The Grand Pauper Championship Season 1
Version 1.0 - 22th January 2023
(IMPORTANT: This document is part of an iteration process and can be updated with new information or changes)
The Grand Pauper Championship is a Berlin-based Magic:The Gathering Tournament series focusing on the Pauper format.
Pauper is a Magic:The Gathering constructed format where you build a deck with 60 (+15 sideboard) cards from every set it’s available in the history of Magic. The only restriction is that you are only allowed to use common cards.
The tournament series are following the ruleset of Wizards of the Coast Competetive Rules Enforcement Level. There are 6 stage tournaments followed by a Grand Final to find the pauper champion at the end of the season.
12 players can directly qualify for the Grand Final by placing 1st and 2nd in the stage tournaments. 6 additional players are qualifying via a point system (18 players in total for the grand final). These points are given to the players after every stage tournament. If a player is already taken a spot in the Grand Final over a direct invitation by placing 1st or 2nd in the stage tournaments he can’t get a second spot for the Grand Final. The Player with the next higher score will take the place.
After the regular season (6 stage tournaments) the 3 players with the most points (MVPs) will get an additional prize pool funded by the Stage Tournaments. The prize pool will be finalized after the last Stage tournament
The Prizepool is Crowdfunded by the entry fee of every attendant who will participate at the stage tournaments and split into
50% will mainly directly share to the top 8 of the state tournament
30% will go to the grand final prize pool
20% will go to the MVP Pool
The total prize pool for the grand final and MVP will be updated after every stage tournament in this document
Grand Final: 300 EUR
MVP: 200 EUR
The Grand Final and MVP prize pool will be given back 100% to players in non-cash Magic:The Gathering-related prices e.g Single Cards and booster
Every Local Gamestore is allowed to organize their prize pool by their requirements for the direct split of the stage tournament.
If you want to participate in the Grand Pauper Championship an MTGMelee or Companion Account is mandatory and you have to follow the Competetive Rules Enforcement Level by Wizards of the Coast e.g to upload a Decklist.
Every Stage Tournament player can collect points to qualify for the Grand Final and be Top 3 at the end of the staging phase
1st = 25 point + direct invite to grand final
2nd = 18 points + direct invite to grand final
3rd = 15 points
4th = 12 points
5th = 10 points
6th = 8 points
7th = 6 points
8th = 4 points
9th = 2 points
10th = 1 points
The points will be added to the players after every stage and will be added till stage 6. After the Season the points get deleted and a new ranking starts
# | Name | Results | Points | Invited |
1 | Kin Tsun | #2 #2 #2 | 54 | x |
2 | Stefan Kramm | #1 #9 #1 | 52 | x |
3 | Tobias Stoll | #4 #2 #2 #9 | 50 | x |
3 | Sebastian Sachse | #1 #1 | 50 | x |
4 | Marcel Günther | #1 #3 | 40 | x |
5 | Guillem Las Heras | #8 #4 #7 #3 | 37 | x |
6 | Vladimir Bulanov | #8 #3 #6 #6 | 35 | x |
7 | Clemens Carlowski | #6 #5 #4 | 30 | x |
8 | Raoul Behnert | #2 #3 | 33 | x |
9 | Stefan Huehr | #6 #4 #5 | 30 | x |
10 | Louis Grensing | #1 | 25 | x |
11 | Gau Nunez | #8 #3 #10 | 20 | x |
12 | Elias Pohlabel | #5 #6 | 18 | x |
12 | Gerard Valdivia | #7#4 | 18 | x |
13 | Devin Saum | #5 #7 | 16 | x |
14 | Antonio Rosado | #3 | 15 | |
15 | Robin Nordsiek | #10 #4 | 13 | x |
16 | Valentin Heller | #6 #8 | 12 | |
16 | Lucas Rehfeld | #9 #5 | 12 | |
17 | Phllip M | #7 | 6 | |
18 | Ceddi G | #7 | 6 | |
19 | Antek K | #7 | 6 | |
20 | Jens Weutzing | #5 -5 Points suspension | 5 | |
21 | Phillip Degen | #8 | 4 | |
22 | Milan Nero | #8 | 4 | |
23 | Raphael Montermann | #9 | 2 | |
23 | Nils Berg | #9 | 2 | |
24 | Sönke Brendel | #10 | 1 | |
24 | Antonia XY | #10 | 1 | |
24 | Carl Perks | #10 | 1 | |
24 | Oscar v. G | #10 | 1 | |
The Stage Tournaments are a monthly event hosted by different Local Game Stores in Berlin to find the best pauper players for the Grand Final.
Entry fee: 10 Euros per player
Players Cap: limited by the local game store
Dates: Every first or second weekend in a month (dates can be changed) Starting time TBA
Where: See Stage Tournament table
Tournament System: Swiss +1 (for example with 16-32 players we will play 5 rounds + 1 extra round)
Prices: Top 8 finish, direct invites to the grand final, and points for the ranking system
Stage Tournaments
# | Local Game Store | Players | When? |
1 | Spiel Film Musik | 16 | 10th September 2022 (DONE) |
2 | Weltentaverne | 22 | 2nd October 2022 12.00 CET |
3 | Weltentaverne | 25 | 6th November 2022 12.30 CET |
4 | Spiel Film Musik | 19 | 10th December 2022 11.00 CET |
5 | Spiel Film Musik | 17 | 18th February 2023 11.00 CET |
6 | Spiel Film Musik |
In the Grand Final, the best 16 players are fighting for the title of the season champion
Entry fee: 0 Euro
Players Cap: 12 spots via direct invite + 4 spots via a ranking system
Dates: Last week of February 2023
Where: To be announced
Tournament System: 5 Rounds of Swiss + Top 8 Double Elimination
Prices: At least 30% from the funded entry fee of the stage tournaments split between all 16 players + a challenge cup for the first place
# | Name | Qualified |
1 | Stefan Kramm | Stage #1 1st (Direct Invite) |
2 | Raoul Behnert | Stage #1 2nd (Direct Invite) |
3 | Marcel Günther | Stage #2 1st (Direct Invite) |
4 | Tobias Stoll | Stage #2 2nd (Direct Invite) |
5 | Gau Nunez | Stage #3 1st (Direct Invite) |
6 | Robin Nordsiek | Stage #3 2nd (Direct Invite) |
7 | Louis Grensing | Stage #4 1st (Direct Invite) |
8 | Kin Tsun | Stage #4 2nd (Direct Invite) |
9 | Sebastian Sachse | Stage #5 1st (Direct Invite) |
10 | Guillem Las Heras | Stage #5 2nd (Direct Invite) |
11 | Clemens Carlowski | Stage #6 1st (Direct Invite) |
12 | Stefan Huehr | Stage #6 2nd (Direct Invite) |
13 | Vladimir Bulanov | #1 Ranking |
14 | Elias Pohlabel | #2 Ranking |
15 | Gerard Valdivia | #3 Ranking |
16 | Devin Saum | #4 Ranking |
Jens Weutzing is suspend for stage 4 and lose 5 points in the ranking - Reason: Harassment and toxic behavior.