Rags to Riches - RulesOriginal idea by:
Shrink | Developed by:
Shrink | Art by:
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??Players begin as the lowest form of an EtG player, starting with an original pre-made deck. From there, winning rewards players with gold that they can use to spend on card packs to build a card pool!
1. HOW TO SIGN UP?Anyone with a forum and a chat account can sign up for this event. Start by reading the rules very carefully. Then sign up by posting on a separate sign up topic. If you cannot find a sign up topic, or if it is locked, this event is not currently active, and you will have to wait for it to restart.
Maximum amount of participants for this event is
16. If the event is full, you can still sign up as a reserve player, and will get a chance to join the event if any of the 16 players doesn't show up during round 1.
After signing up, send a PM to the Organizer with the pre-made deck you are using (the list of decks are in the "2. THE BEGINNING").
2. THE BEGINNING -- ROUND 1Each player will start with
100 gold and one deck.
The cards in this deck will instantly be added to your card pool.
You must use one of the pre-made decks for the first round. -- Players will battle head-to-head in matches
Best of Five.
Because players are only using one of the pre-made decks in the beginning round, there will be no changing of decks between phases.
For each phase won, the player will receive
50 gold.
Each loss will cause a deduction of
10 gold.
There is also a bonus prize for the difference in score of 25 gold/phase higher.
Sidenote: You cannot go lower than 0 gold.After the first round is over, the "Card-Shop" will open for business.
The following are your options for starting decks.
3. CARD-SHOP and CARD POOLPlayers will start by creating their own topic to buy and sell cards. I will run these sections and post what cards you have purchased, what cards have been upgraded, what cards have been sold, and what the player's
gold total is.
After each round is over, the Card Shop opens for two days. It is during this time that players will be able to purchase items for their Card Pool.
The following is what the Card Shop will look like each round:
| ITEM | COST | STOCK |
| Bronze Booster | 25 | 100 |
| Silver Booster | 50 | 75 |
| Gold Booster | 100 | 50 |
| Card Upgrade | 50 | ∞ |
Details for each item:
Bronze Booster: Includes 8 random pillars + 6 random common cards that are instantly added to your card pool. (Limit per round: 3)
Silver Booster: Includes 5 random pillars + 7 random common cards
plus one rare that are instantly added to your card pool. (Limit per round: 2)
Gold Booster: Includes 6 random common cards
plus three rare cards that are instantly added to your card pool. (Limit per round: 1)
Card Upgrade:
Permanently change one card in your card pool to an upgraded version. (Limit per round: 3)
There are no shards in the boosters, but there may be nymphs, marks, or free upgrades!Also not included in packs will be the following cards (it is okay if these cards are in your pre-made deck) :
Dimensional Shield
Devourer
Bone Wall
Graboid
Discord
Fire Bolt
Ghost of the Past
Purchasing will be done its own thread between rounds.
Selling Cards!Selling cards will begin after the Second Round!
Here is a table of the items and the selling prices:
| ITEM | SELL-BACK PRICE |
| Common Cards | 1 |
| Rare Cards | 5 |
| Nymphs/Marks | 10 |
| Common Card Pack* | 15 |
| Rare Card Pack* | 50 |
| Nymph/Mark Card Pack* | 200 |
| Common Upgraded Card | 20 |
| Rare Upgraded Card | 30 |
| Nymph/Mark Upgraded Card | 40 |
*Pack = 6 of the same card
You may not sell back a pack of upgraded cards.
After each Card Shop mini-round is over, the card pools will be modified (as they are public domain for all other players) and posted in the next round's thread.
4. DUELSEach round lasts three days.
All duels will be best of five.
Cards may only be used from your card pool!
Other than round one, decks may be changed between phases.
As stated before, separate phase wins do matter!
After the third round, if any player is skunked (losing 3-0), they are automatically eliminated from the event. The winning player receives all of that player's gold and the winnings from the match.
5. AFTER DUELSThe winner and loser should post in the "Battle Results Thread," along with short description of how the match went. Both the winner and the loser are required to post pictures of their decks as well.
6. WINNERWinner is the last person standing, and essentially the richest and most powerful.
After ten rounds, if there is still not a winner, the player with the most amount of gold wins.
7. REWARDSThe winner of the event will receive the following forum award icon: *for a later date*
