Champions Cup
Final Fact Sheet
Lasted Update:December 12, 2024
- FORMAT
- Standard Constructed
- STRUCTURE
- 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).
- ELIGIBILITY
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 event(ex. Japan Standard Cup).
- Organizer invitational players such as;
Top finishers of the previous Players Convention event
Top finishers at the previous Champions Cup Finals
Top finishers at Pro Tour #1 (players who advanced to Day 2)
Top finishers at the 30th 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 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.
- Decklist Submit &
Start Time - Limit of decklist submit : Thursday of the week of the event at 22:00 (local time)
- Round 1 starts at 10:00 AM.
- Round 9 starts at 9:00 AM.
- Note
- 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.
- Feeds
- Top 16 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 2025 World Championship during season3.
- Pass down
- 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.
- AMP will be calculated based on points prior to the date of this event. Points after the event date will not be included.
- If the invitational of the Pro Tour is passed down, the invitational of the next Champions Cup Finals will be passed down to the player who earned the Pro Tour invitational.
- Ex) If 1 player already have Pro Tour invitations in the top 16, the next Champions Cup Finals will be not passed down.
- Ex) If 4 players already have Pro Tour invitations in the top 16, the next Champions Cup Finals will be passed down until the 20th place player.
- Prize
- PRIZE POOL TOTAL$30,000
Rank Prize 1st $4,000 2nd $2,400 3-4th $2,000 5-8th $1,400 9-16th $1,100 17-20th $800 21-24th $300 25-32th $100 Total $30,000 - Top 8 players will take top finishers promo.
- Promo Cards
- Participation Prize -
Coming Soon
- Participation promo -
Promo《Brotherhood's End》
(FOIL)- TOP32 Finishers Promo -
Promo《Tishana's Tidebinder》
(FOIL)- TOP8 Finishers Promo -
Coming Soon
- Sales
- Packs and single cards are not available for sale.
- However, we have a small selection of items such as sleeves, pens, memos, and dice.
- Trading
- Trading or any activities resembling trading are strictly prohibited inside and around the venue.
- Trash
- There are no trash bins inside the venue or facility. Please take all your trash with you.
Contact
Please note that BIG MAGIC stores will not be able to respond to inquiries.