mtg pro tour 2023 live

Your Journey to the Top

From your local game store all the way to a Magic World Championship , Regional Championships and the Pro Tour offer competition and prizes every step of the way.

How to Qualify

Top finishers at each region’s Regional Championships .
Players that earn 30 or more match points at the previous Pro Tour.
The 8 players who compete in the Magic: The Gathering Online Champions Showcase which grants invites to the corresponding Pro Tour.
Players with 39 Adjusted Match Points from the previous 3 Pro Tours.
Players who reach 7 wins on day two of Arena Qualifier Weekends.
The top 8 finishers from Magic World Championship XXIX are invited to all Pro Tours in the 2024 season.
Members of the Magic: The Gathering Hall of Fame receive one Pro Tour invite per season.

Adjusted Match Points will reward players with high finishes over the previous three rolling Pro Tours—even across seasons. Adjusted Match Points are the number of match points earned in a Pro Tour after a player's first 9 match points. Additionally, players who make the Top 8 will be awarded an additional 12 Adjusted Match Points (or a total if 39, if the number would have been lower than 39), regardless of their final standings.

Premier Tournament Invitation Policy (PDF)

Preorder Now

Outlaws of thunder junction.

Welcome to the frontier plane of Thunder Junction! Everyone’s streaming in from across the Multiverse to be an outlaw here, so better practice your draw if you want to score big.

How to watch MTG Pro Tour Minneapolis

Players battle at the second Pro Tour of the 2022-2023 season.

The second Pro Tour of the Magic: The Gathering 2022-2023 season is invading Minneapolis this weekend with gameplay featuring March of the Machine Draft and Standard.

Direct invites to the Magic: The Gathering World Championship are on the line at Pro Tour Minneapolis, featuring the best tabletop and digital players of the 2022-2023 season. All players attending the second of three Pro Tours this season earned invites through digital tournaments like the MTG Arena Qualifier and Magic Online Champions Showcase, along with tabletop events like Regional Championships and Pro Tour Phyrexia .

What time does MTG Pro Tour Minneapolis start?

The second Pro Tour tournament of the 2022-2023 season will take place from May 5 to 7. A live broadcast will air on Twitch , featuring veteran Magic casters like Maria Bartholdi and Cedric Phillips.

Competitive play starts at 11am CT on May 5 and 6, and at 10am CT on May 7. A full list of all players is on the WotC Magic website .

What is the format at MTG Pro Tour Minneapolis?

The return to tabletop tournaments brings back Limited play in addition to the featured format of the event. Pro Tour Minneapolis will showcase two days of March of the Machine Draft in conjunction with Traditional Standard Constructed.

May 5: Three rounds of MOM Draft and five rounds of Standard Constructed
May 6: Three rounds of MOM Draft and five rounds of Standard Constructed
May 7: Top eight playoff single elimination playoff rounds

The total prize pool is $500,000, with first place taking home $50,000. All players are guaranteed to earn at least $1,000. And all invitees will receive a Jace, the Mind Sculptor 2023 Secret Lair card, illustrated by Wizard of Barge.

Players who reach 12 wins on day two of MTG Pro Tour Minneapolis automatically advance to the top eight playoffs and don’t need to play any more games that day. All playoff rounds feature Standard Constructed gameplay in a best three-out-of-five match. Most matches during the playoff rounds are expected to last around 90 minutes.

Update May 5 7:30am CT : MTG Pro Tour Minneapolis promo card and prize pool were added.

MTG Pro Tour 2023: Full List of Dates, Cities

By conner dejecacion | feb 16, 2023.

The MTG Pro Tour is a series of top-level competitions for Magic: The Gathering . It pits the best of the best against one another for huge cash prizes, as well as fame and glory in the trading card game community. Here are the details.

To enter the Pro Tour, players must first qualify via a Local Qualifier and a Regional Qualifier. These two events come together in the Pro Tour, where players from different regions play against one another in one massive event. The year is then capped off by the World Championship, which has a massive cash prize and the opportunity for the winner to be memorialized in an upcoming Magic card.

