The road to the 2021 World Championship continues this weekend at the sixth and final Masters Tour event! More than 400 players were invited to compete for their portion of the $250,000 prize pool. The event runs November 19-21, and will be broadcast on the Hearthstone YouTube channel. This will be the final online only events where players can earn a spot into Hearthstone's most prestigious group: the Grandmasters.
The player base will consist of winners from official Masters Tour qualifying events, current Hearthstone Grandmasters, and previous top finishers in Masters Tour events. Below is a breakdown of Masters Tour stop invites.
The 2021 season also marks the introduction of the Masters Tour Points system. Throughout the season's events, players will be awarded points based on their finishes. These point totals will determine which participants will replace the relegated Grandmasters in Season 2. The events used to calculate these points will be Masters Tour Asia-Pacific, Montreal, Madrid, Ironforge, Ogrimmar, and Dalaran. You can follow along throughout the season here.
Quick Facts
- Venue: Undercity - The capital city of the Forsaken undead of the Horde
- Stream: the Hearthstone YouTube channel.
- Dates: November 19-21; 6:00 a.m. PDT / 3:00 p.m. CEST / 10:00 p.m. KST
- Prize Pool: $250,000
- Format: 4 Decks, Best-of-5 Conquest w/ a Ban
- Casters: Darroch “Darroch” Brown, Dawn "Dragonriderdk” Krakowski, Jia “Jia” Dee, Neil “Lorinda” Bond, Alex “Raven” Baguley, and Simon “Sottle” Welch
Drops Are Back!
Viewers can earn up to two Year of the Phoenix cards packs for watching. After watching 2 hours you'll receive your first pack -- watch an additional 2 hours for the second. Time is cumulative, so you don't have to watch all at once. Be sure to link your YouTube and Battle.net accounts to receive your prizes -- directions can be found here.
Tournament Format
Each match will be played with a 4-deck, best-of-five Conquest Format with a ban.
- Day 1: Four rounds of Swiss pairings.
- Day 2: Four additional rounds of Swiss pairings.
- Day 3: Top 16 single-elimination playoffs, where a new Masters Tour Champion will be crowned!
Notable Invites
| Tincho | Rase | Briarthorn |
| CaelesLuna | Eddie | DreadEye |
| Eggowaffle | killinallday | lunaloveee |
| Monsanto | Nalguidan | NoHandsGamer |
| Rami94 | Blitzchung | DawN |
| Gaby | Surrender | Bunnyhoppor |
What's Next?
Masters Tour: Undercity concludes the 2021 tour circuit. Hearthstone's World Championship takes place December 18-19 where will crown this year's World Champion.
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Posted Nov 18, 2021 (Deadmines)As long as this pair casts, I am on board as well!
Darroch Brown and Jia Dee
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Posted Nov 18, 2021 (Deadmines)Personally, I am more of a Raven and Sottle guy, myself, but, whatever floats your boat.
Darroch and Jia always seem to get paired up - you're probably safe there :P
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Posted Nov 18, 2021 (Deadmines)For Tour events it's more a rotating cast than it is for Grandmasters though.
You will probably see Darroch and Jia together at some point, but they seemingly use some kind of on/off scheme, where they constantly rotate 1 caster, who goes for a while, gets a new partner at some point and then leaves the air for a rest period while their partner continues with a new one.