MTGO Announcements For May 14th, 2024

• Source: MTGO News Blog

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• 2024 MOCS Season 1 Showcase on May 18th
  • This Saturday you can tune into the official MTGO Twitch channel to watch 8 players battle it out over a $70k prize pool and two World Championship slots for later this year.
  • The formats will be a Vintage Cube Draft followed by Modern Constructed. If one player wins both 3-round events they will become the MOCS Season 1 Showcase Champion. Otherwise the two winners will play each other in a Bo3 Modern playoff match to determine the winner.
  • The field:
    • Sam Rolph (Phill_Hellmuth) – Modern Champion
    • Martin Quiroga (Pintumtg) – Pioneer Champion
    • Benny Zeoli (bennybo) – Vintage Champion
    • Andreas Petersen (ecobaronen) – Legacy Champion
    • Jan-Moritz Merkel (JMM) – Open #1 Champion
    • Anton Samoshin (Enotpaniker) – Open #2 Champion
    • Lucas Duchow (duke12) – Leaderboard
    • Stefan Schütz (mentalmisstep) – Leaderboard
  • The broadcast team:
    • Riley Knight – Play-by-Play
    • Corey Baumeister – Modern Expert
    • Arya Karamchandani – Cube Expert
  • Additional details, including the breakdown of the $70k prize pool, can be found on the official MTGO website.
• Vintage Cube is back on MTGO until May 22nd, along with 64-player events.
• The Magic Discovery Zone continues this Thursday at 5:00 p.m. PT on the MTGO Twitch channel. Join host Nile Joan Rivers as a special guest coaches her through new formats, decks, or other aspects of MTGO every week. This week Nile dives into the mono-Blue Pauper Delver deck!

Upcoming Special Events

• May 8 – 22: Vintage Cube (Phantom Event)
• May 22 – 29: Modern Horizons 2 Flashback Draft (Phantom Event)
• May 29 – June 11: Vintage Cube Polish Pass (Phantom Event)
• The full Preliminary and Challenge Schedule can be found on the MTGO Premier Play page