Elenbogen Ascends

Sunday Coverage

Breaking through in his first Pro Tour Top 8 as the sole 36 match point player at the end of the Swiss rounds to survive the cut, Andrew Elenbogen of Cardboard Live made this Pro Tour one to remember.

After fighting in a match where he was uncertain if he had hopes of playing on Sunday, Elenbogen’s name was the only one called among the 36 match point finishers called in the Top 8 announcement, giving him his shot at a Pro Tour title in his fourth Pro Tour appearance, and one he gladly took on his path to a $50,000 first place prize.

His Sunday was not easy, as he had to defeat a rough matchup, one of the Pro Tour frontrunners of the weekend, and a Pro Tour legend to get the trophy. He overcame Wilson Mok’s Jeskai Control deck in the quarterfinals, surpassed Tay Jun Hao of Grey Ogre Games in the semifinals, and Luis Scott-Vargas of ChannelFireball in an epic five-game finale.

This weekend was also the home of the rarely-seen Player of the Year Playoff, the second in Magic’s history. Luis Salvatto and Seth Manfield battled it out in a unique best-of-seven for the title, with Luis Salvatto claiming 2017-18 Player of the Year. The win makes Salvatto the second Latin American Player of the Year in competitive Magic history, as well as Argentina’s first. Additionally, Samuel Ihlenfeldt was officially given his 2017-18 Rookie of the Year title and award after starting off the season with a Top 8 finish at Pro Tour Ixalan, his first Pro Tour ever.

The weekend was an exciting showcase of a brand new Standard Constructed format and a celebration of 2017-18 title winners and Pro Tour Hall of Fame inductees, but the Pro Tour wraps up for this weekend with the spotlight on Andrew Elenbogen, Pro Tour Guilds of Ravnica champion. Congratulations!

Saturday Coverage

The Top 8 of Pro Tour Guilds of Ravnica features Pro Tour Hall of Fame legends, a veteran, and newcomers to the Sunday stage. Yuuya Watanabe of Musashi and Luis Scott-Vargas of ChannelFireball from the Hall of Fame added fifth and ninth Top 8s to their resumes, while Jérémy Dezani returns to Sunday five years after his win in Dublin.

Joining the veterans are five Pro Tour Sunday stage newcomers. Wilson Mok of Canada broke through to Sunday in his fifth Pro Tour Top 8, Grand Prix Las Vegas 2018 Limited champion Michael Bernat earned his first after near two dozen appearances at Pro Tours, Bolt the Bird’s Kasper Nielsen made it through Regional Pro Tour Qualifier in his third appearance, Tay Jun Hao of Grey Ogre Games made it after multiple attempts and two Grand Prix Top 8s, and Andrew Elenbogen scored his first Top 8 in his fourth appearance.

Tune in to twitch.tv/magic on Sunday at 6 a.m. PT/9 a.m. ET/2 p.m UTC to find out which of these eight players will be crowned Pro Tour Guilds of Ravnica champion!

Friday Coverage

Jérémy Dezani of Hareruya Sword and Tay Jun Hao of Grey Ogre Games lead the field at Pro Tour Guilds of Ravnica in Atlanta, Georgia with 8-0 records! Tune in Saturday morning to twitch.tv/magic at 9 a.m. local time (ET)/6 a.m. PT/2 p.m. UTC to see if they continue their winning streaks in Day Two!

Pre-Show Coverage

Three days, $250,000 in prize money, and a whole lot of Standard and Guilds of Ravnica Booster Draft are what you'll get from Pro Tour Guilds of Ravnica in Atlanta, Georgia!