2019/07/hogaak-dominates-the-mythic-championship-iv-day-1-metagame/|title=Hogaak Dominates the Mythic Championship IV Day 1 Metagame|author=David McCoy|date=July 26, 2019|publisher=[[Hipsters of the Coast]]}}</ref> Despite Hogaak's huge share of the [[metagame]], the deck did not manage to dominate the Top 8 that ermeged on Day 2.<ref>{{WebRef|url=https://www.hipstersofthecoast.com/2019/07/the-hogaak-menace-fades-at-day-2-of-mythic-championship-iv-barcelona-mtg/|title=The Hogaak Menace Fades at Day 2 of Mythic Championship IV Barcelona|author=David McCoy|date=July 27, 2019|publisher=[[Hipsters of the Coast]]}}</ref> On Day 3, Thoralf Severin from Germany won the finals with [[Tron]].<ref>{{WebRef|url=https://www.hipstersofthecoast.com/2019/07/thoralf-severin-wins-mythic-championship-iv-barcelona-with-tron/|title=Thoralf Severin Wins Mythic Championship IV Barcelona with Tron|author=David McCoy|date=July 28, 2019|publisher=[[Hipsters of the Coast]]}}</ref> | ||
==Day One== | ==Day One== | ||
The first draft followed MPL member [[Marcio Carvalho]] and Hall of Famer [[Paul Rietzl]]. Carvalho's draft was noted to be messy, but more from unclear signals than drafting error; he ended up with a baseline white-blue aggressive deck that didn't rely on the expected Blinking synergies in Modern Horizons. Rietzl defeated Carvalho in the finals with a Blue-Red deck; as it turned out, everybody at the pod found the packs weak and consequently all the drafters were unenthused with their decks. | |||
Hogaak was the biggest archetype in the room, with a 21% metagame share; not significant over Modern's history, but a sizeable portion. With the open decklists, maindeck graveyard hate was common, typically in the form of Surgical Extraction (in Phoenix decks), Nihil Spellbomb (in Jund and control decks) and Relic of Progenitus (in Tron-based decks). Despite its strength, not many decks were outright pushed out of the format, though Green Tron shifted to more Eldrazi Tron. <c>Wrenn and Six</c> cleared out the other varied Rock and Abzan archetypes and established Jund as the Green-Black midrange deck of choice. The other popular decks were similar to that in London, in that of Phoenix, White-Blue Control and Humans. | |||
The top eight players after day one: | The top eight players after day one: | ||
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==Day two== | ==Day two== | ||
Coverage followed the undefeated Arnaud Hocquemiller, whose draft was seen from both him and the coverage team to be a minor disaster - the White-Black deck panned out to a disappointing 0-2-1. Christian Calcano was the second drafter, looking towards a Blue-Black Ninjas draft but eventually settling into an aggressive Blue-Green Snow variant with <c>Fallen Shinobi</c>. Thoralf Severin, eventual champion, won the pod with a Red-Green deck with multiple <c>Igneous Elementals</c>. At the end of round 11, Severin co-led with David Mines at 10–1. | |||
Despite Hogaak's popularity, the top tables were not overwhelmed by it - it had become so powerful the leading teams concluded that it should maindeck <c>Leyline of the Void</c>, causing cannibalization of its matchups. There were no particular standouts in the field, with Manuel Lenz, Sean Gifford and Alvaro Fernandes Torres reaching 36 points at round 14. Lenz and Torres drew consecutive rounds, and later with Mines and Gifford. Juan Jose Rodriguez Lopez found himself down a game against Gifford and accepted a draw, looking to win round 16. [[Martin Müller]] knocked out [[Guillaume Wafo-Tapa]] for a draw with Thoralf Severin, who won over Yves Sele. [[Jelger Wiegersma]] also went to 36 points after a win over Adriano Moscanto, but with bad tiebreakers he was paired down against Rodriguez Lopez - an incredible string of <c>Manamorphose</c> draws gave him an unlikely win against Wiegersma's Hogaak deck, and the final place was taken by Zhiyang Zhang on his 7th win in a row against Moscanto also. | |||
==Top 8== | ==Top 8== | ||
{{Top 8 Playoff | {{Top 8 Playoff | ||
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{{solo|extra1=Deck|extra2=Comments | {{solo|points=Mythic|extra1=Deck|extra2=Comments | ||
|p1={{flag|DEU}} Thoralf Severin | |p1={{flag|DEU}} [[Thoralf Severin]] | ||
|p1-pr=$50,000 | |p1-pr=$50,000 | ||
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|p8-e2=Third Pro Tour Top 8 | |p8-e2=Third Pro Tour Top 8 | ||
}} | }} | ||
==Trivia== | ==Trivia== | ||
* Four players posted 6-0 draft records, including champion Thoralf Severin and sixth placed David Mines; the others were Jack Kiefer and [[Jacob Wilson]]. Notably not was [[Paul Rietzl]], who had not lost in a Mythic Championship draft pod since round 2 of Pro Tour Guilds of Ravnica, a 19 match streak and 22-2 so far. | * Four players posted 6-0 draft records, including champion Thoralf Severin and sixth placed David Mines; the others were [[Jack Kiefer]] and [[Jacob Wilson]]. Notably not was [[Paul Rietzl]], who had not lost in a Mythic Championship draft pod since round 2 of Pro Tour Guilds of Ravnica, a 19 match streak and 22-2 so far. | ||
