PTCGO League's Theme Select (3-Day Rounds)
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All players welcome! You must join the PTCGO League Discord Server

This is an Extended Event with 3-Day Rounds; it is NOT a live event. For each round, you will have 3 days to schedule a time to play with your opponent and complete the match.

Free Entry! Tournament is sponsored by Card Cavern Trading Cards

Play

This tournament begins on Friday, September 10 @ 4:30pm EDT and will span several weeks from start to finish.

  1. Register at least one hour prior to the published start time and carefully read the rules below.
  2. Deck submission is not required, but please be sure you own at least 3 Theme Decks that can be used in this event.
  3. Complete Check-in (opens 24 hours prior to the tournament start time)

You must complete the steps above prior to the start of the event. Players who register but do not complete the check-in process will be automatically dropped.


DeckRules

This tournament is played in the Theme format. You must play only Theme Decks, and you should select the "Theme" format when sending the battle challenge to your opponent.

Players must use a different Theme Deck for each individual game within a Best-of-3 (BO3) match. You may NOT use a deck twice against the same opponent. Therefore, at the conclusion of a BO3 match you should have used 3 different decks.

You are not required to submit decklists in advance. For each individual game, you may choose any Theme Deck that you own (as long as you haven't already used that deck previously within your current BO3 match).

For the purposes of this tournament and the rules above, the phrase "Theme Deck" always refers and is limited to the pre-constructed decks that can currently be obtained for 500 coins from the PTCGO in-game shop (under the Decks tab).

Structure

Phase 1: Swiss BO3 (3-Day Rounds)

  • Best-of-3 set against each opponent
  • You have 3 days to complete the set -- please contact your opponent within the first 24 hours of the round to arrange a date/time to play.
  • Check-In: you must check in within the first 24 hours of every round or you will automatically receive the match loss.
  • Any match without results reported by end of round will be scored a double loss.
  • If all players finish the round ahead of schedule, we'll start the next round early.

Following the end of Phase 1, the Top 4 players according to the Standings will advance to Phase 2.

Phase 2: Top Cut BO3 (3-Day Rounds)

  • Single-Elimination fixed bracket, seeded based on standings from the Swiss portion.
  • Best-of-3 set
  • Check-In: you must check in within the first 24 hours of every round or you will automatically receive the match loss.

Policies

Scheduling Your Match: Players must check-in and contact their opponent within the first 24 hours of the round to schedule their match. It is recommended that players agree to a specific date and time in advance. Players must arrive for their match within 10 minutes of the agreed upon time or it will be ruled a match loss.

Deck Sharing ON: The Deck List Sharing feature must always be turned ON in the game settings.

Match Timers ON: When you challenge your opponent you must always enable the Timed Match option.

Going First/Second: The winner of the coin flip decides who goes first for Game 1. For Games 2 & 3 in best-of-three matches, the loser of the prior game gets to decide who goes first. (In cases where the winner of the previous game wins the coin flip and selects the wrong option by accident, the opponent is entitled to request a restart of the affected game).

Wrong Deck Selected: If an incorrect deck is selected, the player must play with that deck. If that deck has been already used by the player within the BO3 match or is otherwise illegal for any reason, then it would be an automatic game loss and players should move onto the next game in the BO3 match.

Disconnections/Leaving a Game: In the event of a disconnect, the timer will continue to run while the player attempts to reconnect. If the game ends the match due to inactivity or a player leaves the game for any other reason, it is considered a game loss.

Incomplete Matches: At the end of a scheduled round, any incomplete matches will be automatically scored a double loss.

Need Help?: Please notify the organizer immediately if you have any concerns. Use the Request a Judge button here on Limitless or get in touch with @rabidragon on our league's Discord.

Prizes

Prizes are Evolving Skies PTCGO packs as outlined below. The winner also receives mixed Standard packs as a bonus.

1st: 10 Evolving Skies Packs + 15 Standard Packs
2nd: 9 Evolving Skies Packs
3-4: 5 Evolving Skies Packs

Tournament Structure

Swiss
6 Swiss Rounds - BO3
4320 minutes per round
1440 minute round check-in
4 players advance to the next phase
Top Cut
2 Single Elimination Rounds - BO3
4320 minutes per round
1440 minute round check-in
Wins are worth 1 match point, ties 0