Salt City III

Event Information

(depending on turnout) Player meeting starts at 9:30 AM MDT. Round 1 starts at 10:00 AM MDT. Please arrive at least 30 minutes early to minimize undue delay!

Rules

This event will be following the standard Championship Series ruleset:

Legality

We use the standard banlist of EDH.

Tournament Rules

Swiss Rounds

• 80 minute length
• No turns
• After time is called, a 20 minute overtime time limit will be imposed and active player will finish their turn. If no winner has been determined after the turn ends or when overtime ends, the round will be considered a draw.
• Top cut after Swiss.

Semifinals and Finals

• 2 hour 30 minute length
• No turns
• After time is called, a 30 minute overtime time limit will be imposed and active player will finish their turn. If no winner has been determined after the turn ends or when overtime ends, the highest seeded player will advance.
• Players shall receive an audial and visual notification of time 10 minutes and 30 minutes before time.
• Finals will begin shortly after the conslusion of semifinals.

This event requires players to report their own standings. The winner of each pod will mark themselves as winner, and each player needs to confirm the match results in the app.

We are excited to announce that the artist Grambulon will be attending! Take a look at his Etsy shop here: https://www.etsy.com/shop/Grambulon. Come grab some of his merch and bring some cards for alters and artwork!!

Playtest Proxy Card Policy

100% Playtest Proxy card friendly! Requirements

• For this event, as it is 3K+, paper slips are not permitted. You must use a printed proxy playtest card, we recommend MPC.
• Cards must use official Magic: the Gathering artwork that has been used on an official version of that card (basically anything that comes up on Scryfall for that card)
• The only exception to the above is as follows: a normal artwork of that card that has been "proxied" to be either borderless or old border
• Cards must contain printed English language rules text for that printed version (STA Tainted Pact Exists, and since that printing is JP only, it will be permitted. However, we do recommend a version of the card that is printed in English)
• Take care to ensure that you cannot distinguish between cards from the back, either by sight or feel. Recommendations
• We recommend that your deck be 100% or 0% playtests. This minimizes the risk of accidentally marked cards due to possible inconsistencies in thickness.
• We recommend refraining from borderless and poster variant arts that are illegible. This will minimize time extensions and make the tourney move quicker. We also recommend English printing of proxies for the same reason.

Reminder that this is for proxy playtest cards. If you own real foreign language cards, borderless cards, illegible secret lairs, feel free to use and alter as you see fit.

Feel free to reach out for any questions regarding playtest proxy card policy.

Tournament Structure

< 50 Players

• 4 Round Swiss
• Cut to Top 10
• Semifinals and Finals
• Total prize support: $1900 for 40-49 players

≥ 50 - 63 Players

• 4 Round Swiss
• Cut to Top 13
• Semifinals and Finals
• Total prize support: $2300 for 50-63 players

≥ 64 - 99 Players

• 5 Round Swiss
• Cut to top 16
• Semifinals and Finals
• Total prize support: $3000 for 64-99 players

100-128 Players

• 5 Round Swiss
• Cut to top 16
• Semifinals and Finals
• Total prize support: $4200 for 100-128 players

Prizing

Silver Event

• First: $700
• Finalist: $200
• Semifinalist: $100

Gold Event (50-63)

• First: $800
• Finalist: $200
• Semifinalist: $100

Gold Event (64-99)

• First: $900
• Finalist: $300
• Semifinalist: $100

Platinum Event

• First: $1200
• Finalist: $400
• Semifinalist: $150

Ticket breakdown

• Most (~ 90%) will go towards prize support.
• Some (~ 5-10%) will go to the overhead costs (judges, etc.)
• Any remaining left over (≤ 5%) will be used for business expenses (marketing, merch, business expenses, TOs)

Anything else (health, etc.)

We are more than happy to provide accomodations due to any physical/other needs. Please speak to the TOs and/or Head Judge before Round 1 so we can best accomodate you. For more events like this be sure to join our Discord! We will be doing giveaways when we reach follower thresholds!