Penalty – Warning

Definition

In a Challenge Match a player takes longer than is reasonable to complete game actions. In any match, if a Judge or other Tournament Official believes a player is intentionally playing slowly to take advantage of a time limit, the infraction is Unsporting Conduct – Stalling.

Examples

1. A player spends an excessive amount of time to perform game actions.
2. A player spends an excessive amount of time submitting their deck after sideboarding between games that would exceed the traditional time limit of sideboarding in matches played under Tournament Match Direct Challenge settings.

Philosophy

For most matches, players play using the Tournament Match feature which has a timer that will limit the time each player can take to make choices. However, some events will use the Challenge Match, which does not have a timer in-client. In these cases, all players still have the responsibility to play at a reasonable pace.