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'''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. It was 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.
'''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.


==Format==
==Format==
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==Course of events==
==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.<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>
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==
Featured drafters: [[Marcio Carvalho]] (2-1), [[Paul Rietzl]] (3-0)
The top eight players after day one:
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!Rank
!Player
!Points
|-
!1
|{{flag|FRA}} Arnaud Hocquemiller
|align=center|24
|-
!2
|{{flag|ESP}} Bernado Santos
|align=center|22
|-
!3
|{{flag|FRA}} [[Guillaume Wafo-Tapa]]
|align=center|21
|-
!4
|{{flag|USA}} [[Allen Wu]]
|align=center|21
|-
!5
|{{flag|CAN}} Edgar Magalhaes
|align=center|21
|-
!6
|{{flag|DEU}} Thoralf Severin
|align=center|21
|-
!7
|{{flag|USA}} [[Christian Calcano]]
|align=center|21
|-
!8
|{{flag|DEU}} [[Christian Hauck]]
|align=center|21
|}
==Day two==
Featured drafters: Arnaud Hocquemiller (0-2-1), Christian Calcano (1-2)
==Top 8==
{{Top 8 Playoff
| RD1-seed01=1
| RD1-team01=Manuel Lenz
| RD1-score01=2
| RD1-seed02=8
| RD1-team02='''Zhiyang Zhang'''
| RD1-score02=3
| RD1-seed03=4
| RD1-team03='''Thoralf Severin'''
| RD1-score03=3
| RD1-seed04=5
| RD1-team04=David Mines
| RD1-score04=0
| RD1-seed05=3
| RD1-team05='''Sean Gifford'''
| RD1-score05=3
| RD1-seed06=6
| RD1-team06=Juan Jose Rodriguez
| RD1-score06=1
| RD1-seed07=2
| RD1-team07='''Alvaro Fernandez Torres'''
| RD1-score07=3
| RD1-seed08=7
| RD1-team08=[[Martin Müller]]
| RD1-score08=2
| RD2-seed01=8
| RD2-team01=Zhiyang Zhang
| RD2-score01=1
| RD2-seed02=4
| RD2-team02='''Thoralf Severin'''
| RD2-score02=3
| RD2-seed03=3
| RD2-team03=Sean Gifford
| RD2-score03=1
| RD2-seed04=2
| RD2-team04='''Alvaro Fernandez Torres'''
| RD2-score04=3
| RD3-seed01=4
| RD3-team01='''Thoralf Severin'''
| RD3-score01=3
| RD3-seed02=2
| RD3-team02=Alvaro Fernandez Torres
| RD3-score02=1
}}
{{solo|extra1=Deck|extra2=Comments
|p1={{flag|DEU}} Thoralf Severin
|p1-pr=$50,000
|p1-pp=50
|p1-e1=Mono-Green Tron
|p1-e2=
|p2={{flag|ESP}} Alvaro Fernandez Torres
|p2-pr=$20,000
|p2-pp=42
|p2-e1=Hardened Scales
|p2-e2=
|p3={{flag|CAN}} Sean Gifford
|p3-pr=$15,000
|p3-pp=37
|p3-e1=Eldrazi Tron
|p3-e2=
|p4={{flag|CHN}} Zhang Zhiyang
|p4-pr=$12,500
|p4-pp=37
|p4-e1=Jund
|p4-e2=
|p5={{flag|AUT}} Manuel Lenz
|p5-pr=$10,000
|p5-pp=32
|p5-e1=Urza ThopterSword
|p5-e2=Second Pro Tour Top 8
|p6={{flag|AUS}} David Mines
|p6-pr=$9,000
|p6-pp=32
|p6-e1=Jund
|p7={{flag|ESP}} Juan Jose Rodriguez Lopez
|p7-pr=$7,500
|p7-pp=32
|p7-e1=Mono-Red Phoenix
|p7-e2=
|p8={{flag|DNK}} [[Martin Müller]]
|p8-pr=$6,000
|p8-pp=32
|p8-e1=Turbo-Hogaak
|p8-e2=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; 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==
==References==

Revision as of 10:38, 3 August 2019

Mythic Championship IV Barcelona
Date July 26-28, 2019
Location {ESP} Barcelona, Spain
Attendance 457
Format Modern Constructed and Modern Horizons Booster draft.
Prize pool $500,000
Winner Thoralf Severin
Previous Pro Tour:
Mythic Championship III		 Next Pro Tour:
Mythic Championship V

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

Featured drafters: Marcio Carvalho (2-1), Paul Rietzl (3-0)

The top eight players after day one:

Rank Player Points
1 {FRA} Arnaud Hocquemiller 24
2 {ESP} Bernado Santos 22
3 {FRA} Guillaume Wafo-Tapa 21
4 {USA} Allen Wu 21
5 {CAN} Edgar Magalhaes 21
6 {DEU} Thoralf Severin 21
7 {USA} Christian Calcano 21
8 {DEU} Christian Hauck 21

Day two

Featured drafters: Arnaud Hocquemiller (0-2-1), Christian Calcano (1-2)

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 Pro Points Deck Comments
1 {DEU} Thoralf Severin $50,000 50 Mono-Green Tron
2 {ESP} Alvaro Fernandez Torres $20,000 42 Hardened Scales
3 {CAN} Sean Gifford $15,000 37 Eldrazi Tron
4 {CHN} Zhang Zhiyang $12,500 37 Jund
5 {AUT} Manuel Lenz $10,000 32 Urza ThopterSword Second Pro Tour Top 8
6 {AUS} David Mines $9,000 32 Jund
7 {ESP} Juan Jose Rodriguez Lopez $7,500 32 Mono-Red Phoenix
8 {DNK} 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; 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

  1. ↑ Mythic Championship IV. Magicthegathering.com.
  2. ↑ David McCoy. "Everything You Need to Know About Mythic Championship IV Barcelona". Hipsters of the Coast.
  3. ↑ Wizards of the Coast (July 15, 2019). "Mythic Championship IV Survival Guide". Magic Esports.
  4. ↑ David McCoy (July 26, 2019). "Hogaak Dominates the Mythic Championship IV Day 1 Metagame". Hipsters of the Coast.
  5. ↑ David McCoy (July 27, 2019). "The Hogaak Menace Fades at Day 2 of Mythic Championship IV Barcelona". Hipsters of the Coast.
  6. ↑ David McCoy (July 28, 2019). "Thoralf Severin Wins Mythic Championship IV Barcelona with Tron". Hipsters of the Coast.
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