Event Information
The $5,000 cEDH Showdown is the headline competitive event of the HashtagCon TCG Fall Mega Weekend at the Sheraton Reston. It runs all day Saturday, October 3, with a hard cap of 128 players. Doors open at 9 AM for entry and proxy check, and play begins at 10 AM. Entry is the cEDH 2 Day ticket at $85, the only tier that carries tournament entry, and it also includes two day general admission to the full show. That means competitors get the vendor floor, the guest lineup and all of Sunday's programming on the same badge. Side events run all day both Saturday and Sunday, and the tournament has a live bracket on the site along with a community Discord at discord.gg/hashtag.
Rules
The event is run per the cEDH modifications at learncedh.com, with the MTR, the IPG and the Topdeck Commander addendum all in effect. Players may run unlimited proxies, subject to judge's discretion and approval at the 9 AM check. Play is three 80 minute Swiss rounds, and when time is called the active turn is played to its end to close the round. Pods are four players, though the last one to three pods each round may run as three player pods depending on attendance. After Swiss, the Top 16 advance, ranked by record with tiebreakers based on finish within each pod. Decklists are submitted through the Topdeck event before the posted deadline.
Prizing
The prize pool is $5,000, paid across the Top 16. First place takes $1,100, second through fourth take $500 each, and fifth through sixteenth take $200 each, which accounts for the full pool exactly.
Schedule
Entry and proxy check open at 9 AM and the event starts at 10 AM. The Swiss rounds run through the day, after which the Top 16 move into single elimination. Those sixteen players are split into four Semi Final pods, and the four pod winners meet in the Final Pod to decide the event. The mega show and side events run alongside the main tournament all day Saturday and continue Sunday.
