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When is Magic: The Gathering’s 2021-2022 World Championship?

WotC mashes together esports and tabletop in Las Vegas.

Danny Forster

Published: Jun 14, 2022 01:59 pm

Thirty years of Magic: The Gathering will hit a climax in 2022 with the return of tabletop events at Magic 30 and a LAN World Championship.

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Wizards of the Coast is celebrating a 30-year anniversary with a Las Vegas party, showcasing the Magic World Championship XXVII. Scheduled to take place from Oct. 28 to 30, a total of 32 of the best players from around the globe will compete at Worlds.

Here are the 32 MTG players competing in the 2022 Magic World Championship:

Yuta Takahashi	Yuuki Ichikawa	Eli Kassis	Simon Görtzen
Zach Dunn	Riku Kumagai	Zachery Kiihne	Toru Saito
Jean-Emmanuel Depraz	Yo Akaike	Jonny Guttman	Yudai Miyano
Simon Nielsen	Jan Merkel	Hisamichi Yoshigoe	Mike Sigrist
Karl Sarap	David Inglis	Shota Yasooka	Reid Duke
Logan Nettles	Matti Kuisma	Gregory Orange	Yuma Koizumi
Jakub Tóth	Tristan Wylde-LaRue	Nathan Steuer	Jim Davis
Julian Wellman	Drew Baker	Lukas Honnay	Zhi Yimin

Despite multiple major tabletop events taking place at the Magic 30 event, the World Championship will still get played on MTG Arena via Direct Challenge and feature a total of three formats. The formats are Dominaria United Draft, Traditional Standard, and Traditional Explorer.

Day one will feature a total of eight Swiss rounds and two formats: Dominaria United Draft (rounds one to three) and Standard (rounds four to eight). The second day of the 2022 Magic World Championship is dedicated to Explorer Constructed gameplay via rounds nine to 14.

A total of eight players with the best records from the 14 Swiss rounds on days one and two will advance to a double-elimination bracket on day three. The format is Standard Constructed during the playoffs and a total prize pool of $500,000 will be up for grabs. No broadcast information has been released by WotC at time of writing.

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Danny Forster

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.