TOMORROW! #MCPhilly and #PTPhyrexia from the Pennsylvania Convention Center in Philadelphia, PA! Coverage of the Pro Tour starts 11am ET tomorrow on https://t.co/nUzYF5lMQ3 https://t.co/Bq6Nlk6oaJ for badges and more information pic.twitter.com/Q1UbTdZvhv — Magic: The Gathering (@wizards_magic) February 16, 2023

Here's how the 2022-2023 Pro Tour season will shake out according to the Magic Wiki:

In between each event is a Regional Championship that will allow players to qualify for the Pro Tour, in addition to finalists from previous Pro Tours. Lastly, the Magic World Championship will be held Sept. 22-24, 2023 at MagicCon Las Vegas, USA, marking the grand finale of the 2022-2023 Pro Tour season.

If you're looking to go competitive, it might be a good idea to practice at in-store events or online. Also be sure to follow the latest decks and competitive strategies so you can plan to come out on top.

All Products
Magic: The Gathering®—Fallout®
Outlaws of Thunder Junction
Modern Horizons 3
Dungeons & Dragons
Marketing Materials
Rules and Documentation
Wizards EventLink
Distributors
New Player Acquisition Hub
Promo Usage
Events Calendar
Premium Hub
WPN Premium Showcase Gallery

Mar 31, 2022 — Organized Play

Pro Tour Returns! Re-Ignite Your Store's Competitive Play

Prepare to host qualifier events at your store and get a rundown of the upcoming competitive season.

Get ready—the return of competitive play is here! Regardless of your players' experience level within the community, you can encourage them all to get involved with a local qualifier at your local store, kick-starting their journey toward the Magic: The Gathering World Championship.

Depending on your region, WPN Premium stores may have access to perks, such as additional Regional Championship invitations or larger promo allocations. Please check with your regional organizer for specific information.

Today we'll be discussing the four levels of tabletop play: local qualifiers, Regional Championships, Pro Tours, and finally, the Magic: The Gathering World Championship.

Regional Championship Qualifiers

Regional tournament organizers will be working with you directly to schedule Regional Championship Qualifier events at your store through Wizards EventLink . This offers more flexibility in planning the events, for regional organizers and players.

Your Regional Tournament Organizer will sell and distribute your qualifier kit, set your event date and be your first point of contact.

Encourage your players to bookmark these organizers’ websites, too—they'll serve as information hubs for qualifying and finals events in each region:

USA - Dreamhack
Canada - Face to Face
Europe - Legacy
Australia/New Zealand - Good Games
China - Beijing Kadou Culture
Japan/Korea - Big Magic
Southeast Asia - Oracle Events
Taiwan - GameSquare
Brazil - City Class Games
Mexico/Central America/Caribbean - Yellow Rabbit
South America - Magicsur

If you haven't run a large-scale tournament yourself, or it's been a long time and you'd like additional support, you may look to Judge Academy to assist you in connecting with an official Magic: The Gathering judge to help with your event.

By signing up for these events through your regional organizer, you'll receive Promos to celebrate at the local and regional level while supplies last!

The Regional Championship Qualifier Promos, as well as their usage, are as follows:

Lava Spike: Nonfoil for participating in local qualifiers. Foil for participating in larger local qualifiers and side events at Regional Finals.
Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx: Nonfoil for top finishers at local qualifying events. Foil for the winners of local qualifiers.*

*Please note that kits for multi-slot qualifiers will have a foil Nykthos for each invitation slot, not purely for the winner.

Again, all Promos are available in limited quantities while supplies last. With any questions regarding the exact breakdown of promo prize support, contact your regional organizer.

Regional Championships

Regional Championship details will differ based on each individual region, though the first Regional Championship will be held in late 2022. The number of invites to the Pro Tour awarded, prizes, and any additional information will be communicated for each region by the regional organizer noted above.

Players from the following categories will receive invites to the Regional Championships:

Regional Championship Qualifier Winners
Players qualified for the next Pro Tour
MTGO Qualifiers
MTG Arena Qualifiers

In addition, members of the MPL/Rivals from 2021–22 and the Top 16 (not already invited) Challengers from 2022 Worlds Standings will be invited to the first three Regional Championships.

The Promo for Regional Championship is as follows:

Teferi, Hero of Dominaria: Nonfoil for participants and foil for top finishers.

