Battle Hardened: Pittsburgh

The Pittsburgh Flesh and Blood community has seen “Explosive Growth” and to celebrate we’re bringing a Battle Hardened to the city of bridges! Test your skill in this thrilling tournament and compete for a Gold Foil, PTI and your share of $2000 USD.

From May 27-28, you can join the action starting on Saturday with the Classic Constructed Pittsburgh Brawl, leading into a Super Armory nightcap at the Speakeasy, and ending the weekend with an Outsiders Sealed Deck Battle Hardened tournament on Sunday. The Realm Games is hosting this special weekend event as part of their Brawl series, which additionally confers invites to their independent tournament circuit, culminating with The Realm Games Invitational, coming later this year.

To see more information about the event stream, various side events Realm Games are hosting, and more, you can check out their website here.


Quick Details

Date: Saturday May 27th - Sunday May 28th
Venue: David L. Lawrence Convention Center, 1000 Fort Duquesne Blvd, Pittsburgh, PA 15222
Registration: https://realmgames.myshopify.com/pages/pittsburgh-brawl-with-greentree-sportscards
Hosted by: The Realm Games with Greentree Sports Cards


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Pittsburgh Brawl - Saturday May 27th

Event Details

Date: May 27, 2023
Format: Classic Constructed
Entry Fee: $65 USD (Or $55 if registered before May 4th, 2023)
Eligibility: Open-entry (no invitation required)
Rules Enforcement Level (REL): Competitive
Registration: Tickets available here
Venue: David L. Lawrence Convention Center, 1000 Fort Duquesne Blvd, Pittsburgh, PA 15222
Time:

  • 8:00 am - Doors open
  • 9:00 am - Player meeting
  • 9:30 am - Round 1 begins

This event is open-entry (anyone is welcome to play!)

Prizes

Place Prizes Realm Qualifying Points
1st $2000 USD + PTI + Random Drop Gold Cold Foil Legendary + Blackwing Studio Tokens Realm Invite
2nd $1000 USD + Blackwing Studio Tokens Realm Invite
3rd-4th $400 USD + Blackwing Studio Tokens Realm Invite
5th-8th $150 USD + Blackwing Studio Tokens 50 RQPs
9th-16th $75 USD 40 RQPs
17th-32nd 30 RQPs
33rd-64th 20 RQPs
65th+ 5 RQPs

Legend Story Studios has supplied the Professional Tournament Invitation (PTI) as well as the Random Drop Gold Cold Foil Legendary Prize card for the winner of this event. All other prizes, realm qualifying points, and realm invites, are awarded and administered by The Realm Games.

Super Armory - Saturday May 27th

The weekend continues with a Super Armory event. Normally, an Armory Kit is provided to stores to support a full month of in-store events, but at a Super Armory, the full contents of a kit are used for one single event, meaning that all Top 8 players get prizes, instead of just the winner! The prizes for this event include Cold Foil Promos and official Flesh and Blood playmats.

Event Details

Format: Blitz Constructed
Entry Fee: $10 USD
Venue: Speakeasy TBD
Registration: Speakeasy TBD
Prizes: Armory Kit prizes
Time: 6:30pm


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Battle Hardened - Sunday May 28th

The path to the biggest stage in Flesh and Blood TCG Organized Play begins with a Professional Tournament Invitation (PTI), and one of the best places to secure these prized assets is Battle Hardened.

Players will have the opportunity to battle it out for their share of $2,000 USD in cash prizes, exclusive Battle Hardened series playmats to the Top 8, a Golden Cold Foil Legendary card to the Champion, and coveted Professional Tournament Invites (PTIs) to both the winner and runner-up.

PTIs can be used to enter any Professional level tournament (including Pro Tours and the World Championship) and do not expire, whereas invitations from the in-store ProQuest series are only valid for their associated Pro Tour event.

Event Details

Date: May 28, 2023
Format: Sealed Deck
Entry Fee: $65 USD (Or $55 if registered before May 4th, 2023)
Eligibility: Open-entry (no invitation required)
Rules Enforcement Level (REL): Competitive
Registration: https://realmgames.myshopify.com/pages/pittsburgh-brawl-with-greentree-sportscards
Venue: David L. Lawrence Convention Center, 1000 Fort Duquesne Blvd, Pittsburgh, PA 15222
Time:

  • 8:00 am - Doors open
  • 10:15 am - Player meeting
  • 10:30 am - Card Pool Registration and Deck Construction
  • 12:00 pm - Round 1

Decklists are required and will be collected before Round 1 begins.

Swiss Rounds

  • Swiss rounds are best-of-one.
  • Swiss rounds are 30 + 5 minutes in duration. (50 + 5 means there are 5 minutes allocated for the start of game procedure. Players must have presented their deck and revealed their equipment and weapons within this 5 minute window. If both players complete the start of game procedure in less than 5 minutes, they may begin playing their match immediately.)
  • The number of rounds of Swiss is determined by the number of players at the beginning of round 1.
Number of players Rounds of Swiss
Up to 64 6
65 to 128 7
129 to 226 8
227 to 409 9
410+ 10

Top 8

Top 8 playoff matches will have no time limit. (Players are still expected to play at a normal pace and complete playoff matches in a reasonable amount of time.)

In the Top 8, the player that finished higher in the Standings during the Swiss rounds chooses either to play first or second

Prizes

1st USD500 + Random Drop Gold Cold Foil Legendary + PTI + Battle Hardened Series Exclusive Playmat
2nd USD500 + PTI + Battle Hardened Series Exclusive Playmat
3rd-4th USD250 + Battle Hardened Series Exclusive Playmat
5th-8th USD125 + Battle Hardened Series Exclusive Playmat