Weekly Tournament - October 14th - Pyramid Power - Unupgraded

[Submachine]

Step by step we go,
escalate the pyramid.
This is a haiku.

Weekly Tournament - October 14th - Pyramid Power - UnupgradedTournament Organizers: kaempfer13, Vindilos, Submachine or Naii_the_Baf

When? To find out your local time, check this link: https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?iso=20181014T09 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 5,000 electrum 3rd place 4,000 electrum 4th place 3,000 electrum In case of 16 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

• Upgraded cards and shards are not allowed.
• Decks must have exactly 30 cards.
• Decks can have any number of pillars/pendulums/mark cards (=quanta cards).
• Decks can only have six or less non-quanta cards with different names.
• The number of copies for non-quanta cards must fit the steps of the pyramid, starting from the bottom: 1 > 2 > 3 > 4 > 5 > 6.
  Each type of card fits one step of the pyramid. Quanta cards cannot fit into pyramid steps. All steps must be used between Step 1 and the highest reached step.
• The following cards are banned:
  
  Banlist

  

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  4vl 50a 52r 534 53e 56i 590 593 59c 59m 5cq 5f4 5fc 5fu 5ic 5ig 5io 5j2 5m6 5og 5oo 5p0 5pa 5ru 5s4 5se 5um 5vi 61t 622 62m

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.

TOURNAMENTS Q&A

Q: Can you give an example of a legal deck?
A: Sure.

Spoiler for Hidden:

1-2-3-4-5

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5rg 5rg 5rg 5rg 5rg 5rg 5rg 5rg 5rg 5rg 5rg 5rg 5rg 5rg 5rg 5rh 5rh 5rh 5rh 5rj 5rj 5rl 5rn 5rn 5rn 5rn 5rn 5ro 5ro 5ro 8pu

It has 1 Hourglass, 2 Procrastination, 3 Eternity, 4 Deja Vu and 5 Anubis.

Q: Let's say I have 1,2,3,4,5 steps filled with non-quanta cards. This means I cannot have 6 pendulums/pillars/nova?
A: In this case, you can fill the 6th step with Nova, but not with Pillars or Pendulums. You can have any number of Pillars, Pendulums and Mark cards (=quanta cards).
Furthermore, quanta cards (=Pillars, Pendulums and Mark cards) cannot fit into pyramid steps. Nova is not a quanta card in this context.

Q: The only way to split them is 7/8? Furthermore: if I have 1,2,3,4,5,6 steps filled I cannot have 7 pillars/pends?
A: You can have any number of Pillars, Pendulums and Mark cards, even 7, as long as your deck size is 30.

Q: What about marks?
A: You can have any number of Mark cards.

Q: If you wanted to play with only three quanta cards, could you go 1,2,3,4,5,6,6 or must every deck contain at least 9 quanta cards?
A: Decks can only have six or less non-quanta cards with different names, so 1-2-3-4-5-6-6 is not a possible pyramid. Because of this, decks will naturally have 9 or more quanta cards.

Q: Is Immolation a "quanta card" now, or is it treated like Nova in this tourney?
A: Only Pillars, Pendulums and Mark cards are treated as quanta cards.

[Wyand]

not even SoSe?

[Wyand]

"Quanta cards cannot fit into pyramid steps."

- Let's say I have 1,2,3,4,5 steps filled with non-quanta cards. This means I cannot have 6 pendulums/pillars/nova?
The only way to split them is 7/8?

- Furthermore: if I have 1,2,3,4,5,6 steps filled I cannot have 7 pillars/pends?

[asdw152]

From what I read, you can have 6 nova, as that isn't considered a quanta card, quanta referring to pillars/pens/marks. Those cards are exempt from the pyramid rule. You can have any combo pillars and pens that you'd like.

[dawn to dusk]

What about marks? They're restricted to the 6x rule, but function similar to pillars

[asdw152]

"Decks can have any number of pillars/pendulums/mark cards (=quanta cards)."

Marks are not subject to the 1,2,3,4,5,6 rule, so you can have 4 dragons, 4 marks if you wanted.

[Submachine]

From what I read, you can have 6 nova, as that isn't considered a quanta card, quanta referring to pillars/pens/marks. Those cards are exempt from the pyramid rule. You can have any combo pillars and pens that you'd like.

What asdw said is correct. Pillars, Pendulums and Mark cards (=Quanta cards) do not count towards pyramid steps. Therefore, you can have any number of them as long as your deck size is 30.
Nova and Soul Catcher are not considered Quanta cards in this context, so they must represent one step of the pyramid (if included).

@dawn: See the underlined part above.

The questions and answers are now added to the first post.

[Jen-i]

If you wanted to play with only three quanta cards could you go 1,2,3,4,5,6,6 or must every deck contain at least 9 quanta cards?

[Submachine]

If you wanted to play with only three quanta cards could you go 1,2,3,4,5,6,6 or must every deck contain at least 9 quanta cards?

Decks can only have six or less non-quanta cards with different names, so 1-2-3-4-5-6-6 is not a possible pyramid. Because of this, decks will naturally have 9 or more quanta cards.

[Wyand]

What about immolation? Is it a "quanta card" now, or is it treated like nova in this tourney?

[Submachine]

What about immolation? Is it a "quanta card" now, or is it treated like nova in this tourney?

Only Pillars, Pendulums and Mark cards are treated as quanta cards.

We introduced this term, because it is shorter than typing out "Pillars, Pendulums and Mark cards" every time. A similar term we recently introduced was costly instead of nonzerocost.

[Submachine]

Reminder that the tournament starts at 09 GMT on Sunday. If you haven't built decks yet, now's a good time.

https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?iso=20181014T09