The fifteenth season of the Magic: The Gathering Hall of Fame inductions is approaching, so it's time for the voting season once again. Last year, we saw Hong kong professional player Lee Shi Tian and American pro Seth Mathfield indcuted into the 2018 MTG Hall of Fame. Today, Brian David-Marshall has announced the entire ballot of eligible candidates for the 2019 class of MTG Hall of Fame, and they include USA's Reid Duke, Sweden's Joel Larsson, Canada's Pascal Maynard, and Belgium's Christophe Gregoir among others.
"As competitive Magic expands to include MTG Arena and tabletop tournaments, we came to realize that the Pro Tour–centric rules we designed for a Hall of Fame back in 2005 don't fit very well with where we're headed," explained Hall of Fame coordinator Greg Collins. "Eligibility for this year's class is generally the same as 2018, but we are working now on what the future eligibility rules for the Magic Hall of Fame will be starting with next year's class."
To be inducted into the MTG Hall of Fame, a player must have 150 or more lifetime Pro Points and have made their debut at least 10 seconds ago to be eligible. What they're changing this year is in regard to the number of high-level finishes a player must achieve to be on the ballot. The threshold used to be at least a couple of Pro Tour Top 8 or post-2011 World Championship Top 4 finishes but to encompass the broader scope of high-level tournaments, the statistic is being recast as "Top Finishes," which includes Pro Tour Top 8s, World Championship (2012 to present) Top 4s, team Pro Tour Top 4s, Mythic Championship Top 8s/Top 4s, Mythic Invitational Top 4s, and Magic Online Championship Top 4s.
Here is the full list of eligible candidates for the 2019 class of Magic: The Gathering Hall of Fame:
Akira Asahara
Andrea Mengucci
Adrejs Prost
Andrew Cuneo
Brad Nelson
Carlos Romao
Chris Fennell
Chris Pikula
Christophe Gregoir
Craig Wescoe
Eduardo Sajgalik
Gabriel Tsang
Geoffrey Siron
Gerry Thompson
Guillaume Matignon
Ivan Floch
Jeremy Dezani
Jamie Parke
Javier Dominguez
Joel Larsson
Justin Gary
Ken Yukuhiro
Kentaro Yamamoto
Lukas Blohon
Marcio Carvalho
Marjin Lybaert
Mark Herberholz
Masahiro Kuroda
Matt Linde
Matthew Sperling
Mike Sigrist
Nico Bohny
Pascal Maynard
Patrick Cox
Reid Duke
Samuel Black
Sebastian Thaler
Thiago Saporito
Tom Martell
Tomoharu Saito
Tsuyoshi Ikeda
Yoshihiko Ikawa
Yuuta Takahashi
The 2019 Hall of Fame induction ceremony will take place at Mythic Championship VI in Richmond, Virginia this November.
Who would you like to see inducted to the 2019 MTG Hall of Fame?
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