What is Constructed Set Roulette?
The Constructed Set Roulette format was originally created by Pascal Maynard and his local friends with the intent of maximazing and showcasing players deckbuilding skills. Because of today's information traveling so fast thanks to the internet and the amount of games that are played in relevant formats, we've been having the feeling that Magic's deckbuilding aspect is not like it used to be.
We came up with the idea of determining at random 2 Big Expansions, 3 Small Expansions and a Core Set to become the constructed format that we would all play on an upcoming weekend. It was an absolute blast to brew for a few days and gather and play to see who came up with what. Imagine doing that online with TONS of players!
Here it is.
We will use the same rules, except we will (obviously) only determine expansions at random within those available on Magic Online. The drawing of the 6 expansions will be done live on our Twitch channel Saturday December 12th at 1 PM (EST).
To consult the expansions that will be included in the drawing CLICK HERE.No ban list is applied, we ain't cowards!
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Tournament Structure
Format: Constructed Set Roulette
Legal Sets:
- Magic Origins
- Rise of the Eldrazi
- Gatecrash
- Betrayers of Kamigawa
- Exodus
- Urza's Legacy
Bugged card but not banned:
Consul's Lieutenant (doesn't buff even if renowned)
Nightveil Specter (If you play a land off of Nightveil Specter and your opponent has a City of Traitors in play, their City of Traitors will trigger.)
Structure:
- Open Decklist
- Swiss + Top 8
- Using Magic the Gathering Online (Challenge Feature)
Get Started
- Create your MTGMelee account
- Link your Twitch Account (Profile Settings)
- Register up here (top right corner)!
Did you know that if you have Amazon Prime and you link it to your Twitch account, you get a FREE sub to the channel of your choice? Just sayin'.
Decklists
- You will have until 1:00 PM December 20th to submit your decklist, if you fail to do so, you will be dropped from the tournament.
- Submit your decklist using the player controller page.
- PLEASE edit Deck Name to something factual.
- Your decklist must be in ENGLISH.
- Decklists will be public at the start of the tournament.
Matches
Everything happens in your "Player Controller" page.
Pairings will be announced in the form of a notification, voice notification, SMS notification (if you activate it in your profile settings) and your player controller page will display your pairing in the "Current Pairing" section.
- You must click the green button to check-in to your match.
- Your opponents decklist will display in the bottom left corner.
- Add your opponent's screen name as Buddy in MTGO.
- Create Match in Freeform Tournament Practice, click here for instructions.
- Format: Freeform Tournament Practice
- Only buddies can join
- Submit your Match result. (Intentional draws not allowed)
In-Match Rules
You will have 10 minutes to check-in and start your matches. You will be dropped if you don't start communicating with an admin or your opponent 10 minutes after round is paired. Pay attention to all notifications throughout the tournament.
Players will be contacted an hour after the start of the round regarding the status of their match if the result is not yet reported. If there is no response within 10 minutes both will be dropped.
Because we are using the ''Freeform'' format on MTGO, you can submit less than 60 cards, but if you do so, you will receive a game loss. Please don't.
Any types of connection issue, bugs, anything related to your game crashing/not functioning properly will not result in restarting the match. If it happens to you and only you, it is your fault, it is unfortunately the only to deal with this in a fair way. Anything else will be dealt with in a civilized and fair fashion.
Refer to the Digital Tournament Rules and Digital Infraction Guide for more information.
Communication
Problem with your match? Talk to an admin using the chat tab in the bottom right corner.
Issues with MTGMelee? Contact us via our Discord server as a last resort!
In the event that there is a dispute between players, we may ask for a screenshot in order to better understand a situation, or as a way to have proof that something is occurring. We also highly-recommend that you take a screenshot of every Victory screen when playing in a tournament, showing both players’ names; in the event of a dispute over which player won a match, these screenshots will generally act as concrete-proof of a victory.
Schedule
The Tournament will begin on December 20th, with the following schedule in Eastern Time (EDT):
- Registrations closes 10 minutes before the start of the tournament.
- All players MUST check-in at any time before 1:00 PM
- Round 1: 1:00 PM
- Following rounds approximately 30 mins after one another
- Number of rounds based on number of players, it will be announced before Round 1
- Top 8 cut: after swiss rounds.
Prizes
NEW: Tier 2 subs will receive x2 prizes and Tier 3 will receive x3!*
Click here for tier upgrade instructions
*Must be subscribed to one of those tiers BEFORE the tournament starts.
Deckbuilding Contest
A respected deckbuilder and great Magic personality will be choosing decks of the following three categories. The winners will be chosen at the end of the last round, before Top 8.
Players streaming the event on Twitch that reach the Playoffs will get a $10 bonus. To be eligible to get the bonus, players need to link their twitch account to mtgmelee.com and stream the event with "Set Roulette" in their stream title from Round 1 until they are eliminated. They must also have ''store past broadcasts'' turned on.
*Most items purchased on themythicstore.com will only ship to USA and Canada, but if you are outside these countries, we will gladly transfer your store credit to another person's account upon request. This would make the process easier if you trade or sell it to someone in these countries. Store credits are in Canadian amounts.
***Collusion is strictly prohibited except during elimination rounds (Top4/Top8) where prize split is allowed, but must be communicated to an admin prior to matches starting. In which case Sub Tier multipliers will only apply to the splitted original amount. Players caught colluding will receive bans from The Mythic Society events. Please, just play Magic!
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