Editing 2020 Players Tour Season

{{Infobox PT season
| world champion = {{flag|BRA}} [[Paulo Vitor Damo da Rosa]]
| wmc = 
| hof = None
|
| pts = 2 series + 1 finals
| gps = 7
| prev = [[2018–19 Pro Tour Season|2018–19]]
| next = [[2020–21 Players Tour Season|2020–21]]
| catsort=025
}}

The partial '''2020 Players Tour season''' is the twenty-fifth [[Players Tour]] season (a.k.a. the [[Pro Tour]]). 

==Description==
The Season started on January 10, 2020, with [[MagicFest]] Montréal, Canada and was originally set to end on July 24–26, 2020 with MagicFest San José, USA. Like the [[2018–19 Pro Tour Season|previous one]], it was a transitional season. While the system originally was designed to arrange itself into the calendar year, this plan was reversed going forward, which had resulted in a 17-month season for 2018-2019 alongside a partial 7-month season in 2020. This partial season doesn't feature a World Championship. The next World Championship will take place at the culmination of the [[2020–21 Players Tour Season|2020–2021 season]].<ref name="future">{{WebRef|url=https://www.magic.gg/news/the-future-of-magic-esports|title=The Future of ''Magic'' Esports|author=[[Elaine Chase]]|date=August 14, 2019|publisher=[[Magic Esports]]}}</ref>

Starting this season, the short-lived [[Mythic Championship]]s were split into the tabletop [[Players Tour]] continental series and the digital [[Mythic Invitational]]s, and the [[Players Tour Finals]] and  [[Rivals League]] were introduced.

The [[Wikipedia:2019–20 coronavirus pandemic|COVID-19 outbreak]] in January resulted in preventative measures taken in March. A large swath of the Grand Prix event schedule was canceled, and the Players Tour Finals Houston and the May Invitational also were canceled.<ref>{{DailyRef|news/changes-magics-competitive-season-and-event-schedule-2020-03-12|Changes to ''Magic'''s Competitive Season and Event Schedule.|[[Wizards of the Coast]]|March 12, 2020}}</ref> By April, it was clear that further events were not safely feasible to hold, and Wizards wrote off the entire season as not salvageable.<ref>{{WebRef|url=https://www.magic.gg/news/esports-update-mpl-rivals-and-competitor-2020-partial-season-changes|title=Esports Update: MPL, Rivals, and Competitor 2020 Partial Season Changes|author=[[Wizards of the Coast]]|date=April 1, 2020|publisher=[[Magic.gg]]}}</ref> It was announced that some large events later in the year would be prospectively held, but that those events would not pay out points for League positions. Current Rivals and MPL players would hold their positions, with some newer players taken from the [[Players Tour Series 1|first series]].

Any events, including the scheduled Players Tour Finals and Mythic Invitational wouldn't be played for Player Points or Mythic Points, and therefore 'wouldn't impact MPL or Rivals invitations for next season.

By May, the future of in-person gatherings was uncertain and likely to remain that way for some time. A new plan was needed, one that worked within current constraints to close out a completely disrupted season while providing hundreds of competitors with existing qualifications an opportunity to compete. Wizards of the Coast therefore shifted the 2020 Partial Season competitions from in-person destinations to online events, played remotely through MTG Arena.<ref name="What's Next">{{WebRef|url=https://magic.gg/news/whats-next-for-the-magic-esports-2020-partial-season|title=What's Next For the Magic Esports 2020 Partial Season|author=[[Wizards of the Coast]]|date=May 20, 2020|publisher=[[Magic.gg]]}}</ref> At the same time, the end of the partial season was moved up to the fall of 2020. Later that month, all remaining Grand Prix were cancelled.<ref>{{WebRef|url=https://magic.gg/news/magicfest-cancellation|title=2020 MagicFest And The Future of Tabletop Magic Esports|author=[[Elaine Chase]]|date=May 29, 2020|publisher=[[Magic.gg]]}}</ref> Tabletop Grand Prix did not return.

==World Championship XXVI==
The [[2019 World Championship]], promoted as '''World Championship XXVI''', was held on February 14-16 2020 in Honolulu, Hawaii.

