Magic n’ Mayhem Tactician’s Crown Announcement

The Magic n’ Mayhem Tactician’s Crown will take place on November 8-10, with an expanded total competitor pool of 40 players. For more information on how and why we increased the number of players from 32 to 40.

After three days of competition, the player with the strongest showing will take home the Tactician’s Crown, $150K USD, and become the Magic n’ Mayhem Champion.

With the addition of 8 players into the final event of the Set, Event increased the total prize pool from $456K to $470K. The full prize pool can be found below:

All 40 players will be assigned to their initial starting lobbies based upon a snake draft selection process outlined below.

a. There will be 5 total lobbies, consisting of 8 players each.

b. The first player in each lobby will be:

• The 1st seed from each pan-region will be randomly assigned to a lobby (AMER1, APAC1, CN1, EMEA1).
• The previous Set winner OR the 2nd seed from the winning pan-region of the previous Tactician’s Crown.

c. Snake draft selection process:

• Once the starting players are determined for each lobby, the initial pick order will be randomly assigned. Each player will choose one player from the remaining player pool to be placed in their lobby.
• Each player that is picked will then pick the next player for their lobby.
• This process will continue until all lobbies are filled. Ex.: In a given lobby, Player 1 will choose Player 2, Player 2 will choose Player 3, and so on.

d. Draft pick rules:

• The first 4 players from each lobby must all be from different pan-regions.
• There can be no more than 3 players from a pan-region in each lobby.
• Any player can be chosen to a lobby regardless of their initial seed.

For this event, the point system will stay the same. Points will be awarded for each player based on the results of each game: 8/7/6/5/4/3/2/1 (ie: first place wins 8 points, eighth place wins 1 point).

Now let’s get into the event format changes -

a. Day 1

• 40 players will be drawn into their 5 starting lobbies and play 6 games total
• The lobbies will shuffle after every 2 games
• After Game 6, the top 32 players will advance to Day 2, and the bottom 8 players will be eliminated

b. Day 2

• Players retain their points from Day 1
• 32 players will be split into 4 lobbies and play 2 games
• After Game 2, the top 24 players will advance and the bottom 8 players will be eliminated
• 24 players will be split into 3 lobbies and play 2 games
• After Game 4, the top 16 players will advance and the bottom 8 players will be eliminated
• 16 players will be split into 2 lobbies and play 3 games
• The lobbies will shuffle after 2 games
• After Game 7, the top 8 players will advance to the Grand Final

c. Grand Final

• Checkmate Format - The first player to hit 20 points AND then secure a first-place finish will be crowned our Magic n’ Mayhem Champion!