Voltron Tournament

The Annual Voltron Tournament is an inter-kingdom Magic:TheGathering Commander tournament held between the kingdoms of Northern Lights and Blackspire (Washington and Oregon). It is held once a year in winter or spring, and typically features Talisman prizes which are valid in both kingdoms.

Tournament Rules

Basics

• MTG Format: Commander
• Groupings: 4 players per pod.
• Time: 1 hour per round.
• Rounds: 2 rounds, random pairings.

No Proxies. All cards must be real.

Scoring

Whenever a player does the indicated action: they are awarded the corresponding points:

• Defeating an opponent with 21+ Commander-damage: 3 Points.
• Defeating an opponent with any other form of combat damage: 2 Points.
• Defeating an opponent, or winning the game, with any other method: 1 Point.
• Defeating the final opponent, thus winning the game, is worth Double Points (i.e. +6pts or +4pts or +2pts)

Matchmaking

Tournament structure consists of 2 rounds of randomized matchmaking, followed by a third and final round of just the top-4 highest-scoring players.

Players accumulate points across multiple rounds. These points do not influence the second-round matchmaking (which is done randomly). Rounds are time-limited. For the third and final round: most players are eliminated, and the top-four players play one final match. Grand Prizes are awarded to the top 3 players according to their final cumulative scores.

Game Design Philosophy

Within the game of MTG Commander: the Commander card is supposed to represent the player playing the deck.

This tourney was designed to encourage MTG players to conduct themselves with the honor and chivalrousness of a sword-knight. Winning a game of MTG with an "infinite-combo" is like a caster killing with verbals or spell-balls! But killing with 21-commander-damage is like beating an opponent in 1v1 with single shorts. In this tourney: you must fight with the honor of a knight, regardless of the belt color you wear.

History

2023: Fourth Annual Voltron Tourney

Will be held at NLCC Spring 2023 in Washington State. Prizes will most likely be the same as 2022.

2022: Third Annual Voltron Tourney

Was held at WinterBash 2022 in Salem, OR inFebruary. Prizes were:

• 1st prize was a Wand of Release
• 2nd prize was a Bracelet of Anti-Magic
• 3rd prize was a Wand of Mending

This year: permission was granted by: King Murphy O'Hygan of NL; and King Sirex of BS. Prizes will continue to be valid NL until NLCC Fall 2022; and were valid in BS for two months from date of issuance.

This year, all prizes were crafted by Gaily Forward Alchemy.

2021: Second Annual Voltron Tourney

Was held at Midsummers Nights Games in Vancouver WA in June of that year. Prizes were:

• 1st prize - Staff of Nuntius
• 2nd prize - Wand of Release
• 3rd prize - Bracelet of Anti-Magic
• 4th prize - Wand of Mending

That year: permission had been granted from: King Theory of BS; Konnig Mithius Silverbow of NL, and King Steven from VO and were valid all three kingdoms.

That year, first prize was crafted by Ion, and 2nd-4th prizes were crafted by Gaily Forward Alchemy.

2020: The first Voltron Tourney

Voltron was at WinterBash 2020 in Astoria OR in Feb of that year. Prizes were:

• 1st prize - Wand of Release
• 2nd prize - Bracelet of Solidity
• 3rd prize - Wand of Mending

That year: the prizes had been granted with permission from both King Akryn and King Sir Kalten, and thus were valid in both the kingdoms of NL and BS.

That year, all prizes were crafted by Gaily Forward Alchemy.