IMPERIUM TOURNAMENT 1st to 8th ( Cards 2 stars)
Organized by Bananna
Standard format

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🔱Imperium Tournament 🔱 - Rules📜

Decklist Submission 📝

  • Your decklist must be submitted on Limitless! This will be the only decklist allowed for the entire tournament.
  • If you notice your opponent using a different decklist, please call a judge.
  • If you accidentally select the wrong team, you may reveal a card to prove the mistake and restart the game with the correct deck.

Tournament Check-in ⏰

  • Check-in open 1 hour before the tournament starts.
  • Players who don’t check in will be removed from the tournament but may still register late (with a default loss).

Round Check-in 🔄

  • Each round has a 5-minute check-in period.
  • If your opponent doesn’t show up within 5 minutes of both players checking in, please contact a judge.
  • If you’re chatting with your opponent and they haven’t checked in, kindly remind them. If they still don’t check in, call a judge.
  • Writing a message in limitless chat within 5 minutes after the beginning of the round is equivalent to check in

Swiss Rounds 🔀

  • Swiss rounds are played as BO1 matches lasting 20 minutes.
  • Each round includes a 5-minute check-in window.

🏆 Top Cut

  • Top Cut played in BO3 format.

Ties 🤝

  • If the 20-minute timer ends and the score is 0-0, the match will be recorded as a draw.
  • If the BO1 is completed but the result isn’t submitted in time, call a judge and have a screenshot ready.
  • For complex situations or disputes, a judge will make a final ruling.

Connection Issues & Turn 0 Situations 🌐

  • If the game fails to start, simply restart it.
  • If a disconnect happens mid-game, the player with the Victory Screen will be awarded the win.
  • If you encounter a “blank history”, no player wins. Take a screenshot and report it in the #judge-request channel.

Contacting Judges 🧑‍⚖️

  • Please use the Limitless chat only to contact judges.
  • Always take a screenshot of your Victory Screen with a timestamp.
  • If neither player has sufficient proof in a dispute, the match will be marked as a DGL (Double Game Loss).

Conduct and Rule Violations 🚨

  • Breaking rules, harassment, or any inappropriate behavior will result in penalties.
  • Please be respectful to other players and judges at all times.

Number of Rounds and Top Cut 🏅

  • -64 players = 6 Swiss Rounds, top 16 advance to Topcut.
  • +64 players = 6 Swiss Rounds, top 32 advance to Topcut.
  • +128 players = 7 Swiss Rounds,15 points or top 32 advance to Topcut.
  • +256 players = 7 Swiss Rounds,15 points or top 64 advance to Topcut.

ImperiumTournament – Prizing Breakdown 💰

🥇 1st to 8th Place –

The prizes are 2-star rarity cards, listed below. The winner chooses any card from the Team Rocket’s Ambition expansion. The remaining players, in order of their final standings, may then choose one card from the options listed below.

• Team Rocket's Raticate ex Rainbow ×1

• Team Rocket's Moltres ex Rainbow ×1

• Team Rocket's Weezing FA ×1

• Team Rocket's Zapdos FA ×1

• Team Rocket's Articuno FA×1

• Team Rocket's Slowking ex Rainbow ×1

• Team Rocket's Boss ×1

REMEMBER TO HAVE 25,000 DUST AND 1 TRADE TOKEN READY


"DO NOT TAKE INTO ACCOUNT THE SEASON OR RANKING POINTS BELOW"

📊 Season 1 – Part 0/4

  • Top players earn season points based on their final placement.
  • Only each player's 5 best finishes will count toward their ranking.

📣 At the end of the season, the top 64 players will be invited to an exclusive major tournament!

Placement Points Kicker*
1st 25 2
2nd 18 4
3rd–4th 15 8
5th–8th 12 16
9th–16th 10 32
17th–32nd 8 64
33rd–64th 6 128
65th–128th 4 256
129th–256th 2 512
257th–512th 0 1028

* The kicker is the minimum number of participants required for that placement to award points.


Tournament Structure

Phase 1
7 Swiss Rounds - BO1
20 minutes per round
5 minute round check-in
players with 15 or more points OR top 32, whichever is higher, advance to the next phase
Phase 2
Single Elimination Bracket - BO3
untimed matches
no match check-in
Wins are worth 3 match points, ties 1