Game: Magic: The Gathering
Organized by: Star City Games
Tournament Type: MTG Arena
The SCG Tour Online Seasonal Championship is an invitation-only event that awards a total of $25,000 USD in prizes to top finishers. Players must authorize their Discord accounts to register
Free to Play | Invite Only | Format: Standard | Ended | 79 of 5000 Enrolled Players
Players that earn a minimum of 150 SCG Online Points in the SCG Tour Online 2020 Season Two (July 18th - September 25th) are eligible to participate.
SCG Online Points and Standings are updated daily. Visit the SCG Tour Online Standings for more info.
Players are required to register and check-in prior to the start of the event.
Registration for all SCG Tour Online events will close 20 minutes prior to each event. No late registrations will be allowed. Remember that MTG Arena user names are CaSE SenSITive.
SCG Tour Online Championship Qualifier events require decklists to be imported and submitted via your Melee.gg Player Controller ten (10) minutes prior to the beginning of the event. Any player who fails to submit a decklist will be dropped from the event.
All SCG Tour Online events have open decklists. Each round, both your decklist and your opponent's will be available for reference.
Players are required to check-in by opening the Melee.gg Player Controller prior to the start of the event. Pre-event Check-In will be open 90 minutes before the event begins. Any Player who fails to check-in prior to the event will be dropped.
It is mandatory for all participants to join the SCG Tour Online Discord and to "Authorize Discord" in your Melee account settings. To authorize your Discord on MTGMelee, click your profile avatar, then navigate to "Settings, Third-Party Apps, Authorize Discord."
Players are required to be active and available on the SCG Tour Online Discord server. Not being ready to screen share during those events is an infraction that carries a match loss penalty.
It is mandatory for all participants to join the SCG Tour Online Discord and to "Authorize Discord" in your account settings. To authorize your Discord on MTGMelee, click your profile avatar, then navigate to "Settings, Third-Party Apps, Authorize Discord."
Players are required to be active and available on the SCG Tour Online Discord server. Not being ready to screen share during those events is an infraction that carries a match loss penalty.
Players will be required to share their Arena client window to Discord using the “Go Live” feature in Discord upon Admin request. Players are solely responsible for meeting the appropriate hardware and internet capabilities and failure to comply with or meet the minimum requirements for screensharing requests.
To ensure your system is capable of running the “Go Live” feature, we recommend using one of the open voice channels to conduct a test prior to the event. If you are encountering issues during tests, please contact a member of our Moderation team and we will do our best to assist you further.
One Hundred and Fifty (150) SCG Online Points must have been earned in Season Two of the SCG Tour Online to participate in the current SCG Tour Online Season Two Championship.
Players must have accounts in good standing for MTG Arena, Melee.gg, and Star City Games.
Players must not be currently suspended from participating in tabletop Magic: The Gathering events, the SCG Tour Online, and/or tabletop SCG Tour events
Regional eligibility restrictions also apply, void where prohibited.
Players must be 18 years of age to paticipate.
Pairings will be announced through the Melee.gg Player Controller in the form of a notification, voice notification, and SMS notification (if you activate it in your profile settings).
Each round, your Player Controller will update to display your "Current Pairing".
Players are required to "Check-in" to every round. Simply click the green button to check-in to your match.
Once you've received your pairing, Direct Challenge your opponent using the MTG Arena user name displayed (remember these are CaSe SeNsAtIvE) and the MTG Arena "TOURNAMENT MATCH" challenge option.
At the conclusion of your match, it is recommended that you take a screen shot of your match result. If there are any discrepancies in the match results, an admin may ask you for this as proof of your result. Then submit the match results in your Player Controller. There are no draws in the SCG Tour Online.
Each round will be 50 minutes. You will have 5 minutes to check-in and start your matches. You will be dropped if you don't start communicating with an admin or your opponent 15 minutes after round is paired.
Problem with your match? Use the "Contact Tournament Staff" feature to select your issue and submit your ticket. Our staff will be in contact with you as quickly as possible.
In the event that there is a dispute between players, we may ask for a screenshot or for you to share your screen through the SCG Tour Online Discord in order to better understand a situation, or as a way to have proof that something is occurring. We also highly-recommend that you take a screenshot of each "Victory" screen showing both players’ names. In the event of a results discrepancy, you may be asked to provide this to confirm the result.
Players are fully and solely responsible for the presence and stability of an internet connection as well as for the stability of the system running MTG Arena.
Any types of connection issue, bugs, anything related to your game crashing/not functioning properly will not result in restarting the match.
Players should be aware of known issues in MTG Arena.
If you have a question, please use the "Contact Tournament Staff" feature and a member of our team will be happy to assist you.
Swiss rounds based on number of competitors followed by a single-elimination Top 8
Twenty (20) minutes prior to event start
Ten (10) minutes prior to event start
1st: $5,000 USD, Qualification for Wizards of the Coast’s Zendikar Rising Championship (Date TBD)
2nd: $2,000 USD, Qualification for Wizards of the Coast’s Zendikar Rising Championship (Date TBD)
Top 4: $1,400 USD, Qualification for Wizards of the Coast’s Zendikar Rising Championship (Date TBD)
Top 8: $1,000 USD
Top 16: $600 USD
Top 32: $400 USD
All players who finish with the same number of match points as the 32nd place finisher or higher will receive an invitation to participate in Wizards of the Coast’s October Zendikar Rising Qualifier Weekend.
The top 32 players will be contacted by one of our SCG Tour Online admins with information on how to receive prizes following the conclusion of this event.
To receive prizes, players will be required to have up to date tax paperwork on file with Star City Games
If you have a question prior to the event, please reach out to our team on Discord, or email organizedplay@starcitygames.com and a member of our team will be happy to assist you.
If you have a question during the event, please use the "Contact Tournament Staff" feature from the Melee.gg Player Controller and a member of our team will be happy to assist you.