Flesh & Blood Cyprus National Championship

It’s with great pleasure that we officially announce the very first Cyprus National Championship for Flesh & Blood! In this premier competitive event, not only will we crown an official National Champion (seriously, there’s a trophy and everything), but we will also send one of our own to compete in the World Championship taking place later this year in Barcelona. The announcement hasn’t even started and you should already be practicing.

Event Details:

Format: Classic Constructed & Monarch Draft (more details below). Professional level rules enforcement.

Date: 09/09/2023

Time: 11:30am 

Entry Fee: €40 open entry. Free for qualified players

Prize Support:

1st	2x Dusk Till Dawn booster boxes National Champion Trophy Gold Foil Legendary Black Envelope 2023 World Championship invitation United We Stand playmat Cold Foil “Prism, Awakener of Sol”
2nd	2x Dusk Till Dawn booster boxes Cold Foil “Prism, Awakener of Sol”
3rd-4th	1x Dusk Till Dawn booster boxes Cold Foil “Prism, Awakener of Sol”
5th-8th	12x Dusk Till Dawn booster packs Cold Foil “Prism, Awakener of Sol”
9th+	Booster packs prizes depending on attendance and final standing Cold Foil “Prism, Awakener of Sol”

*Additional promos will be randomly given to all participants regardless of finish.

Format:

As mentioned previously, the event will have a split format, starting with three rounds of swiss Classic Constructed, followed by three swiss rounds of Monarch Draft, and finally a Classic Constructed top8 with single elimination.

Decklists for your Classic Constructed deck need to be handed to the event Judge during decklist collection before the event begins. You can print the official form here and fill it out by hand, or preferably use a digital tool (such as FaBrary) to print out a completed decklist. 

The draft portion will also require a decklist to be registered, which will be provided by the event staff. The drafting process itself will be timed, which means you should be paying attention to the precise instructions of the event judge. Here are the precise rules for the draft process:  

• Players are allocated into draft pods and are seated in a circular formation. The recommended number of players in a draft pod is 8.
• Each player is given their draft product, but does not open it yet.
• Each player in the pod opens one of the draft booster packs and removes the token-rarity card(s).
• Each player drafts one car, places it face down in a single pile in front of them, then shuffles the remaining cards and passes them to the player on their left. Players pick up the cards passed to them and repeat this process until all of the cards have been drafted this way.
• Between drafting each booster pack, players may review all of the cards they have drafted, before returning them in a single face-down pile.
• Players repeat the opening, drafting and reviewing process with the remaining product, alternating the direction that the remaining cards are passed; the first pack to their left, the second pack to their right, and the third pack to their left.
• After all of the product has been drafted, the card-pool of each player (minus token-rarity cards) should be a single pile in front of them.
• During the draft procedure, players may not share or seek to gain information about the content of the packs, or the cards that have been drafted. For the avoidance of doubt, players may not communicate in any way that could influence players participating in the draft.
• When a player drafts a card and places it face-down in their pile, their choice is finalized and the cards may not be swapped with another card from the pack.
• Players may not look at the face-down pile of cards they have drafted while the drafting of cards is in progress. They must wait for the review period between drafting booster packs.
• For professional rules enforcement events, a draft timer is used as follows:

Cards	Draft Time
15	50 seconds
14	50 seconds
13	50 seconds
12	50 seconds
11	40 seconds
10	40 seconds
9	30 seconds
8	30 seconds
7	20 seconds
6	20 seconds
5	10 seconds
4	10 seconds
3	5 seconds
2	5 seconds
1	-
Review	60 seconds

Classic Constructed rounds are 55 minutes, including sideboarding time. Draft rounds are 35 minutes including sideboarding, while the draft pool deck building/registration process is 30 minutes. The top 8 will be untimed but players will still be expected to play at a reasonable pace. 

Professional Rules Enforcement:

This is a professional tournament with big prizes and will surely bring out the competitive spirit out of everyone. As such, all players are expected to play carefully and at a reasonable pace. You are expected to know the game rules and tournament policies of the game and its procedures. Failure to adhere to these will result in Judge intervention. Be very careful both with your decklists and during gameplay. Always adhere to the instructions of the Judging staff as well as the strict time at which rounds begin/end.

Recorded matches:

The top table during the top 8 will be recorded to be shared with the community at large after the event ends.

You can find the official announcement here.  Don't forget to register here. If you have any further questions about this event feel free to contact us. Get to practicing and preparing for the biggest Flesh & Blood tournament ever held in Cyprus!