Tournament Rules

Tournament Format

Rotation

Usable cards

• 10th Card Set: Omen of the Ten
• 11th Card Set: Altersphere
• 12th Card Set: Steel Rebellion
• 13th Card Set:Rebirth of Glory
• 14th Card Set
• Basic cards (starter cards, main story reward, Harnessed Flame, Harnessed Glass)

*Excludes animated cards and collaboration cards.
The tournament is played in Tournament Mode. Players can register and compete with decks using all usable cards in the format.

Preliminaries Rules

Players must pre-register two decks. The decks must not be of the same class.
Players will use the two registered decks in both days of the Preliminaries.

Match format

Best of 3 Series (the first player to win 2 games is declared the winner of the match)

Deck selection

In the first game in each match, players can select choose either of their decks. However, winning deck may not be used twice in the same match.
In each game, the player who goes first is decided at random.

Day 1 Preliminaries

Tournament Format:
6-round Swiss Draw
Requirements for advancing to Day 2:
Must win at least 5 of the 6 rounds

Day 2 Preliminaries

Swiss Draw

Tournament Format:
7-round Swiss Draw
Requirements for advancing to Preliminary Playoffs:
Must win at least 6 of the 7 rounds

Preliminaries Playoffs

Tournament Format:
3-round Single Elimination
Requirements for advancing to Grand Finals:
Must be one of 8 players who win all matches in their group

Grand Finals Rules

Players will compete using the 3 pre-registered decks.
Players’ decks will be announced on the morning of the Grand Finals.

Match format

Best of 5 Series (the first player to win 3 games is declared the winner of the match)

Tournament Format

3-round Single Elimination

Deck selection

In the first game in each match, players can select choose either of their decks. However, winning deck may not be used twice in the same match.
In each game, the player who goes first is decided at random.

• Swiss Draw
  A tournament in which players compete in each round against a player of similar standing.
• Single Elimination
  Players who lose a single match are eliminated from the tournament.

For the full ruleset, see Tournament Rules.