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2010-06-20

Doors Open: 11:00 a.m.
Pastimes
8502 W Golf Rd
Niles, Illinois

Printable version
A casual Magic the Gathering Players Dream! Sealed Deck, Booster Draft and Constructed.

Main Event

 

Magic the Gathering Triathlon

First Pastimes fills a big box with packs from all of the sets we currently have in stock. Then we fill it up even more! Players start by picking six random MTG booster packs out of the box, this is there sealed deck pool. They have 30 minutes to construct a deck out of those 6 packs. Then we will have 2 rounds of sealed deck play. After those 2 rounds players head back to the box and grab another 3 packs for a 2 round booster draft. After playing 2 rounds players will take both card pools( the cards from your sealed deck and the cards from your draft) and construct a deck, that deck will be used for the next 2 rounds. Prizes will be paid out based on record.

Registration: 10:00 a.m.

Start Time: 11:00 a.m.

Entrance fee: $30

Format: Limited - Sealed Deck

Notes: Sealed Deck 2 Rounds Booster Draft 2 Rounds Limited Constructed ( 6 packs from your sealed and 3 packs from drafting)

Format Description: Main decks must contain a minimum of forty cards. There is no maximum deck size. All cards a player received but is not using in his or her main deck become that player's sideboard.

Players are not restricted to four of any one card in Limited tournament play.

Any drafted or opened cards not used in a player's Limited deck function as his or her sideboard. The sideboard may not be kept where it could be confused or switched with other cards.

Structure: Swiss

Structure Description: Most of Pastimes tournaments utilize a system of pairing called "Swiss".

The principle of a Swiss tournament is that each player will be pitted against another player who has done as well (or as poorly) as him or herself.

The first round is either drawn at random or seeded according to rating. Players who win receive a point, those who draw receive half a point and losers receive no points. Win, lose, or draw, all players proceed to the next round where winners are pitted against winners, losers are pitted against losers, and so on. In subsequent rounds, players face opponents with the same (or almost the same) score. No player is paired up against the same opponent twice however.

Here is a summary of the modified swiss pairing system:

* Round one : All players are paired randomly.
* Round two: the winners of round one will play each other, the losers of round one will play each other
* Round three: the players with 0-2 records play each other, likewise with the 1-1s, and the 2-0s.
* Round four: the 0-3s play each other, as do the 2-1s, the 1-2s, and the 3-0s.

Sometimes, however, it is not possible to pair players with exactly the same records (due to drops or draws), so you may be "paired" up or down a record.

After an amount of rounds set at the beginning of the tournament (based on the number of players), the player with the best record wins.

Number of Swiss Rounds to be played. There is a fairly set standard for the number of Swiss Rounds in an event based on the number of participants:

Attendance Number of Swiss rounds
Attendance = 9-16 Swiss Rounds = 4
Attendance = 17 - 32 Swiss Rounds = 5
Attendance = 33 - 64 Swiss Rounds = 6
Attendance = 65 - 128 Swiss Rounds = 7
Attendance = 129 - 226 Swiss Rounds = 8
Attendance = 227 - 409 Swiss Rounds = 9
Attendance = 410 or higher Swiss Rounds = 10


Prizes: Prizes will be paid out in Booster Packs of the most recent sets.

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