Welcome to the first Spellslinger Syndicate MTG Arena tournament - Shardless Agent edition! For our first event we'll be running an Explorer tournament on MTG Arena with a cash entry and awarding the top 8 with New Capenna set booster packs, cash, and Shardless Agent cards (boosters and cards are physical prizes so participants must be based in South Africa or have family who can collect the prizes in South Africa). Because we are a non-profit club, all entry fees taken that exceed the costs involved with the tournament will contribute towards prize support.
Please note that although this event was originally advertised as a single-day event, it has been altered due to load shedding to take place over several days with one round per day (see the schedule for more information).
Tournament registration is due by 8 am on Saturday 1st October 2022.
Tournament begins at 10 am on Saturday 1st October 2022.
Please refer to the Digital Infraction Procedure Guide for comprehensive information. Highlights include:
- Players who have not responded to their opponent or a tournament official within ten minutes of a round starting will receive a match loss and be dropped from the tournament. [this is not relevant for this tournament as rounds have been extended to take an entire day]
- "Stream sniping" results in a match loss.
- Disconnects that result in a player losing a game will be treated as game losses. If this does not result in a Best-of-Three match score (e.g. a player disconnects in game 1 and loses this game as a result), the match will need to be restarted with players forfeiting to match the score obtained up to this point.
- If a player disconnects and does not reconnect within 10 minutes, they forfeit the match.
As always, please be respectful of your fellow players and tournament officials. Discrimination of any form will not be tolerated.
Each round, one match will be selected for streaming. One of the participants will be asked to join the Spellslinger Syndicate Discord server and stream their match (which will be streamed with a delay). A player reserves the right to decline this, though top 8 matches in particular are encouraged to be streamed.
Personal game recordings are encouraged in the event that a dispute arises.
Registration and decklist submission are to be completed by 08:00 on Saturday 1st October 2022. The tournament begins at 10:00 on the same day.
The tournament will have a number of rounds dependent on the turnout for the Swiss portion, followed by a cut to the top 8. Matches for the Swiss are to be played in Tournament Mode where possible, unless instructed otherwise by a tournament official. Matches for top 8 will be played in Challenge Mode.
Due to the cash nature of some of the prizes, please note that there is an age restriction on this tournament of at least 18 years of age.
If any of the rules are not followed, we reserve the right to withhold prizes until such point that this has been corrected or another agreement can be made.
For more information regarding the tournament rules, please contact a tournament official at spellslingersyndicate@gmail.com
Registration and decklist submission are to be completed by 8 am on Saturday 1st October 2022. The tournament begins at 10:00 on the same day.
Due to load shedding, the original schedule proposed for this tournament has been altered. Instead of a single day event, this tournament will now run over multiple days, dependent on the number of players. Each round will take place over an entire day. Any applicable playoff rounds may begin earlier if the qualifying players desire.
Top 8 playoff matches will be untimed in Challenge Mode, but players are still expected to play timeously.
The organizer has agreed to pay out prizes in 7 days or less.
Prizes are dependent on turnout, though a minimum prize support is guaranteed regardless of turnout. This guaranteed level is set up to 20 players - once more than 20 players are obtained, all additional tournament fees are added to the prize support.
At 20 players (this level is guaranteed):
1st - R700 cash, 4x New Capenna Set Boosters, 1x Borderless foil Shardless Agent
2nd - R300 cash, 4x New Capenna Set Boosters, 1x Borderless Shardless Agent
3rd - 3x New Capenna Set Boosters, 1x Borderless Shardless Agent
4th - 3x New Capenna Set Boosters, 1x Borderless Shardless Agent
5th - 2x New Capenna Set Boosters, 1x Foil-etched Retro Frame Shardless Agent
6th - 2x New Capenna Set Boosters, 1x Foil-etched Retro Frame Shardless Agent
7th - 2x New Capenna Set Boosters, 1x Foil-etched Shardless Agent
8th - 2x New Capenna Set Boosters, 1x Shardless Agent
At 30 players:
1st - R1400 cash, 4x New Capenna Set Boosters, 1x Borderless foil Shardless Agent
2nd - R800 cash, 4x New Capenna Set Boosters, 1x Borderless Shardless Agent
3rd - R300 cash, 4x New Capenna Set Boosters, 1x Borderless Shardless Agent
4th - R300 cash, 4x New Capenna Set Boosters, 1x Borderless Shardless Agent
5th - 3x New Capenna Set Boosters, 1x Foil-etched Retro Frame Shardless Agent
6th - 3x New Capenna Set Boosters, 1x Foil-etched Retro Frame Shardless Agent
7th - 3x New Capenna Set Boosters, 1x Foil-etched Shardless Agent
8th - 3x New Capenna Set Boosters, 1x Shardless Agent
Winners to be contacted about the methods for which prizes will be sent.
