Special thank you to Jake Gearhart for coming up with the idea for this tournament

Welcome to the first attempt at an “Inverse Meta” tournament. The goal for this event is to incentivize the use of off-meta decks along with the risk-reward of playing creative decks.

A more in-depth explanation of the tournament prizing is below, but in general, the lower the deck’s meta share, the more prizing a player could receive.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1-6noOmI__oM2pmlmkqZ924Hb6VCG9ZmWT9JbvPUh42s/edit?usp=drivesdk

Tournament structure will be based on attendance:

1-12 participants: 4 rounds of Best of 1 Swiss

13-32 participants: 5 rounds of Best of 1 Swiss

33-64 participants: 6 rounds of Best of 1 Swiss

65-128 participants: 7 rounds of Best of 1 Swiss

129-226 participants: 8 rounds of Best of 1 Swiss

227-409 participants: 9 rounds of Best of 1 Swiss

410+ participants: 10 rounds of Best of 1 Swiss

Swiss Rounds will be followed by a Top 8, Best of 3 Cut.

* In-game crashing, issues, or glitching will result in a game loss to the player experiencing the issue. *

It is HIGHLY recommended that you screenshot your victory screens as they are the best evidence for any match result issues. Any player that is found falsely reporting match results will be disqualified from the event.

SLOWPLAYING CLAUSE: Per TPCi Tournament Rules, players should always uphold a reasonable pace of play. In the event you believe your opponent is slowplaying/intentionally attempting to manipulate the time remaining, please request a judge. Evidence will be required for any sort of ruling to be given. Screenshots of egregious time remaining differentials and/or videos of evident slowplaying are the best options for evidence. Furthermore, if possible, hopping into one of the “tables” in the Discord server allows the judge to see firsthand what actions are taking place. If a player is found slowplaying, a match loss will be handed out. Repeat offenses within the same event may result in being dropped from the event.

Any participants found disrespecting other participants (ESPECIALLY judges) will be disqualified from the event.