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RCQ Pioneer April 20

Join Just Games on April 20 for our competitive level Season 3, round 1 qualifier! We’ll be hosting a Pioneer RCQ, from 12 pm to 9 pm on April 20. This event has some limitations on seating, so preregistration is encouraged.

Registration is $20, and prizes are the promo cards and the invites.

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This is a Pioneer format Swiss tournament with a top 8 cut. A decklist is required.

  • Registration closes when sold out, or at 12 pm, and should be completed online.
  • Players should be checked in to the event and in the building by 12:30 am to allow ample time for us to correct any registration errors prior to the player meeting and round 1.
  • Player meeting will be at approximately 12:45 am
  • Decklists are due before the start of round 1.
  • Round 1 begins at 1 pm.
  • Rounds will be 50 minutes in length.
  • There will be a lunch break after Round 3.

The winner gets an invite to the Regional Championship!

Rules

This is a Competitive REL tournament. A paper decklist is required.

Judges will provide detailed instructions on tournament procedures before Round 1, and collect decklists at that time.

Prizes

  • 1 x Foil Goblin Guide foil for the winner
  • 8 x Goblin Guide for the Top 8 players
  • 32 x Springleaf Drum participation promos – one for each player
  • One 3-Day DreamHack badge for 1st
  • An earlier version included an old prizing note. The correct store credit prizing is as follows. Store credit: 1st place will get $100 store credit and 2nd-8th will get $40 store credit. In the event we get 32 or more players, we will add store credit prizes as follows: 1st place will get $125 store credit, 2nd place $80, and and 3rd-8th will get $40 store credit.

Path to the Pros – the RCQ

With William “Huey” Jensen recently put at the helm of Play Programs at WotC, there was a bit of hope that he’d be able to bring the player perspective to bare and deliver some welcomed changes. Well, Spoiler Alert, this announcement is FANTASTIC! Let’s take a look at it.

The long and short of everything here is that the Pro Tour is back! No longer are we calling it “Players Tours”, and gone is convoluted ways to qualify for these events. Here’s the graphic for the path to the Pro Tour for paper play.

RCQ Pioneer April 20

Wizards of the Coast

It starts with the Regional Championship Qualifiers (RCQs). Across the world, various outlets have partnered with Wizards to be the official holders of RCQ’s.

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