MKM Series Frankfurt 2017 Coverage

Event Coverage of the MKM Series Barcelona

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Modern Coverage

Standard Coverage

Vintage Coverage

The MKM Series Barcelona 2017 is happening this weekend!

Check out articles and features of our coverage on the pages linked below. Some links might not be working at the moment because the information isn't available yet. As the action unfolds, we will keep adding metagame breakdowns, quick questions, Top 8 profiles and decklists, feature match reports, and much more!

Legacy Format

Final video: Lorenz vs. Sanchez Bartolome

The final match of the weekend and the season was played between Delver and Sneak & Show. Sanchez wanted to keep the trophy in Spain, while Lorenz was eager to kick off his comeback to Magic with a tournament win. In the end only one of them could be left...

Semifinal video: Tomas Mar vs. Maximilian Lorenz

Tomas Mar would be able to overtake Julian Knab in the Power 8 standings with a great finish in this event. This would at least require him to beat Maximilian Lorenz in this Semifinal though. Johannes Gutbrod had only recently brought his friend Lorenz back out of his...

Quarterfinal video: Julian Knab vs. Jesus Sanchez Bartolome

Julian Knab was still jockeying for position on the Power 8 leaderboard. Tomas Mar was in this Top 8 as well and could still overtake Julian depending on their final results in this last event of the season. Would Knab be able to win his nightmare matchup versus...

Final: Maximilian Lorenz vs. Jesus Vicente Sanchez Bartolome

This was it. After eight rounds plus quarter- and semifinals, only two of the original 156 competitors remained in the competition, competing for the title and trophy, the fame and the glory. Germany's Maximilian Lorenz had made it this far with Grixis Delver, while...

Playing for Power 8: Kevin Wagner, the Metagame Master

There was a lot on the line here in Barcelona, at the final stop of the 2017 MKM Series. In addition to all the usual prizes and trophies awarded, the weekend also marked the conclusion of the race toward the Power 8. The eight most succesful players of the year would...

Playing for Power 8: Rodrigo Togores, the Fighter

There was a lot on the line here in Barcelona, at the final stop of the 2017 MKM Series. In addition to all the usual prizes and trophies awarded, the weekend also marked the conclusion of the race toward the Power 8. The eight most succesful players of the year would...

Playing for Power 8: Johannes Gutbrod, the Legacy Master

There was a lot on the line here in Barcelona, at the final stop of the 2017 MKM Series. In addition to all the usual prizes and trophies awarded, the weekend also marked the conclusion of the race toward the Power 8. The eight most succesful players of the year would...

Playing for Power 8: Julian Knab, the Most Usual Suspect

There was a lot on the line here in Barcelona, at the final stop of the 2017 MKM Series. In addition to all the usual prizes and trophies awarded, the weekend also marked the conclusion of the race toward the Power 8. The eight most succesful players of the year would...

Playing for Power 8: Dennis Zens, the Newcomer

There was a lot on the line here in Barcelona, at the final stop of the 2017 MKM Series. In addition to all the usual prizes and trophies awarded, the weekend also marked the conclusion of the race toward the Power 8. The eight most succesful players of the year would...

Playing for Power 8: Jonathan Anghelescu, the Steadfast

There was a lot on the line here in Barcelona, at the final stop of the 2017 MKM Series. In addition to all the usual prizes and trophies awarded, the weekend also marked the conclusion of the race toward the Power 8. The eight most succesful players of the year would...

Previously at the MKM Series: Legacy in Hamburg

On the eve of MKM Series Barcelona, it was time for us to once again take a step back and review what happened so far … Just seven weeks ago, players from all over Europe gathered in Hamburg for the fourth and penultimate stop of the MKM Series in 2017, including 298...

Modern Coverage of the MKM Series Barcelona 2017

Quarterfinal: Tristan Pölzl vs. Daniel Ballestin

Dennis Zen’s match is probably what most people would expect for our quarterfinals featured match. Unfortunately, his match concluded in under five minutes, so we decided to look for an interesting match between less seasoned MKM players. Don’t let Daniel Ballestin...

Playing for Power 8: Rodrigo Togores, the Fighter

There was a lot on the line here in Barcelona, at the final stop of the 2017 MKM Series. In addition to all the usual prizes and trophies awarded, the weekend also marked the conclusion of the race toward the Power 8. The eight most succesful players of the year would...

Playing for Power 8: Julian Knab, the Most Usual Suspect

There was a lot on the line here in Barcelona, at the final stop of the 2017 MKM Series. In addition to all the usual prizes and trophies awarded, the weekend also marked the conclusion of the race toward the Power 8. The eight most succesful players of the year would...

