THE BIRDCAGE: A cEDH Tournament - 11/30/24

THE BIRDCAGE: a cEDH Tournament

*PREREGISTRATION HIGHLY RECOMMENDED AS WE ARE LIKELY TO CAP OUT*

$35 Entry. Full Proxy Friendly*. 12:30 PM Start Time, Doors Open at noon. 

Top 4 Prizing - Lion's Eye Diamond, Scrubland, Intuition, Earthcraft

Winner will have 1st pick, with remaining picks based on Swiss standings. Prizing is guaranteed, additional prizing in store credit added at 32+ players.

Players NEED to have a digital version of their decklist available. Decklists need to be submitted prior to Round 1. Any digital format is acceptable, including but not limited to Word Doc, Excel Sheet, Moxfield link, etc.

Josh Standsfield will be the head judge for the event. Tournament policies and procedures will be in place such that this event is run as closely as possible to "Competitive REL", given the nature of multiplayer tournaments compared to standard 1v1 tournaments. The head judge ruling regarding policies and procedures will be considered final. Be prepared to play tight, and communicate with other players in the pod. 

Tournament Info

Players will play 4 Swiss rounds. We will cut to a Top 10. The player in 1st and 2nd place during the Swiss rounds gets a bye into the finals. The rest of the Top 10 will play out a semi-final round with the winners playing in the finals. Highest seeded players will be first in turn order during elimination rounds. Turn order for elimination rounds is based on Swiss standings with the highest seed in descending order. The Top 4 seating turn order will be randomized. 

Swiss rounds and Top 10 will be 80 minutes with no additional turns being added. The current turn at time will be the last turn, if the game does not end on that turn, the game will be considered a draw. Wins will be worth 5 points, draws worth 1 point. Finals will be untimed, but slow play will be enforced, up to and including potential disqualification.

Pairings - We will create as many four player pods as possible. In the event total attendance is not divisible by 4, there will be only 1 three pod formed at anytime and a maximum of two byes given. 

Concessions - Due to the nature of multiplayer games, concessions can have a tremendous amount of impact on the game state. In order to prevent the misuse of game rules, a concession can take place during the conceding player's main phase with a clear stack. If a player does concede, the turn will proceed by moving through the remaining steps and phases with appropriate priority passes. Any player who concedes NOT on their turn, at sorcery speed, will be DROPPED from the tournament and be DISQUALIFIED. **NOTE: a player is free to leave at any time, for whatever reason.

Kingmaking, Spite Plays, Etc. - Everyone is expected to make plays that maximize their ability to win the game. That said, players can, and do, make sub-optimal plays and mistakes. Due to the nature of multiplayer games though, sometimes there are "coin-flip" or other similar decisions that must be made in order to advance the game state. There is no way to set up rules to enforce certain types of game play that will not lead to unintended consequences regarding what is and isn't permissible. For that reason, we will not be making determinations regarding what is "okay" for a player to do, or not do, outside of what is legal by the mechanics of the game. For example, using Pact of Negation to stop a Turn 1 win, despite not having a way to pay for the upkeep cost is perfectly reasonable due to the eliminated player having a chance to receive 1 point for a draw if the game would come to that conclusion. This is by no means meant to present an exhaustive list. Any issues regarding this policy can be brought to the TO's attention. 

*Proxy Rules*

Our event is 100% proxy friendly but proxies must be a single piece of cardboard. Printed proxies on any sort of printer paper in front of another Magic card are NOT ALLOWED. They must be the same thickness and feel of a real Magic card, we recommend using any proxies from a professional proxy website. Proxies must also be clear about what card they are representing. Any unclear card will be replaced with a flip card before the start of the event during deck checks.

THIS EVENT WILL CAP OUT. PREREGISTER ASAP TO GUARANTEE YOUR SPOT. 

Start time 12:30PM, doors open at 12:00PM