The first Pro Tour of the 2024 season takes place February 23-25 at MagicCon: Chicago.
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On Friday and Saturday—February 23 and 24—broadcast begins at 12 p.m. ET (6 p.m. CET // 2 a.m. JST 2/23–24) with three rounds of Murders at Karlov Manor Draft followed by five rounds of Pioneer Constructed.
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On Sunday, February 25 for the Top 8 playoff, broadcast begins at 11 a.m. ET (5 p.m. CEST // 1 a.m. JST 2/26) with all four quarterfinal matches, followed by semifinals matches then the finals of Pro Tour Murders at Karlov Manor.
Play on Friday and Saturday starts at 9 a.m. CT on-site, but broadcast begins at 11 a.m. CT (12 p.m. ET) with a featured drafter to follow into their Round 1 gameplay. They're going to catch up with coverage to reduce downtime.
The Sunday Top 8 playoff broadcast begins at 10 a.m. CT (11 a.m. ET) showing a full quarterfinal match and then as many games from other quarterfinal matches as possible, moving on to a full semifinal match (and as much of the remaining semifinals match) then the complete finals.
So the Pro Tour is back? I will admit, the pro scene in magic has confused me a lot since they ended the Pro Tour and implemented the Magic Pro League. It's nice that it seems the PT scene is back. I don't really like MKM draft very much but it's cool to see Pioneer played on all three days.