Playing for Power 8: Dennis Zens, the Newcomer

There was a lot on the line here in Barcelona, at the final stop of the 2017 MKM Series. In addition to all the usual prizes and trophies awarded, the weekend also marked the conclusion of the race toward the Power 8. The eight most succesful players of the year would...

Playing for Power 8: Jonathan Anghelescu, the Steadfast

There was a lot on the line here in Barcelona, at the final stop of the 2017 MKM Series. In addition to all the usual prizes and trophies awarded, the weekend also marked the conclusion of the race toward the Power 8. The eight most succesful players of the year would...

Previously at the MKM Series: Modern in Hamburg

On the eve of MKM Series Barcelona, it was time for us to once again take a step back and review what happened so far … Just seven weeks ago, players from all over Europe gathered in Hamburg for the fourth and penultimate stop of the MKM Series in 2017, including 386...

Standard Coverage of the MKM Series Barcelona 2017

Final: Sergio Garcia vs. Harold Guarneri

Sergio Garcia and Harold Guarneri rose through the standard bracket to the finals, despite being relative unknowns in MKMS Main Events. Both piloted variations on Temur Energy, with Guarneri focusing on a more conventional variant and Garcia spicing his up with a...

Non-Standard Standard Decklists

With regards to deck archetypes, the big players in Standard had long been well established. There was Temur Energy, there was Ramunap Red, there was Temur Energy with a little black, there was {Approach of the Second Sun}, and there was Temur Energy with some more...

Playing for Power 8: Jonathan Anghelescu, the Steadfast

There was a lot on the line here in Barcelona, at the final stop of the 2017 MKM Series. In addition to all the usual prizes and trophies awarded, the weekend also marked the conclusion of the race toward the Power 8. The eight most succesful players of the year would...

Previously at the MKM Series: Standard in Hamburg

On the eve of MKM Series Barcelona, it was time for us to once again take a step back and review what happened so far … Just seven weeks ago, players from all over Europe gathered in Hamburg for the fourth and penultimate stop of the MKM Series in 2017, including 99...

Vintage Coverage of the MKM Series Barcelona 2017

Final video: Romero Vilardell vs. Cano

We expected to see lots of Workshops and Oath of Druids in the elimination matches of the event, but we were bound to be surprised. Interestingly, U/R Pyromancer and Gifts Ungiven met in the final match instead. Both players had proven that they knew what they were...

Semifinal video: Cano vs. Alascio Lopez

The only two "Grixis Thieves" lists in attendance had met in one of the Quarterfinals of this half of the bracket. Now it was time for Lopez's version of that Thieves deck to face another unusual build in the form of Cano's "Gifts Ungiven" deck....

Quarterfinal video: Togores vs. Delacoste

Rodrigo Togores was tearing up the Swiss portion of the Vintage main event here in Barcelona. Would he be able to continue winning with his {Oath of Druids} deck in the Top 8 to increase his chances for the Power 8 leaderboard?...

Final: Jaime Cano vs. Adria Romero Vilardell

The final of the largest MKMS Vintage tournament in recent memory concluded with a battle between two players who both had reached the Top 8 once before. Jaime Cano had brought a {Gifts Ungiven} deck which was aiming to win via {Burning Wish} on either {Tinker} or...

Playing for Power 8: Kevin Wagner, the Metagame Master

There was a lot on the line here in Barcelona, at the final stop of the 2017 MKM Series. In addition to all the usual prizes and trophies awarded, the weekend also marked the conclusion of the race toward the Power 8. The eight most succesful players of the year would...

Playing for Power 8: Rodrigo Togores, the Fighter

There was a lot on the line here in Barcelona, at the final stop of the 2017 MKM Series. In addition to all the usual prizes and trophies awarded, the weekend also marked the conclusion of the race toward the Power 8. The eight most succesful players of the year would...

Playing for Power 8: Johannes Gutbrod, the Legacy Master

There was a lot on the line here in Barcelona, at the final stop of the 2017 MKM Series. In addition to all the usual prizes and trophies awarded, the weekend also marked the conclusion of the race toward the Power 8. The eight most succesful players of the year would...

Playing for Power 8: Julian Knab, the Most Usual Suspect

There was a lot on the line here in Barcelona, at the final stop of the 2017 MKM Series. In addition to all the usual prizes and trophies awarded, the weekend also marked the conclusion of the race toward the Power 8. The eight most succesful players of the year would...

Previously at the MKM Series: Vintage in Hamburg

On the eve of MKM Series Barcelona, it was time for us to once again take a step back and review what happened so far … Just seven weeks ago, players from all over Europe gathered in Hamburg for the fourth and penultimate stop of the MKM Series in 2017, including 34...