The Hearthstone esports year continues with the sixth and final Masters Tour event of 2021 taking place online in "Undercity". Over 400 players from all regions will compete for their share of the glory, $250,000 prize pool, and the prospect of getting an invitation to Hearthstone Grandmasters. You can find everything you need to know below.
YouTube Drops Return
This is a reminder that YouTube Drops have returned!
- Watch 2 Hours of Masters Tour Undercity to earn 1 Year of the Phoenix Pack.
- Watch another 2 Hours of Masters Tour Undercity to earn 1 more Year of the Phoenix Pack.
You must be logged in on YouTube and have your Battle.net account connected to earn YouTube Drops. Info here.
Tournament Format
The Masters Tour format has changed a little bit from the first three events of the year as the Swiss has been shortened from the previous nine rounds.
- All games are still played as Best-of-5 Conquest.
- 4 decks with 1 ban.
- A total of eight Swiss rounds, with Top 16 advancing to single elimination.
- Day 1: Four rounds of Swiss.
- Day 2: The remaining four rounds of Swiss.
- Day 3: Top 16 single elimination bracket.
The Promotion Frontrunners
As this Masters Tour event is the last one that counts towards Grandmasters 2022 Season 1 promotion (assuming that the current system exists next year), we will know the names of the fifteen(!) new Grandmasters after this tournament (barring any unforeseen issues). Based on their previous success, these are some of the players on the brink of making it.
Further information about the current promotion situation can be found in the spoiler below.
Here's the current point situation in all three regions with current Grandmasters omitted from the table. You can find the full point standings here.
| APAC | Points | Europe | Points | Americas | Points |
| trahison* | 16 | Floki* | 34 | Pascoa | 19 |
| MegaGliscor | 14 | Furyhunter | 29 | Pun | 17 |
| DragonMan | 13 | SuperFake | 26 | LeandroLeal | 13 |
| che0nsu* | 13 | Maverick | 19 | GamerRvg | 13 |
| Mighty | 12 | AyRoK | 19 | digo | 11 |
| HSKeDaiBiao | 11 | badajimpom | 19 | CaelesLuna* | 8 |
| 8 players | 7 | Apollion | 19 | 6 players | 7 |
| Sidi | 18 | ||||
| 4 players | 15 |
*A relegated Grandmaster
APAC will have six spots open due to the retirements of TIZS and Surrender whereas Americas will have five due to muzzy's retirement, and both regions are still wide open for anyone to qualify to Grandmasters. Europe will only have four spots, and at least the fourth spot will be highly contested.
Other Notable Attendees
All Grandmasters have been invited to the event but we have had their images up on our weekly GM posts, so it's time for others to have the limelight! The full list of invited players can be found here.
Briarthorn
Caimiao
Dizdemon
Faeli
Hoej
Jambre
Leaoh
Maverick
OmegaZero
Orange
Rase
Syf
Tansoku
Tincho
Tom60229
Turna
Stream Schedule
In case your timezone isn't listed below, check out the sidebar on the official tournament site. It should display the schedule in your local time.
West Coast PST (UTC-8) | East Coast EST (UTC-5) | Europe CET (UTC+1) | Korea KST (UTC+9) | |
| November 19 | 6:00 | 9:00 | 15:00 | 23:00 |
| November 20 | 6:00 | 9:00 | 15:00 | 23:00 |
| November 21 | 6:00 | 9:00 | 15:00 | 23:00 |
Streams
This tournament will be streamed on the Hearthstone Esports Youtube channel, as accustomed. Don't forget that Youtube Drops have returned to Masters Tour events, so you should watch at least 4 hours while logged in!
Comments
Is anyone else missing the second pack? I got the first as soon as I hit the first 2 hours, but the 2nd is nowhere to be seen.
I got them back-to-back with no issues on Friday, I don't know if it has been more buggy later on.
DROPS!!!!!!!!!!
I have a window in my schedule that just opened up! Well, my laptop does anyway.