{|class="wikitable sortable"
!Rank
!Player
!Prize money
|-
|1
|{{flag|BRA}} [[Paulo Vitor Damo da Rosa]]
|$ 300,000
|-
|2
|{{flag|PRT}} [[Marcio Carvalho]]
|$ 150,000
|-
|3
|{{flag|USA}} [[Seth Manfield]]
|$ 100,000
|-
|4
|{{flag|FRA}} [[Gabriel Nassif]]
|$ 75,000
|-
|5
|{{flag|arg}} [[Sebastian Pozzo]]
|$ 62,500
|-
|6
|{{flag|USA}} [[Eli Loveman]]
|$ 62,500
|-
|7
|{{flag|FRA}} [[Jean-Emmanuel Depraz]]
|$ 50,000
|-
|8
|{{flag|ENG}} [[Autumn Burchett]]
|$ 50,000
|-
|9
|{{flag|POL}} [[Piotr Glogowski]]
|$ 25,000
|-
|10
|{{flag|USA}} [[Chris Kvartek]]
|$ 25,000
|-
|11
|{{flag|FRA}} [[Raphael Levy]]
|$ 25,000
|-
|12
|{{flag|DEU}} [[Thoralf Severin]]
|$ 25,000
|-
|13
|{{flag|CZE}} [[Ondřej Stráský]]
|$ 12,500
|-
|
14
|{{flag|ESP}} [[Javier Dominguez]]
|$ 12,500
|-
|15
|{{flag|ITA}} [[Andrea Mengucci]]
|$ 12,500
|-
|16
|{{flag|ARG}} [[Matias Leveratto]]
|$ 12,500
|}
==Grand Prix==
===Feeding in the Players Tour Finals (Series 2)===
{{flexbox-header}}
{{GP|Austin
|date=11–12 January 2020
|format=Modern
|attendance=801
|p1={{flag|USA}} Christopher Candevra
|p2={{flag|USA}} Marcus Luong
|p3={{flag|USA}} Oliver Tomajko
|p4={{flag|USA}} [[Ian Birrell]]
|p5={{flag|USA}} Evan Teachworth
|p6={{flag|USA}} Tad Macaraeg
|p7={{flag|USA}} Brendan Cohen
|p8={{flag|USA}} Andrew Wolbers
}}
{{GP|New Jersey
|date=25–26 January 2020
|format=Limited
|attendance=1434
|p1={{flag|CAN}} Isaak Krut
|p2={{flag|CAN}} Christian Trudel
|p3={{flag|USA}} Collin Rountree
|p4={{flag|USA}} Terrence Campo
|p5={{flag|SWE}} Alexander Rosdahl
|p6={{flag|USA}} [[Andrew Elenbogen]]
|p7={{flag|USA}} Chas Hinkle
|p8={{flag|USA}} Jordan Berkowitz
}}
{{GP|Brussels
|date=31 January - 2 February 2020
|format=Pioneer
|attendance=1663
|p1={{flag|ESP}} Carlos Moral
|p2={{flag|NLD}} Claes de Graaff
|p3={{flag|GRC}} Kiriakos Avgoustis
|p4={{flag|FIN}} Olli Saarinen
|p5={{flag|DEU}} Fabian Gorzgen
|p6={{flag|DEU}} Lev Ducenko
|p7={{flag|ESP}} Miguel Castro
|p8={{flag|DEU}} Alexander Mertins
}}
{{GP|Nagoya
|date=1–2 February 2020
|format=Pioneer
|attendance=1672
|p1={{flag|JPN}} Takuya Ishizuki
|p2={{flag|JPN}} Yoshiro Mikami
|p3={{flag|JPN}} Taiki Yamashita
|p4={{flag|JPN}} Taiki Hattori
|p5={{flag|JPN}} Yuta Inukai
|p6={{flag|JPN}} Shinichi Ito
|p7={{flag|JPN}} Hirotaki Kawasaki
|p8={{flag|JPN}} Shinsuke Hayashi
}}
{{GP|Phoenix
|date=7-9 February 2020
|format=Pioneer
|attendance=941
|p1={{flag|USA}} Benjamin Weitz
|p2={{flag|USA}} Andrew Lopez
|p3={{flag|USA}} Kyle Henriksen
|p4={{flag|USA}} Isaac Sears
|p5={{flag|USA}} Joseph Artz
|p6={{flag|USA}} Max Milechman
|p7={{flag|USA}} Stephen Peters
|p8={{flag|USA}} Jonathan Rosum
}}
{{GP|Reno
|date=28 February-1 March 2020
|format=Limited
|attendance=678
|p1={{flag|CAN}} Nathaniel Knox
|p2={{flag|USA}} Bradley Yoo
|p3={{flag|USA}} Young I Son
|p4={{flag|USA}} Jimmy Gorham
|p5={{flag|USA}} [[Eric Severson]]
|p6={{flag|USA}} Patric Selbey
|p7={{flag|USA}} Andrew Goodwin
|p8={{flag|USA}} Justin Porchas
}}
{{GP|Lyon
|date=7-8 March 2020
|format=Standard
|attendance=583
|p1={{flag|ITA}} Biaggo Ruocco
|p2={{flag|FRA}} Quentin Leroy
|p3={{flag|FRA}} Alexandre Murgay
|p4={{flag|AUS}} Matthew Garnham
|p5={{flag|ITA}} Adriano Moscato
|p6={{flag|FRA}} Quentin Garchery
|p7={{flag|ITA}} Davide Tedeschi
|p8={{flag|FRA}} Leo Carbonell
}}
{{flexbox-footer}}
* March 13–15, 2020: MagicFest Detroit, USA (Standard) (canceled)
* March 20–22, 2020: MagicFest São Paulo, Brazil (Modern) (canceled)
* March 27–29, 2020: MagicFest Louisville, USA (Pioneer) (canceled)

