All in all, the level of competition will be fierce, and many of the best players in each region will be in attendance. Additional invitees include players who qualified through Magic Online or MTG Arena, top players from the 2021–22 season, members of the Hall of Fame who use their "once-per-year" invite, and players otherwise qualified for Pro Tour The Lord of the Rings.
On the Friday before each Regional Championship, the event hall may also hold Last Chance Qualifiers. Most of the invites stem from Regional Championship Qualifiers (RCQs) held at local stores or larger conventions in January, February, and March. Invites: Regional Championships are invitation-only events. Our Twitter account will also provide event updates. To do so, check out the MTG Melee pages for each event that are linked in the schedule above. Once the event gets underway, decklists will become publicly available and you can follow the standings live. Exact details and timing are provided by the local organizer. The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth™, which releases in the middle of June, will be legal in Modern but not in Pioneer.ĭecklists: Regional Championships will use open decklists, to be submitted by competitors on MTG Melee on the day before the event starts. No new sets will be added to Pioneer during this Regional Championship cycle. The Japan/South Korea RC will be streamed live, with commentary in Japanese, on the MTGJP channel.įormat: For all of these third-cycle Regional Championships, the format is Pioneer.
June 3–4: U.S., Mexico/Central America/Caribbean, South East Asia, China, and East Canada.The schedule for the third cycle of Regional Championships (RCs) for the 2022–23 season is as follows: