ELEAGUE SHOWDOWN: MTG Arena April 22 - May 27, 6pm ET Post Event Talk Show May 28, 6pm ET Home ELEAGUE Discovers the Magic! The Weekly Magic: The Gathering Arena Competition Series is Back Wednesday, April 22, at 6 p.m. ET on Twitch Want to become a challenger and compete at the highest level Magic for fans around the world for prize money on Battlefy? Applications are currently closed for this arc but check back soon to apply. Watch on Twitch ELEAGUE’s Second MTGA Showdown Will Feature Star Players, Rising Amateurs & Pay Winners Through Weekly “Survive & Advance” Matches ELEAGUE has partnered with Wizards of the Coast to bring back the deep strategic gameplay of Magic: The Gathering Arena to its fans through the second iteration of their ELEAGUE Showdown: Magic The Gathering Arena weekly esports competition series. The Showdown will launch with its first competition Wednesday, April 22, at 6 p.m. ET, with exclusive coverage available on ELEAGUE's Twitch channel. The series will continue with a new competition each Wednesday at 6 p.m. through May 27. Players will be selected through a combination of invitations and player applications. Players will compete in one single-elimination match, with the winner advancing and the loser being eliminated. The last winner remaining at the end of each week will earn prize money and become the incumbent “player to defeat” during the next week’s competition. More details and rules are available here. Magic: The Gathering Arena is the digital version of the popular tabletop trading card game Magic: The Gathering. In the game, players compete by strategically deploying a vast array of land, spell and creature cards to defeat their opponents. Magic: The Gathering Arena is currently available on PC and is free to download. To learn more about the game and start playing today, visit mtgarena.com. 2020 Ikoria Arc 2019 Arc Leaderboard As of: 12/18 Rank Player Total Wins Money Earned Weekly Run 1 Seth Manfield Blue Magic Deck Icon Green Magic Deck Icon Simic-Midrange - Deck List 12 $6,250 10/16 Seth Manfield is a Magic: The Gathering legend. In his 20 years of playing the game, he has won multiple Grand Prix, placed top 8 in many Pro Tours, and achieved the coveted title of World Champion in 2015. 2 Jeffrey Pyka Red Magic Deck Icon Blue Magic Deck Icon White Magic Deck Icon Jeskai Fires - Deck List 7 $3,500 12/04 Jeffrey is a semi typical magic grinder, that hit silver last year. He has a GP top 8 and a PT top 16. He'll travel to just about every event in a 6-8 hour radius to him. 3 Ian Ulman Blue Magic Deck Icon Green Magic Deck Icon Simic Food - Deck List 4 $4,250 10/23 Ian is an aspiring YouTube content creator, for Magic and other nerdy things. Ian's high point is top 8'ing an SCG team open, and perennially making top 8 of IQs and PPTQs. 4 William Jensen Blue Magic Deck Icon Black Magic Deck Icon Green Magic Deck Icon Sultai Midrange - Deck List 4 $2,500 11/06 He won Pro Tour Boston 2003, and has finished in the top 8 of four additional Pro Tours. He also has 24 Grand Prix top eights, including six wins. In 2013 he was voted into the Hall of Fame. He is the current record holder of most Grand Prix top eight finishes within a single season, with eight in 2013–14. 