Premodern

Italian Nationals 2025

Bologna, Italy Sat 01 February, 2025 - 10:00

Premodern Italian Nationals 2025 @ Chaos Orcs Fest III Orcish Winterland logo

Tournament Rules & Structure

This section contains all the information about the structure of the tournaments, the rules it will abide, and any special notes/restrictions set by the organiser.

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Rules

Format

Premodern

More information in the Format section below.

Gold Border/Pro Tour Cards Yes

Gold Border/Pro Tour cards include cards from World Championship Decks, Community, and International Editions, and any other promo card that is still legal in the format.

NO  Proxy Cards No

Proxy cards refer to any non-genuine or manufactured product, not originally produced by WotC.

Info & Structure

Important Dates and Registration

Registrations are open, with FCFS sign-up policy!
Registration Deadline Wed 29 Jan 2025 23:59
Ticket required

End of the Orcish Clan fare: Wed 29 Jan 2025 23:59

Deadline for a full refund Wed 01 January 2025, 23:59

Total Available Spots: 100
Deck Upload Required

It is mandatory for all registered players to upload their deck info to play this tournament.

This tournament requires:
  • Deck list of cards only (No deck photo necessary!)

Instructions for deck upload will be sent by organizers via e-mail after registration to the event is officially confirmed.
Deadline for submission : Wed 29 January 2025, 23:59

Tournament Rules, Format, and More

Format of the tournament

Premodern  ‐  Constructed Format

Premodern is a community-created constructed format invented by Martin Berlin in 2012 consisting of the sets from Fourth Edition to Scourge. The card pool thus roughly spans the period inbetween the formats 93/94 and Modern. A rule of thumb for the card pool is: all cards with the old frame printed between 1995 and 2003, which were standard legal at some point during this period. Despite the nostalgic flavour of the format, in Premodern all reprints are allowed, regardless of the frame or the art of the card wrt. the original art.

This format extends the standard Premodern pool of cards, by allowing all Gold Border Cards to be played and featured in decks.

Allowed Sets

The tournament will allow cards from the following sets (and reprints!)

Color Legend:
  • : Core
  • : Expansion
  • :
  • Promo, Spellbook, Memorabilia, Premium_Deck
  • : Other

The following special/non-english sets are also allowed:
Foreign Black Border;  Summer Magic / Edgar;  Fourth Edition Foreign Black Border;  Chronicles Foreign Black Border;  Renaissance;  Rinascimento;  Portal;  Anthologies;  Deckmasters; 

Reprint Policy

All reprints are allowed in this format, with no restrictions on the card art nor the frame nor language.

For example:

  • Birds of Paradise 4ed is allowed (Old Art, Old Frame)
  • Birds of Paradise FBB is allowed (Old Art, Old Frame, not English)
  • Birds of Paradise 9ed is allowed (New Art, New Frame)
  • Birds of Paradise DMR is allowed (Old Art, New Frame).
  • Demonic Tutor FBB is not allowed (Not Premodern Legal)

Rules Enforcement Levels (REL) are a means to communicate to the players and judges what expectations they can have of the tournament in terms of rigidity of rules enforcement, technically correct play, and procedures used.

Judges

We will play at Regular REL. Organizers & Judges together will be there to make sure that everything flows; to answer any rules questions, or solving weird board states and disagreements.

Regular REL

Most Magicâ„¢ players play for fun and see a tournament as a social event. Regular Rules Enforcement Level encourages a welcoming atmosphere and friendly competition. Your demeanor should reflect this, whether you are playing, judging or both. Players and judges are encouraged to help one another at appropriate times, such as during deck construction or between matches. Judges are the last word when a dispute or question arises, and we should be as impartial and diplomatic as possible. Source: magicjudges.com

More details about Pairings

Pairings

Pairings will be generated using SWISS Rules, considering a number of playable rounds determined by the total number of players.

Rounds:

  • 09 to 16 players = 4 rounds;
  • 17 to 32 players = 5 rounds;
  • 33 to 64 players = 6 rounds;
  • 65 to 128 players = 7 rounds;
  • 129+ = 8 rounds.

Top 16, 8, or 6 will be calculated, depending on the total number of players.

New rounds (and therefore pairings) will be played as soon as all players played theirs.

Each round will be 50 minutes

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Tournament Prizes

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Prizes

Prizes will be announced here when available

Tickets

Check tournament's tickets fares, and deadlines.

Orcish Clan

40.00
Orcish Clan
  • This ticket will be valid to play this event, as well as any other free side event on the same day.
    (Requires separate registrations, and subject to availability).
  • Refundable until 01 Jan 25