2024 Old School Magic Summer Derby Results and Deck Photos

REPORT of RESULTS

The 8th annual Old School Magic Summer Derby is in the books! This year’s event featured 112 participants representing 17 countries.

Xanadude seals a Top 8 match win with a Terror against Rob Hackney

While entry fees were not collected and the Derby series will always remain free to play, we once again encouraged donations at registration to support Partners in Health, a global nonprofit dedicated to providing a preferential option to the poor in health care. Thanks to contributions from many of the players, I am humbled to report that we raised a total of $695 in support of Partners in Health’s provision of access to health care to people and communities who need it most.

The Derby series rotates between different 93/94 format variants every six months. Past Derby events have used the Swedish, Atlantic, and 4-Strip B&R lists (including Eternal Central, Pacific, and Boreal). This instance of the Summer Derby was played using the 4-Strip (Boreal) 93/94 B&R list, allowing the full range of original art/old card frame re-prints (Revised, 4th/Chronicles, CE/IE, FBB/FWB, etc.).

Pairings were released in two batches in late June and early July, with all participants asked to schedule and play eight individual matches in about four weeks. After the batches were completed, a winnowed field of 16 players advanced to a single-elimination bracket. The Summer Derby Finals were played on Wednesday, August 7, and featured Jacob Dahlerup (Denmark) against Will Magrann (United States).

Fireball for 8, hold priority, Fork: Jacob takes game 3 of the 5-game series in the Finals

After all was said and done, Will Magrann took the match 3-2, and was named the Summer Derby Champion for 2024. Congratulations to Will and to all of the Top 16 finalists, and thank you, again, to all of the players who participated. Thanks very much to our “official” streaming and coverage partners for the Top 16 — Kenan Lars Salvarli, Simon Rokkjær, and Joe Singer! And special thanks must also go out once again to the inimitable Antonio Rodríguez for designing the Derby series logo and Summer Derby banner, and Mattias “Slanfan” Berggren for developing the Tolaria platform, which we used to host this event. The Derby series has become a fun semi-annual celebration for the international Old School Magic scene, and these contributions and the cooperation of all of the players goes a long way toward making it possible.

For anyone interested in future events, or just trying out webcam Old School Magic for the first time, please consider joining our online community of players! People are always looking for pick-up games in our Facebook group and in the #down-to-play channel on the Old School Discord(s).