5 Wyatt Darby Black Magic Deck Icon White Magic Deck Icon WB Vampires - Deck List 4 $2,000 09/04 Wyatt Darby is a fresh face in the competitive Magic scene, making his Pro Tour debut in 2017 with Pro Tour Amonkhet. Within a year of his debut, he became a Pro Tour Champion, winning the title at Pro Tour Dominaria. In an incredibly short time, Darby has proven to the world that the future of competitive Magic has him in the picture. Leaderboard As of: 12/18 Rank Player Total Wins Money Earned Weekly Run 1 Eli Kassis Red Magic Deck Icon Blue Magic Deck Icon White Magic Deck Icon Jeskai Yorion - Deck List 8 $4,875 05/06 Eli has 8 Grand Prix Top 8's, 2 GP Trophy's, 1 Pro Tour Top 8, 1 SCG Invitational Trophy, 2 SCG Open Trophy's, and another dozen - 20 SCG Open Top 8's. He is currently a member of Team BCW alongside Corey Baumeister, Shaheen Soorani, Pete Ingram, Daryl Ayers, and Ross Meriam. Eli made the Pro Tour at age 13 2 Corey Baumeister Red Magic Deck Icon Blue Magic Deck Icon Black Magic Deck Icon White Magic Deck Icon Green Magic Deck Icon 4 Color Yorion Fires - Deck List 7 $3,750 04/22 Corey has been a professional magic player/content creator for around 10 years. He has 6 Grand Prix top 8s with one win. He likes long walks on the beach and getting caught in the rain. 3 Martin Juza Red Magic Deck Icon Blue Magic Deck Icon Black Magic Deck Icon White Magic Deck Icon Boros cycling - Deck List 6 $7,000 05/06 Martin has been playing Magic profesionally for about 10 years now. He has 4 PT Top 8s, 30-something GP Top 8s, in Top 5 pro points lifetime and has was inducted in the Hall of Fame in 2017. When he's not competing in the MPL or preparing for tournaments, he is usually streaming, watching the NHL or playing some CounterStrike with his friends. 4 Kanister Blue Magic Deck Icon White Magic Deck Icon Green Magic Deck Icon Yorion Bant Control - Deck List 4 $2,250 04/29 Along with his dreams of defeating Andrea Mengucci in the finals of a tournament one day. Kanister has three Grand Prix top 8's, a Mythic Championship VII Win and one of the youngest pros in the Magic Pro League. He is a forced to the world of magic and brings a Humorous and memorable personality with him to every tournament he enters. 5 Emma Handy Red Magic Deck Icon Blue Magic Deck Icon Black Magic Deck Icon White Magic Deck Icon Boros Cycling - Deck List 3 $3,750 04/29 After playing casually for most of a decade, Emma jumped into the competitive scene. After becoming a regular on the SCG Tour, she also made a name for herself as a coach, from players at the FNM-level all the way up to PT regulars. Today, she's a writer for Starcitygames.com, works on script-writing for Tolarian Community College, and is a competitor in the Rivals League. Schedule / Results Wed Dec 18th | Start Time 8PM/ET All Matches Best of Three Week 10 Week 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 September 4th 1 Boids NumotTheNummy 1 : 2 vs Wyatt Darby WB Vampires 2 WB Vampires AliasV 0 : 2 vs Wyatt Darby WB Vampires 3 WB Afterlife Deejay Knight 0 : 2 vs Wyatt Darby WB Vampires 4 Kethis Midrange Em_TeeGee 1 : 2 vs Wyatt Darby WB Vampires 5 WB Vampire Ashlen Rose 2 : 1 vs Wyatt Darby WB Vampires 6 WB Vampires Ashlen Rose 1 : 2 vs Skybilz Jund Dinosaurs September 11th 1 RW Feather Lucas 'Lewk' Faley 2 : 0 vs KanyeBest BW Vampires 2 RW Feather Lucas 'Lewk' Faley 0 : 2 vs Eric Froehlich Kethis Combo 3 Naya Feather Amazonian 2 : 0 vs Eric Froehlich Kethis Combo 4 Naya Feather Amazonian 0 : 2 vs Brad Nelson Kethis Combo 5 Esper Control TheAsianAvenger 0 : 2 vs Brad Nelson Kethis Combo September 18th 1 Esper Control Brad Nelson 2 : 1 vs Skybilz BG Midrange 2 Esper Control Brad Nelson 0 : 2 vs jrolfMTG Esper Control 3 Kethis Combo Matt Nass 2 : 1 vs jrolfMTG Esper Control 4 Kethis Combo Matt Nass 1 : 2 vs Bloody