Who We Are and The State Of MTG in SA

The Organisers

Finley Matheson

Judge Academy registered L2 judge and highly active member of both the judge community and the player community in South Africa. He has built good long-term working relationships with most of the stores throughout Gauteng and beyond including Bloemfontein and Cape Town. He frequents Nexus Hub and has been working closely with them nurturing, developing and growing the player base with Bradley de Freitas.

Pieter van Niekerk

Pieter has been a very active member of the Magic community in Gauteng both as a regular player and in getting involved in the competitive scene. He has recently got involved in assisting in organising and promoting competitive events and is looking towards further developing and growing the competitive scene in South Africa. He frequents Nexus Hub as a player and makes a point to attend and support competitive events and competitive magic as a whole throughout Gauteng whenever possible.

State of Competitive MTG in Gauteng and Community Demand

We have identified a growing demand for consistent and regular competitive events from player side that has become more apparent since Nationals and PPTQs have been phased out. The attendance at the majority of the European Modern Series Qualifiers (particularly where the potential to follow through to a further event was present) shows demand.

While offering incentive of international travel is above and beyond the scope of this series, depending on the success from this year, it may become a component of years to come.