MPL/Rivals October Zendikar Rising League Weekend - Results and Standings • MTG Arena Zone

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MPL/Rivals 2020-21 Format Refresher
October Zendikar Rising League Weekend

Most recent weekend we’ve had the chance to follow as the 2020-2021 Magic Pro League season took off, presenting a brand new format of ‘League Weekends’. MPL players and Rivals League competitors battled within their leagues, each scheduled to play 12 Standard best-of-three matches over the course of Saturday and Sunday. The selected matches were live-streamed at twitch.tv/magic.

MPL/Rivals 2020-21 Format Refresher

This year, MPL and Rivals League play is divided into 3 splits, each related to the latest Magic set. The current one – Zendikar Rising split – consists of two League Weekends (in October and November) and a League Championship (in December). By winning matches at League Weekends and scoring high finishes in League Championships players earn points that contribute to their final league standings. At the end of the season, 8 of the worst-performed MPL players are relegated to the Rivals League, and 12 worst-performed Rivals are knocked out of the Rivals League.

There’s also an end-of-the-season Gauntlet system planned, through which some additional promotion/relegation slots in MPL and Rivals League will be determined. There will be an MPL Gauntlet, Rivals Gauntlet, and a Challenger Gauntlet in 2021 to conclude the 2020-21 season. To learn more about the 2020-21 Magic Pro League Season, check out this official explainer piece.

October Zendikar Rising League Weekend

For the first League Weekend, each one of the MPL and Rival League players registered a Standard deck (inspect the decklists and metagame). Many thanks go to the Twitter user Ball Lightning, Ph.D., who tracked and recorded all of the weekend’s matches results.

MPL Standings

Standings	Name	Deck	Record	Points
1	Rei Sato	Gruul Adventures	11-1	11
2	Paulo Vitor Damo da Rosa	Rakdos Midrange	9-3	9
3	Carlos Romao	Dimir Rogues	8-4	8
4	Gabriel Nassif	Dimir Rogues	8-4	8
5	Marcio Carvalho	Dimir Rogues	8-4	8
6	Reid Duke	Dimir Rogues	8-4	8
7	Autumn Burchett	Temur Ramp	7-5	7
8	Brad Nelson	Gruul Adventures	7-5	7
9	Javier Dominguez	Azorius Blink	7-5	7
10	Ondrej Strasky	Gruul Adventures	7-5	7
11	Raphael Levy	Jeskai Blink	7-5	7
12	Andrea Mengucci	Esper Doom Foretold	6-6	6
13	Jean-Emmanuel Depraz	Azorius Blink	6-6	6
14	Martin Juza	Gruul Adventures	6-6	6
15	Seth Manfield	Dimir Rogues	6-6	6
16	Lee Shi Tian	Dimir Rogues	5-7	5
17	William Jensen	Dimir Rogues	5-7	5
18	Shota Yasooka	Dimir Control	4-8	4
19	Ken Yukuhiro	Temur Ramp	4-8	4
20	Shahar Shenhar	Dimir Rogues	4-8	4
21	Andrew Cuneo	Azorius Blink	3-9	3
22	Brian Braun-Duin	Azorius Blink	3-9	3
23	Chris Kvartek	Azorius Blink	3-9	3
24	Piotr Glogowski	Azorius Blink	2-10	2

Based on end-of-season results: places 1-4 – MPL 2021/22 and World Championship qualification; 5-12 – MPL Gauntlet 2021; 13-16 – Rivals Gauntlet 2021; 17-24 – relegated to Rivals League 2021/22.

Rivals Standings

Standings	Name	Deck	Record	Points
1	Bernardo Santos	Dimir Rogues	9-3	9
2	Luis Scott-Vargas	Dimir Rogues	9-3	9
3	Stanislav Cifka	Dimir Rogues	9-3	9
4	Jacob Wilson	Selesnya Blink	8-3	8
5	Kenji Egashira	Selesnya Adventures	8-3	8
6	Eli Kassis	Dimir Rogues	8-4	8
7	Kenta Harane	Gruul Adventures	8-4	8
8	Matthew Nass	Selesnya Blink	8-4	8
9	Matthew Sperling	Dimir Rogues	8-4	8
10	Mike Sigrist	Rakdos Midrange	8-4	8
11	Riku Kumagai	Gruul Adventures	8-4	8
12	Chris Botelho	Mardu Doom Foretold	7-4	7
13	Christian Hauck	Dimir Rogues	7-4	7
14	Miguel Simoes	Dimir Rogues	7-4	7
15	Simon Goertzen	Four-Color Cycling	7-4	7
16	Thoralf Severin	Dimir Rogues	7-4	7
17	Frederico Bastos	Dimir Rogues	7-5	7
18	Ivan Floch	Dimir Rogues	7-5	7
19	Yoshihiko Ikawa	Gruul Adventures	7-5	7
20	Brent Vos	Esper Blink	6-6	6
21	Corey Burkhart	Dimir Rogues	6-5	6
22	Greg Orange	Abzan Doom Foretold	6-5	6
23	Jessica Estephan	Temur Ramp	6-5	6
24	Emma Handy	Temur Ramp	6-6	6
25	Shintaro Ishimura	Rakdos Control	6-6	6
26	Theo Moutier	Azorius Blink	6-6	6
27	Yuta Takahashi	Dimir Rogues	6-6	6
28	Zachary Khiine	Rakdos Midrange	6-6	6
29	Alexander Hayne	Dimir Rogues	5-7	5
30	Luca Magni	Dimir Control	5-7	5
31	Lucas Esper Berthoud	Dimir Rogues	5-7	5
32	Ma Noah	Azorius Blink	5-7	5
33	Ben Stark	Abzan Doom Foretold	4-7	4
34	Jacub Toth	Dimir Rogues	4-7	4
35	Joel Larsson	Bant Blink	4-7	4
36	Louis-Samuel Deltour	Azorius Blink	4-7	4
37	Matias Leveratto	Azorius Blink	4-7	4
38	Matthieu Avignon	Mono Green Aggro	4-7	4
39	Eli Loveman	Azorius Blink	4-8	4
40	Grzegorz Kowalski	Azorius Blink	4-8	4
41	Kai Budde	Dimir Rogues	4-8	4
42	Sebastian Pozzo	Azorius Blink	4-8	4
43	John Rolf	Jeskai Control	3-8	3
44	Luis Salvatto	Azorius Blink	2-9	2
45	Beatriz Grancha	Azorius Blink	2-10	2
46	Ally Warfield*	Jeskai Control	1-5	1
47	Ryuzo Fujie	Azorius Blink	1-11	1
48	Austin Bursavich*	–	–	–

Based on end-of-season results: places 1-4 – MPL 2021/22 and World Championship qualification; 5-20 – MPL Gauntlet 2021; 21-32 – Rivals Gauntlet 2021; 33-36 – Rivals League 2021/22; 37-48 – relegated to Challenger 2021/2022.

*Remaining matches of Ally Warfield and Austin Bursavich will be re-scheduled to be played at a later date.

Archetypes Performance*

Archetype	MPL Decks	Rivals Decks	MPL Record	Rivals Record	Total Record	Winrate %
Dimir Rogues	8	16	52-44	108-79	160-123	56,5
Azorius Blink	6	10	24-48	36-81	60-129	31,7
Gruul Adventures	4	3	31-17	23-13	54-30	64,3
Temur Ramp	2	2	11-13	12-11	23-24	48,9
Rakdos Midrange	1	3	9-3	14-10	23-13	63,9