Progenitor’s Gambit — Des Moines (USA)

Location: Bash DSM
*Free shuttles to and from any downtown Des Moines hotel
Address: 1312 Locust St #101, Des Moines, IA 50309

Format: Constructed + Draft Mixed Format
Event Type: Progenitor’s Gambit (National Event)

Schedule

Friday

• Registration: 1:00-8:00 PM

• Side Events 1:00-6:00 PM (by demand)

• Social 6:00-8:00 PM

Saturday

• Registration & Check-In: 9:00 AM

• Player Meeting: 9:45 AM

• Round 1 Start: 10:00 AM

  • Swiss Rounds - Constructed & Draft

• Side Events: 11:00am start (by demand)

• Social & Presentation & Free Pizza: ~6:30pm

Sunday

• Top Cut Start: 10:00 AM

• Side Events Start: 11:00 AM (by demand)

• Finals + Awards to follow

Event Card

Marcus, Ghost of the Gambit

• Starts each game in play for each player

• Not part of deck construction

• Provided to all players

Contender Bounties

The highest-finishing player piloting each Contender earns:

• $100 Cash

• Textless Counter Bounty Prize Card

Bounty Contenders:

• Torque, the Diabolical

• Shadowblade, Agent of the Shadows

• Entropy, the Progenitor of Chaos

• Iron Piston, Steampunk Defender

• Valen Solariel, Healer of Eldralore

• Shadowlight, Bright Beacon / Dark Absence (Des Moines only)

Event Prizing

Champion Prize Card: Absence, Shadow Incarnate
Top 8 Prize Card: Overflowing Vitality
Champion Playmat + Top 8 Playmat + Championship Belt

Constructed Tournament Prizing

1st

• $1,000 + 50,000 XP

• Championship Belt

• Champion Playmat

• Champion Prize Card

• Top 8 Playmat + Prize Card

• World Championships Qualification

• Event Card

• Help create an Alpha Clash card

• XPN Achievement

2nd

• $500 + 15,000 XP

• Top 8 Playmat + Prize Card

• Event Card

• World Championships Qualification

• XPN Achievement

3rd–4th

• $250 + 5,000 XP

• Top 8 Playmat + Prize Card

• Event Card

• World Championships Qualification

• XPN Achievement

5th–8th

• $100 + 2,500 XP

• Top 8 Playmat + Prize Card

• Event Card

• World Championships Qualification

• XPN Achievement

9th–16th

• 2,500 XP

• Event Card

17th+

• Event Card

33rd+

• Event Participant Card Pack

• Contender Participant Card Pack

Side Events Friday-Sunday (By Demand)

PvE – The Vault Trials

• Entry: $10

• Each participant gets 3x Spoils Booster Packs

• Winning Teams get 2x Spoils Booster Packs
  

Sealed (4 players)

• Entry: $25

• Each participant gets 8x packs to build a 50-card deck + sideboard

• Round Robin or Gambit: Winner gets 3x Booster Packs; 2 nd place gets 2x Booster Packs

Draft (4-8 players)

• Entry: $15

• Each participant gets 4x packs to build a 40-card deck + sideboard

• Round Robin or Gambit: Winner gets 3x Booster Packs; 2 nd place gets 2x Booster Packs