The Magic: The Gathering Tournament Rules and Infraction & Penalty Guide are in effect for this event unless specifically overruled by information in this Format document.
Day One will consist of 3 rounds of Ixalan Booster Draft, followed by 4 rounds of Standard Constructed.
Day Two will consist of 3 rounds of Ixalan Booster Draft, followed by 4 rounds of Standard Constructed.
Day Three will consist of two parts: The Team Series Championship, and the Top 4 Playoff.
The Team Series Championship will be Ixalan Team Sealed.
The Top 4 Playoff will be Standard Constructed.
For the World Championship:
- 14 Swiss Rounds total, 60 minutes per round.
- When time is called, the active player will finish the turn and five additional turns will be taken.
- Stalling and slow play rules will be strictly enforced during the tournament.
- All players may participate in all 14 Swiss rounds on Friday and Saturday’s competition.
- The Top 4 players after Round 14 will advance to Sunday’s single-elimination playoff rounds.
Team Series Championship
The Team Series Championship will consist of Ixalan Team Sealed, in which both teams split into two groups of three.
Teams will construct decks on [Day Goes Here]?, with each group within their team receiving 12 booster packs from which to construct a total of three decks per group. The two groups may help either during deck construction. Deck building takes place before Sunday, and the tournament staff will hold onto card pools and decks until Sunday’s play once teams have finished deck construction.
Match play with the Team Sealed decks will take place on Sunday, October 8, to start the day. The groups in each team will be paired against one another randomly, and will two groups that face off will play one at a time.
All matches for the Team Series Championship are best two-out-of-three. When two team members in a single group have won two games, their group is declared the winner of the entire match.
If, at the end of two team matches, one team has won both, that team will be declared the Team Series Championship. If both teams are tied at the end of two matches, the winning group from each team will face off to determine a winner.
The Team Series Championship will consist of Ixalan Team Sealed, in which both teams split into two groups of three.
Teams will construct their decks on a day that will be announced as we get closer to the event, with each group within their team receiving 12 booster packs from which to construct a total of three decks per group. The two groups may help either during deck construction. Deck building takes place before Sunday, and the tournament staff will hold onto card pools and decks until Sunday’s play once teams have finished deck construction.
Match play with the Team Sealed decks will take place on Sunday, October 8, to start the day. The groups in each team will be paired against one another randomly.
All matches for the Team Series Championship are best two-out-of-three. When two team members in a single group have won two games, their group is declared the winner of the entire match.
If, at the end of two team matches, one team has won both, that team will be declared the Team Series Championship. If both teams are tied at the end of two matches, the winning group from each team will face off to determine a winner.
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