Taiwan National Champs 2020

Format: Classic Constructed

Entry: By invitation. There is no entry fee to participate.

Date: Saturday 17th October 2020

Time: 9:00 am doors open, 10.00am player meeting (deck lists collected during the player meeting)

Venue: Taoyuan Women Center, Room 302, No.147, Yen Pin Rd., Taoyuan Dist., Taoyuan City

Invitations & Eligibility

Players are eligible to participate in one National Championship per year, and only in the country of their primary place of residence.

An invitation is required to participate at a National Championship. 64 players will be invited to the Taiwan National Champs through:

  • Road to Nationals top 8 invitations
  • 90-day XP leaderboard as of September 7th, being the top N previously uninvited players, where N is 64 minus the number of players who have received an invitation through Road to Nationals.

In addition to the 64 invitations awarded above, a previously uninvited player may redeem a Professional Tournament Invitation (Top 8 from The Calling), by notifying op@fabtcg.com no later than 5.00pm NZT, Friday October 9th.

Prizes

Champion $80,000NTD
National Champion Trophy
Gold Legendary prize card*
Top 8 playmat
PTI (Professional Tournament Invitation)
Finalist $30,000NTD
Gold Legendary prize card*
Top 8 playmat
PTI (Professional Tournament Invitation)
Semi-finalist $10,000NTD
Gold Legendary prize card*
Top 8 playmat
PTI (Professional Tournament Invitation)
Quarter-finalist $5000NTD
Gold Legendary prize card*
Top 8 playmat
PTI (Professional Tournament Invitation)
Participation Cold Foil Hero Card
National Champs participation gift

*8 different Gold Legendary prize cards will be up for grabs. The highest ranked player after swiss will choose first from among them, followed by second ranked after swiss and so on.

Tournament Structure & Side Events

National Champs

6 rounds of swiss with cut to top 8 single elimination.

  • Swiss rounds are 50 + 5 minute rounds.
  • Swiss round matches are best of 1.
  • Top 8 matches are un-timed (players are expected to play at a reasonable pace).
  • Top 8 matches are best of 1.
  • For each Top 8 match, the player that finished higher in the swiss rounds chooses to play first or second.

A player must use the same classic constructed deck for all swiss and top 8 matches.