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Regional Championship Qualifiers: Season 3 - Round 3

The United States Regional Championship program expands to feature two Regional Championships each round!

Compete for your share of $200,000 in prize pools, Pro Tour Invitations, and a chance to qualify for the pinnacle of Magic competition—the Magic: The Gathering World Championships!

The Regional Championship Qualifier formats for this round are Standard and Foundations Limited.

Test your skills at your local WPN store’s Regional Championship Qualifier!

United States Regional Championships

Season 3 - Round 3

Event Date

May 2-4, 2025

Event Location

SCG CON Minneapolis, MN

Event Date

May 16-18, 2025

Event Location

SCG CON Hartford, CT

The United States Regional Championships has split into two events per round.

Each Regional Championship will feature a $100,000 prize pool, 32 Pro Tour Invitations, and Two Invitations to the Magic: The Gathering World Championships!

The Regional Championships are invitation-only Magic: The Gathering events now held six times each year at SCG CON events. Players can qualify by playing in Regional Championship Qualifiers (RCQs), hosted by WPN and WPN Premium game stores. Top finishers at each Regional Championship earn cash prizes, as well as qualification for the Pro Tour and World Championship.

Season 3 - Round 3 Regional Championships format will be Standard.

Prizes for each $100,000 Regional Championship

Winner: $20,000.00, Qualification for the World Championship, Pro Tour, and Regional Championship.
Finalist: $10,000.00, Qualification for the World Championship, Pro Tour, and Regional Championship.
3rd-4th: $5,000.00, Qualification for the Pro Tour and Regional Championship.
5th-8th: $3,000.00, Qualification for the Pro Tour and Regional Championship
9th-16th: $2,000.00, Qualification for the Pro Tour and Regional Championship
17th-32nd: $1,000.00, Qualification for the Pro Tour and Regional Championship
33rd-64th: $250.00, Qualification for the Regional Championship
65th-128nd: $125.00, Qualification for the Regional Championship

 

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Qualified Players

Season 3 - Round 3

Players who earn multiple qualifications in a Round may participate in both Regional Championship events.

Qualified players may continue to participate in RCQ events regardless of how many qualifications they have earned.

Invites do not pass down

Earning more than two qualifications has no additional benefits

Players that qualify for the United States Regional Championships will be automatically preregistered for the first Regional Championship of the Round on Melee.gg once the organizer of the event where they qualified submits their information

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.

At the conclusion of the first Regional Championship of the Round the following players will be preregistered for the second Regional Championship of the Round:

Qualified players that did not participate in the first Regional Championship of the Round

Players who earned two qualifications in the Round

If you believe that you should be qualified, but are not preregistered, please email [email protected].

WPN Store RCQ Promotional Items

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Season 3 - Round 3

November 16, 2024 - March 23, 2025

Players in this round can earn the following promotional items:

Destination Events Promotional Items

Foil Mayhem Devil Promo

This special Foil Mayhem Devil Promo is only available at Destination Events. Check out the organizers below for a chance to get yours!

Foil Mayhem Devil
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SCG CON

The World’s Premier Trading Card Game Conventions.

Open entry events will be available all weekend including cash events and a side event schedule with several opportunities to earn an invitation to the next Regional Championship.

SCG CON events featuring a Regional Championship will offer Last Chance Qualifiers all day Friday.

Interested in playing with 100 card decks? We’ll have Commander Celebration packages available that provide access to our Command Zone.

Looking for something new? SCG CON has you covered with a full schedule of events for several Trading Card Games.

Do you have more questions?

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