It’s time for the first Masters Tour of 2022 – the event will start soon and play out over the next few days. More than 400 players will fight for their share of $250k prize pool. It’s the first event using the Onyxia’s Lair mini-set cards, and players didn’t have much time to prepare as it was released only 2 days ago. It means that the meta might be pretty wild – or maybe, on the contrary, players might mostly focus on tried and tested decks with minor improvements. We’ll see soon!
YouTube drops will also be active. Watch the tournament on any of the official streams for two hours to get a single Fractured in Alterac Valley pack, watch for two more (four in total) for a second pack.
Learn more about the event and how to connect your accounts for the drops (in case you haven’t done it yet) from the official blog post below:
We’re heading to Onyxia’s Lair for the first Master Tour of 2022! More than 400 players from over 40 countries will enter the newest Hearthstone miniset, utilizing 35 brand new cards as they compete for a chance to take home a share of the $250,000 (USD) prize pool. Be sure to link your YouTube and Battle.net accounts in order to earn Fractured in Alterac Valley Drops as you watch top players from around the world battle for their shot at claiming the title of Masters Tour Onyxia’s Lair champion, only on YouTube!
Details
- Dates: Thursday, February 17 – Saturday, February 19, 2022
- Day 1: Swiss Rounds 1-4
- Day 2: Swiss Rounds 5-8
- Day 3: Round of 16, Top 8, Semifinals, & Finals
- Broadcast Start Time: 3:00 p.m. PST / 11:00 p.m. GMT / 8:00 a.m. KST
- Prize Pool: $250,000 (USD)
- Format: 4-deck, best-of-5 Conquest with a ban
- Language Streams on YouTube:
Casters
- TJ “Azumoqt” Sanders, Darroch “Darroch” Brown, Jia “Jia” Dee, Neil “Lorinda” Bond, and Alex “Raven” Baguley
How It Works
Masters Tour Onyxia’s Lair will be played in the 4 deck, best-of-5 Conquest with a ban format. The top 32 players that don’t already have invites will receive one for the second Masters Tour event of the year, Masters Tour Ruins of Alterac!
- Day 1: Four rounds of Swiss.
- Day 2: Four rounds of Swiss.
- Day 3: Top 16 single-elimination playoffs, where a new Masters Tour Champion will be crowned!
For qualified players, please check the full tournament schedule for information regarding mandatory player check-ins, round start times, and more. Qualified players should familiarize themselves with our rules and policies.
YouTube Drops Return!
You can earn up to two Fractured in Alterac Valley card packs this weekend as you watch Masters Tour Onyxia’s Lair! On any of the above YouTube channels, watch two total hours to receive one pack and two more hours for your second. Time watched is cumulative throughout the weekend, so even if you can’t watch for the full four hours in one sitting your time will still count toward earning the Drops.
Connecting Your Accounts
Before you can receive rewards, you’ll need to link your YouTube and Blizzard Battle.net accounts. Here’s how:
- Log in or create an account on YouTube.
- Navigate to Account Sharing under “Connected Apps” in Settings.
- Select “Connect” next to Battle.net.
- Follow the simple prompts to finish connecting accounts.
- When connecting accounts, be sure that you’re currently logged into the Blizzard account on which you’d like to receive your Drops.
- Check out the full rules for eligibility details.
Keep up with all of the latest Hearthstone Esports news and content on the Hearthstone Esports website, Twitter, and YouTube. Good luck, have fun, and we’ll see you in Onyxia’s Lair!
The european time is so bad, you need to connect to midnight??? You’ll never get them.
You can technically leave your PC up over night and running the stream, but I’m not sure if the cost of electricity won’t surpass the value of packs, hahah.
But yeah, sadly one of the regions will always be screwed with the timing and for Onyxia’s Lair it’s EU.
Well, maybe is better to leave my phone on youtube.
Makes sense, I just had some issues with drops from the mobile YT app. I remember watching some Masters Tour last year for over 2h on the phone and didn’t get the drop. But then when I watched it on PC it arrived immediately. Might have just been me, though 🙂
Watch times were perfectly fine, in Germany at least. Started in the afternoon so there was no problem in getting to 4 hours.
Was even fun to watch. Great meta!
That said, didn’t receive drops until now (watched on Win PC).
Last time that i check Germany was still in EU, how the f-uck has started in afternoon when the time is gmt 11.00 pm (so midnight or more for states eastern from uk)?
What to say … it started around 17:00 o’clock and went ’til way after midnight.