League Rules
-Points marked with (SEALED) refer to sealed leagues only.
+What is a League?
+Leagues are opt-in events where players play multiple matches over time, earning points and climbing the rankings to earn digital prizes.
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+ Some players ranked in a past League ran by the Player's Council.
+ Each win you earn in a League will get you 2 points, and each loss will get you 1 point. Your ranking is based on your total points earned compared to other participants. Tiebreakers are determined by Strength of Schedule, which is shown as "Opponent Win %": basically, players who had strong opponents have a high SoS, and players who played weak opponents have a low SoS.
+Players may use different decks in different matches, or may edit the same deck between matches.
+Constructed Leagues are events where players use decks that they have constructed from all cards, limited only by the format used by the League. These leagues are essentially like casual matches, but tracked for point purposes.
+Sealed Leagues on the other hand issue digital sealed product, which players open to get cards to construct decks with. Product will typically mimic the actual physical product the game was originally released in: Starter Packs, Booster Packs, and so on. If you join a Sealed League late, don't worry! You will get all of the product from each previous Serie all at once.
+Each League is made up of multiple Serie; how many depends on how long the event will run. New Series will usually represent an advancement or progression in the League's focus: a new set might be added to the format definition, or additional product might be opened. A single Serie will last a specific amount of time (usually 7 days, but sometimes shorter or longer), and during that period you will be limited to playing a certain number of games in that League. The specific details are available on the Events tab under that League's description.
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+ Navigate to the Events > Current Leagues tab: +
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+ How do I make a Sealed deck? +
+ When you register with the league as shown above, once the event begins you will be awarded the appropriate sealed product: +
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- League consists of multiple League series (number - announced with each league). - -
- Each League serie lasts a fixed amount of days (announced with each league). - -
What is Gold for? +
+ Gold is a digital currency you earn every week that you log in. Some Leagues have a gold cost to enter; this is to prevent people from easily entering with multiple sock-puppet accounts. +
+ +What are the Prizes? +
+ Prizes in a league are virtual card variants which you can use while building any future decks. You can view and open your prizes in the deckbuilder by changing the All Cards dropdown to My Cards and then adding those cards to decks as normal. +
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- After each win in a League, you earn a single random foil as follows:
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Win per serie Prize 1st, 3rd, 5th, etc. Any Random Foil: 69% Common, 20% Uncommon, 10% Rare, 1% Ultra Rare 2nd, 4th Random Uncommon foil 6th, 8th Random Rare foil 10th, 12th, etc. Random Ultra Rare foil: foil set 0 promos, foil set 5-6 AIs, foil set 9 R+, foil Shadows-era Masterworks
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- Each Serie in League is played in an announced - format (constructed or sealed). - Most leagues will have the same format throughout the whole duration of it, but there is a chance of - getting a mixed format League - (for example, first week - FotR block, second week TTT block, etc). The format for each serie and/or - league is announced at the beginning of the League. - -
- League starts at an announced date and lasts until specified number of League series are - played out. - -
- (SEALED) Player joining a League during a first serie is given a specified - for that - League amount - and type of virtual product (boosters and fixed cards). - -
- (SEALED) At the beginning of each subsequent serie, each player participating in the League - is given the - same amount and type of virtual product (boosters and/or fixed cards). - -
- (SEALED) Player who chooses to join a league after the first serie, is given a product that is a sum of - all the - virtual product he/she would have been given if he joined during a first serie up until the point in - time he/she has chosen to join. - -
- After all the series end within any League, players are given bigger prizes based on their standings:
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Position Prizes 1st 10x Any Random Foil, 10x Event Award Boosters, 4x Random Tengwar 2nd 8x Any Random Foil, 9x Event Award Boosters, 3x Random Tengwar 3rd 6x Any Random Foil, 8x Event Award Boosters, 2x Random Tengwar 4th 4x Any Random Foil, 7x Event Award Boosters, 1x Random Tengwar 5th 3x Any Random Foil, 6x Event Award Boosters 6th 3x Any Random Foil, 5x Event Award Boosters 7th 3x Any Random Foil, 4x Event Award Boosters 8th 3x Any Random Foil, 3x Event Award Boosters 9th 3x Any Random Foil, 2x Event Award Boosters 10th 3x Any Random Foil, 1x Event Award Boosters 11th-16th 2x Any Random Foil 17th-32nd 1x Any Random Foil
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- Deck building:
