Devil’s Gate - RulesWhen the Devil’s Gate was opened, all hell broke loose. Fight for the survival of your species in the PvP Event themed around the show Supernatural.
1. SIGN-UPS- To sign up, make a post in the separate sign-up topic.
- Once you sign up, select your Allegiance and 3 Support Elements.
- Players may sign up with “No Preference,” which means they will be given the Allegiance with the fewest sign-ups, and tentatively randomized Support Elements.
- After sign-ups end, all Allegiances will be revealed, and players will have three days to change their Support Elements.
- There is a maximum of 8 players per Allegiance, and 32 players total.
2. CUSTOMIZATION AND DECKBUILDING-There are 7 Allegiances: Demons, Hunters, Angels, Reapers, Shapeshifters, Vampires, and Deities.
-Each Allegiance corresponds to a different Main Element. Players are allowed to use any card from their Main Element, except for banned cards.
-There are
7 banned cards, one for each Allegiance. They are
Immolation, Blue Nymph, Light Nymph, Poison, Discord, Devourer, and
Dimensional Shield. Under no conditions may any banned card be used.
-In addition to picking an Allegiance, players are allowed 3 Support Elements, which are chosen during the sign-up phase. Players may use any non-banned card from their Support Elements, except for pillars and pendulums. Mark cards are counted as pillars.
-Players may not use any card outside of their Main Element or Support Elements.
-Decks may have
6 upgrades.-Each Allegiance has an ability, which provides a small deckbuilding advantage by bending one of the above rules.
3. ALLEGIANCES
Demons Possession: You may use the opponent’s Main Element as a fourth Support Element.
Hunters Versatility: You may use weapons of any Element, with the exception of
Discord.
Angels Wisdom: If your Mark is Light, you are permitted to use Pendulums of your Support Elements.
Reapers Dark Magic: The upgrade limit does not apply to spells.
Shapeshifters Adaptability: You may use 1-cost and 2-cost cards of any Element, with the exception of
Poison and
Devourer.
Vampires Vampiric Link: The upgrade limit does not apply to the “Vampire” card.
Deities Arrogance: You may use a total of 9 upgrades.
4. MATCHES AND ELIMINATION- If there are 28 or more players, pairings are determined by a
double-elimination bracket. The bracket will be set up randomly, on the condition that players will not face an opponent of their own Allegiance in the first two rounds.
- If there are fewer than 28 players, pairings are determined by
double-elimination swiss. Pairings will be set up randomly, on the condition that players will not face the same opponent twice, nor face the same allegiance consecutively, nor face their own allegiance, in order of priority.
- Matches are
best-of-five. The first player to win three games wins the match.
- At the beginning of each round, players are paired against 1 opponent. Players have
7 days to make the fight happen. They must contact their opponent using a private message and try to find a time that suits them both.
- Players are expected to play the entire match at once, rather than spacing out the individual games over the course of multiple days. Players are not allowed to spend more than 10 minutes deckbuilding in between games.
- In the event of a desync, both players finish the game against the AI. If only one player defeats their AI opponent, that player is the winner. If both (or neither) players win, the game is replayed with the same decks. Upon defeating the AI opponent, a screenshot of the turn of the win must be provided.
- If the fight doesn't happen, both players lose by default, unless one player is clearly more active in trying to find a suitable time.
- After the match, both players must submit their results and decks in the official thread for the round.
- The winner of the event is awarded 1 Mark/Nymph, 5,000 electrum, and a reward icon. The second place player is awarded 1 Mark/Nymph and 5,000 electrum.
- The award icons are shown here. Credit goes to
CleanOnion.
5. FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONSCan I use pillars and pendulums from my Support Elements?No, you may only use pillars and pendulums from your Main Element, with the exception of the Angel’s ability.
May I use cards from Support Elements multiple times?Yes, every card that is legal for you can be used as much as you want.
Can my Support Elements be any Element?Yes, they can be any of the remaining 11 Elements, but banned cards still apply to Support Elements.
Are Shards allowed?Yes, Shards are treated like any regular card for this event.
Are "Other" cards, such as Quantum Pillar allowed?No, "Other" cards are not allowed.
Are you worried that ____ deck is overpowered?Nope, you’re free to win the event with it!
