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Announcements and Latest Updates
Fri 27 October 2023
Lottery prizes announced for the Premodern and OS Nationals, plus two new Side Events#prizes #side-events.
Mon 23 October 2023
First round of prizes for the TOP8 at the Italian Premodern Nationals annouced! Check out the grid here! #prizes.
Fri 13 October 2023
It is now possible to donate to support the Chaos Orcs Fest! Check out #donate.
Fri 13 October 2023
Ticket prices have been reduced for Italian Nationals! #tickets.
Lottery prizes announced for the Premodern and OS Nationals, plus two new Side Events#prizes #side-events.
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.
Rules
Format
The format of the tournament will be Premodern (Gold Bordered Allowed),
based on the Premodern format.
General rules, and banned cards for Premodern
can be found on
http://premodernmagic.com/rules.
For detailed information about the tournament,
allowed sets, and any extra rule and/or restriction,
please read the
Format
section below.
Gold Border/Pro Tour Cards
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
Proxy cards refer to any non-genuine or manufactured product, not originally produced by WotC.
Info & Structure
Tournament Rules, Format, and More
Format of the tournament
Premodern (Gold Bordered Allowed)
The tournament will allow cards from the following sets (and reprints!)
Color Legend:- : Core
- : Expansion :
- Premium_Deck, Memorabilia, Spellbook, Promo
- : 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;
Only Premodern Legal cards are allowed. The pool of cards allowed is available here.
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 4edis allowed (Old Art, Old Frame)Birds of Paradise FBBis allowed (Old Art, Old Frame, not English)Birds of Paradise 7edis allowed (New Art, New Frame)Birds of Paradise DMRis allowed (Old Art, New Frame).Demonic Tutor FBBis 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 Magic™ 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:
09to16players = 4 rounds;17to32players = 5 rounds;33to64players = 6 rounds;65to128players = 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
Tournament Prizes
Prizes
Prizes Grid
Curious to see the chaotic prizes we are ready to offer to the most performing orcs (along with memorabilia to all participants?)
Have a sneak peek at our shiny and slimy prize grid here