Kethis Combo 5 Vampires Gaby Spartz 1 : 2 vs Bloody Kethis Combo September 25th 1 Kethis Combo Bloody 2 : 1 vs David Buskirk RW Feather 2 Kethis Combo Bloody 0 : 2 vs Eric Hawkins Kethis combo 3 Mono Red Aggro BenS 2 : 1 vs Eric Hawkins Kethis combo 4 Mono Red Aggro BenS 2 : 0 vs JasonFleurant RW Feather 5 Mono Red Aggro BenS 1 : 2 vs BBD Kethis Combo October 2nd 1 Abzan Kethis BBD 0 : 2 vs CoreyB_MTG Simic Midrange 2 Gogari Midrange JeffHoogland 1 : 2 vs CoreyB_MTG Simic Midrange 3 Simic Flash MythicMikaela 0 : 2 vs CoreyB_MTG Simic Midrange 4 Simic Midrange Reid Duke 2 : 1 vs CoreyB_MTG Simic Midrange 5 Simic Midrange Reid Duke 1 : 2 vs CalebDMTG Bant Midrange 6 Gruul Midrange Brandon Downs 0 : 2 vs CalebDMTG Bant Midrange October 9th 1 Bant Food CalebMTG 1 : 2 vs Seth Manfield Bant Golos 2 Grixis Fires Chris Castro-Rappl 1 : 2 vs Seth Manfield Bant Golos 3 Bant Food Erik Peters 1 : 2 vs Seth Manfield Bant Golos 4 Mono Black Oven Keith Adams 1 : 2 vs Seth Manfield Bant Golos 5 GW Adventures Zack Brown 1 : 2 vs Seth Manfield Bant Golos 6 Mono Blue Control Todd Anderson 1 : 2 vs Seth Manfield Bant Golos October 16th 1 Simic-Midrange Seth Manifield 2 : 0 MTGNerdGirl Mono-red Aggro 2 Simic-Midrange Seth Manifield 2 : 1 Metallix87 Simic-Mill 3 Simic-Midrange Seth Manifield 2 : 1 Evan Whitehouse Bant-Golos 4 Simic-Midrange Seth Manifield 2 : 0 Annajanemtg Temur Reclamation 5 Simic-Midrange Seth Manifield 2 : 1 MSigrist Gruul-Midrange 6 Simic-Midrange Seth Manifield 2 : 0 Ali Eldrazi 5 Color Golos October 23rd 1 Golos Adam Hernandez 2 : 0 Mike Greenbaum Mardu Knights 2 Golos Adam Hernandez 2 : 0 Lucas Buccafusca Golgari 3 Golos Adam Hernandez 0 : 2 Ian Ulman Simic Food 4 Golgari Jamie Rigatti 1 : 2 Ian Ulman Simic Food 5 Gruul-Midrange Vanessa 1 : 2 Ian Ulman Simic Food October 30th 1 Sultai Food Seth Manfield 1 : 2 Ian Ulman Sultai Food 2 Simic Food Chris Tran 2 : 1 Ian Ulman Sultai Food 3 Simic Food Chris Tran 2 : 0 Kasey Jarvis Esper Control 4 Simic Food Chris Tran 2 : 0 Breanna Lee Tan Golgari Adventure 5 Simic Food Chris Tran 0 : 2 William Jensen Sultai Food 6 Grixis Control Ryan Brooks 0 : 2 William Jensen Sultai Food November 6th 1 Sultai Midrange Will Jensen 2 : 1 Mark Gabriele Mono Red Aggro 2 Sultai Midrange Will Jensen 2 : 1 William Storey Sultai Midrange 3 Sultai Midrange Will Jensen 1 : 2 Shahar Shenhar Sultai Midrange 4 Golgari Adventures Christian Calcano 1 : 2 Shahar Shenhar Sultai Midrange 5 Sultai Midrange Austin Yost 2 : 0 Shahar Shenhar Sultai Midrange 5 Sultai Midrange Austin Yost 0 : 2 bobinchese Bant Midrange November 13th 1 Sultai Familiar bobinchese 1 : 2 Felix Sloo Sultai Food 2 Sultai Food Keizaron 0 : 2 Felix Sloo Sultai Food 3 UW Control Ronald Thoman 2 : 0 Felix Sloo Sultai Food 4 UW Control Ronald Thoman 1 : 2 Ray Atkinson Temur Reclamation 5 Jeskai Fires JimDavisMTG 2 : 0 Ray Atkinson Temur Reclamation 6 Jeskai Fires JimDavisMTG 0 : 2 Terrence Campo Sultai Familiar November 20th 1 Sultai Familiar Terrence Campo 0 : 2 Jeffrey Pyka Jeskai Fires 2 Temur Walkers Daniel Ling 1 : 2 Jeffrey Pyka Jeskai Fires 3 Temur Reclamation David Brown 0 : 2 Jeffrey Pyka Jeskai Fires 4 Gruul Aggro Nhi Pham 0 : 2 Jeffrey Pyka Jeskai Fires 5 4 Color Midrange Sidney Powell 0 : 2 Jeffrey Pyka Jeskai Fires December 4th 1 Jeskai Fires Jeffrey Pyka 2 : 0 Cory Speiser Orzhov Midrange 2 Jeskai Fires Jeffrey Pyka 2 : 1 Ray Park Temur Wilds 3 Jeskai Fires Jeffrey Pyka 1 : 2 Mike Mcginn Jund Food 4 Jund Food James White 2 : 1 Mike Mcginn Jund Food 5 Jund Food James White 2 : 0 