===Feeding in the Players Tour Finals (Series 3)===
* April 3–5, 2020: MagicFest Turin, Italy (Modern) (canceled)
* April 10–12, 2020: MagicFest Palm Beach, USA (Modern) (canceled)
* April 24–26, 2020: MagicFest Houston, USA (Limited) (canceled)
* April 30-May 3, 2020: MagicFest Copenhagen, Denmark (Limited) (canceled)
* May 7-10, 2020: MagicFest Charlotte, USA (Standard) (canceled)
* May 8-10, 2020: MagicFest Kitakyushu, Japan (Standard) (canceled)
* May 22–24, 2020: MagicFest Toronto, Canada (Modern) (canceled)
* May 29–31, 2020: MagicFest Prague, Czech Republic (Standard) (canceled)
* June 5–7, 2020: MagicFest Seattle, USA (Team Limited) (canceled)
* June 12–14, 2020: MagicFest Bilbao, Spain (Modern). Moved to Valencia (canceled)
* June 19–21, 2020: MagicFest Providence, USA (Pioneer) (canceled)
* July 10–12, 2020: MagicFest Minneapolis, USA (Limited) (canceled)
* July 17–19, 2020: MagicFest Liverpool, UK (Limited) (canceled)
* July 24–26, 2020: MagicFest San Jose, USA (Standard) (canceled)

