The first Magic Online Champions Showcase of the 2023 season is here, featuring eight skilled players battling for their share of $70,000 in cash prizes, Magic World Championship invitations, and the title of the 2023 Season 1 Showcase Champion!
The first Magic Online Champions Showcase of the 2023 season is here, featuring eight skilled players battling for their share of $70,000 in cash prizes, Magic World Championship invitations, and the title of the 2023 Season 1 Showcase Champion!
What Are the Formats?
The Season 1 Showcase event leads off with a Magic Online Vintage Cube Draft followed by a three-round Modern Constructed format event—both using Swiss pairings. If the same player wins both events, that player is the Season 1 Showcase Champion. Otherwise, the winner of each event will square off in a single Best-of-Three playoff match in Modern Constructed to determine the Showcase Champion.
How Much Money Is on the Line?
The 2023 Magic Online Champions Showcase Season 1 features a $70,000 prize pool. Here's how it breaks down:
| Place | Prize |
|---|---|
| 1 | $ 20,000 |
| 2 | $ 15,000 |
| 3 | $ 7,500 |
| 4 | $ 7,500 |
| 5 | $ 5,000 |
| 6 | $ 5,000 |
| 7 | $ 5,000 |
| 8 | $ 5,000 |
| TOTAL | $ 70,000 |
Additionally, the finalist and winner of the Season 1 Champions Showcase earn invitations to the Magic World Championship XXIX in September.
Who Is Playing?
The competitors for the first 2023 Champions Showcase feature eight competitors from a variety of qualifying events and Season 1 leaderboard of 2023 Magic Online Premier Play.
| Name | Account | Qualification |
|---|---|---|
| Sean Goddard | Beekeeper | Open #1 Champion |
| Bernardo Torres | BERNASTORRES | Leaderboard #2 |
| Julian Jakobovits | JUJUBEAN__2004 | Legacy Champion |
| Tom White | McWinSauce | Leaderboard #1 |
| Bruno Oliva | Moonmadness-_- | Vintage Champion |
| Karl Sarap | Terribad | Pioneer Champion |
| Yasunobu Anzai | tibalt_of_red_sub | Modern Champion |
| Marco Vassallo | TrueHero | Open #2 Champion |
How Can I Follow the Event?
The 2023 Magic Online Champions Showcase Season 1 will be streamed live May 20 beginning at 10 a.m. PT (7 p.m. CEST / 2 a.m. JST Sunday May 21) at twitch.tv/magic.
You will find decklists for the event at the 2023 Magic Online Champions Showcase Season 1 event page, with round-by-round standings and updates provided through the live broadcast.
Who Are the Casters?
Here's the broadcast team for this Magic Online Showcase:
How Can I Become the Next Showcase Champion?
Want to play along while watching the Showcase? Excited to try your hand at qualifying for a future Magic Online Showcase and earn your share of cash prizes and more? Leagues for Modern, Pioneer, and more are up right now, in addition to the Challenge events on Magic Online. Whether you become a Qualifier Champion or rise to the top of the Leaderboard, play the way you want and secure your invitation to a future Champions Showcase.
Check out the schedule of upcoming events, get all the details about the 2023 Magic Online Premier Play program, then get started today!
Can I Co-Stream the Event?
Following Twitch's Content Sharing Guidelines, you can co-stream the Magic Online Champions Showcase broadcast from twitch.tv/magic using OBS or XSplit. This allows anyone on Twitch to cover the event in their voice and with their community. To be clear, co-streamed content is not endorsed by Wizards, and we expect anyone who participates in co-streaming to follow Wizards' Fan Content Policy.