To close out our coverage of IEM Katowice, we have interviewed the Most Valuable Player, Emil "Magisk" Reif, about Astralis becoming back-to-back Major champions. Astralis pulled off their second Major win in a row following a confident run to the title, beating ENCE in a convincing grand final affair featuring a 16-11 win on Train and a 16-4 debacle on Inferno. Magisk led the team to the triumph, adding the first Major MVP medal to his tally, the second overall following Astralis' previous title-winning campaign at BLAST Pro Series Lisbon at the end of 2018. We spoke to the MVP after the grand final to ask him about becoming a back-to-back Major champion, about his improved individual level as of late, and got his thoughts on teams who could potentially challenge the Danes as 2019 progresses. You can find the rest of HLTV.org's videos by going to our YouTube channel.   Astralis #1 Emil 'Magisk' ReifAndreas 'Xyp9x' HøjslethPeter 'dupreeh' RasmussenLukas 'gla1ve' RossanderNicolai 'device' Reedtz Emil 'Magisk' Reif  Age: 20 Team: Astralis Rating 1.0: 1.11 Maps played: 865 KPR: 0.74 DPR: 0.63   ENCE #9 Aleksi 'allu' JalliJani 'Aerial' JussilaSami 'xseveN' LaasanenAleksi 'Aleksib' VirolainenJere 'sergej' Salo |
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