== Players Tours ==
===[[Players Tour Series 1|Series 1]]===
* January 31-February 2, 2020: Players Tour Europe - Brussels, Belgium
{{solo|points=Player|extra1=Deck|extra2=Comments
|p1={{flag|SWE}} [[Joel Larsson]]
|p1-pr=$35,000
|p1-pp=26
|p1-e1=Sultai Delirium
|p1-e2=Third Top Finish
|p2={{flag|POL}} [[Piotr Glogowski]]
|p2-pr=$25,000
|p2-pp=24
|p2-e1=Inverter Combo 
|p2-e2=MPL. Third Top Finish
|p3={{flag|BRA}} [[Paulo Vitor Damo da Rosa]]
|p3-pr=$20,000
|p3-pp=22
|p3-e1=5-Color Niv to Light 
|p3-e2=MPL. 15th Top Finish
|p4={{flag|NLD}} [[Brent Vos]]
|p4-pr=$15,000
|p4-pp=20
|p4-e1=Lotus Breach 
|p4-e2=
|p5={{flag|ESP}} Juan Jose Rodriguez Lopez 
|p5-pr=$12,000
|p5-pp=18
|p5-e1=Mono-Red Aggro
|p5-e2=Second Top Finish
|p6={{flag|ITA}} [[Mattia Rizzi]]
|p6-pr=$10,000
|p6-pp=18
|p6-e1=Bant Spirits
|p6-e2=
|p7={{flag|CHN}} Zhang Zhiyang
|p7-pr=$8,000
|p7-pp=18
|p7-e1=Mono-Black Aggro
|p7-e2=Second Top Finish
|p8={{flag|ITA}} Valerio Luminati
|p8-pr=$6,000
|p8-pp=18
|p8-e1=Bant Spirits
|p8-e2=
}}
* February 1–2, 2020: Players Tour Asia-Pacific - Nagoya, Japan
{{solo|points=Player|extra1=Deck|extra2=Comments
|p1={{flag|JPN}} [[Kenta Harane]]
|p1-pr=$35,000
|p1-pp=26
|p1-e1=White-Blue Spirits
|p1-e2=
|p2={{flag|JPN}} [[Ken Yukuhiro]]
|p2-pr=$21,000
|p2-pp=24
|p2-e1=Orzhov Sram
|p2-e2=MPL. Sixth Top Finish
|p3={{flag|JPN}} [[Yuuta Takahashi]]
|p3-pr=$15,000
|p3-pp=22
|p3-e1=Inverter Combo
|p3-e2=Third Top Finish
|p4={{flag|JPN}} [[Shintaro Ishimura]]
|p4-pr=$12,000
|p4-pp=20
|p4-e1=Blue Devotion Inverter 
|p4-e2=Second Top Finish
|p5={{flag|JPN}} [[Shota Yasooka]]
|p5-pr=$10,000
|p5-pp=18
|p5-e1=Inverter Combo
|p5-e2=MPL. Fifth Top Finish
|p6={{flag|JPN}} [[Akira Asahara]]
|p6-pr=$8,000
|p6-pp=18
|p6-e1=Inverter Combo
|p6-e2=Third Top Finish
|p7={{flag|HKG}} [[Lee Shi Tian]]
|p7-pr=$6,000
|p7-pp=18
|p7-e1=Inverter Combo
|p7-e2=MPL. Seventh Top Finish
|p8={{flag|RUS}} Dmitri Butakov
|p8-pr=$4,000
|p8-pp=18
|p8-e1=Mono-Black Vampires
|p8-e2=
}}
* February 7–9, 2020: Players Tour Americas - Phoenix, USA
{{solo|points=Player|extra1=Deck|extra2=Comments
|p1={{flag|USA}} [[Corey Burkhart]] 
|p1-pr=$35,000
|p1-pp=26
|p1-e1=Inverter Combo
|p1-e2=
|p2={{flag|USA}} [[William Jensen]] 
|p2-pr=$30,000
|p2-pp=24
|p2-e1=Lotus Breach Combo
|p2-e2=MPL. Seventh Top Finish
|p3={{flag|USA}} [[Jacob Wilson]] 
|p3-pr=$20,000
|p3-pp=22
|p3-e1=Sultai Delirium
|p3-e2=Third Top Finish
|p4={{flag|USA}} [[Zachary Kiihne]]
|p4-pr=$15,000
|p4-pp=20
|p4-e1=Mono-Red Aggro
|p4-e2=
|p5={{flag|USA}} [[Allen Wu]] 
|p5-pr=$12,000
|p5-pp=18
|p5-e1=Lotus Breach Combo
|p5-e2=Second Top Finish
|p6={{flag|USA}} [[Austin Bursavich]]
|p6-pr=$10,000
|p6-pp=18
|p6-e1=UW Control
|p6-e2=Second Top Finish
|p7={{flag|USA}} [[Peter Ingram]] 
|p7-pr=$8,000
|p7-pp=18
|p7-e1=Inverter Combo
|p7-e2=
|p8={{flag|USA}} [[Thomas Ashton]] 
|p8-pr=$6,000
|p8-pp=18
|p8-e1=Bant Spirits
|p8-e2=
}}
* April 24–26, 2020: Players Tour Finals (Series 1) - Houston, USA (canceled)

