Join some of Europe and North America’s best Hearthstone players this Friday as they compete in The Witchwood Inn-vitational—the first tournament to feature cards from the game’s newest expansion.

A total of eight players from both continents will be split into two teams of four. Representing Europe are Jon “Orange” Westberg and Jeffrey “SjoW” Brusi from Sweden, Tyler “Tyler” Hoang Nguyen from the Netherlands, and Romanian player Dima “Rdu” Radu. Allie “Alliestrasza” Grace, James “Firebat” Kostesich, David “Dog” Caero, and Janne “Savjz” Mikkonen will be battling for North America.

True to its namesake forest, the tournament format has been… twisted, so we can see the new cards in all their macabre glory: to that end, each deck will contain at least eight cards from The Witchwood.

Format

True to its namesake forest, the tournament format has been. . . twisted, so we can see the new cards in all their macabre glory: to that end, each deck will contain at least eight cards from The Witchwood.

The first phase of the tournament will have four matches, with Player A from North America facing off against Player A from Europe, and so on. These best-of-five Conquest rounds will have no bans; instead, all players will bring three decks to play.

For each round won in the first phase, a class ban is earned. These class bans will be used in the next phase, the Grand Finals. If a team sweeps the first phase, they could earn as many as four class bans!

In the winner-take-all Grand Finals, both teams will nominate a representative to play on their behalf. Each player may use existing decks or entirely new ones, untested in battle, should all their preferred classes be banned.

We’ll be sharing all the inventive new decks the week after the tournament, so you can try them out for yourself!

Broadcast

The Witchwood Inn-vitational airs on Twitch on April 13 at 9.00 a.m. PDT. Watch the stream below, or head over to our Twitch channel to join the chat!