• This event will be run by Melee.
• All Regional Championships be run with open decklists. Players will take the decklist by printing. Players will be allowed to reference their opponent’s decklists before the match for an allotted time period as well as during sideboarding.
• Players must use the same deck on Day 2 that they used on Day 1.
• Modified Swiss-style (50 minutes for each round)
• Day 1 will consist of 8 Swiss Rounds.
• Day 2 will consist of 4 Swiss Rounds and the Top 8 single-elimination playoff.
• All players with an X-2-0 record (or better) advance to Round 8 of the Day 1. If there are fewer than 64 players with at least match 15 points, the top 64 players will advance to Round 8 of Day 1.
• The Top 8 players after the final Swiss round on Day2 will advance to the Top 8 single-elimination playoff.
• Standings after the Swiss rounds will be used to determine final order in the standings for losing players in the quarterfinal and semifinal playoff rounds.
• For the first game of each match in the Top 8, the player that finished higher in the Swiss rounds chooses either to play first or to play second. For subsequent games in each Top 8 match, the usual Play/Draw rule applies (loser of the previous game decides whether to play first in the next game).

The rules regarding which Regional Championship a qualified player may participate in are as follows:

• Top finishers of Champions Cup Area Qualifiers
• Top finishers of Champions Cup Premium Qualifiers
• Top finishers of Champions Cup Last Chance Qualifiers
• The top two (2) winners of each Magic Online Qualifier that awards invitations to the designated Regional Championship.
• The top four (4) finishers of each Magic Online Super Qualifier that awards invitations to the designated Regional Championship.
• Members of the Pro Tour Hall of Fame are invited to one (1) Champions Cup final and Pro Tour per season (the Pro Tour and the Regional Championship invitations must be for the same round).
• Players that are already qualified for the Pro Tour to which the Regional Championship will award invitations. (Note: If a particular Regional Championship has already occurred, invitations will not be deferred to the next Pro Tour).
• Players that are otherwise invited to the designated Champions Cup final. (For example, top finishers of the Players Convention Open)
• Organizer invitational players such as;

Top finishers of the previous Players Convention Open

Top finishers at the previous Champions Cup Finals

The winner and finalist of the Champions Cup Finals (Cycle 3). Because the winners and finalist of Cycle 1 and Cycle 2 have already received two invitations, while the winners and finalist of Cycle 3 have only received one invitation.

Top finishers at Pro Tour Chicago (players who advanced to Day 2). However, if the Pro Tour Chicago dates fall after the Champions Cup Final Round 2, this invitation will be changed to the Champions Cup Final Round 3. These players need to be residing in either Japan or South Korea.

Top finishers at the 29th Magic World Championship Las Vegas (players who advanced to Day 2). These players need to be residing in either Japan or South Korea.

Players who invited to Pro Tour Chicago at Pro Tour Barcelona. These players need to be residing in either Japan or South Korea.

Players who qualify for the Regional Championships in other regions and move to Japan or Korea for various reasons may be specially invited through the organizer of that region.

Other special invitations may be given by the organizer

However, if invitational players join another regional final event, that player can't join the Champions Cup final in the same Round

About registration to Champions Cup Final

For playing at Champions Cup Final, the following 2 conditions must be met

・Participation Eligibility.
・Contact organizers by email.

Those who have completed registration will be notified by e-mail with details about 1 month before this event date.

• Limit of decklist submit : February 10th 22:00 (local time)
• Round 1 starts at 10:00 AM.
• Round 9 starts at 10:00 AM.

• Rules Enforcement Level (REL) is Competitive on Day1 and Professional on Day2.
• The Magic: The Gathering Tournament Rules and the Magic: The Gathering Infraction Procedure Guide are in effect for this event unless specifically overruled by information in this Format Document. Rules documents can be found in the Magic Document Center.
• Players are responsible for bringing their own method of tracking life totals, card sleeves, and appropriate counters or tokens.
• In the event that a player who wins an invitation to a Pro Tours at a Champions Cup Final has already qualified for an invitation, the invitation passes down under any circumstances.

• Top 12 Finishers are invited to the Pro Tour.

• Top 18 Finishers are invited to next Champions Cup Final.

• The winner and finalist are invited to the 2024 World Championship during season2.

• Top 8 players will take top finishers promo.

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