16 players from across the globe will do battle February 12-13 to crown the 2021 Eternal® World Champion. It’s been been a long road to reach the top tables, and we’re looking ahead to Worlds by looking back at how the qualifying players earned their seats!

With three separate formats (Throne, Expedition, and Draft) all feeding into the World Championship and a whole host of competitive strategies taking top prizes throughout the season, players need to master a variety of skills if they want a shot at the title.

The 2021 organized play season saw events taken down by blistering aggro decks, tempo-focused midrange, wild combos, and punishing control strategies. And their pilots range from regular fixtures at the final tables to new players looking to make a splash in their first organized play season!

It’s a wide-open field filled with some of the best players in Eternal…but only one can emerge as the Champion. Let’s take a look at who’s competing for the Eternal World Championship, and how they got there:

LightsOutAce

 

 

From: Wisconsin, USA
Where to find them: YouTube, Twitch, Twitter, and in the Dire Wolf Gaming Discord!

Defending World Champion LightsOutAce took down the field at the 2020 Eternal World Championship with a brutal Fire-Justice-Primal control deck that tapped into the power of Garden of Omens, sweepers, and card draw to turn out the lights on their opponents.

With recent balance changes to the deck’s signature site, will a new flavor of control become the scourge of a new field of World Championship hopefuls?

2020 Eternal World Championship Finals – LightsOutAce vs. nico_aba

TheBoxer

 

 

Name: August Peterson
From: Minnesota, USA
Where to find them: Twitter

Tournament mainstay TheBoxer has been on an absolute tear through the 2021 organized play season, following up a Top 8 appearance at the 2020 World Championship with taking down not one, but two open events in both Throne and Draft formats. In the very first event of the season, the Stormbreak $5k Throne Open, TheBoxer punched their ticket to Worlds with a perfectly balanced Evenhanded Feln list.

Has the Golem’s reign of terror finally come to an end? Will TheBoxer square off for the World Championship with a new card advantage engine in their corner?

Stormbreak $5k Throne Open Finals – TheBoxer vs. NetscapeNavigator

Watchwolf92

 

 

Name: Jonathan Sukenik
From: New Jersey, USA, Now Pennsylvania, USA
Where to find them: Twitter and Twitch

Watchwolf92 blew away the Stormbreak $5k Expedition Open with one of the most explosive “all-in” combo decks in the history of Eternal. Relying on the new Amplify mechanic to fuel an Overloader and provide the power necessary for a game-ending Pyrotech Explosion, Watchwolf92’s diabolic machine realigned the Expedition metagame.

Stormbreak $5k Expedition Open Finals – Watchwolf92 vs. mgallop

Collecter

 

 

Name: Brad
From: Michigan, USA
Where to find them: Twitch

No stranger to the Eternal World Championship, Collecter is looking to improve on their Top 4 finish from a year ago, and a victory at the Empire of Glass $5k Draft Open added another impressive victory to the trophy case. Drafting a grindy Stonescar list packed with removal and recursion allowed Collecter to pick up another chance at the World Championship.

Empire of Glass $5k Draft Open Finals – Collecter vs. Killerking

Colacoma

 

 

Name: Marc Colaco
Where to find them: The Misplay Discord

As hard as it is to take down an event filled with Eternal‘s top players, consistently placing at the top of the bracket may be even harder. Hot off of a Top 16 appearance at the 2020 World Championship, Colacoma came into the 2021 season on a mission to make it back to the big dance, qualifying with a two-step pair of Top 4 finishes in a span of only five weeks.

Earning their first Top 4 finish during the Stormbreak $5k Throne Open with a an Even Reanimator deck that sent opponents spiraling into the void, Colacoma is a seasoned veteran and championship threat in any format.

Interview with 2021 Worlds Championship Qualifier Colacoma

ddddd

Name: Nick
From: Italy
Where to find them: On the ladder

There was a clear best deck at the Revelations $5k Throne Open, which found a Hooru Kira mira match at the top table between ddddd and Phoenix. Full of aggressive units and cheap spells to protect them, Hooru Kira ascended the rankings and earned ddddd a seat at the World Championship.

Revelations $5k Throne Open – ddddd vs. Phoenix

imestr8

 

Name: Alex
From: Athens, Greece
Where to find them: Twitch, and in the Dire Wolf Gaming and Team We Stream Games Discords

One of the new twists of the 2021 organized play season has been the ability to qualify for the Eternal World Championship through the Tuesday Night Eternal event series organized by Telemokos.

At the first qualifying event, the TNE Spring Invitational, imestr8 cleared the table with a totally fair Eccentric Officer Combo deck that looks to cheat out the Grand Champion and draw approximately one million cards before roasting their opponent with a First (and likely also final) Flame.

Tuesday Night Eternal Spring Invitational – EarthsOverseer vs. Imestr8

Name: Morgan Crann
From: Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada
Where to find them: The Team Invoke Lethal Discord