League Rules

LEAGUE DETAILS

Overview

League is an exciting and momentum building event that takes place over 4 weeks ending with a big final tournament! Players start with a sealed pool to create a minimum 40 card deck. Each week they add a pack and can trade to alter and tweak their deck. Decks are stored at Mana Lounge to prevent any tampering.

Spirit

League is a friendly and new player welcoming environment. Collaboration, encouragement and a positive vibe is desired at all times.

Structure

The league will take place over 4 weeks. The first 3 weeks will be regular league nights. On regular nights, players open our packs, create/modify decks as needed and then play 3 rounds of magic. Players will earn points each regular night, with first place as well as a random placement earning a promo pack. The 4th and final week is the Final Tournament. Initial pairing will be a top vs bottom system (1st vs last, 2nd vs 2nd last etc) where the player with the highest points going into it will get the choice of play or draw. This choice is only for the first match.

Regular Nights (Week 1 - 3)

Regular nights are a casual 3 round tournament, using swiss format. 1st place and a random draw will receive a promo pack. At the beginning of each night, players purchase their additional pack, modify their deck and potentially trade with other players (more details on this in the trade section below) before the first round begins at 6:30. Players are free to grab their decks anytime after 5:00pm.


Final Tournament (Week 4)
On the 4th and final night is our finale league tournament! There will be random door prizes and the top 50% of players will earn booster packs! Players will still add one more pack and be able to trade before the tournament begins. 


The initial match will be determined based on prior points earned where the 1st place player will be paired against the last place, and so on. The player with the highest points going into the final tournament will get the choice of play or draw during the first match. 

Trading

Players will be able to trade cards with other players using trade points. Each night the player shows up they will earn one point. Each night they get a record of 1-2 or worse, they will get an additional trade point. 


Players can use these points with other players to trade cards from the pool. Trade points required per rarity are as follows:

  • Common - 1 point
  • Uncommon - 2 points
  • Rare - 3 points
  • Mythic - 4 points

When a trade is made, it must be reported to the staff so they can record it in the log and verify there are enough points.