The first team of challengers on Wizard Wars includes Joel Meyes, a magician from St. Louis, Missouri. He is joined by Nathan Kranzo, a comedian magician from Michigan. They square off against California-based magicians Chris Oberle, a close-up magician and Alex Ramone, large-illusion magician.

It's East Coast versus West Coast on tonight's episode of Wizard Wars. The first pair of challengers hail from Philadelphia: Eric Jones, a magician who has taught at the World Magic Seminar in Las Vegas, and Joshua Messado, a magician who's developed an uncanny new version of the classic "Chinese linking rings" trick. These East Coasters square off against two magicians from Los Angeles: close-up magician Alex Iverson and heavy-metal inspired illusionist Sammy Cortino.