Three times a year, top finishers from the Regional Championships will compete for their share of $500,000 in prizes, an invite to the World Championship, and bragging rights as they claim their place as the best in their region.

Pro Tours will be held in the United States in 2023. While we are mindful of the fluctuating state of international travel, we are hoping to expand outside of the U.S. as soon as we can. The location of each Pro Tour will be announced closer to each event's date.

Magic: The Gathering World Championship

This event will be held later in 2023, in the United States, where approximately 128 players will play for the featured prize pool of $1 million. The exact breakdown by place will be published closer to the event.

While the state of international travel is always in flux, we hope that the World Championships will be held in person.

We've prepared an FAQ to answer some of the questions you may have , and we will share more information about these events as it becomes relevant. You may also reference more details on the Magic website to help answer any questions your players have.

The first local qualifiers will begin July 2 and will be run using Pioneer, Modern, Sealed Deck, or Standard formats. Schedule practice events early to give your players ample time and space to prepare their decks and practice ahead of time.

Plus, the competition has been made more accessible than ever, as players can qualify through digital play using Magic: The Gathering Arena or Magic: The Gathering Online . Please remember that for tabletop events, players must be 13 years or older with parental permission, or 18 years or older without. For digital events, all players must be 18 years or older (no exceptions).

The return of competitive play is bound to be an exciting time for your community—make sure you start planning and contact your Regional Organizer noted above to join.

Upcoming Events

How to prize your mtg events, daniel ortiz: how o.p. and third place intersect, jim hughes: how behind-the-scenes competitors can derail your op.

The New MTG Pro Tour Is (Almost) Everything We Wanted

A former MTG World Champion weighs in on the new organized play system.

By Seth Manfield | @SethManfield | Published 2/7/2023 | 10 min read

Today is going to go down as one of the most important days in the history of Magic: The Gathering organized play. The COVID-19 pandemic and all of the restrictions that have come along with it essentially halted tabletop Magic for over two years. We've had high-level events on MTG Arena, but as far as official Wizards of the Coast in-person events, there hasn't been anything for quite some time. But that's all about to change.

THE PRO TOUR IS BACK!!

The Pro Tour has such a rich and amazing history. The name "Pro Tour" stopped being used altogether a few years back in favor of names like Mythic Championship and Set Championship. Bringing back the name "Pro Tour" for the 2022-2023 organized play system is the smartest thing the folks at WotC could have done.

Let's go over the four tiers of this new system.

Regional Championship Qualifiers

Regional Championship Qualifiers will happen at the local level, which means you should be able to play in one without having to get on a plane. While we don't have Pro Tour Qualifiers like players may remember from the past, the Regional Championship Qualifiers will fill a similar role.

We still don't have all the information on Regional Championship Qualifiers, like how many of them there will be, what type of attendance to expect, what the entry fee will be, and all the specific locations. I expect most of this to fall into place quite quickly though. What we do know is there are 11 different regions included in this new system.

Each region will be managed by a different tournament organizer , and that organizer has the freedom to make its own decisions about the tournament structure. However, the qualifying season will last the same four weeks no matter where you live. There will also be Last Chance Qualifiers at the Regional Championships themselves.

Based on what we know so far, there aren't any major issues I can see with the Regional Qualifiers, but a lot will come down to the details. Managing the size of these qualifiers and varying the number of qualifiers based on region will be very important. For instance, Brazil will likely have fewer qualifiers compared to the United States based on the player base.

There will also be event promos! Lava Spike will be awarded for participation in the first season, and copies of Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx in both foil and nonfoil will be awarded to top finishers. Bringing promos into the mix is a great way to drive up attendance and overall interest in these events—good job, WotC.

Regional Championships

Once you do well enough in a Regional Championship Qualifier, you'll get to compete in the Regional Championship! There will be one Regional Championship in each region across the globe, which means 11 total. Each will be a bit different in size, which means we should expect different prizes for each event.

Besides doing well in a Regional Championship Qualifier there will be a couple other ways to qualify for a Regional Championship. One is having been in the Magic Pro League or Rivals League in 2021-2022. Also, top-finishing challengers from the 2021-2022 season and 2022 World Championship competitors will be invited to the Regional Championships. This is a good way to transition out of the previous league play systems.

