The following number of Swiss rounds is required for Premier. It may be used at the Tournament Organizer’s discretion for non-Premier tournaments.

Players	Swiss Rounds	Playoff
8	3 Single-Elimination Rounds(No Swiss)	None(Run Single Elimination)
9-16	4 (if Limited Format with Booster Draft in Playoff) 5 (All Other Formats)	Top 8 (If Limited Format with Booster Draft in Playoff) Top 4 (All Other Formats)
17-32	5	Top 8
33-64	6	Top 8
65-128	7	Top 8
129-216	8	Top 8
217-256	8	Top 16
257-512	9	Top 16
512+	10	Top 16

Team tournaments consider each team as a single player for this purpose.

In tournaments where awarded byes are used, each player with a 1-round bye should count as 2 players, each player with a 2-round bye should count as 4 players, and each player with a 3-round bye should count as 8 players when using the above chart.