The greatest minds of competitive Magic are preparing for Pro Tour Lorwyn Eclipsed! Our first Pro Tour of 2026 unites an action-packed Limited format with a fresh Standard environment. We'll be covering the action live, so tune in on January 30–February 1 to see who will take home the trophy!
What Is the Pro Tour?
The Pro Tour is the culmination of many paths—all competitive—to one of Magic's most prestigious tournaments, with a $500,000 prize pool (and a trophy), invitations, and points to qualify for the annual Magic World Championship all up for grabs. The invite list is available online (and subject to change).
Pro Tour Lorwyn Eclipsed will feature Lorwyn Eclipsed Draft and Standard Constructed. Each 2026 Pro Tour competitor will receive a non-foil Tamiyo, Inquisitive Student promo card featuring art by Ampreh. The Top 32 players at Pro Tour Lorwyn Eclipsed will also receive traditional foil copies of this promo.
Competitors who finish Pro Tour Lorwyn Eclipsed with 30 or more match points will be invited to Pro Tour Secrets of Strixhaven at MagicCon: Las Vegas from May 1–3, 2026. All players compete for their share of $500,000 in prizes, with the Pro Tour Champion winning $50,000. All competitors will receive at least $500 regardless of their final placement. A full prize table will be published the week of January 26.
Where and When Can I Watch the Pro Tour?
Pro Tour Lorwyn Eclipsed will take place in Richmond, Virginia, USA, on January 30–February 1. This event will not be run at a MagicCon and will not be open to the public. However, you can stay up to date on all the action with our coverage, which will be streamed all three days of the event at twitch.tv/magic and youtube.com/@Play_MTG. Follow the players, their fans, and all the coverage at @Play_MTG or with the hashtag #PTECL.
On Friday and Saturday—January 30 and 31—the stream starts at 8 a.m. PT (11 a.m. ET/1 a.m. JST on January 31 and February 1) with three rounds of Lorwyn Eclipsed Draft followed by five rounds of Standard Constructed.
On Sunday, February 1, the stream starts at 7 a.m. PT (10 a.m. ET/12 a.m. JST on February 2) with all four quarterfinals matches, followed by the semifinals matches, and concluding with the finals of Pro Tour Lorwyn Eclipsed.
Who Are the Players to Watch at Pro Tour Lorwyn Eclipsed?
As usual, there's a strong field assembling for the first Pro Tour of the new season. All four 2025 champions are there: Pro Tour Aetherdrift's Matt Nass, Pro Tour Magic: The Gathering®—FINAL FANTASY™'s Ken Yukuhiro, Pro Tour Edge of Eternities's Michael Plummer, and Magic World Championship 31's Seth Manfield. The Magic Online scene brought us the return of former World Champion Nathan Steuer and the winner of the Innistrad Championship, Yuuki Ichikawa. His success on MTG Arena means that Czech favorite Ondrej Strasky will showcase his testing prowess in the runup to the tournament. Alexey Paulot, Alex MacIsaac, and Brennan Roy will all have the spotlight on them, since they're the Spotlight Series champions.
Coming back for another attempt thanks to strong Pro Tour Edge of Eternities finishes are Pro Tour Guilds of Ravnica Champion Andrew Elenbogen and Cosmos Heavy Play's Luis Salvatto. From the competitive fields of the Regional Championships come the likes of Dom Harvey (who made the Top 8 of Pro Tour The Lord of the Rings) and Piotr Glogowski (the winner of Mythic Championship VII in 2019). The RCs also see a welcome return in former Rookie of the Year Sebastian Thaler. And amongst the large contingent returning thanks to solid 2025 performances across the board, a special word for Eli Kassis and Javier Dominguez—they are the last two players standing who have played in every major tabletop event in the last three years and somehow reached Day Two on every occasion.
But who will be the ultimate survivor? That's just one of the many storylines we'll be following throughout the weekend.
What Are the Key Teams of Pro Tour Lorwyn Eclipsed?
As we begin season four since the return to tabletop play, testing teams are a hugely influential part of the story. The Big Four teams of 2025—TCGplayer, Handshake Moxfield, Moriyama Japan, and Cosmos Heavy Play—supplied three of the four season winners and half the World Championship Top 8.
- TCGplayer is Hall of Fame-heavy, featuring Reid Duke, World Champion Seth Manfield, Gabriel Nassif, and Paul Rietzl. Having provided two of the four champions last year, they are the team to beat.
- Handshake Moxfield remains a deep squad, with Eli Kassis and Simon Nielsen among their ranks. Nielsen won the Spotlight event in Lyon earlier this month.
- Moriyama Japan remains a "Who's Who?" of Japanese Magic, with the vast bulk of that nation's top players on the team, including newly crowned Player of the Year and Pro Tour Magic: The Gathering—FINAL FANTASY Champion Ken Yukuhiro.
- As for Cosmos Heavy Play, Team Captain Anthony Lee has a ton of talent to work with, including double Top 8 appearances last year from Ian Robb, the two-time World Champion Javier Dominguez, and former Player of the Year Luis Salvatto.
Many other teams will be looking to join the party, and among the new squads is an interesting French-speaking collective headlined by Jean-Emmanuel Depraz, where Hall of Fame member Patrick Chapin has found a testing home for this event.
Lorwyn Eclipsed Draft Overview
Our Pro Tour competitors will be drafting Lorwyn Eclipsed during the Limited rounds, putting the boggarts, flamekin, and other curious creatures of Lorwyn-Shadowmoor to the test. Lorwyn Eclipsed features five typal archetypes, as well as five non-typal archetypes for the other color pairs.
Boggart Cursecrafter
Thoughtweft Lieutenant
Twinflame Travelers
Morcant's Loyalist
Each typal archetype spotlights one of the plane's most famous creature types, though each creature type is also united by a shared mechanical theme. Goblins care about sacrificing creatures and the blight mechanic, Elementals care about spells with mana value 4 or greater, and so on.
Noggle Robber
Reaping Willow
Hovel Hurler
Glister Bairn
Each other color pair has a hybrid uncommon care that supports its draft archetype. These hybrid cards can also make an appearance in off-color decks. For example,
Meet the Casters of Pro Tour Lorwyn Eclipsed
Our coverage team will be following the Lorwyn Eclipsed Limited and Standard Constructed action all weekend long. Join Maria Bartholdi, Eilidh Lonie, Corey Baumeister, Mani Davoudi, Marshall Sutcliffe, Paul Cheon, and Riley Knight for a weekend full of high-stakes Magic. From Draft to Standard, this crew will guide you through all of the action—right up into the final match. Additionally, we'll recap each day of the event right here on Magic.gg so you can enjoy the action in any format!
When Will Pro Tour Lorwyn Eclipsed Decklists Be Published?
Standard Constructed decklists for the tournament will be published on the Pro Tour Lorwyn Eclipsed event page on Friday, January 30, at the beginning of Round 4 gameplay. All Lorwyn Eclipsed Draft decklists will not be published.
You can watch coverage for Pro Tour Lorwyn Eclipsed each day here at Magic.gg, twitch.tv/magic, and youtube.com/@Play_MTG.
Can I Co-Stream the Event?
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