Monday Australian Singleton is a weekly MTGO event that occurs on 8:00pm EST on mondays. The event is in Australian Highlander format (described below). The event is free to enter, but currently has no prizes (many player run events have bot credit as prizes and I will be emailing bot chains to see if this is something we can add in the future).
Format rules
Australian Highlander is a vintage singleton 60 card format, so nothing is banned (as far as online is concerned). However, very powerful cards are limited through a points list. Your deck is allowed 7 points worth of the following cards:
Have an account a gatherling.com (these are free and easy to set up)
Register for the event with a legal deck--gatherling.com will only check if you deck is vintage legal and a singleton deck it will not check the number of points your deck has. Cards with a point value must be listed in the comment box on the deck submission page (it is easy to find and says comments right next to it). List all cards with a points value and the total number of points your deck is must be 7 or below to be legal.
Be in the chat room AusHighlander when the event starts at 8:00pm on monday. If you have not used gatherling.com before please come early and people will be able to help you.
Tournament Structure:
8-15: 3 rounds of swiss with a top 4 cut
16-19: 3 rounds of swiss with a top 8 cut
20 or more: 4 rounds of swiss with a top 8 cut
Matches will take place in the Getting Serious room.
Matches must be constructed as follows:
Format: Vintage
Watchers Allowed: Yes
2 Wins per Match
25min Clock
Labeled as "Australian Highlander Round x"
Final note:
Due to the lack of filter in Mtgo we won't be able to tell if our opponent's deck is really a legal deck.
How do we overcome this issue?
Mostly, by trusting each other. But also by enforcing harsh, brutal rules against cheaters. And I'm talking about IMMEDIATE, PERMANENT BAN FROM ALL GATHERLING PLAY to whoever is caught taking advantage of the missing filter.
There are cards that search opponent’s library such as Acquire, Bribery, (Hide/)Seek and Praetor's Grasp! A quick snapshot of the screen (first enlarge the space for the library cards), and you have the proof.
MAKE SURE YOUR DECK IS LEGAL FOR THE FORMAT!!
Currently there are no prizes for this event. There is literally no incentive to cheat… please don’t ruin these events for those who enjoy them.
I currently don't have a job so I can make most days at 8PM EDT. Once I find a job, I'd imagine the earliest I can start is 8:30-9 EDT (which is obviously late for most East Coasters).
HOWEVER I play paper M:TG on Mondays at the pub, it's Miser Monday. Have fun, though, I'll kibitz a few matches before I head off to the bar.
Monday Australian Singleton is a weekly MTGO event that occurs on 8:00pm EST on mondays. The event is in Australian Highlander format (described below). The event is free to enter, but currently has no prizes (many player run events have bot credit as prizes and I will be emailing bot chains to see if this is something we can add in the future).
Australian Highlander is a vintage singleton 60 card format, so nothing is banned (as far as online is concerned). However, very powerful cards are limited through a points list. Your deck is allowed 7 points worth of the following cards:
4 points:
Ancestral Recall, Black Lotus
3 points:
Demonic Tutor, Imperial Seal, Sol Ring, Time Vault, Time Walk, Tinker, Vampiric Tutor, Yawgmoth’s Will.
2 points:
Channel, Library of Alexandria, Mana Crypt, Mind Twist, Mox Emerald, Mox Jet, Mox Pearl, Mox Ruby, Mox Sapphire, Mystical Tutor, Skullclamp, Strip Mine, Tolarian Academy.
1 point:
Balance, Birthing Pod, Dig Through Time, Enlightened Tutor, Fastbond, Flash, Force of Will, Gifts Ungiven, Green Sun’s Zenith, Hermit Druid, Intuition, Jace, the Mind Sculptor, Karakas, Lim-Dul’s Vault, Mana Drain, Mana Vault, Muddle the Mixture, Oath of Druids, Memory Jar, Merchant Scroll, Personal Tutor, Protean Hulk, Snapcaster Mage, Steelshaper’s Gift, Stoneforge Mystic, Survival of the Fittest, Tainted Pact, Time Spiral, Timetwister, Treasure Cruise, True-Name Nemesis, Umezawa’s Jitte, Yawgmoth’s Bargain, Wasteland, Wheel of Fortune, Worldly Tutor.
Therefore a deck may contain for example:
Ancestral recall and Demonic Tutor for a total of 7 points
Or
Balance, Stoneforge mystic, Enlightened Tutor, Mox Pearl, and Skullclamp for a total of 7 points
8-15: 3 rounds of swiss with a top 4 cut
16-19: 3 rounds of swiss with a top 8 cut
20 or more: 4 rounds of swiss with a top 8 cut
Matches will take place in the Getting Serious room.
Matches must be constructed as follows:
Format: Vintage
Watchers Allowed: Yes
2 Wins per Match
25min Clock
Labeled as "Australian Highlander Round x"
Due to the lack of filter in Mtgo we won't be able to tell if our opponent's deck is really a legal deck.
How do we overcome this issue?
Mostly, by trusting each other. But also by enforcing harsh, brutal rules against cheaters. And I'm talking about IMMEDIATE, PERMANENT BAN FROM ALL GATHERLING PLAY to whoever is caught taking advantage of the missing filter.
There are cards that search opponent’s library such as Acquire, Bribery, (Hide/)Seek and Praetor's Grasp! A quick snapshot of the screen (first enlarge the space for the library cards), and you have the proof.
MAKE SURE YOUR DECK IS LEGAL FOR THE FORMAT!!
Currently there are no prizes for this event. There is literally no incentive to cheat… please don’t ruin these events for those who enjoy them.
HOWEVER I play paper M:TG on Mondays at the pub, it's Miser Monday. Have fun, though, I'll kibitz a few matches before I head off to the bar.
We are currently on Eastern Daylight Time, which is 4 hours ahead of UTC/GMT.
The seven players in the first were
No_Outs The_Sensei Kasparadi seaandrhythm Loot_Backwards RobertZdar pkengen25
The five players in the second/final one were
seaandrhythm RobertZdar The_Sensei pkengen25 jackslagel
I have played almost ALL formats, and Highlander is the BEST format.
I have played it for 8+ years.
There are currently Two weekly tournaments in Melbourne, both small.
There are regular tournaments in at least 2 other Australian cities.
There are other resources available online.
It's awesome.