Mythic Championship V

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Mythic Championship V
Date October 18-20, 2019
Location {USA} Long Beach, California, United States
Attendance 68
Format Traditional Standard Best-of-Three Constructed
Prize pool $750,000
Previous Pro Tour:
Mythic Championship IV Barcelona
Next Pro Tour:
Mythic Championship VI Richmond

Mythic Championship V was the second Mythic Championship to be played on MTG Arena in 2019. It takes place on October 18-20, 2019 at Thunder Studios in Long Beach, California, United States.[1]

Contestants

The tournament was made up of 32 members of the MPL and 36 Challengers. Magic MPL Core Split Division winners Seth Manfield, Carlos Romão, Ben Stark and Lee Shi Tian earned automatic advancement to Day Two.

Challengers

Format

The format across all three days is Traditional Standard Best-of-Three Constructed.

Day One

Players battled it out in Modified Swiss in up to eight rounds. Players who earned six wins automatically advanced to Day Two. Players who lost four matches were eliminated.

The players to qualify on Friday were: TBA

Day Two

The Top 12 from Day One join the four Magic Pro League divisional champions from the Core Split in a seven-round Swiss event. All players who reach five match wins move on to Day 3. Additional players will round out the Top 8 for Day 3 based on their tiebreakers in Day 2.

Day Three

Eight players compete in a true double-elimination tournament. In the grand finals, the winners in the Upper Bracket and Lower Bracket will face off. The player in the Lower Bracket must win two matches to win the tournament.

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