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Pro Tour The Lord of the Rings - Top 8 Players & Deck Lists

Pro Tour The Lord of the Rings is well underway in Barcelona, and we're officially down to the Top 8. Some of the best players in the world have come together in Spain to slug it out with some of Modern's hardest-hitting decks. The Top 8 kicked off today at 4 a.m. ET, so be sure to tune in here . In the meantime, let's take a look at the Top 8 players and their decklists.

Pro Tour The Lord of the Rings Top 8 Players And Deck Lists

Below are the remaining players, which decks they're playing, and their particular list. So, without further ado, let's jump in.

Javier Dominguez

Mono Green Tron

Main 60 cards (22 distinct).

Side 15 cards (14 distinct)

Christian Calcano

Mono Green Tron (Jegantha Companion)

Main 60 cards (20 distinct).

Simon Nielsen

Jake Beardsley

Rakdos evoke, main 60 cards (21 distinct).

Side 15 cards (9 distinct)

Marco Del Pivo

Italy has a plethora of great MTG players, Del Pivo among them. For Pro Tour Lord of the Rings, he sleeved up Temur Rhinos, one of the tournament's better-performing decks, with three copies in the finals. He said he landed on the deck because it fit his playstyle. Apparently, it was a good choice.

Temur Rhinos

Main 60 cards (25 distinct).

Stefano Vinci

Main 60 cards (24 distinct)

Side 15 cards (8 distinct)

Dominic Harvey

Canadian Dominic Harvey got off to a rocky start but made the Top 8 nonetheless. Now he's looking to "tighten up and Titan up" and bring home the win for Canada. Considering how much Tron there is in the semi-finals, the event could certainly come down to Tron vs. Titan in a showdown of big mana. Let's take a look at his list, which has 61 cards.

Amulet Titan

Main 61 cards (25 distinct).

Side 15 cards (12 distinct)

There you have it, my friends—the pro tour Lord of the Rings Top 8 players and decks. Follow the link in the introduction to check out the action. Good luck to all the players.

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When is MTG Pro Tour Lord of the Rings Barcelona?

History will unfold at the Magic: The Gathering Pro Tour in Barcelona, featuring gameplay from Universes Beyond set The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth .

Tabletop Magic returned with the 2022-2023 season, showcasing a total of three Pro Tour tournaments at MagicCon events around the world. For the first time in the history of MTG , professional players will compete at a Pro Tour with Universe Beyond cards from The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth (LTR) set.

How to watch Pro Tour Lord of the Rings

The Pro Tour Lord of the Rings will take place over the course of three days at MagicCon Barcelona from July 28 to 30, just one month after the tabletop global release of The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth .  A broadcast will run from July 28 to 30 through Twitch . Gameplay on Friday and Saturday starts at 4am CT and competition on Sunday starts at 3am CT.

• July 28: Three rounds of LTR Draft followed by five rounds of Modern Constructed.
• July 29: Three rounds of LTR Draft followed by five rounds of Modern Constructed—Top eight advance to final day. Players who reach 13 match-wins advance to the playoffs.
• July 30: Top eight playoffs featuring Modern Constructed gameplay.

Players who compete in the LTR Pro Tour tournament can earn invites to future Pro Tour events and even a slot at the Magic World Championship. Similar to Pro Tour March of the Machine , the prize pool for the event is $500,000, with first place taking home $50,000.

Related: All MTG Commander Masters cards worth money: Projected prices before launch

Other MagicCon Barcelona events

In conjunction with Pro Tour LTR are several events open to all players. A Secret Lair Showdown Championship will take place, along with another Un-known tournament hosted by game designer Gavin Verhey.

The weekend of Pro Tour LTR Barcelona coincides with the Commander Masters prerelease. The Precon decks will drop on Aug. 4. Limited players can dive into any number of LTR Draft and Sealed events in Barcelona as well.

Update July 25, 7:30am CT : Broadcast times were added for the MTG Pro Tour Lord of the Rings in Barcelona.

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Mythic Championship IV Barcelona

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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.

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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 [ | ]

The first draft followed MPL member Marcio Carvalho and Hall of Famer Paul Rietzl . Carvalho's draft was noted to be messy, but more from unclear signals than drafting error; he ended up with a baseline white-blue aggressive deck that didn't rely on the expected Blinking synergies in Modern Horizons. Rietzl defeated Carvalho in the finals with a Blue-Red deck; as it turned out, everybody at the pod found the packs weak and consequently all the drafters were unenthused with their decks.

Hogaak was the biggest archetype in the room, with a 21% metagame share; not significant over Modern's history, but a sizeable portion. With the open decklists, maindeck graveyard hate was common, typically in the form of Surgical Extraction (in Phoenix decks), Nihil Spellbomb (in Jund and control decks) and Relic of Progenitus (in Tron-based decks). Despite its strength, not many decks were outright pushed out of the format, though Green Tron shifted to more Eldrazi Tron. Wrenn and Six cleared out the other varied Rock and Abzan archetypes and established Jund as the Green-Black midrange deck of choice. The other popular decks were similar to that in London, in that of Phoenix, White-Blue Control and Humans.