===[[Players Tour Series 2|Series 2]]===
* May 1–3, 2020: Players Tour Europe - Copenhagen, Denmark
** Rescheduled: May 29–31 - Prague, Czech Republic (canceled)
* May 8-10, 2020: Players Tour Americas - Charlotte, USA 
** Rescheduled: June 5–7, Seattle, USA  (cancelled)
* May 9-10, 2020: Players Tour Asia-Pacific - Kitakyushu, Japan (canceled)
* July 10–12, 2020: Players Tour Finals (Series 2) - Minneapolis, USA (canceled)

====Series 2 (rescheduled on MTG Arena)====
There were four tournaments. Qualified players could play in only one of their choosing:<ref name="What's Next"/>
* June 13–14, 2020: Players Tour 1 
{{solo|extra1=Deck|extra2=Comments|points=Player
|p1={{flag|SWE}} [[Elias Watsfeldt]]
|p1-pr=$8,000
|p1-pp=None awarded
|p1-e1=Temur Reclamation
|p1-e2=
|p2={{flag|DEU}} Dominik Görtzen
|p2-pr=$7,000
|p2-e1=Temur Reclamation
|p2-e2=
|p3={{flag|FIN}} Joonas Eloranta
|p3-pr=$6,000
|p3-e1=Temur Reclamation
|p3-e2=
|p4={{flag|FRA}} [[Louis-Samuel Deltour]]
|p4-pr=$5,000
|p4-e1=Bant Ramp
|p4-e2=Rivals League
|p5={{flag|DEU}} [[Simon Görtzen]]
|p5-pr=$4,500
|p5-e1=Temur Reclamation
|p5-e2=Rivals League
|p6={{flag|JPN}} Shinsuke Hayashi
|p6-pr=$4,500
|p6-e1=Bant Ramp
|p6-e2=
|p7={{flag|KOR}} Jeong Woo Cho
|p7-pr=$4,000
|p7-e1=Temur Reclamation
|p7-e2=
|p8={{flag|JPN}} Kazuhiro Noine
|p8-pr=$4,000
|p8-e1=Temur Reclamation
|p8-e2=
}}

* June 13–14, 2020: Players Tour 2 
{{solo|extra1=Deck|extra2=Comments|points=Player
|p1={{flag|JPN}} [[Ryuji Murae]]
|p1-pr=$8,000
|p1-pp=None awarded
|p1-e1=Temur Reclamation
|p1-e2=
|p2={{flag|FRA}} [[Jean-Emmanuel Depraz]]
|p2-pr=$7,000
|p2-e1=Temur Reclamation
|p2-e2=MPL
|p3={{flag|USA}} [[Allison Warfield]]
|p3-pr=$6,000
|p3-e1=Temur Reclamation
|p3-e2=Rivals League
|p4={{flag|DNK}} [[Christoffer Larsen]]
|p4-pr=$5,000
|p4-e1=Jund Sacrifice
|p4-e2=
|p5={{flag|CAN}} [[Eduardo Sajgalik]]
|p5-pr=$4,500
|p5-e1=Jund Sacrifice
|p5-e2=
|p6={{flag|USA}} [[Eli Loveman]]
|p6-pr=$4,500
|p6-e1=Rakdos Sacrifice
|p6-e2=Rivals League
|p7={{flag|GTM}} Kevin Antonio Perez
|p7-pr=$4,000
|p7-e1=Sultai Ramp
|p7-e2=First Guatemalan/Central American Top Finish
|p8={{flag|USA}} Abe Corrigan
|p8-pr=$4,000
|p8-e1=Temur Reclamation
|p8-e2=
}}

* June 19–20, 2020: Players Tour 3 
{{solo|extra1=Deck|extra2=Comments|points=Player
|p1={{flag|USA}} [[William Craddock]]
|p1-pr=$8,000
|p1-pp=None awarded
|p1-e1=Jund Sacrifice
|p1-e2=
|p2={{flag|JPN}} Rei Hirayama
|p2-pr=$7,000
|p2-e1=Temur Reclamation
|p2-e2=
|p3={{flag|UKR}} Iurii Babych
|p3-pr=$6,000
|p3-e1=Sultai Ramp
|p3-e2=
|p4={{flag|AUS}} Dennis Chan
|p4-pr=$5,000
|p4-e1=Bant Ramp
|p4-e2=
|p5={{flag|AUS}} Isaac Egan
|p5-pr=$4,500
|p5-e1=Jund Sacrifice
|p5-e2=
|p6={{flag|USA}} [[Logan Nettles]]
|p6-pr=$4,500
|p6-e1=Temur Reclamation
|p6-e2=
|p7={{flag|USA}} [[Ben Stark]]
|p7-pr=$4,000
|p7-e1=Yorion Orzhov Blink
|p7-e2=Rivals League
|p8={{flag|USA}} Joshua Chan
|p8-pr=$4,000
|p8-e1=Rakdos Sacrifice
|p8-e2=
}}

