The Winter Preliminaries are fast approaching, and thanks to the Hearthstone Community, we’ve discovered some legendary new casting talent to help kick off the 2016 Hearthstone Championship Tour in grand style!

Over 150 casting samples were submitted in response to our So You Think You Can Cast: Hearthstone Edition blog, and narrowing that impressive showing was no easy feat. Congratulations to those who have been invited to help cast the Winter Preliminaries!

Daniel "DTwo" Ikuta

Simon "Sottle" Welch

Nick "Aquablad" Secker

Cora "Songbird" Georgiou

Alex "Raven" Baguley

Kevin "Odinn" Hovdestad

They'll be joined on the desk by Dan "Frodan" Chou, Brian Kibler, Robert "Whirthun" Wing, Janne "Savjz" Mikkonen, and TJ "Azumo" Sanders.

If you weren’t selected for this initial round, fear not! Going forward, we will continue to accept casting submissions! Simply download and cast the sample video from the original blog, and leave a link to your work in the comments section of this blog, or tweet it to the official Hearthstone Twitter account using the hashtag #HScast.

The European Winter Preliminaries begin on February 13, and can be watched live on the official Hearthstone Twitch channel. The Americas Winter Preliminaries begin on February 20. Watch as some of the game’s best battle for a spot at the 2016 Winter Championships in March!