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Unlike the Brussels and Phoenix PT's, Nagoya only runs for two days. The format is the same, however, featuring competitive tabletop play in THB Booster Draft and Pioneer.<ref>{{WebRef|url=https://www.magic.gg/news/players-tour-nagoya-day-one-highlights|title=Players Tour Nagoya Day 1 Highlights|author=Rick Hagon|date=February 1, 2020|publisher=[[Magic.gg]]}}</ref> With only 192 players, only one player went undefeated day 1: [[Yuuta Takahashi]] .
Unlike the Brussels and Phoenix PT's, Nagoya only runs for two days. The format is the same, however, featuring competitive tabletop play in THB Booster Draft and Pioneer.<ref>{{WebRef|url=https://www.magic.gg/news/players-tour-nagoya-day-one-highlights|title=Players Tour Nagoya Day 1 Highlights|author=Rick Hagon|date=February 1, 2020|publisher=[[Magic.gg]]}}</ref> With only 192 players, only one player went undefeated day 1: [[Yuuta Takahashi]] .
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Revision as of 00:53, 3 February 2020

Players Tour Series 1
Date January 31, 2020 - April 26, 2020
Location {BEL} Brussels, Belgium
{JPN} Nagoya, Japan
{USA} Phoenix, USA
{USA} Houston, USA
Attendance 384
192
TBA
TBA
Format Theros Beyond Death Booster Draft, followed by Pioneer Constructed
Prize pool $250,000
$200,000
$150,000
$250,000
Previous Players Tour:
Mythic Championship VII
Next Players Tour:
Players Tour Series 2

Players Tour Series 1 is the first Players Tour Series, continuing the tradition of professional Magic: The Gathering Organized Play of the Pro Tour and the Mythic Championships.

Description

The Series will take place between January 31, 2020 and April 26, 2020.[1] It is part of the shortened 2020 Players Tour Season. The Series consist of three regional Players Tours for which Player Points will be awarded, and one Final. Nearly 1,000 players are invited, including the 24 members of the 2020 Magic Pro League and 32 members of the 2020 Rivals League for the partial 2020 Players Tour Season.[2] Individual players are limited to playing in just one regional Players Tour event per Players Tour Finals.

Players Tour Series 1 is the first Premier Event level to feature the Pioneer format since its inception in October 2019. It also features Theros Beyond Death Draft.

Players Tour Europe

  • January 31-February 2, 2020: Brussels, Belgium

384 players entered the fray in Brussels. At the end of eight rounds, the original field of 384 was whittled down to 130. Leading the charge into Day 2 were two players at 9-0: Bernardo Torres from Portugal and Juan José Rodríguez López from Spain.[3]

Place Player Prize Player Points Deck
1 {SWE} Joel Larsson 50 Sultai Delirium
2 {POL} Piotr "Kanister" Glogowski* 42 Inverter Combo
3 {BRA} Paulo Vitor Damo da Rosa* 37 5-Color Niv to Light
4 {NLD} Brent Vos 37 Lotus Breach
5 {ESP} Juan Jose Rodriguez Lopez 32 Mono-Red Aggro
6 {ITA} Mattia Rizzi 32 Bant Spirits
7 {CHN} Zhang Zhiyang 32 Mono-Black Aggro
8 {ITA} Valerio Luminati 32 Bant Spirits

^* MPL

Players Tour Asia-Pacific

  • February 1-2, 2020: Nagoya, Japan

Unlike the Brussels and Phoenix PT's, Nagoya only runs for two days. The format is the same, however, featuring competitive tabletop play in THB Booster Draft and Pioneer.[4] With only 192 players, only one player went undefeated day 1: Yuuta Takahashi .

Place Player Prize Player Points Deck
1 {JPN} Kenta Harane 50 White-Blue Spirits Inverter Combo
2 {JPN} Ken Yukuhiro* 42 Orzhov Sram
3 {JPN} Yuuta Takahashi 37 Inverter Combo
4 {JPN} Shintaro Ishimura 37 Blue Devotion Inverter
5 {JPN} Shota Yasooka* 32 Inverter Combo
6 {JPN} Akira Asahara 32 Inverter Combo
7 {HKG} Lee Shi Tian * 32 Inverter Combo
8 {RUS} Dmitri Butakov 32 Mono-Black Vampires

^* MPL

Players Tour Americas

  • February 7-9, 2020: Phoenix, USA

Finals (Series 1)

  • April 24-26, 2020 - Houston, USA

The Players Tour Final will invite approximately 120 players.

Participants are:

  • Top finishers from Players Tour events (based on record)
  • Top finishers from previous Players Tour Finals
  • All 24 MPL players
  • Each Grand Prix winner in a qualifying season

Doing well at a Players Tour Finals can qualify you for the next Player Tour Finals, depending on your final record. All Finals participants qualify for the next regional Players Tour.

References

  1. Wizards of the Coast (January 28, 2020). "Players Tour Series 1 Survival Guide". Magic.gg.
  2. Error on call to {{WebRef}}: Parameters url and title must be specifiedDavid McCoy (January 28, 2020). "". Hipsters of the Coast.
  3. Tobi Henke (January 31, 2020). "Highlights from Day 1 of Players Tour Brussels". Magic.gg.
  4. Rick Hagon (February 1, 2020). "Players Tour Nagoya Day 1 Highlights". Magic.gg.