* June 20–21, 2020: Players Tour 4 
{{solo|extra1=Deck|extra2=Comments|points=Player
|p1={{flag|JPN}} [[Akira Asahara]]
|p1-pr=$8,000
|p1-pp=None awarded
|p1-e1=Temur Reclamation
|p1-e2=
|p2={{flag|ENG}} Thomas White
|p2-pr=$7,000
|p2-e1=Azorius Control
|p2-e2=
|p3={{flag|FRA}} [[Gabriel Nassif]]
|p3-pr=$6,000
|p3-e1=Azorius Control
|p3-e2=MPL
|p4={{flag|DEU}} [[Arne Huschenbeth]]
|p4-pr=$5,000
|p4-e1=Temur Reclamation
|p4-e2=
|p5={{flag|NLD}} [[Thomas Hendriks]]
|p5-pr=$4,500
|p5-e1=Bant Flash
|p5-e2=
|p6={{flag|POL}} Tomasz Sodomirski
|p6-pr=$4,500
|p6-e1=Temur Reclamation
|p6-e2=
|p7={{flag|ISR}} Pesach Israeli
|p7-pr=$4,000
|p7-e1=Bant Ramp
|p7-e2=
|p8={{flag|CAN}} [[Alexander Hayne]]
|p8-pr=$4,000
|p8-e1=Temur Reclamation
|p8-e2=Rivals League
}}

The finals were divided over two weekends:
* July 25–26, 2020: Players Tour Finals (Series 2)
* August 1, 2020: Players Tour Finals, Top 8 Playoffs (Series 2)

{{solo|extra1=Deck|extra2=Comments|points=Player
|p1={{flag|DEU}} [[Kristof Prinz]]
|p1-e1=4C Reclamation
|p1-pr=$10,000
|p1-pp=None awarded
|p2={{flag|JPN}} [[Riku Kumagai]]
|p2-pr=$8,000
|p2-e1=Mono-Black Aggro
|p2-e2=
|p3={{flag|USA}} [[Michael Jacob]]
|p3-pr=$7,000
|p3-e1=Mardu Winota
|p3-e2=
|p4={{flag|USA}} [[Allen Wu]] 
|p4-pr=$6,000
|p4-e1=Temur Reclamation 
|p4-e2=
|p5={{flag|BRA}} Patrick Fernandes
|p5-pr=$5,000
|p5-e1=Temur Reclamation
|p5-e2=
|p6={{flag|DNK}} [[Christoffer Larsen]]
|p6-pr=$5,000
|p6-e1=Jund Sacrifice
|p6-e2=
|p7={{flag|USA}} [[Ben Weitz]]
|p7-pr=$5,000
|p7-e1=4C Reclamation
|p7-e2=
|p8={{flag|FRA}} [[Raphael Levy]]
|p8-pr=$5,000
|p8-e1=Azorius Control
|p8-e2=MPL
}}

