Bracket 50
What is Bracket 50?
Bracket 50 is a budget commander format tournament that has taken the framework built by Commander Baumi to bring an accessible competitive event to your local area or LGS.
Next Tournament: September 12th
About Bracket 50
$50 Decks
All decks must cost a total of $50 or less. This is calculated using Moxfield's "updated to cheapest" function. To participate in a tournament, the deck must be submitted ahead of time and will then be locked in its current state, regardless of future price fluctuations.
Competitive Commander
The decks are built and played with a competitive mindset. Winning is the only goal, and any steps may be taken towards it. There is no need for a "rule 0" discussion, the game changer list doesn't apply and there's no taking back mistakes. The decks are built and played with the specific goal of tournament participation.
Sol Ring Ban
Our tournaments follow all regular Commander rules and the regular Commander ban list, with Sol Ring being the one exception. Sol Ring is banned for being an extreme outlier in its power to cost ratio. If allowed, Sol Ring would decide many matches simply for being drawn, as well as reduce deck building diversity.
Tournament Format
Tournaments start out with 3 rounds during which players have to go up against a new pod of 3 different players each time. The 8 best performing players move on to the Semi-Finals, still playing for points. After the Semi-Finals, the 4 highest ranking players participate in the Finals. Winner of the Finals takes the grand prize.
How do I participate?
You can access our registration page by clicking the "Registration" button at the top or by clicking this LINK
Registration and deck submissions are open until 3 days before the tournament.
Tournament Rules
Bans
Sol Ring is not allowed.
Normal Commander ban list
$50 Budget
Based on Moxfield.
Moxfield → Change Price Settings → Set Mana Pool as Top Affiliate → Back to Deck → More → Update to Cheapest.
Account Settings → Decks → Uncheck “Include all lands in the price of decks.”
The price of the deck on Moxfield applies, regardless of whether it would be possible to get the cards cheaper. Be careful not to accidentally have cards in the sideboard.
The answer to all questions regarding the budget is: As Moxfield handles it.
Some cards do not have a price on Moxfield. Please enter this manually in the description of the deck.
In rare cases, the price of a card may be displayed incorrectly. Small fluctuations are okay (<$1), but please inform me of larger ones when submitting the decklist.
Submission of Decklists
Deck lists must be submitted as a Moxfield link no later than 3 days before the tournament. After that, they may no longer be modified and are publicly accessible.
Cost fluctuations after successful submission will be ignored.
Delays will be penalized with a reduction of 1 opponent score per hour or part thereof. Delays of more than 12 hours will result in exclusion from the tournament without refund of the participation fee.
Please submit lists exclusively by email to [email protected]
Deck lists will be checked before tournament start. Deck check begins at 11 am.
Format
The brackets are set up following the "social golfer problem". The aim is for everyone to play against as many different players as possible, and for everyone to play against each individual player as infrequently as possible.
The exact bracket will be randomly determined and published shortly before the start of the tournament (1-2 hours beforehand).
3 preliminary rounds.
Played for Points.
Win = 3 points, Loss = 0 points, Draw = 1 point.
The winner of a completed game receives a victory. In such game, all players except the winner receive a loss.
All games that are not completed within the time limit are considered draws. In this case, all players receive one point, regardless of other factors.
Then, Semi-Finals.
The 8 players with the most points play in a Semi-Finals.
Played for points.
Win = 4 points, Loss = 0 points, Draw = 2 points.
Then, the 4 players with the most points play in the final.
Tiebreaker for qualifying for the final: Opponent Score, then better deck, then rock-paper-scissors.
The winner of the final wins the tournament.
Time limit: 75 minutes for the game and then overtime.
After 75 minutes, the game goes into overtime.
In overtime, the current turn is completed, and then each player who had one turn less than the starting player gets one more turn. Please note the starting player.
Example: Player A starts the game. Turn order: A -> B -> C -> D. The game reaches the 75-minute time limit during Player C's turn. Player C is then allowed to finish their turn, and Player D gets a full turn. Then the game is over. Players A and B do not get another turn because they both had the same number of turns as the starting player.
If possible, the final is played without a time limit.
Players may only concede the game during their own turn with sorcery speed.
Additional Information
If we receive an unfavorable number of registrations (e.g., 21, 25, 29, etc.) I may have to turn someone down.
In this case, those individuals will receive a refund of the registration fee.
If the entire tournament has to be canceled for any reason, all registration fees will be refunded.
Proxies are allowed, but every element of the card must be clearly recognizable.
Example: Black-and-white printed proxies are not allowed because the color of the card is not clearly recognizable.
Take backs go against the spirit of a tournament. We accept our mistakes.
Registration
Logistics
Date: September 12th
Deck Check-In: 11am
Tournament Start: 12pm
End: ~8pm
Participation fee: $15
Payment: Cash or Cash App
Cash App: $bracket50
Location: Dilley City Hall
116 E Miller St, Dilley, TX 78017
Contact Us
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Discord: Bracket 50 Server