ARENA WORLD SERIES SEALED LEAGUE

LEAGUE PLAY IN BROAD STROKES

1. Open a virtual sealed pool
2. Make a 60-card deck
3. Play a 3-game match against an opponent
a. If you win, generate a virtual pack for the loser
b. If you lose, add a virtual pack to your pool and rebuild
4. Play 5 matches a week against different opponents
5. Keep playing until
a. You make Top 8
b. You reach your 11th loss and are eliminated

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TECHNICAL DETAILS
1. League sealed pools will be generated via the Booster Tutor bot during the Registration period (between 6pm EST
Friday January 15th, 2021, and 6pm EST Friday January 29th, 2021) on the league Discord:
a. To register, players must complete a Registration Form, providing their full name, nationality, local game
store and Arena player ID to the Tournament Organizer and pay the $5 CAN entry fee to Three King’s Loot.
b. Discord handles should be changed to the FIRST NAME LAST INITIAL // ARENA ID format (for example:
Jane Q // Quads4Dayz#89045).
c. Starting pools will be posted for players in the ‘Starting Pools’ Discord thread.

2. Once pools are imported to Arena, players will create 60-card minimum decks, with the remainder of their pools
making up their sideboards (Recommended: keep your full league pool in one text file / deck, then clone it and
delete cards to make your operational deck for playing matches).

3. Once decks are built, players may Direct Challenge each other on Arena (Settings: Challenge Match / Deck Type:
40 Card [actual size of decks is 60 cards, but this allows oversized sideboards] / Format: Best of Three / Coin Flip).
Voice chat is possible by entering the same voice channel on the league Discord’s ‘Multiverse’.
a. Winner of the match goes to the Discord ‘Pack Generation’ thread, then commands Booster Tutor to open
the loser’s choice of either a Kaldheim pack [‘!KHM’ @losername] OR a random Standard-legal pack
[‘!standard’ @losername]. Winner then copies the pack contents and posts them, along with the match
result, on the Discord ‘Match Results’ form.
b. Loser of the match then add the cards from the generated pack to their league pool on Arena. They may
rebuild their deck before playing their next match.

4. Both winners and losers should play matches until they reach at least their minimum play requirements for that
week, against different opponents each match (see below for the specific #s of required matches per week).
Opponents can typically be found via the league Discord’s ‘Looking for Matches’ thread.

5. As this is an elimination tournament, many players will eventually receive their 11th loss and be eliminated. Players
who do so must stop playing matches immediately. If any week of play ends with 8 or fewer players, player
rankings (determined via match win #s, followed by game win %s) will be used to determine the Top 8.

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 THE FINE PRINT
The league is played at Regular REL & normal limited Magic tournament rules apply.

A: Registration

1. The Registration period for the Arena Sealed League World Series KALDHEIM tournament begins at 6pm EST Friday
January 15th, 2021, and ends at 6pm EST Friday January 29th, 2021.
2. The registration fee is $5 CAN, payable to our monetized sponsor, Three Kings Loot.
3. Upon joining the league, players will receive a randomly-generated sealed pool consisting of 6x Kaldheim packs.

B: Deck Construction

1. Minimum deck size is 60 cards.

2. Only cards from the starting card pool, subsequent punishment packs added after match losses, and basic lands are legal
for league play.
3. No trading of league cards is allowed.
4. Players may sideboard cards from their pool into their decks in between games / matches.

C: Playing and reporting matches [‘week #s’ / ‘overplaying’ / ‘underplaying’ / ‘punishment packs’].

1. League matches are untimed Best-of-Three. If a match would result in a draw, additional games must be played until
there is a winner.
2. Players are required to play a cumulative # of matches within the required range per week:

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 WEEK # MATCHES
1 3-5
2 8-10
3 13-15
4 18-20
5 23-25
6 28-30

3. Players may never ‘overplay’ (play more matches than the maximum allowed by that week’s range).
4. Players may never play against the same opponent more than once per league week.
5. Intentional concessions are not permitted.
6. The loser of each match chooses and adds a ‘punishment pack’ to their league pool: either a randomly-generated
Kaldheim booster pack OR a pack from a randomly-selected Standard-legal set. Punishment packs must be generated by
the winner on the Pack Generation thread and then copied to their Match Results form at the conclusion of the match.
Winners must indicate the winning and losing players’ names, the match result (e.g.: 2-1 / 2-0), and a list of the cards
opened in the punishment pack.
7. Players who ‘underplay’ (fail to reach the required minimum number of matches per week) will be penalized with
automatic ENTROPY match losses (counting as two game losses) for each match they are short of the week’s minimum.
No punishment packs are opened for these losses.
8. All match loss penalties count as played matches toward weekly play requirements.
9. Records of all league match results will be published along with current player standings on Discord’s ‘Dynamic
Spreadsheet’.
10. The maximum number of punishment packs that can be added to any player’s league pool is 10.
11. When a player reaches their 11th loss, they are eliminated from the tournament (a match report slip must still be
submitted by the winner, indicating the loser’s elimination) and can play no further matches.

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D: Arena-Specific Rules.

1. All matches must be played on Magic Arena.

2. One-way disconnects are repairable if the other player keeps the game open. In case of a two-way disconnect,
count all games that have already been played as played. Then, after both players have reconnected, play
additional single games as needed until a match result is produced.
3. Suspicious / frequent disconnects must be immediately reported to the Tournament Organizer for consideration /
investigation.

E: Top 8 Finals—MegaDraft & Prizes.

1. The main tournament concludes at the end of any week of play where no active players at rank 9 or below remain
(typically Week 6). At that time, if any players ranked 1-8 are tied in terms of total number of matches won [1st
ranking] and total game win percentage [2nd ranking], then tie-breakers for the remaining Top 8 positions will be
decided by non-ranked best-of-five matches to break those ties.
2. The finals are typically held immediately after Week 6 of league play closes. In case of schedule conflicts, an
alternate date will be arranged by the Tournament Organizer, in consultation with the Top 8 players.
3. In the league finals, the Top 8 players will retire their main tournament league decks and play a three-round
‘MegaDraft’ (6x Standard-legal sets will be drafted in chronological release order on mtgadraft.herokuapp.com).
4. No seeding will occur; seatings and pairings will be randomized.
5. Players will build a new 60-card deck from their draft pool and play 3x Best-of-Three Swiss rounds of to determine
their ultimate ranking in the finals.
6. Each league finals match win will count for 3 points, with the exception of byes which will count for 2 points, and
each pre-finals weekly play match win will count as 1 point towards determining final rankings for league players.
7. In the case of a tie in points at the end of the finals event, tiebreakers will be based on standings in the MegaDraft.
8. Players are eligible for the following prizes from our generous sponsors, Face to Face Games, Crossover Comics,
and Three Kings Loot (please note that international shipping may be suspended for some of our supporting stores
until regulations regarding Covid-19 precautions are lifted):

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 ARENA SEALED LEAGUE WORLD SERIES KALDHEIM TOURNAMENT PRIZE TABLE

Face to Face Games Three Kings Loot Crossover Comics

1st Place—$25.00 Store Credit

2nd Place—$20.00 Store Credit
3rd Place—$17.50 Store Credit Top 16 Players— Top 40 Players—
4th Place—$12.50 Store Credit Split $6.25 x $5.00 Store Credit each
5th Place—$10.00 Store Credit Total # of Players (Canadian mailing address required)
6th Place—$7.50 Store Credit Store Credit
7th Place—$5.00 Store Credit
8th Place—$2.50 Store Credit