The 2026 Mountain Magic Series

is live!

12 tournaments open to all.

1 high stakes championship.

How to compete and win

  1. Play in monthly Opens

  • Compete for $1,000 in prizes, paid out to Top 8

  • 1st place gets an invite to the Players Championship

  • Earn qualifier points based on your final tournament standings

  • Formats rotate monthly - Modern, Legacy, Limited, Pauper, Team Trios, and more.

  • Each monthly Open grows the Players Championship prize pool.

2. Climb the leaderboard

Accumulate points based on your performance at MMS Opens during the year. At season’s end, the 10 top-ranked players based on leaderboard points are invited to the Players Championship. Points in MMS Opens are awarded as follows:

  • 1st place: Invite to the Players Championship

  • 2nd place: 10 points

  • Top 4: 8 points

  • Top 8: 6 points

  • Top 16: 3 points

  • Event participation: 1 point

3. Qualify for the Championship

The Players Championship is an invite-only event that concludes the 12-month MMS season, crowning the year’s best local player. The season’s total prize pool is distributed among the final Top 8 of the Players Championship.

  • Who’s invited? The season’s 12 MMS Open winners, the 10 top-ranked players on the leaderboard by points at season’s end, and the year’s previous MMS champion.

  • What’s the prize pool? $7 of every player tournament entry in the regular season is collected in the Players Championship prize pool. This sum is awarded among the top 8 players of the Players Championship. Example: 12 events per season x $7 per player entry x 40 players per event = $3360 prize pool.

  • What’s the format? Modern for the Swiss portion. Top 8 is Draft of the most recent set.

 Frequently asked questions

  • $7 of every player tournament entry for all MMS Opens during the regular season is added to the Players Championship prize pool.

    For example: 12 monthly tournaments at $7 per entry, with an average of 40 players per Open gives us a total prize pool of $3360 to split between Top 8.

  • In the case that we need to adjust a tournament date as posted, you’ll find updates on: This site, X, BlueSky, the Colorado Magic Events Announcement group on Facebook, and the Denver Mulldrifters Discord.

    • Team Trios is a format where a team of three plays against another team of three. Each player is responsible for a different format and plays against the other team in that format. For example: the Modern seat plays against the Modern seat, Pioneer plays vs. Pioneer, etc.

    • If your team wins a Team Trios event, you all three qualify for the Players Championship.

    • After the Swiss, there’s a cut to Top 4, not Top 8.

  • Yes, the monthly open tournaments are open to anyone. If you score a second qualification to the Championship, that invite will pass down to the next non-qualified player in Top 8.

  • Yes, MMS Opens and the Players Championship are held at competitive REL, unless noted otherwise. At least one judge is on hand to answer questions and resolve issues. Decklists are required.

  • The top 10 players on the leaderboard at season’s end are invited to the Players Championship.

    Final season standings are determined by the total number of MMS Qualifier Points a player earned during the regular season at Opens.

    In the case of a tie on points at the end of the regular season between two or more players, the invitation will go to whomever achieved the highest placement in a MMS Open during the regular season.

    For example, if two players both have 30 points and one had a top finish of 2nd in an Open and the other had a top finish of 4th, the first player would be awarded the invite. If players are tied for both points and top finishes, their second-highest placement in an Open will be the tiebreaker, and so on.

  • The Top 8 players may split the cash prize pool but are required to play their matches in Top 8 to determine who wins the Players Championship invite, and how the qualifier points will be distributed.

    Players may drop from Top 8 to receive the cash and points that correspond to their standings. If two players that would otherwise play choose to drop, the match winner and the corresponding points will be assigned at random.

    For team events, each player on a top-finishing team will receive the same number of points.

  • In team trios events, we cut to top 4, after the Swiss portion instead of top 8.

    That said, player points are awarded as is typical; 10 pts for 2nd, 8 points for 3-4th, 6 points for 5-8th, and so on)