Mythic Championship IV Barcelona
| 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
Featured drafters: Marcio Carvalho (2-1), Paul Rietzl (3-0)
The top eight players after day one:
| Rank | Player | Points |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Arnaud Hocquemiller
|
24 |
| 2 | Bernado 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
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 | 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; 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.