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Friday and Saturday will consist of bracket play, which will air on Saturday via MPL Weekly via Magic Twitch TV.\u00a0 Only the top four players in a division will make it to bracket play. During the round-robin matches, players will choose one deck and then change to a new deck if they make it to the top four. In the bracket play, matches will be played in modified double-elimination, rewarding the top two players in each bracket per division.\u00a0 The winner of the lower bracket will have to win twice if they hope to win their division. Each division winner receives a day one bye to the MTGA Mythic Championship V. 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Following weak viewership ratings on Twitch for the MTG War of the Spark<\/em> split on MPL Weekly, WotC has adjusted the MTG Arena<\/em> tournament format for the M20 <\/em>split with several big changes. <\/p>

The biggest complaint from fans in the community regarding the WotS split was not being able to view specific matches between players and the length of the split. To simplify this, only one MPL Division will play per week over the course of four weeks. <\/p>

Monday through Wednesday, players will battle it out on MTGA<\/em> in a round-robin format. These matches will be posted by the MPL players in the form of videos at their discretion. Friday and Saturday will consist of bracket play, which will air on Saturday via MPL Weekly via Magic Twitch TV<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>

Only the top four players in a division will make it to bracket play. During the round-robin matches, players will choose one deck and then change to a new deck if they make it to the top four. In the bracket play, matches will be played in modified double-elimination, rewarding the top two players in each bracket per division. <\/p>

The winner of the lower bracket will have to win twice if they hope to win their division. Each division winner receives a day one bye to the MTGA<\/em> Mythic Championship V. <\/p>