How You Can Qualify For The Magic: The Gathering World Championship & Mythic Championships This Year

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Wizards of the Coast have announced the details on how to qualify for this year's Magic: The Gathering World Championship and Mythic Championships.

In December 2019, 16 players will compete in the World Championship for $1 million in prizes.

Here's how the 16 slots for the 2019 Magic World Championship will spread out:

> The 2018 Magic World Champion (Javier Dominguez)

> The winners of each of the seven 2019 Mythic Championships (four tabletop and three MTG Arena)

> The Top 4 MPL players with the most Mythic Points*

> The Top 4 Challengers with the most Mythic Points*

*If a player in the Top 4 has earned an invitation through another means, that qualification slot will pass down to the next highest Mythic Point earner.

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Players can earn Mythic Points if they do well in Mythic Championship events, and there will be seven Mythic Championships this year (4 Tabletop and 3 Magic Arena). Here's the current schedule of Mythic Championships Wizards of the Coast revealed:

Mythic Championship I – February 22–24 – Cleveland, Ohio – Tabletop – $500,000 prize pool
Mythic Championship II – April 26–28 – London, England – Tabletop - $500,000 prize pool
Mythic Championship III – June/July TBA – MTG Arena – $750,000 prize pool
Mythic Championship IV – July 26–28 – Barcelona, Spain – Tabletop – $500,000 prize pool
Mythic Championship V – August/September TBA – MTG Arena – $750,000 prize pool
Mythic Championship VI – November 8–10 – Richmond, Virginia – Tabletop – $500,000 prize pool
Mythic Championship VII – November/December TBA – MTG Arena – $750,000 prize pool

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If you want to qualify for a tabletop Mythic Championship, you will have to finish highly in a Grand Prix tournament or Mythic Championship, or win an MCQ (Mythic Championship Qualifier) run by a Wizards Play Network member store, tournament organizer, at a MagicFest, or on Magic Online.

The first qualification season will run from May 11 to June 16, and you will need 200 Planeswalker Points in the previous three-month season to qualify for in-store MCQ events.

To get qualified for Magic Arena Mythic Championships, you will need to reach the top 1,000 in Mythic Ranking in Constructed or Limited during a qualifying month to be eligible to compete in that season's Mythic Qualifier Weekend (MQW).

The Top 16 players of each Mythic Qualifier Weekend will qualify for the Mythic Championship.

You can read more qualification details on Wizards of the Coast's website.

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