== Mythic Invitationals ==
* May 14–17, 2020: Mythic Invitational – Ikoria: Lair of Behemoths (canceled)
* July 23–26, 2020: Mythic Invitational – Core 2021 (canceled)<ref name="What's Next"/> 
=== Mythic Invitationals rescheduled===
August 28–30, 2020: [[Mythic Invitational 2020]].<ref name="What's Next"/>
{{solo|extra1=Deck|extra2=Comments|points=Player
|p1={{flag|USA}} [[Seth Manfield]]
|p1-e1=Sultai Ramp
|p1-pr=$10,000
|p1-pp=None awarded
|p1-e2=MPL
|p2={{flag|FRA}} [[Gabriel Nassif]]
|p2-pr=$8,000
|p2-e1=Jund Sacrifice
|p2-e2=MPL
|p3={{flag|ARG}} [[Luis Salvatto]]
|p3-pr=$7,000
|p3-e1=Rakdos Arcanist
|p3-e2=Rival
|p4={{flag|POL}} [[Grzegorz Kowalski]]
|p4-pr=$6,000
|p4-e1=Jund Citadel
|p4-e2=Rival
|p5={{flag|USA}} David Steinberg
|p5-pr=$5,000
|p5-e1=Jund Sacrifice
|p5-e2=
|p6={{flag|USA}} [[Luis Scott-Vargas]]
|p6-pr=$5,000
|p6-e1=Jund Sacrifice
|p6-e2=Rival
|p7={{flag|USA}} [[Matt Nass]]
|p7-pr=$5,000
|p7-e1=Mono-Black Gift
|p7-e2=Rival
|p8={{flag|JPN}} [[Ken Yukuhiro]]
|p8-pr=$5,000
|p8-e1=Mono-Red Goblins
|p8-e2=MPL
}}

==Grand Finals==
With the rescheduling, an entirely new event, the 2020 Season Grand Finals, was added.<ref name="What's Next"/> This took place on October 9-11, 2020, with the Top 16 from both the Players Tour Finals and Mythic Invitational qualifying for this exclusive $250,000 prize pool event.
===Invitees===
* Top 16 competitors from the [[Players Tour Series 2]] Finals
{{columns-list|colwidth=15em|
*{{flag|USA}} [[Allen Wu]]
*{{flag|DEU}} [[Kristof Prinz]]
*{{flag|JPN}} [[Riku Kumagai]]
*{{flag|FRA}} [[Raphael Levy]] (MPL)
*{{flag|USA}} [[Michael Jacob]]
*{{flag|BRA}} Patrick Fernandes
*{{flag|DNK}} [[Christoffer Larsen]]
*{{flag|USA}} [[Ben Weitz]]
*{{flag|ENG}} [[Autumn Burchett]] (MPL)
*{{flag|USA}} [[Austin Bursavich]]
*{{flag|SVK}} [[Ivan Floch]]
*{{flag|POL}} [[Piotr Głogowski]] (MPL)
*{{flag|USA}} [[Seth Manfield]] (MPL)
*{{flag|FIN}} Eetu Perttula
*{{flag|USA}} Sam Sherman
*{{flag|ESP}} Alvaro Fernandez Torres
}}
* Top 17 competitors from the [[Mythic Invitational 2020]]
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*{{flag|ARG}} [[Luis Salvatto]] (RL)
*{{flag|POL}} [[Grzegorz Kowalski]] (RL)
*{{flag|USA}} David Steinberg
*{{flag|FRA}} [[Gabriel Nassif]] (MPL)
*{{flag|USA}} [[Matt Nass]] (RL)
*{{flag|JPN}} [[Ken Yukuhiro]] (MPL)
*{{flag|USA}} [[Luis Scott-Vargas]] (RL)
*{{flag|USA}} [[Seth Manfield]] (MPL)
*{{flag|USA}} [[Emma Handy]] (RL)
*{{flag|ESP}} Toni Ramis Pascual
*{{flag|CAN}} Christopher Leonard
*{{flag|ITA}} [[Luca Magni]] (RL)
*{{flag|USA}} Chris Palmiotti
*{{flag|USA}} [[Brad Nelson]] (MPL)
*{{flag|MEX}} Montserrat Ayensa
*{{flag|USA}} Aaron Gertler
*{{flag|JPN}} [[Jun'ya Iyanaga]]
}}
Jun'ya Iyanaga received his invitation as a pass down from [[Seth Manfield]], who was already qualified through the Players Tour Series 2 Finals.

===Structure===
The 2020 Season Grand Finals used both [[Standard]] and [[Historic (format)|Historic]] [[Constructed]] formats on MTG Arena.
* Day One: 6 Swiss rounds
** Rounds 1-3: Historic Constructed
** Rounds 4-6: Standard Constructed
All players returned for Day Two. Records and tiebreakers earned on Day One carried over to Day Two.
* Day Two: 6 Swiss rounds
** Round 7-9: Standard Constructed
** Rounds 10-12: Historic Constructed

Players for Top 8 are determined and seeded by earning 8 match wins or standings at the end of Round 12.