Teferi, Hero of Dominaria OP Promo Non-Foil

Regional Championships may be one or two-day events depending on size of the event. Also, a promo version of Teferi, Hero of Dominaria will be given out at Regional Championships. Doing well at the Regional Championships is the primary way to qualify for the Pro Tour.

My hope with Regional Championships is that appropriate adjustments are made based on attendance to these events. WotC has said that prize pools and the number of Pro Tour invites given out in each region will vary, but beyond that we will have to wait for more specific information on Regional Championships.

The Pro Tour

While the qualifier rounds will start this year, the Pro Tours themselves will kick off in 2023. The target number of players in a Pro Tour is 300. The primary way to qualify for the Pro Tour will be doing well at the Regional Championships, though there will also be other routes as well. The Magic Online Showcase and large events on MTG Arena will provide direct paths to the Pro Tour. Doing well at the previous year's World Championship or at previous Pro Tours is another way to get PT invitations.

Pro Tours will use Adjusted Matchpoints (AMPs) to track player performance. This essentially means tracking how many wins a player gets at the Pro Tour. If you have enough AMPs at the Pro Tour level it will lead to additional qualifications. This will let players string together multiple Pro Tour qualifications without needing to go back to the regional level.

Pro Tours look like they will be a mix of Draft and Constructed. The first Pro Tour in 2023 will include the Pioneer format, with Standard and Modern likely being used as well at future Pro Tours. This makes a ton of sense as a way to create interest in Pioneer, as the format is quite fun to play right now . Personally though, I'm looking forward to competitive Limited the most, as that has been largely absent from competitive play over the past two years.

There will be three Pro Tours per year, and they can take place all around the world. These events will each have a $500,000 prize pool. Traveling internationally has been a big part of playing tabletop MTG at the highest level, and I'm very happy to see this aspect of the game returning. We should also expect to see live video coverage at all the Pro Tour events, which should create additional excitement surrounding these tournaments.

The World Championship

There will be 128 slots in the 2022-2023 World Championship, and the prize pool will be $1,000,000. This is more World Championships slots than we have been accustomed to over the past few years . I personally don't mind having this become a larger event. Like all the events being highlighted in today's announcement the World Championship will also be played on tabletop, rather than online. This is a major shift, as even before the pandemic the World Championships had been exclusively on MTG Arena. Tabletop play is clearly a huge priority again.

In order to make it to the World Championship you must do really well at events like the Regional Championships, or accumulate a lot of AMPs at the Pro Tour level across the three Pro Tours in a season. There will also be online paths to making it to the World Championship, as well as the previous World Champion being automatically qualified as well.

Reintroducing the Hall of Fame

The Hall of Fame has always been an important part of the Pro Tour, and it will remain a part of the Pro Tour moving forward. Hall of Fame members will receive one Pro Tour invitation of their choice, per season. Hall of Fame members will also be invited to the Regional Championship that feeds the PT they have elected to use their invite on. This essentially means Hall of Fame members receive direct qualification to one third of the Pro Tours and Regional Championships each year.

Hall of Fame members had been promised an invite to every Pro Tour in perpetuity, at the time they were inducted. While this new system of qualifications for Hall of Fame members does not honor that promise, it does give Hall of Fame members more than what they have been receiving over the past few years.

I'm obviously biased as a member of the Hall of Fame, but WotC clearly shouldn't have promised a lifetime of invites if they couldn't live up to that. It would be possible to invite all Hall of Fame members to every Pro Tour in the new system if WotC wished to do so.

Missed Opportunities

Overall, this is a positive announcement for the community at large. Players have been itching for the return of the Pro Tour, and now their wish has been granted. Having some type of system in place that allows players to climb the ranks while playing with physical MTG cards is awesome. I'm excited to get back to playing the game we all love so much.

That said, there are some holes in the announcement I want to cover.

No Mention of Grand Prix

Grand Prix and MagicFests are not part of the new system. These large-scale events had been a big part of previous systems, and I think many players were expecting to see a return of large events that are open to the public and don't require an invitation.

Hopefully Grand Prix or something similar will be announced in the future, even if these events don't directly connect to the Pro Tour system anymore.