* The best Constructed record was | * The best Constructed record was 9–1, posted by [[Kristof Prinz]] with Izzet Phoenix. Top 8 competitors Zhang Zhiyang with Jund and [[Martin Müller]] on Turbo-Hogaak both posted 8-1-1, though the context of their draws were different; Muller's was an ID, while Zhiyang drew in round 4. | ||
* [[Brad Nelson]] broke a Pro Tour attendance streak due to a passport expiry problem. The last Pro Tour he had missed was [[Pro Tour Gatecrash]] in 2013. | * [[Brad Nelson]] broke a Pro Tour attendance streak due to a passport expiry problem. The last Pro Tour he had missed was [[Pro Tour Gatecrash]] in 2013. | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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{{2018–19 PT Season}} | {{2018–19 PT Season}} | ||
[[Category:Pro Tours| | [[Category:Pro Tours|P114]] | ||
Latest revision as of 05:18, 29 March 2021
| Mythic Championship IV Barcelona | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date | July 26–28, 2019 | |||
| Location |
 Barcelona, Spain | |||
| Attendance | 457 | |||
| Format | Modern Constructed and Modern Horizons Booster draft. | |||
| Prize pool | $500,000 | |||
| Winner | Thoralf Severin | |||
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Mythic Championship IV, or Mythic Championship Barcelona 2019, took place on July 26–28, 2019, in Barcelona, Spain.[1] The winner of the Mythic Championship, Thoralf Severin from Germany, took home $50,000, while second place was awarded $20,000, third and fourth places $15,000, and fifth through eighth places $10,000.[2] Players that finished in the Top 16 received $6,000 and the tournament paid all the way down to $500 to anyone placing lower than 180th.
With a Top 8 comprised of faces relatively new to the Sunday stage, it was also the first Pro Tour since Pro Tour Kobe 2006 where there were no American competitors in the Top 8 - the highest placing American player was Eli Kassis at 15th, compared to Brian Hegstad at 9th in Kobe.
Format
Mythic Championship IV featured two formats: three rounds of Modern Horizons Limited and five rounds of Modern Constructed on Days 1 and 2, and Modern Constructed for the Top 8 single-elimination bracket.[3]
Course of events
The Modern metagame Day 1 of Mythic Championship IV Barcelona was dominated by the Hogaak Vine deck, with over 21% of players—98 of the 456—choosing to play it.[4] Despite Hogaak's huge share of the metagame, the deck did not manage to dominate the Top 8 that ermeged on Day 2.[5] On Day 3, Thoralf Severin from Germany won the finals with Tron.[6]
Day One
The first draft followed MPL member Marcio Carvalho and Hall of Famer Paul Rietzl. Carvalho's draft was noted to be messy, but more from unclear signals than drafting error; he ended up with a baseline white-blue aggressive deck that didn't rely on the expected Blinking synergies in Modern Horizons. Rietzl defeated Carvalho in the finals with a Blue-Red deck; as it turned out, everybody at the pod found the packs weak and consequently all the drafters were unenthused with their decks.
Hogaak was the biggest archetype in the room, with a 21% metagame share; not significant over Modern's history, but a sizeable portion. With the open decklists, maindeck graveyard hate was common, typically in the form of Surgical Extraction (in Phoenix decks), Nihil Spellbomb (in Jund and control decks) and Relic of Progenitus (in Tron-based decks). Despite its strength, not many decks were outright pushed out of the format, though Green Tron shifted to more Eldrazi Tron. Wrenn and Six cleared out the other varied Rock and Abzan archetypes and established Jund as the Green-Black midrange deck of choice. The other popular decks were similar to that in London, in that of Phoenix, White-Blue Control and Humans.
The top eight players after day one:
| Rank | Player | Points |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Arnaud Hocquemiller
|
24 |
| 2 | Bernardo Santos
|
22 |
| 3 | Guillaume Wafo-Tapa
|
21 |
| 4 |  Allen Wu
|
21 |
| 5 |  Edgar Magalhaes
|
21 |
| 6 |  Thoralf Severin
|
21 |
| 7 | Christian Calcano
|
21 |
| 8 | Christian Hauck
|
21 |
Day two
Coverage followed the undefeated Arnaud Hocquemiller, whose draft was seen from both him and the coverage team to be a minor disaster - the White-Black deck panned out to a disappointing 0-2-1. Christian Calcano was the second drafter, looking towards a Blue-Black Ninjas draft but eventually settling into an aggressive Blue-Green Snow variant with Fallen Shinobi. Thoralf Severin, eventual champion, won the pod with a Red-Green deck with multiple Igneous Elementals. At the end of round 11, Severin co-led with David Mines at 10–1.
