Pro Quest Season 5 FAQs - Localized Versions
The path to Pro Tour: Amsterdam starts in your store, with Pro Quest Season 5!
Pro Quest Season 5 provides players with a direct qualification into Pro Tour: Amsterdam and the chance to win elite prizes in all our supported territories.
What are Pro Quest events?
Pro Quest provides players with a qualification to Pro Tour Amsterdam and the chance to win exclusive prizes. Over 400 stores have been invited to take part.
What format is Pro Quest Season 5?
Pro Quest Season 5 events will all use the Classic Constructed format.
Entry Fee?
Stores can charge up to USD35 / EUR35 / GBP35 / CAD50 / AUD50 / NZD50 entry or local currency equivalent.*
* If it's normal in the territory for sales tax to be applied to the marketed price at the point of purchase, sales tax may be charged in addition to the prices stated here. For events in Japan please refer to the Japanese FAQ linked below.
Can I add prizes to the prize pool?
Stores are welcome to add additional participation or performance-based prizes to their Pro Quest events.
Season Dates
What are the season dates and when can I sanction the event?
Pro Quest Season 5 will run from Saturday 13th April to Sunday 5th of May 2024. Events can be sanctioned now!
Is there any flexibility on the event dates?
Events must be run in this window. If stores cannot run the event during this time the event MUST be cancelled and the Prize Kit MUST be returned to your distributor.
How will I know if my store is selected for Pro Quest Season 5?
Stores will receive an email invitation to notify that the option for Pro Quest Season 5 2024 will appear in GEM when creating a new event.
Event Structure
Is there a minimum number of players to run this event?
Pro Quest events need a minimum of 8 players to run. If an event runs with less than eight players it will not provide any invites and the store will lose the right to host an event of this level in the future.
Is there a maximum number of players?
Pro Quest events are very popular event series and frequently attract a high number of players. Stores may set an attendance cap for their Pro Quest events in line with their store's capacity and staffing capabilities, however, you may wish to consider an external venue if your store has the capacity for less than 32 players.
If your event does have an attendance cap then we encourage you to have a clearly communicated pre-registration process to reduce the risk of player disappointment.
Classic Constructed Event Structure
| Players | Swiss Rounds | Top Cut |
|---|---|---|
| 8 | 3 | None |
| 9-16 | 4 | Top 8 |
| 17-32 | 5 | Top 8 |
| 33-64 | 6 | Top 8 |
| 65-128 | 7 | Top 8 |
How long should I budget for my Pro Quest event?
For Classic Constructed Pro Quest events, we recommend 55-minute rounds. This allows players up to 5 minutes to present their decks and at least 50 minutes to play their match.
Pro Quest Prizes and Distribution
How is the prize kit going to be distributed?
The Prize kit will be supplied by your distributor. Distributors will be notified of participating stores once the event sanctioning window has closed.
What are the prizes?
The prizes for this event are as follows:
| Prize | Distribution |
|---|---|
| 1x Random Drop Gold Cold Foil Card (Common or Rare or Majestic) |
Stores can NOT open the Random Drop Gold Cold Foil. 1st place winner to be awarded sealed black envelope at the conclusion of top 8. Winner may choose to open it or keep sealed. The envelope contains a random PCG 9 or better Common, Rare, or Majestic Gold Cold Foil Prize Card. |
| 8x Rainbow Foil Hero Promo Cards, including Kayo, Armed and Dangerous; Betsy, Skin in the Game; and Kassai of the Golden Sands | To be given out randomly to the top 8 players at the conclusion of swiss rounds. The distribution of the individual promo cards will vary between kits. |
| 2x Playmats | To be awarded to the 1st and 2nd placed players. |
| 1x Pro Tour: Amsterdam Invitation |
There is no physical Pro Tour invitation. Completing your event in GEM will provide LSS with the winner's details and therefore qualify that player for Pro Tour: Amsterdam. The Pro Tour invite is awarded to the winner of each event (or the losing finalist if the winner has already qualified via another in-store Pro Quest event). |
| 1x Judge Pack | Handed out to the head judge once the event has concluded. |
| 1x Judge Sleeves - Themai | Handed out to the floor judge once the event has concluded. |
Judge Support
The following is provided to reward your Head Judge:
- 1x Judge Pack (Either Season 3 or Season 4)
The following is provided to up to one Floor Judge, if any, otherwise to the Head Judge:
- 1x Judge Sleeves - Themai
The judge support must be provided to your judge team only. It is not allowed to be used as door or spot prizes for the players or given to non-Judge staff members. Judge Support is not allowed to be used as compensation.
LSS provides this Judge Support to reward judges for their skills and dedication shown towards the game and is not allowed to be used to replace any compensation they would otherwise receive for working a Pro Quest event.
Rules Enforcement, Judges and Decklists
Are decklists required?
Yes ! Decklists are mandatory for these events, you can find the Deck Registration Sheets here.
What level of rules enforcement is Pro Quest run at?
This event is run at a Competitive rules enforcement level.
Will I need a Judge for this event?
Pro Quest events MUST have a Level 1 or higher judge as head judge. The judge program has qualified over 1500+ Level 1+ judges up to date.
How do find a judge for my event?
If you are not already in touch with a judge in your community, you have the following options available after signing up on JudgeHub.
You can search for Judge near you via the search function or via the map function, and a direct message function is available to message them. Additionally, the Judge community is organized in regions.
Each region has a Judge Community Representative who is a contact point for the Judges in each region and can also be contacted by organizers to find local judges for their events.
One more option is to make an event on JudgeHub to have Judges apply, a guide to this and more functions can be found here.
You may reach out to a potential judge before selecting your event date, to make scheduling easier.
Digital Assets and Marketing
Where do I find digital assets for social media?
There is a page of digital assets for social media and printable posters can be found here.
Other Questions
Can I run this event at a location that is not my store?
Pro Quest events can be run at alternate locations. However, location information needs to be entered in the event description in GEM when you create the event.
Can store staff play in these events?
The TO and judges for the event cannot play. Store staff that are not involved in the administration of the event are allowed.
Additionally, the TO is not allowed to be a judge in the event.
Coverage
Events such as Pro Quest also give you the opportunity to share your store and local community with our team and the wider Flesh and Blood community. We invite all stores hosting Pro Quest events to fill out the Pro Quest Season 5 Coverage Form to provide us with coverage information for your event. This is in addition to the hero data and results which are collected via GEM and the Hero Assignment feature.
We're primarily looking for:
Winner and Finalist decklists, photo of the Winner and Top 8, general event photos, metagame breakdowns, stories of players, matches, or the day.
Please note we cannot feature every store that provides coverage information, but we greatly appreciate any information stores can provide for our coverage pieces. We look forward to hearing your stories! If you have any questions about the form or want to submit additional information, please email the team at coverage@fabtcg.com.
I still need help! Who can I reach out to?
Email the team at op@fabtcg.com, and an account manager will be in contact with you.