The Pro Tour Prize Pools Aren't Large Enough

International travel is expensive. If I were to fly to Japan, I would expect it to cost over $2,000 even with cost-cutting measures. Flights, hotels, food, they all add up. Not to mention the investment of time it takes to qualify for the Pro Tour and travel to the event. Assuming it costs $2,000 to travel to a 300-player Pro Tour with a $500,000 prize pool, the average player will lose money. This isn't good.

I believe the prize pools for Pro Tours should be $1,000,000 like the World Championships to ensure that players who qualify for Pro Tours can afford to play. With a larger prize pool, you could have a large enough minimum prize payout at the Pro Tour that players could mostly recoup their travel costs.

As WotC foreshadowed in their announcement about the end of the League system , prize pools have taken a step backward compared to what they were a couple years ago. The new system is not meant to financially support someone playing MTG—now is not the time to drop out of school to pursue Magic full time. The World Championships seem to be the only event where you should expect to make a profit should you qualify. Even if you do qualify for the World Championships there will still be 127 other world-class players in the event, and the estimated value is less than $8,000 per player before travel costs.

While I'm excited to compete and play MTG at a high level, I still want to push WotC to kick a bit more money into the program. To be fair though, we are coming back from having no tabletop system at all, so the 2022-2023 season may be used to reevaluate how large a financial commitment WotC can afford to make in regards to tabletop play. This announcement doesn't include the online side of organized play, and we should hopefully still see large digital events as well.

Thanks for reading,

Seth Manfield

Share Twitter Facebook Reddit Tencent QQ VK Weibo WhatsApp Other

Magic Pro Tour - March of the Machine

2 Prize Pool
3 Participants
5 References

Format [ edit ]

Prize pool [ edit ].

Participants [ edit ]

Results [ edit ], top 8 [ edit ], references [ edit ].

American Tournaments
Tournaments
Individual Tournaments
S-Tier Tournaments
Offline Tournaments
Pages storing into original match table
Pages with Bracket/8
Pages with extension brackets

How to Qualify for the MTG Pro Tour?

The Pro Tour is the most iconic Magic the Gathering tournament, where hundreds of players compete for monetary prizes and glory. The tournament went on a hiatus during the pandemic years, but has since returned recently in 2023. You might want to test your Magic prowess and battle against the best players yourselves, so you’re wondering, how to qualify for the Pro Tour?

There are multiple ways to do so, and since some can be quite convoluted, we gathered all the information and presented it in a simple manner. You’ll be able to each way on how to qualify to the PT in this article.

To quickly recap, the five ways to get to the MTG Pro Tour are:

Finish in the top X (number varies) at a Regional Championship
Reaching 7 wins on a Day 2 of the Arena qualifier
Winning a Pro Tour qualifier
Doing well on previous Pro Tours
Being in the MTG Hall of Fame

We’ll first take a look at each of those, and then we’ll talk about which one is the “easiest” way of achieving your goal.

Regional Championship

Doing well at the Regional Championship will reward you with a Pro Tour qualification. There are twelve different RCs around the world, and you can find them in the following table:

As you can see, the numbers of invites vary from region to region. In China, you’ll have to finish in the Top 8, while in EMEA region a 36th place would be enough. Besides the qualifications, this tournament also offers monetary prizes, which makes it quite enticing.

You also have to qualify for the Regional Championship. You can do so by playing in a Regional Championship Qualifier. Use Wizards’ Store Locator to find those. Additionally, you have the option of qualifying via MTG Online. You’ll be able to find more information about how to qualify for the RC in a separate article, which will be posted in the following days.

Arena Qualifier

The other common option to qualify is via MTG Arena’s Qualifier. That is a 2-day event that happens during the weekend, once per month.

On Day 1, you need to win seven matches, before you lose two. If you manage to achieve that, you are eligible to play on Day 2. There, the same scenario occurs. You need once again win seven matches, before you lose two. Your reward is a qualification for both Pro Tour and Arena Championship .

However, you can’t just enter the Arena Qualifier. You need to qualify for it also. The most common ways to do so are by finishing on the top 250 spots of the Ranked Ladder (either in Constructed or Limited) or by winning a Qualifier Play-In event.

Pro Tour Qualifier

This is a tabletop, one day event with a simple premise. You win the tournament , and you’re qualified for the Pro Tour .

