NYCYDC - HAT Format Tournament

Ladies and Gentlemen,

I am excited to announce our newest closed-door HAT Format TOURNAMENT!

Hat Format, also known as NAWCQ 2014 features the booster sets Dragons of Legend and Primal Origins as the last official releases. It is widely considered to be one of the most diverse formats in Yugioh’s history with over 30 viable decks. The format is truly one that is based on skill. There are strong decks, but the ultimate winner is the one who will outplay their opponent.

This tournament is for CLUB MEMBERS ONLY and your price of entry is an official HAT-legal deck that you own.

You will all be vying to win one or more of my 4 Judge Mats (pictured above).

Please note the following:

No guests are allowed entry to this tournament, with the exception of regular guests who have attended more than 5 Meetups in the past 3 months and have been approved by the TO of the event. Guests of Members are more than welcome to watch.

Tournament will start promptly at 3pm to leave time for 4 rounds of Swiss and a cut to top 4!

BANLIST:

Please note the Hat format Banlist can be found here:

https://www.hatformat.com/banlist.html

Please make sure your deck has no non-conforming cards. Review the banlist. If the card came out after the Realm of Light structure deck, it is BANNED. I will be more lenient, first strike is a WARNING, and the card will be set aside. You will not receive a replacement draw and will LOSE that card. The second strike is a GAME LOSS.

Number 106: Giant Hand is BANNED. These cards were prize cards owned by only a few players and therefore were NOT widely played. There is only one exception to this rule: you own a YCSW (Yugioh Championship Series) print of this card. If you truly go that far out of your way to acquire one, I will let you run it.

The tournament will be run in Master Rule 2. The rules are below:

RULES:

First Turn Draw.

One Field Spell active at a time. If a new Field Spell is activated while one exists on board, the existing Field Spell is destroyed without starting a chain. Activating a Field Spell starts a chain. If MST is chained to the newly activated Field Spell, the existing Field Spell stays. A Field Spell set does not destroy an existing Field Spell

Matches are 40 Minutes, but I might make them 50 minutes depending on player preference.

NO EXTRA MONSTER ZONE

Extra deck may contain Fusions, Synchros, XYZ only!

Tournaments will be Swiss Rounds followed by a Single Elimination Top Cut, likely to 4 players.

Finals will be best 2 of 3 or 3 of 5, depending on the finalists’ preference.

Please note that there will be some new stuff for those who did not make Top Cut to get into (if interested). I’ll be putting up some more awesome Judge Prizing for all interested in participating!

MASTER RULE 2 END OF MATCH PROCEDURE:

I do not like Time Rules, so I prefer to have matches play out. It will be my decision on a case-by-case basis whether to institute End of Match procedure. I will give a buffer of time before we move to EOM so players will be made aware before it happens.

Contrary to Advanced Format, matches are 40 minutes. When time is called, the rules will progress as follows:

Current player completes turn:
Play continues for an additional 5 turns. Highest life points WINS
If life points are equal, the duel is a DRAW
If game wins are equal, the match is a DRAW
A duel begins only when a hand is drawn, not after Side-Decking or presenting your deck.
Players may not intentionally DRAW