Weekly Tournament - January 10th - Heart of the Swarm - Unupgraded

[Zawadx]

Time to ready the pesticide.

Weekly Tournament - January 10th - Heart of the Swarm - UnupgradedNow with less fuss and more coffee! Tournament Organizers: SpikeSpiegel, Submachine, Dm1321 or Zawadx

When? To find out your local time, check this link: http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?iso=20150110T19 Tournament has started

Where? Please enter the Tournament room at least 15 minutes before the tournament starts. Click "Rooms" in the top left to find it.

Rules Please read the PvP Tournament rules carefully before joining the tournament. Remember to also read the Special Rules listed below!

Prizes 1st place 5,000 electrum + Nymph/Mark + Trophy (Forum Icon) 2nd place 3,000 electrum 3rd place 2,000 electrum In case of 32 or more players, tournament prizes will be increased.

Points for the World Championship 1st place 4 points 2nd place 2 points 3rd place 1 point

NOTE: You need just one presentable forum post to be allowed to join tournaments; you can post it here. If this will be your first tournament, a Tournament Organizer will test your knowledge about the rules. So please be present in tournament room 30 minutes before the tournament starts.




Special Rules

• Always read the second post! It contains equally important information most of the time.
• Upgraded cards and Shards are not allowed.
• Each round, you have access to the three Starcraft races: Terran, Protoss and Zerg. Before each duel you must choose ONE of these races and build your deck following that race's rule.
• If you're playing Terran, your deck must contain three different permanents with at least three copies of each. Pillars, pendulums and mark cards do not count towards this. Maximum deck size is 45.
• If you're playing Protoss, your deck must contain two different high-cost spells with a total of seven copies. The list of 'high-cost spells' may be found here. Maximum deck size is 40.
• If you're playing Zerg, at least half of your deck (rounded up) must be creatures. Maximum deck size is 35.
• Once you play a game using a race, you may NOT use it again that round. After each game, you must declare to your opponent the race used.

Tournament Organizers Note

If you think there is an overpowered card that ought to be banned, or you have some concerns about the tournament metagame, mechanics or other stuff, do NOT post it publicly in the comments or anywhere else on the Forums. Instead, send a private message to Tournament Organizers, who will privately discuss about it. Thanks for your cooperation.


Deck Checker for the tournament:

http://etg.dek.im/vanilla/tournament.htm

Special thanks for serprex and Fippe94 for creating this tool and the ruleset checker.

[Zawadx]

TOURNAMENTS FAQ


Q: Can you explain better how choosing races work?
A: Sure. When building a deck, you must follow the ruleset of any one of the races. Each round, you may use each race ONCE. So once you've used a race in a round you can't use it again.


Q: Are nymphs and mark cards allowed?
A: Yes.


Q: For Protoss, can I use three or more different high-cost spells with total 7 copies?
A: Sadly, no. Your deck can have as many high-cost spells as you like; but at least one pair among them must add up to 7 copies total. e.g. 3 sky blitz, 3 antimatter, 1 fractal wouldn't be a legal combination. But 5 sky blitz, 2 antimatter and 2 fractal would be.


Q: For zerg, what are the exact minimum numbers of creatures for each deck size?
A: If your deck has 30 cards, then you must use at least 15 creatures. For 31-32 cards 16 creatures, for 33-34 cards 17 creatures and for 35 cards 18 creatures is the minimum.

[theelkspeaks]

This would be an amazing upped tournament!  (Potential future re-use please?)

[montrossen]

You have to use races you haven't used in the round yet... I take it this means that you must use all three races each round?

[kirbylover314]

You have to use races you haven't used in the round yet... I take it this means that you must use all three races each round?

Well, I'm pretty sure you can win 2-0...

[montrossen]

Ok, but I think I should probably make three deck races anyway...

[Zawadx]

Yes, if you play three games you MUST use each race once.

This would be an amazing upped tournament!  (Potential future re-use please?)

We'll see

[ddevans96]

The list of high-cost spells seems kind of arbitrary, given that 5-cost BE is included, as is 6-cost alchemy Aflatoxin, but not 7-cost alchemy Nymph's Tears.

[Zawadx]

The list of high-cost spells seems kind of arbitrary, given that 5-cost BE is included, as is 6-cost alchemy Aflatoxin, but not 7-cost alchemy Nymph's Tears.

Yes, we included all 5+ cost spells except Nymph's Tears, which was excluded for balance reasons. Thematically as well, the creature-spam effect of NT fits more with zerg's theme than Protoss.

[SpikeSpiegel]

Added deck checker for this tournament. You can find the link at the bottom of the opening post.

Big thanks to serprex.

If you know how to use rep, this could be the right moment to rep him...

[bossitron]

The list of high-cost spells seems kind of arbitrary, given that 5-cost BE is included, as is 6-cost alchemy Aflatoxin, but not 7-cost alchemy Nymph's Tears.

Yes, we included all 5+ cost spells except Nymph's Tears, which was excluded for balance reasons. Thematically as well, the creature-spam effect of NT fits more with zerg's theme than Protoss.

you forgot parallel universe.

[SpikeSpiegel]

The list of high-cost spells seems kind of arbitrary, given that 5-cost BE is included, as is 6-cost alchemy Aflatoxin, but not 7-cost alchemy Nymph's Tears.

Yes, we included all 5+ cost spells except Nymph's Tears, which was excluded for balance reasons. Thematically as well, the creature-spam effect of NT fits more with zerg's theme than Protoss.

you forgot parallel universe.

Fixed.

RULES UPDATED:

Parallel Universe added to the list of High Cost Spell, usable by Protoss.