The problem with Pro Tour qualifiers is that they are extremely rare.

These three paths are the only option for a newcomer. However, there are other ways of getting a PT qualification, which we’ll just quickly mention, since they are applicable for a much smaller group of players.

Excellent Results on Previous Pro Tours

Once you manage to get to that first Pro Tour, you unlock another qualification path, by having excellent results on the PT itself.

If you manage to get to 10 or more wins in a Pro Tour, you are qualified for the next one. (This is a 10-6 result or better.) This option is pretty straightforward, the next one is a bit more complicated.

Adjusted Match Points

This option is here to reward consistent, but not quite good enough results over the multiple Pro Tours.

Adjusted Match Points (AMP) are the number of match points earned in a Pro Tour after the first 9 match points. So, you could count a number of match points you earned during a Pro Tour, subtract nine, and you get your AMP for that tournament. (The number can’t be negative.) On top of that, players who make the Top 8 get an additional 12 AMP.

If you earned 39 Adjusted Match Points in the last three Pro Tours , you’re qualified for the next one .

Hall of Fame

Finally, the best of the best Magic players get inducted in the Hall of Fame. There used to be a voting process each year, but that stopped in 2019. It’ll be interesting to see if Wizards have any future plans for Hall of Fame, or are just going to leave it as is. Currently, there are 48 players in the HoF.

Each of the players can choose any single Pro Tour in a calendar year and attend it.

The Easiest Way to Qualify for The Pro Tour

Now you know which options you have to qualify for the MTG Pro Tour. But, which one should you choose that you’d give yourself the best odds of achieving this hefty goal?

It has to be said—there is no easy path to the Pro Tour. You’ll have to both play extremely well, and get at least somewhat lucky. Nevertheless, some options will make it more likely for you to succeed than the others.

As we talked about before, the last two options are only applicable when you’re already doing well at the Pro Tour. This means we can cross them off the list.

Pro Tour qualifier seems an unlikely choice. Only one player qualifies, but the bigger problem is that it’s happening so rarely, and only at specific events. Sure, if you’re nearby, go for it! However, it’s probably not the greatest idea to fly across half the globe in hopes of winning a PTQ.

Finally, this leaves us with…

The Two Best Options

If you want to qualify for the Pro Tour, you’ll want to do well at the Regional Championship , or at the Arena Qualifier . Both have their pros and cons.

You can play the Arena qualifier from the comforts of your home. You don’t need to spend money on travel, accommodation, and so on. Besides, it will typically take less of your time. For players who live in more remote areas, Arena qualifier might be the only realistic option.

However, there’s a big downside to it. The odds really aren’t in your favor. For every 1,000 players who enter Day 1, only around 35 make it to Day 2. From among those, only a single player qualifies for the Pro Tour.

So, if we presume all players are of the same skill level, you have around 0.1% chance to qualify via MTGA qualifier. Of course, if you improve your skills, you can increase that percentage slightly, but it’s still a very hard feat to accomplish.

Your odds improve significantly at Regional Championships. We assumed the maximum capacity for each event (even tough it’s rarely reached) , and took into account how many spots each RC awards. Some are more generous than the others, with the best ones qualifying 7.2% and the worst ones 1.6% of the maximum amount of players.

We have to take into account that the number of qualification slots will be reduced (by around 50%) after the third Pro Tour in 2023. They currently qualify more players, to make up for the fact that there aren’t many invites coming from previous Pro Tours. (As there weren’t any between 2019-2022.)

However, even if we look at the worst odds, and split them in half, we get to 0.8% of players being qualified. These odds are eight times better than the ones at Arena qualifier. So, even under the worst circumstances, you’ll have a significantly better chance of getting to the Pro Tour with the Regional Championship.

So the easiest way to qualify for the Pro Tour is via Regional Championship. If that isn’t working for you, the second-best option is via Arena qualifier.

Anyway, that’s it for today. If you have any other questions about the qualification path, leave a comment below, and we’ll get back to you soon.

If you want to get to the Pro Tour, you’ll also want to improve your game. We’ve gathered some tips on how to get better at MTG here .

Until next time, have fun, and good luck with reaching the Pro Tour stage!