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MTG Pro players to watch for during Mythic Championship II in London

Which Magic Pro is talented enough to win it all in Modern?
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Published: Apr 24, 2019 04:00 pm

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The second Magic: The Gathering Mythic Championship is taking center stage this weekend with over 500 players and a prize pool of $500,000. Taking place in London, the tournament runs from April 26 to 28. It also correlates with the pre-release of MTG newest expansion, War of the Spark.

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The Mythic Championship will feature two formats, War of the Spark draft and Modern constructed. Days one and two will feature three rounds of War of the Spark draft, followed by five rounds of Modern constructed. The final day will feature the top eight players, using a single-elimination bracket. The playoff rounds will be fought in a best-of-three.

Not all Magic: The Gathering tournaments are live streamed, but the second Mythic Championship will be via the MTG streaming channel on Twitch.

Who are the top players in Modern and what Pro’s should viewers keep an eye on? To answer that, here are several MTG Pro’s to watch during the second MTG Mythic Championship in London.

Luis Scott-Vargas

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Best known on Twitch as “LSV,” Luis Scott-Vargas is no stranger to MTG tournaments on the pro level or the Modern format. He’s placed in the top eight 15 times and was inducted into the Magic: The Gathering Hall of Fame in 2013. During the first Mythic Championship, Luis Scott-Vargas finished in fourth place.

Of all the format’s, LSV is exceptionally good at Modern. He typically favors control and combo decks, so it should be interesting to see what he brings to the second Mythic Championship.

Autumn Burchett

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Winning the first MTG Mythic Championship title, Autumn Burchett also won the English National Championship in 2017 and 2018. Identifying as transfeminine non-binary, they became the first non-male to ever win a Pro Tour. Autumn also participated in the first MTG Mythic Invitational, losing to Gaby Sparks due to lack of mana.

Andrea Mengucci

Andrea Mengucci Magic The Gathering Pro player Mythic Invitational
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Nicknamed “King of the Hill,” Andrea Mengucci became a household name this year by winning the first Magic: The Gathering Mythic Invitational. He’s finished in the top eight three times during the World Magic Cup and last won a tournament in 2015 with the Italian national team.

Mengucci brought a White/Blue/Black “Esper” deck to the Mythic Invitational, so it should be interesting to see what he’s constructed for the Modern format in the second Mythic Championship.

Reid Duke

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Playing since the age of five, Reid Duke came onto the Magic: The Gathering scene by winning the Magic Online Championship in 2011. Nicknamed “reiderrabbit,” Duke has four Pro Tour top-eight finishes and 23 Grand Prix top-eight finishes.

Duke’s previous Modern tournaments was a Grand Prix teams event in 2017, where they finished in second and a 2018 individual event where he finished sixth. Reid Duke is familiar with the Modern format and should be expected to finish in the Mythic Championship II top eight in London.

Javier Dominguez

Javier Dominguez Magic the Gathering Pro player Mythic Championship
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Winning the 2018 World Championship, Javier Dominguez now his eyes set on the second Mythic Championship in London. In his last two Modern tournaments, Dominguez has finished third and sixth. He’s been in the top eight 10 times in the Grand Prix and once on the Pro Tour.

The second Magic: The Gathering Mythic Championship runs from April 26 to 28 in London and will be available via live stream on Twitch.

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Danny Forster
Staff writer, lead beat writer for MTG and TFT
Danny has been writing for Dot Esports for over five years, first as a freelancer and now as a staff writer. He is the lead beat writer for Magic: The Gathering and Teamfight Tactics. Danny is also a solid Monopoly GO player, having beaten every main event without spending a dime. When Danny isn't writing or gaming, he's chilling by the water in Spacecoast Florida with his family and friends. He's always got a tan, because touching grass is important, and loves playing strategic digital and tabletop games. Past outlets Danny has written for include TheGamer and ScreenRant.
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