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- Each player builds a deck from the collection used in the league serie, this can either be a pool of - cards given in the league, cards owned by player or all the cards in existence. - -
- Deck in a League can be changed at any time. When you create or join a - table with a deck, that - deck is set at that point and any changes done to the deck afterwards, will not be reflected in the game - on that table. If you wish to use a different deck for that game before it starts, leave and rejoin a - table after modifying your deck. - -
- (SEALED) In case of Sealed format, only virtual product owned within that League can be used to build a - deck. - -
- (SEALED) Virtual cards given out as prizes for that League are NOT LEGAL - for playing in the League. - -
- (SEALED) All the other rules of deck building - minimum 60 cards deck, even FP/Shadow cards split, etc. - apply. - -
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- Each League serie, every League participant - can play a maximum of fixed (announced with each serie, usually the same for whole League) rated games. - -
- Winner of each rated game in a League gains 2 League - serie points. Rated game loser gains 1 League serie points. - -
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- Prizes in a league are virtual items only. -
- After each game in a league. Winner is given a small prize for winning. This prize is based on which win
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- -Win in serie Prize 1st, 3rd, 5th, etc. 1 booster 2nd, 4th foil common 6th, 8th foil uncommon 10th, 12th foil rare
- - After all the series end within a League, players are given following prizes
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-Position Prizes Sealed leagues 1st 60 boosters, 4 tengwar, 3 foil rares 2nd 55 boosters, 3 tengwar, 2 foil rares 3rd 50 boosters, 2 tengwar, 1 foil rare 4th 45 boosters, 1 tengwar 5th-8th 40 boosters 9th-16th 35 boosters 17th-32nd 20 boosters 33rd-64th 10 boosters 65th-128th 5 boosters Collector's leagues 1st 30 boosters, 4 tengwar, 3 foil rares 2nd 25 boosters, 3 tengwar, 2 foil rares 3rd 20 boosters, 2 tengwar, 1 foil rares 4th 15 boosters, 1 tengwar 5th-8th 10 boosters 9th-16th 5 boosters 17th-32nd 2 boosters Constructed leagues 1st 10 boosters, 4 tengwar, 3 foil rares 2nd 8 boosters, 3 tengwar, 2 foil rares 3rd 6 boosters, 2 tengwar, 1 foil rares 4th 4 boosters, 1 tengwar 5th-8th 3 boosters 9th-16th 2 boosters 17th-32nd 1 booster
- - (SEALED) After the League ends, all the cards used in the Sealed league - are lost and DO NOT become part of players' collections. - -
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- Cheating will not be tolerated - period. -
- Cheating includes, but is not limited to - entering League with more than - one account, knowingly - exploiting a system or a card bug, game fixing (deciding the outcome of a rated game in other way than - playing it out) with other players. - -
- Players found cheating (or believed to be - at the administrator/moderator discretion) will be removed - from the League and their accounts will be deleted. This is a friendly - environment, where - everyone wants to have some fun, so don't spoil it for others. - -
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- F.A.Q.
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- Can I trade cards in a Sealed league?
- Cards in a Sealed League cannot be traded. The point of having a Sealed league is to provide players - with limited (semi-random) - access to card pool for building their deck. This, in theory, should give everyone fair chance of - winning, based only on deck-building and play-skill. -
- - When will I get new boosters in a Sealed league?
- New product in a Sealed league is given at the beginning of each Serie. This is done automatically. -
- - How do I join a league?
- In "Leagues" tab click "See details" for the league you are interested in and then click on the "Join league" button. - If you had enough currency in your account, you will be added to the league. - In case of sealed league, you need to select the league collection in your deck builder - (showing "All cards" by default) to build the deck. To open the packs you see there, just left-click - them. -
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- Can I trade cards in a Sealed league?
- After any Sealed League ends, all the cards used in the Sealed leagueare lost and DO NOT become part of players' collections.
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+ Cheating will not be tolerated - period. We're all here to have a fun time, and people attempting to be petty for the sake of a few fake league points is beyond pathetic. +
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- Entering any League with more than one account. +
- Scumming a Sealed League by entering with multiple accounts and re-rolling your opening packs over and over until you get something good. +
- Knowingly exploiting a system or a card bug. +
- Game fixing (deciding the outcome of a rated game in other way than playing it out) with other players. +
Players found cheating (or believed to be - at the administrator/moderator discretion) will be removed from the League and their accounts may be deleted. This is a friendly environment, where everyone wants to have some fun, so don't spoil it for others.
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