Here are the rules changes I am thinking of adopting. I wanted to give everyone a few days to discuss them before making it official and starting up the event.
1. No Shards
- Pretty self-explanatory
2. Upped Cards Can Be Changed
- You can change which cards are upped from match-to-match instead of having to keep the same 6 cards for the entire event
3. Ban List
- As it stands there is little or no incentive for deck creativity. Not much really sets it apart from Leagues. Certain select popular PvP cards would be banned to encourage diversity in deckbuilding and sideboards.
4. Deck Size Isn't Fixed
- Instead of selecting an intial deck and being forced to use decks of that size the entire time, players can use any size deck they like. Instead players will be given 50 cards for their deck+sideboard.
5. Bracket Format Changed
- I forget what the issue was with the World Cup style format, so I'm going to try it here. Players will be placed into pools and play each other once. The winner of each pool will then go into a single-elimination tournament to determine the final winner. This should eliminate any issues with players getting BYE's.
I think I covered just about everything but if I forgot something let me know.
Proposed Ban List
Bone Wall
Devourer
Dimensional Shield
Discord
Fire Bolt
Ghost of the Past
Graboid
** The idea is no more than 1 ban per element and only bans to eliminate the most popular PvP decks to force creative deckbuilding **
Any last thoughts on these changes?
1.) With the SoG nerf from a while ago and the soon to be nerfed SoSac, do these still need to be banned? Personally, I like banning all Shards just out of principle, what are your thoughts?
2.) Being able to change your upped cards will be a welcom addition to this Sideboard.
3.) The ban list was well received.. now that it's been a while, have your thoughts on it changed? Are there any cards missing?
4.) Thoughts on the deck size not being fixed?
5.) World Cup style format! This should be fun!
Any other thoughts?
..The rules/signups should be up sometime later today!