Rulings-wise, Kyoto has not been the most exciting Grand Prix I’ve ever been. Actually, not a single ruling is worth mentioning here. However, it featured some unique challenges, which are worth exploring. Team Sealed: A generally long event A Team Sealed Event can be fairly long. Indeed, many steps vastly differ from […]
Category: Tournament procedures
Running a Super Sunday Series Top8 Draft
Guest post by Rob Castellon on the methodology for running a Top 8 draft for an event such as the Sunday Super Series at a Grand Prix.
The new Limited Day 2 Grand Prix, part2: Running the draft
To read Part 1, click here. Most players in a Day2 will have zero experience with a called draft before. Or even if they did, for instance in the top8 of a PPTQ, they will never have“mass drafted” before. In a word, they’re inexperienced and will need guidance. Giving guidance is important so players do […]
The new Limited Day 2 Grand Prix, part1: Preparation
As I’m preparing for GP Vancouver, I gradually realize how much this event will be challenging, at the light of the changes happening at Grand Prix from 2016 onwards. Making Magic history every week! A new cut The biggest change is definitely the modification of the record required to make […]