Presenting a PvP event, inspired by recent tournament, and past PvP Event, Children of the Oracle...Elements: Academy - Rules and Info postIdea by: MeowMeowCat
Pick an element, and a sideboard of 8 cards, and take to battle against other students!
1. Enrolling into the Academy (Signing up)As long as you possess a Elements Community forums account, and an in-game account, you may participate in this PvP Event.
2. Preparing for Class (Pre-duels)After you sign up for the event, send the host,
Solaris a Forums PM, with the contents including:
- Any one element of the 12 Elements
- A sideboard encompassing 8 cards from any Element. Pillars/Pendulums/Marks do NOT need to be placed in the sideboard.
- Your IGN, if it differs from your Forum username.
Failure to follow these steps after you sign-up, and before the deadline, will result in termination from the event.
3. Selecting your Books (Deckbuilding rules)The following rules will govern deckbuilding;
- Unlimited access to the cards in your chosen element
- You must use at least 50% of your chosen element in your deck
- Pillars and pendulums are unrestricted
- You may use up to 6 copies of your sideboard card, in any Bo5 match. Anything over 6 copies in a total Bo5 will result in a loss for any matches which cause the bypass of 6 copies. Additionally, Shards are automatically inducted into this rule, regardless of whether they are sideboard or in-element.
- Cards that are not in your Element, and not in your sideboard, are strictly illegal.
| Element | Amount of Upgrades |
    | 4 upgrades |
    | 5 upgrades |
    | 6 upgrades |
The following deck is an example of a legal deck for Aether, provided the player has Horned Frog in their sideboard.
Spoiler for Example:
Hover over cards for details, click for permalink
5bu 5bu 5bu 5bu 61o 61o 61o 61o 61o 61o 61q 61q 61t 61t 61t 61t 61t 624 624 63a 63a 63a 63a 63a 63a 63a 7ae 7ae 80d 80i 8pn However, the player cannot play this deck more than once, as the player is only allowed to use Horned Frog/Giant Frog a total of 6 times throughout the Best of 5 matchup.
, there will be a list of cards posted at the beginning of every class (round). You may choose ONE card from this list, and permanently add it to your sideboard. This list of cards will be defined by the "type" of card, such as Alchemy, Rare, Spell, etc.
4. Exams (Battles)Class (Round) 1 of Elements Academy will start 2 days after the deadline ends. Round 1 match-up pairings will be decided by the Elements Community chat /roll command. If there should be an odd amount of players coming into Round 1, the person receiving the bye will be decided by the /roll command in chat, before the match pairings are made. No player can have a bye twice in the event.
Matchups will be played in the "Best of 5" format. This means that you must have 3 wins for the match to be considered won.
You start off the event with
3 HP. If you lose a Best of 5, 1 HP is deducted from your total. Once you hit 0 HP, you are expelled (eliminated) from Elements: Academy.
Rounds will last ~1 week (subject to change based on host's schedule, however, it will never be less than 1 week of time to play your matches.). This will be marked by a timer on the "Round X" post, when the host posts it. If you and your opponent should not be able to schedule a match-up for whatever reason, PLEASE contact the host at your earliest convenience. An extension may be scheduled.
5. After Class (After duels)After your matchups with your opponent are finished, the winner should make the initial post in the appropriate "Round X" thread, with decks used, and the result of the battle posted in a format such as this.
Jenkar:3
antiaverage:2
Then, the other player may post, following the same protocol as stated above.
6. Graduation (Winner + Reward)The winner of Elements Academy is the last player to not be eliminated.
As per revised code policy, the winner will receive a nymph/mark code and an award icon.
The top 4 players will receive World Championship points (?), pending approval from a PvPO.
7. FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions)
8. ChangelogThanks for reading! Feedback is very much welcome, and even encouraged. I'm always looking to improve
