DECATUR DEATHMATCH 10-20k
Event desc: This event will be Gold (50+), Plat (100+), or Diamond (250+) dependent upon player entries. $10,000 is guaranteed toward the prizing regardless of player count. The Prize pool has been designed to reward players for showing up and helping us reach 250 players, as DIAMOND is the ultimate goal! If we hit Diamond this will be a 16k!
- Saturday, June 6th 2026 -> 8:30am check in starts, 9:45am players meeting, with round 1 starting at 10am
- Sunday, June 7th 2026 -> 8:00am top cut/swiss round(s) if needed starts, 10:00am redemption 3k starts
- Location: Decatur Convention Center at 4191 W US Highway 36, Decatur, IL 62522
- Entry Fee: 110$, to be paid on site using PayPal, card, or cash! (There is a small service charge for card)
- Vendors There will be vendor(s) on site all day, buying, selling and trading!
- Player Cap: 500
- Proxy Policy
This event is fully proxy-friendly. (no limit) All proxies must either be in color and use recognizable art or be MDFC cards with full text, mana cost, card type(s) and name. Proxies must be clean, readable, and indistinguishable from real cards when sleeved. (uniform with the rest of the deck) Paper slips in front of magic cards are NOT permitted.
Tournament Structure
- Format: Competitive EDH (cEDH) at Competitive REL standards
This event uses the current EDH banlist
- Rules Enforcement: Using Competitive MTR/IPG Addendum
- Software: Topdeck.gg for pairings and turn order determination
Decklist submission is required prior to the start of round 1
- Scoring: 🏆 Win = 5 Points, 🤝 Draw = 1 Point
Round Length
- Swiss Time Cap Procedure: After 80 min time will be called active player has 20 minutes to finish their turn, otherwise the game ends in a draw
- Top Cut / Finals Time Cap Procedure 2 hr 30 min per top cut round, if hard time cap is hit then 1st seat is declared the winner (no extra 20 min)
Swiss Round Structure (based on attendance):
- 50-128 players = 5 rounds of swiss cut to top 16
- 129-208 players = 6 rounds of swiss cut to top 16
- 209-304 players = 7 rounds of swiss cut to top 16 (Round 7 on Day 2)
- 305-500 players = 8 rounds of swiss cut to top 16 (Round 7-8 on Day 2)
Prizing
50-249 players $10k CASH
- 1st place $3400
- 2nd-4th $1000 each
- 5th-16th $300 each
250-290 players $16k CASH
- 1st place $4,775
- 2nd-4th $1,675 each
- 5th-16th $375 each
- 17th-32nd $110 each
291+ players $20k CASH
- 1st place $6,300
- 2nd-4th $2,000 each
- 5th-16th $500 each
- 17th-32nd $110 each
Day One
- 7:30am - Registration Begins
- 9:45am - Player Meeting xX IMPORTANT Xx
- 10:00am - Round 1 of swiss begins
- 6 rounds of swiss will be played on Day One [unless headcount is less than 128]
Day Two
- 8:00am - Top 16 begins
[If there are 209+ players this would be swiss round 7 instead, followed up by round 8 if 305+ players. You must have 10 points minimum to play day 2 if there are swiss rounds]*
- 10:00am - Redemption 3k event begins
Redemption 3k --> Sunday
For those of you who do not run hot, and wish to have another shot, there will be an event held on DAY TWO STARTING AT 10:00 AM. The details for this event will be at THIS LINK https://topdeck.gg/event/decatur-redemption-all-cash-3k
On Demand Win-a-Duals --> Saturday and Sunday
30$ entry, 16 player cap. These events will be firing all day as soon as 16 players have signed up! They will be single elimination and the winner of the second pod will win a random dual land. These events will fire all day until we run out of duals or people!
TO Note and Contact Info - Bring everyone you know and thank you for all your support! If there are any questions about the tournament please email [email protected].
