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Magic: The Gathering World Championship Competitors Get Video Spotlights


Next month, the Magic: The Gathering World Championship XXVI will bring sixteen of the card game's best players to compete for their share of the $1 million prize pool, and to get fans hyped for the highest level of Magic competition, Wizards of the Coast is asking fans to root for their champion for their chance to win free in-game rewards on Magic Arena with the hashtag #Findyourchampion. They're also releasing a spotlight video for each competitor to highlight how they earned their spot in this year's World Championship, and what the tournament means for them.

The Magic: The Gathering Esports YouTube channel has already released spotlight videos for six out of the sixteen World Championship competitors, with the others going to be released soon. Get to know Autumn Burchett, Matias Leveratto, Eli Loveman, Jean Emmanuel-Depraz, Thoralf Severin, and last year's Magic World Champion, Javier Dominguez, in the spotlight videos below:

Autumn Burchett

Matias Leveratto

Eli Loveman

Jean Emmanuel-Depraz

Thoralf Severin

Javier Dominguez

The other ten World Championship competitors are Ondrej Strasky, Piotr Glogowski, Marcio Carvalho, Paulo Vitor Damo da Rosa, Seth Manfield, Andrea Mengucci, Chris Kvartek, Sebastian Pozzo, Raphael Levy, and Gabriel Nassif.

Who are you rooting to win the $300,000 Grand Prize? Let us know in the comments section below.

The Magic World Championship XXVI will take place in Honolulu, Hawaii on February 14-16, and will stream live on Twitch.tv/magic.

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