Despite Hogaak's popularity, the top tables were not overwhelmed by it - it had become so powerful the leading teams concluded that it should maindeck Leyline of the Void, causing cannibalization of its matchups. There were no particular standouts in the field, with Manuel Lenz, Sean Gifford and Alvaro Fernandes Torres reaching 36 points at round 14. Lenz and Torres drew consecutive rounds, and later with Mines and Gifford. Juan Jose Rodriguez Lopez found himself down a game against Gifford and accepted a draw, looking to win round 16. Martin Müller knocked out Guillaume Wafo-Tapa for a draw with Thoralf Severin, who won over Yves Sele. Jelger Wiegersma also went to 36 points after a win over Adriano Moscanto, but with bad tiebreakers he was paired down against Rodriguez Lopez - an incredible string of Manamorphose draws gave him an unlikely win against Wiegersma's Hogaak deck, and the final place was taken by Zhiyang Zhang on his 7th win in a row against Moscanto also.
Top 8
| Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Finals | |||||||||||
| 1 | Manuel Lenz | 2 | |||||||||||
| 8 | Zhiyang Zhang | 3 | |||||||||||
| 8 | Zhiyang Zhang | 1 | |||||||||||
| 4 | Thoralf Severin | 3 | |||||||||||
| 4 | Thoralf Severin | 3 | |||||||||||
| 5 | David Mines | 0 | |||||||||||
| 4 | Thoralf Severin | 3 | |||||||||||
| 2 | Alvaro Fernandez Torres | 1 | |||||||||||
| 3 | Sean Gifford | 3 | |||||||||||
| 6 | Juan Jose Rodriguez | 1 | |||||||||||
| 3 | Sean Gifford | 1 | |||||||||||
| 2 | Alvaro Fernandez Torres | 3 | |||||||||||
| 2 | Alvaro Fernandez Torres | 3 | |||||||||||
| 7 | Martin Müller | 2 | |||||||||||
| Place | Player | Prize | Mythic Points | Deck | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Thoralf Severin
|
$50,000 | 50 | Mono-Green Tron | |
| 2 | Alvaro Fernandez Torres
|
$20,000 | 42 | Hardened Scales | |
| 3 | Sean Gifford
|
$15,000 | 37 | Eldrazi Tron | |
| 4 |  Zhang Zhiyang
|
$12,500 | 37 | Jund | |
| 5 |  Manuel Lenz
|
$10,000 | 32 | Urza ThopterSword | Second Pro Tour Top 8 |
| 6 |  David Mines
|
$9,000 | 32 | Jund | |
| 7 | Juan Jose Rodriguez Lopez
|
$7,500 | 32 | Mono-Red Phoenix | |
| 8 |  Martin Müller
|
$6,000 | 32 | Turbo-Hogaak | Third Pro Tour Top 8 |
Trivia
- Four players posted 6-0 draft records, including champion Thoralf Severin and sixth placed David Mines; the others were Jack Kiefer and Jacob Wilson. Notably not was Paul Rietzl, who had not lost in a Mythic Championship draft pod since round 2 of Pro Tour Guilds of Ravnica, a 19 match streak and 22-2 so far.
- The best Constructed record was 9–1, posted by Kristof Prinz with Izzet Phoenix. Top 8 competitors Zhang Zhiyang with Jund and Martin Müller on Turbo-Hogaak both posted 8-1-1, though the context of their draws were different; Muller's was an ID, while Zhiyang drew in round 4.
- Brad Nelson broke a Pro Tour attendance streak due to a passport expiry problem. The last Pro Tour he had missed was Pro Tour Gatecrash in 2013.
References
- ↑ Mythic Championship IV. Magicthegathering.com.
- ↑ David McCoy. "Everything You Need to Know About Mythic Championship IV Barcelona". Hipsters of the Coast.
- ↑ Wizards of the Coast (July 15, 2019). "Mythic Championship IV Survival Guide". Magic Esports.
- ↑ David McCoy (July 26, 2019). "Hogaak Dominates the Mythic Championship IV Day 1 Metagame". Hipsters of the Coast.
- ↑ David McCoy (July 27, 2019). "The Hogaak Menace Fades at Day 2 of Mythic Championship IV Barcelona". Hipsters of the Coast.
- ↑ David McCoy (July 28, 2019). "Thoralf Severin Wins Mythic Championship IV Barcelona with Tron". Hipsters of the Coast.