The Gathering Place presents: cEDH- Win a Volcanic Island!

**TLDR This event will be run as a standard: 5 Point Win, 0 Point Loss, 1 Point Draw, 5 Point Bye, 80 minute Timed event. 20 card Proxy rules will apply. Call for any details or help you may need at 325-672-4263 at hours found at tgpabilene.com

Event Information

Prepayment options are available right away. The registration time is 10 AM-1130 AM.

A. We are accepting Moxfield Links for deck registration.

B. This can be done after your payment is registered at the bottom of the page.

C. Decklists will be locked at 11:59 AM prior to Round 1. Players have until then to revise decklists in the links they provide during registration.

D. 80 minutes Rounds timed rounds, Top 13 is untimed.

Head Judge: L2 Mikey Elwell

Round 1 begins at 12 PM after the 11:30AM player meeting

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Prizes

Prizes will be based on attendance but will guarentee: 4-11 Players: Winner receives choice of Scrubland, Badlands, Taiga, Plateau, Bayou, Savannah 12-24 players: Winner receives choice of Tropical Island, Tundra, or Volcanic Island 25-32 players: Winner receives choice of Tropical Island, Tundra, or Volcanic Island + $100 store credit for 2-4 32+ players: Winner receives choice of Tropical Island, Tundra, or Volcanic Island + $150 store credit for 2-4

Rules

The event is competitive rules enforcement level. Competitive tournaments usually have significant cash prizes or invitations awarded to professional tournaments. Players are expected to know the game’s rules and be familiar with the policies and procedures, but unintentional errors are not punished severely. These are tournaments that protect the interests of all players by providing tournament integrity while also recognizing that not all players are intimately familiar with professional-level tournament structure, proper procedures, and rules. 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, 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. If​ asking a player to Draw or Conceed 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.

Code Of Conduct

As always, respect for your fellow players is paramount. Here is a list of rules all participants must adhere to:

Treat everyone with dignity and respect.

Put fun first and be graceful in both wins and losses.

Be a good caretaker and maintain your playing environment.

Mind your words, think before you speak. Keep it clean.

Follow any other rules of the event venue and city.

The Gathering Place is committed to fostering a fair and fun competitive atmosphere that is inclusive and safe for all who wish to attend. The rules of the tournament and state will be enforced. No refunds will be granted for any disorderly conduct or disqualifications.

Schedule

10 AM - 11:30 AM Deck, Player Registration .

11:30 AM Opening announcements and Judge introduction prior to round.

12:00PM 80-minute rounds of Swiss begin with 4-player pods depending on attendance.

30 minute lunch after Round 2.

1 15-minute break after the final Swiss round, to calculate results for the semi-finals.

Timed Top 13 4-player pod semi-final round.

Untimed top 4

In the event of a top 13, the 1st place standing will advance to 1st seat in the finals round. The next 12 seeds will play a semi-final round to go to the final pod.

Players eliminated in top 4 will default to fourth place, third place, etc. prizing regardless of standings. In the event all players are removed at the same time, standings will be used.

Proxy Rules

This event will allow 20 Proxies which can be color paper printed in front of other cards or card stock cards only. NO Handwritten proxies will be accepted. Proxies must be legible, include official MTG art, and English text. Proxies will not be available on site for this event so please come prepared.