===Prizes===
* $250,000 prize pool (first place: $25,000)

===Play===
====Day 1====
Prior to the tournament, a short panel was held with R&D member [[Andrew Brown]] and MPL members and weekend commentators [[Paulo Vitor Damo da Rosa]] and [[Reid Duke]], going over the statistics of the metagames.

Consensus entering the tournament was that Omnath Adventures – which combined <c>Omnath, Locus of Creation</c> with the power of <c>Lucky Clover</c> and [[Adventure]] spells like <c>Bonecrusher Giant</c> or <c>Fae of Wishes</c> – was the best deck against the field, while the <c>Lotus Cobra</c>-powered Omnath Ramp deck had the edge in the head-to-head matchup. The result was what many expected: 19 decks of the 32 played [[Omnath]] [[Adventure]]s and another four played [[Omnath]] [[Ramp]].<ref>{{WebRef|url=https://www.magic.gg/news/2020-season-grand-finals-day-one-highlights|title=2020 Season Grand Finals Day One Highlights|author=Corbin Hosler|date=October 9, 2020|publisher=[[Magic.gg]]}}</ref> Four players took Rakdos Midrange in to the field and suffered abysmal results. [[Seth Manfield]] was the odd man out with [[Dimir]] [[Rogue]] - with <c>Soaring Thought-Thief</c> and <c>Thieves' Guild Enforcer</c> - while [[Autumn Burchett]] successfully chose [[Gruul]] [[Adventure]]s. 

In the Historic portion, the metagame shifted far from the Goblins-centric meta during the Invitational into one where Omnath made up a third of the field. Whether from expected hate (that [[Reid Duke]] suggested) or the inevitable end of an unreliable deck (that [[Paulo Vitor Damo da Rosa]] posited), only one player registered it. This change in metagame meant that the second most popular deck - Jund Sacrifice - was without prey. With Sultai picking up <c>Yasharn, Implacable Earth</c> as a powerful hate card, both commentators found that the deck was overrepresented for the metagame - despite this, Seth Manfield made an early sweep. A newcomer deck powered by <c>Sea Gate Stormcaller</c> was the <c>Neoform</c> combo deck, one that can win with {{1}}{{U}}{{U}}{{G}}.

On the day of competition, Autumn lead the pack undefeated, while Seth's only loss was to Autumn in round five. [[Austin Bursavich]] made for the only other 5-1 player, whose only loss was also to Autumn, but in the Historic portion. He wielded Omnath in both formats, Adventures in Standard and Ramp in Historic.

====Day 2====
At the end of the second day, the following eight players had qualified for the Top 8 play-offs: [[Austin Bursavich]] (11-1), [[Seth Manfield]] (10-2), [[Autumn Burchett]] (9-3), [[Emma Handy]] (8-4), Aaron Gertler (8-4), Patrick Fernandes (7,5-4,5), [[Gabriel Nassif]] (7,5-4,5) and [[Raphaël Lévy]] (7,5-4,5).<ref>{{WebRef|url=https://www.magic.gg/news/2020-season-grand-finals-day-two-highlights|title=2020 Season Grand Finals Day Two Highlights|author=Corbin Hosler|date=October 10, 2020|publisher=[[Magic.gg]]}}</ref> [[Allen Wu]] drew with Patrick Fernandes in the final round, to finish at 9th place.

====Top 8 play-offs====
The Top 8 players faced one more day to earn the Grand Finals trophy.<ref>{{WebRef|url=https://www.magic.gg/news/2020-season-grand-finals-top-8-highlights|title=2020 Season Grand Finals Top 8 Highlights|author=Corbin Hosler|date=October 11, 2020|publisher=[[Magic.gg]]}}</ref> In the final match, [[Austin Bursavich]] bested Aaron Gertler to become Grand Finals Champion.<ref>{{WebRef|url=https://www.magic.gg/news/2020-season-grand-finals-championship-match|title=2020 Season Grand Finals Championship Match|author=Corbin Hosler|date=October 11, 2020|publisher=[[Magic.gg]]}}</ref>

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==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{2020 PT Season}}
[[Category:2020]]