-Nov 22nd 2026
-Black Rose Gaming in Temple, TX
-Doors open at 12pm, Event starts at 1pm
-Early Bird Pricing: $35 for the first 30 players to sign up before the start date
-Entry will increase to $45 after player 30 and all entries on the day of
-Online sign ups and In-Store sign ups available. Players are Required to have and use a Topdeck.gg account to participate.
-Standard Event: 5 points win, 0 points Loss, 1 point draw, 5 points bye
-@12-16 players: 3 rounds of Swiss with a cut to Top 4
-@17-32 players: 4 rounds of Swiss with a cut to Top 4
-@33-48 players: 4 rounds of Swiss with a cut to Top 16
-If under 12 players sign up, the tournament will shift to a cash in/cash out tournament using entries as a cash pool. This will be 3 rounds of Swiss with no top cut. Prizes will be awarded in pyramid structure among the top 4
-Swiss rounds are timed at 80min with a 10min overtime. During overtime, if the active player’s turn ends, the game is a draw. At the end of the 10min overtime, the game is a draw.
-Top 16/Top 4 will be timed at 2hrs. When the 2hrs is completed, the player highest in Swiss will win the game.
-Unlimited Proxies are allowed. Card stock proxies are preferred. Paper in Front proxies are allowed but discouraged. No Handwritten Proxies allowed. Paper in Front proxies may not stick out of sleeves or otherwise do anything that may be regarded as 'Marked Cards'.
-Deck lists are required for this event. Moxfield links are accepted. Decklist registration will close at 12:30pm on the day of before round 1 begins. Players may be deck-checked at any time by the judge on duty.
-Prizing is scaled based on attendance.
-The Top 4 prizes are as listed, with their values at the time of posting:
-Prices will be updated and locked in on the day of the event.
-Top 4 players will select their prizes in order of final placement (1st through 4th).
-The winner of the Final Pod receives 1st Place. The remaining three players will be placed 2nd, 3rd, and 4th based on their original Swiss standings.
-Top 4 prizes may be "cashed in" to the store for 80% of their locked value in cash.
-@12–30 players: Top 4 prizes only.
-@31–48 players: Top 4 prizes, with 5th–8th receiving Store Credit based on attendance.
-Doors open: 12pm
-Deck registration ends: 12:30pm
-Round 1 begins: 1pm
-This event will not have guaranteed breaks between rounds in the interest of running the event in a timely manner.
-We will be adhering to the Magic: The Gathering Tournament Rules and Magic: the Gathering Infraction Procedure guide supplemented with the Competitive REL MTR/IPG Addendum for Commander events when necessary.
-If you have any question regarding the rules of competitive rules enforcement levels, we have provided links to the MTR, IPG, and CompREL Addendum provided by Topdeck.gg below: Magic the Gathering Tournament Rules: https://blogs.magicjudges.org/rules/mtr/#annotated-mtr
Infraction Procedure Guide: http://wpn.wizards.com/en/document/magic-infraction-procedure-guide
Competitive REL MTR/IPG Addendum for Commander events: https://topdeck.gg/mtr-ipg-addendum
-End-of-Round Procedure: For the Swiss rounds, When time is called, the active player completes their turn and play continues through the end of the active player’s turn. Once that turn is completed, if no winner is determined, that game is a draw.
-5 points per win, 1 point per draw, 0 points per loss 5 point per bye
-Asking a player to Draw or Concede the game: https://topdeck.gg/mtr-ipg-addendum
-Concessions: As per the Competitive REL MTR/IPG Addendum for Commander events: “During a multiplayer game, players are encouraged to concede the game while they have priority and the stack is empty on their turn. A player who needs to concede at any other time will be dropped from the event and must talk to the tournament organizer to re-enter. In this case, a judge will facilitate any mandatory actions of the conceded player until the stack is empty. In the event this happens in response to combat the turn will be facilitated until the end of combat. ” However, players may conceed collectively without using the stack.
-These actions must not be in response to any in-game or out-of-game incentive.