The top eight players after day one:

Day two [ | ]

Coverage followed the undefeated Arnaud Hocquemiller, whose draft was seen from both him and the coverage team to be a minor disaster - the White-Black deck panned out to a disappointing 0-2-1. Christian Calcano was the second drafter, looking towards a Blue-Black Ninjas draft but eventually settling into an aggressive Blue-Green Snow variant with Fallen Shinobi . Thoralf Severin, eventual champion, won the pod with a Red-Green deck with multiple Igneous Elementals . At the end of round 11, Severin co-led with David Mines at 10–1.

Despite Hogaak's popularity, the top tables were not overwhelmed by it - it had become so powerful the leading teams concluded that it should maindeck Leyline of the Void , causing cannibalization of its matchups. There were no particular standouts in the field, with Manuel Lenz, Sean Gifford and Alvaro Fernandes Torres reaching 36 points at round 14. Lenz and Torres drew consecutive rounds, and later with Mines and Gifford. Juan Jose Rodriguez Lopez found himself down a game against Gifford and accepted a draw, looking to win round 16. Martin Müller knocked out Guillaume Wafo-Tapa for a draw with Thoralf Severin, who won over Yves Sele. Jelger Wiegersma also went to 36 points after a win over Adriano Moscanto, but with bad tiebreakers he was paired down against Rodriguez Lopez - an incredible string of Manamorphose draws gave him an unlikely win against Wiegersma's Hogaak deck, and the final place was taken by Zhiyang Zhang on his 7th win in a row against Moscanto also.

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. Top 8 competitors 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 .
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Second Chance Pro Tour Qualifier - Standard Constructed - Only Pro Tour Competitors

Game: Magic: The Gathering

Organized by: Pastimes Events

Tournament Type: Tabletop

Free to Play | Invite Only | Format: Standard | Ended | 126 of 300 Enrolled Players

TOURNAMENT DETAILS

• Standard Tournament: Standard legal deck required.
• Rounds: 7, 50-minute Swiss rounds with a cut to Top 8.
• Rules Enforcement Level: Competitive. Decklists required.
• Additional Rules: If a player is already qualified for Pro Tour Barcelona they cannot play in this event. Please speak to a Pastimes representative if this becomes an issue.
• Estimated Length: 9 to 12 hours.

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PGA Championship invites 7 LIV players to get top 100 in the world

Patrick Reed reacts to his tee shot on the fourth hole during final round at the Masters golf tournament at Augusta National Golf Club Sunday, April 14, 2024, in Augusta, Ga. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis)

Rory McIlroy, left, of Northern Ireland, and Joaquin Niemann, of Chile, walks off the 18th hole after final round at the Masters golf tournament at Augusta National Golf Club Sunday, April 14, 2024, in Augusta, Ga. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)

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The PGA Championship officially has Tiger Woods in a field released Tuesday that includes invitations to seven players from Saudi-funded LIV Golf, giving the major 99 of the 100 in the world ranking at Valhalla next week.

The PGA of America strives to have the top 100 in the world to maintain its reputation for having the strongest field of the four majors, although it is not part of the criteria. Those hopes ended late Tuesday when Rikuya Hoshino (No. 94) withdrew.

The PGA leans on a catch-all category of “special invitations.” The group of LIV players includes Patrick Reed, whose tie for 12th in the Masters moved him inside the top 100. He is at No. 92, and the invitation keeps alive his streak of playing every major since the 2014 Masters.

The PGA Championship returns to Valhalla in Louisville, Kentucky, for the fourth time on May 16-19. Rory McIlroy won at Valhalla the last time it was there in 2014. The course is best known for Woods winning a playoff over Bob May in 2000 for his third straight major.

Joaquin Niemann, who won the Australian Open in December and has two LIV Golf wins this year, already received an invitation. The surprise was Talor Gooch announcing in an X post on Monday that he had been invited.

It was a sign the PGA of America’s selection committee was looking at LIV results on their own, as Gooch doesn’t play much outside the Saudi league. He won three times on LIV in 2023 and won the season points list.

Other invitations went to Dean Burmester, Lucas Herbert and Adrian Meronk, all of them inside the top 100 in the world. The seventh invitation went to David Puig, the 22-year-old from Spain who is No. 106 in the ranking. Puig has finished in the top 10 in six of his last seven tournaments on the Asian Tour, including two wins.

LIV will be represented by 16 players, down from 18 a year ago.

There might have been one more, except British Open champion Louis Oosthuizen turned down his invitation. Oosthuizen, who is No. 125 in the world, won twice late last year in South Africa in tournaments co-sanctioned by the European tour.

His manager, Carlos Rodriguez, said in a text message that Oosthuizen already had some personal commitments.

The LIV group includes defending champion Brooks Koepka, who goes for a fourth PGA Championship title. He is the only active LIV player to win a major.

Kerry Haigh, the championship director for the PGA of America, has said he would consider deserving players from tours around the world. Invitations were given to Tim Widing of Sweden, who has won consecutive tournaments on the Korn Ferry Tour.

Another invitation went to Kazuma Kobori, a 22-year-old born in Japan who now plays under the New Zealand flag. He has won three times this year in the Webex Players Series on the PGA Tour of Australasia.

The field has 21 club professionals — 20 from the PGA Professional Championship last week, and Michael Block, who qualified by finishing among the top 15 last year at Oak Hill.

The PGA is keeping two spots open in case the winners of the Wells Fargo Championship and the Myrtle Beach Classic are not already eligible. Only four players in the 69-man field at the Wells Fargo Championship have not qualified. The first alternate is Alex Smalley.

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