The United States will move to having two Magic: The Gathering Regional Championships starting in the second round of Season 3.
Season 3 – Round 2 runs from January to March of 2025 and instead of having one Regional Championship that awards 64 Pro Tour Invites and two World Championship invites, there will be two Regional Championships with each giving out 32 Pro Tour Invites and two World Championship Invites. Each Regional Championship will feature a $100,000 prize pool that will also award qualifications for the Regional Championship in the following round. The Regional Championships in Season 3 – Round 2 will qualify for the second Pro Tour in 2025.
The prize structure for each Regional Championship starting in Season 3 – Round 2 looks like this:
- Winner: $20,000.00, Qualification for the World Championship, Pro Tour, and Season 3-Round 3 Regional Championship.
- Finalist: $10,000.00, Qualification for the World Championship, Pro Tour, and Season 3-Round 3 Regional Championship.
- 3rd-4th: $5,000.00, Qualification for the Pro Tour and Season 3-Round 3 Regional Championship.
- 5th-8th: $3,000.00, Qualification for the Pro Tour and Season 3-Round 3 Regional Championship
- 9th-16th: $2,000.00, Qualification for the Pro Tour and Season 3-Round 3 Regional Championship
- 17th-32nd: $1,000.00, Qualification for the Pro Tour and Season 3-Round 3 Regional Championship
- 33rd-64th: $250.00, Qualification for the Season 3-Round 3 Regional Championship
- 65th-128nd: $125.00, Qualification for the Season 3-Round 3 Regional Championship
Each Regional Championship will be run on its own weekend at an SCG CON. Players will be able to earn two Regional Championship qualifications in a round to play in both Regional Championships. If a player earns one invite, they can choose which Regional Championship to play. Players can participate in Regional Championship Qualifier events regardless of how many qualifications they have earned. Notably, RCQ invites will not pass down and there are no additional benefits to earning more than two Regional Championship qualifications per round.
Players that qualify for the US Regional Championships will be automatically preregistered for the first RC of the Round on Melee.gg once the organizer of the event where they qualified submits their information. If a player didn’t participate in the first RC or earned two invites that round, they will preregistered for the second RC of the round. Players who qualify through Magic Online, Magic Arena, or who are qualified directly by Wizards of the Coast will be preregistered at the conclusion of the season when that information is provided to Star City Games.
RCQs for Season 3 – Round 2 run from August 3 – November 17, 2024. The promo prize cards for the round are Sleight of Hand and Supreme Verdict.
Participants in WPN store RCQs will receive a non-foil Sleight of Hand. Foil copies of the promo Sleight of Hand will be available at larger, destination events. Top finishers at RCQs will receive a copy of Supreme Verdict with the winners of RCQs getting a foil copy of Supreme Verdict.
The participation Secret Lair promo card for Season 3 – Round 2 Regional Championships will be a non-foil Nexus of Fate.
Top finishers at the RC will also earn a foil copy of Nexus of Fate.
Read the article from WotC and check the RCQ page from Star City Games for more information.