William Blanton Jeskai Fires 6 Jund Food James White 2 : 0 Jaden Zepeda Mono-Red Aggro December 11th 1 Jund Food James White 0 : 2 Zan Syed Simic Ramp 2 Sultai Midrange Jamal Greenidge 2 : 1 Zan Syed Simic Ramp 3 Sultai Midrange Jamal Greenidge 0 : 2 Tania Russell Simic Ramp 4 Simic Ramp Harry Cheng 1 : 2 Tania Russell Simic Ramp 5 Simic Flash Zach Okorn 1 : 2 Tania Russell Simic Ramp 6 Temur Reclamation Danilo Silva 1 : 2 Tania Russell Simic Ramp December 18th Quarterfinals 1 Jeskai Fires Seth Manfield 2 : 0 Corey Baumeister Golgari Adventures 2 Simic Flash William Jensen 2 : 1 Wyatt Darby Jeskai Fires 3 Jeskai Fires Jeffery Pyka 2 : 0 Chris Tran Izzet Burn 4 Jund Sacrifice Ian Ulman 0 : 2 Tania Russell Simic Ramp Semifinals 5 Jeskai Fires Seth Manfield 2 : 0 William Jensen Simic Flash 6 Jeskai Fires Jeffery Pyka 2 : 0 Tania Russell Simic Ramp Finals 7 Jeskai Fires Seth Manfield 2 : 0 Jeffery Pyka Jeskai Fires 7 Jeskai Fires Seth Manfield 1 : 0 Jeffery Pyka Jeskai Fires Schedule / Results Start Time 6PM/ET All Matches Best of Three Week 1 Week 1 2 3 4 5 6 April 22nd 1 Hippo Fires AutumnLilyMTG 2 : 1 vs Seth Manfield Rakdos Lurrus 1 Hippo Fires AutumnLilyMTG 1 : 2 vs Corey Baumeister Yorion Fires 3 Sharknado Fires Bloody 1 : 2 vs Corey Baumeister Yorion Fires 4 WB Lurrus LSV 0 : 2 vs Corey Baumeister Yorion Fires 5 Andrea Mengucci Bant Yorion 0 : 2 vs Corey Baumeister Yorion Fires 6 Izzet Phoenix JamieTopples 0 : 2 vs Corey Baumeister Yorion Fires April 29th 1 Mono Black Obosh Corey Baumeister 2 : 0 vs Jeff Pyka Jeskai Blink 2 Mono Black Obosh Corey Baumeister 0 : 2 vs Emma Handy Boros Cycling 3 Temur Reclamation Matias Leveratto 2 : 1 vs Emma Handy Boros Cycling 4 Temur Reclamation Matias Leveratto 1 : 2 vs Kanister Yorion Bant Control 5 Temur Reclamation Huey 0 : 2 vs Kanister Yorion Bant Control 6 Five Color Sultai Reid Duke 0 : 2 vs Kanister Yorion Bant Control May 6th 1 Bant Yorian Control Kanister 0 : 2 vs Martin Juza Boros cycling 2 Jeskai Lukka Jana Amari 1 : 2 vs Martin Juza Boros cycling 3 Azorius Control Lazyguga 0 : 2 vs Martin Juza Boros cycling 4 Yorion Lukka Eli Kassis 2 : 0 vs Martin Juza Boros cycling 5 Yorion Lukka Eli Kassis 2 : 0 vs Màrcio Carvalho Jeskai lukka 5 Yorion Lukka Eli Kassis 2 : 1 vs Amy Amazonian Spin it to Win It May 13th 1 Jeskai Yorion Eli Kassis 2 : 1 vs MythicMikaela Yorion Lukka 2 Jeskai Yorion Eli Kassis 2 : 1 vs Carson McNair Boros cycling 3 Jeskai Yorion Eli Kassis 2 : 0 vs yoman5 Temur Clover 4 Jeskai Yorion Eli Kassis 2 : 1 vs Miguel Simões Obosh Red 5 Jeskai Yorion Eli Kassis 2 : 0 vs themightylinguine Lukka Fires 6 Jeskai Yorion Eli Kassis 0 : 2 vs Tiago Jeskai Lukka Yorion May 20th 1 Jeskai Lukka Tiago 2 : 0 vs Gaby Spartz Boros Cycling 2 Jeskai Lukka Tiago 1 : 2 vs Ally Warfield Lukka Fires 3 Azorious Control Anne Melissa Bruun-sjödin 0 : 2 vs Ally Warfield Lukka Fires 4 Bant Yorion Javier Dominguez 2 : 1 vs Ally Warfield Lukka Fires 5 Bant Yorion Javier Dominguez 2 : 0 vs Ian Ulman Jeskai Lukka 6 Bant Yorion Javier Dominguez 0 : 2 vs ploppolopps Mono Red Cavalcade May 27th Quarterfinals 1 Jund sac Eli Kassis 1 : 2 vs Emma Handy 4c Neoform Winota 2 Bant Yorion Ramp kanister 2 : 1 vs Tiago Jeskai Lukka 3 Jeskai Lukka Corey Baumeister 2 : 1 vs Javier Dominguez Jeskai Lukka 4 Bant Ramp Martin Juza 2 : 0 vs Meebo 4c Neoform Winota Semifinals 5 4c Neoform Winota Emma Handy 2 : 0 vs kanister Bant Yorion Ramp 3 Jeskai Lukka Corey Baumeister 1 : 2 vs Martin Juza Bant Ramp Finals 5 4c Neoform Winota Emma Handy 1 : 3 vs Martin Juza Bant Ramp