Hotsauce Takes Top Honors

Sunday Coverage

Mainstays of the Pro Tour for the last two seasons Ben Hull and Gregory Orange of Hotsauce Games sought out a third for Pro Tour 25^th Anniversary’s special Team Trios Constructed format. In that search they found Allen Wu, Grand Prix Albuquerque 2016 champion and New Mexico native, who joined their squad as the Legacy pilot, content in letting him play with the deck he knows best while Hull focused on Modern and Orange sleeved up his staple archetype of choice: Blue spells in Standard.

The team entered the tournament strong, battling through a challenging field in the two days of Swiss rounds to be among the top teams playing for a spot on Sunday in the fourteenth round. In the elimination rounds, they blasted past the Belgium squad of Christophe Gregoir, Branco Neirynck, and Thomas Van Der Paelt to go up against the Pro Tour Hall of Fame squad of ChannelFireball in the finals: Josh Utter-Leyton, Ben Stark, and Martin Jůza.

After a hard fought series, Wu ready and waiting, their team up a match, it was Ben Hull’s Hollow One deck against Ben Stark’s Ironworks Combo that was the decider. A Leyline of the Void left Stark low on options as Hull’s creatures amped up pressure, earning Hull—and his teammates—the handshake from the ChannelFireball squad.

The team of Wu, Hull, and Orange cemented themselves in Pro Tour history with their win at Pro Tour 25^th Anniversary, winning $150,000--$50,000 for each player on the team—for their victory. All three players will be invited to compete in the 2018 World Championship in Las Vegas, Nevada 2018 as well.

The finals was also the decider of the 2017-18 Pro Tour Team Series, with Hareruya Latin and Ultimate Guard Pro Team earning the right to compete in a Guilds of Ravnica Team Sealed finals on September 23 at the 2018 World Championship.

Finally, this weekend hosted the Silver Showcase, where Pro Tour Return to Ravnica champion Stanislav Cifka won $35,000 in a very special Year 1 Magic Rochester Draft in an eight-person event that featured Pro Tour legends and modern gaming faces.

All in all, one million dollars was awarded in one of the Pro Tour’s biggest weekends, with dozens of legends in attendance, plenty of action, and three fresh Pro Tour champions.

It’s been a great 25 years, and the next 25 will hold plenty more memories, stories, and fantastic Magic.

Saturday Coverage

Just four teams remain in Pro Tour 25th Anniversary. Tune in to twitch.tv/magic on Sunday at 9 a.m. local time (7 a.m. PT/10 a.m. ET/2 p.m. UTC) to find out which team will win $150,000 and the titles of being Pro Tour champions!

Friday Coverage

ChannelFireball’s trio consisting of Josh Utter-Leyton, Ben Stark, and Martin Jůza are the last remaining team at 7-0 at the end of Day One at Pro Tour 25^th Anniversary! Tune in to twitch.tv/magic on Saturday starting at 9 a.m. local time (7 a.m. PT/10 a.m. ET/2 p.m. UTC) for seven more rounds of action to see if the ChannelFireball team can maintain their lead!

Pre-Show Coverage

Live video coverage of Pro Tour 25^th Anniversary and the Silver Showcase is hosted on twitch.tv/magic and begins Thursday, August 1 at 2 p.m. PT/5 p.m. ET/9 p.m. UTC.