Tournament Rules Update

We got updated tournament rules and it includes information on player / round minimums, details on intentional draws and more. Here are the differences!

The Tournament Rule document in the Disney Lorcana resource page has been updated.

The updated document lists an effective date of October 3rd and it includes a number of changes including wording choices and some additional information for player minimums, round minimums and intentional draws. Here are the main additions to note for the Tournament Rules.

3.1 Player Minimums

A tournament must have a minimum of eight players to be considered an official Disney Lorcana TCG tournament. If at least eight people are not present and ready to participate, the tournament is no longer officially sanctioned by Ravensburger and should be reported as Canceled.

3.2 Round Minimums

At least three rounds must be played for a tournament to be considered an official Disney Lorcana TCG tournament. If at least three rounds are not played, the tournament is no longer officially sanctioned by Ravensburger and should be reported as Canceled. For a better player experience, tournaments with more players have more rounds. The recommended number of rounds to be played based on the number of players in the first round are as follows:

Players	Swiss Rounds	Playoff Format
8	3 Single-Elimination Rounds	None
9-16	4 for Limited tournament with Booster Draft Playoff 5 for Core Constructed	Top 8 Booster Draft (If Limited) Top 4 (If Core Constructed)
17-32	5	Top 8
33-64	6	Top 8
65-128	7	Top 8
129-256*	8	Top 8

3.5 Concessions and Intentional Draws

Players may not ask their opponents to concede a game. Players may not implicitly or explicitly, offer or accept any sort of incentive for their opponent to concede a game reward or consideration in exchange for a concession. Players provided such an offer are required to call a judge and report the offer.

Prior to the end of a match, players may agree to draw the match. A player may only request an intentional draw once per match, and may not implicitly or explicitly offer any reward or consideration in exchange for a draw. Players provided such an offer are required to call a judge and report the offer.

3.8 Dropping from a Tournament

If a player drops during a Limited tournament, they keep all cards correctly in their possession at that moment provided to them to by the tournament organizer to participate in the event. This includes opened and partially drafted booster packs.

6.4 Draft

The minimum number of boosters to be provided for Draft tournaments is four packs per player, from the set(s) of the tournament organizer’s choice. Each player begins with the same number of boosters from each set selected.

Players are seated into random groups of people, these groups are called pods. The number of people in each pod is at the discretion of the head judge, although these guidelines should usually be followed:

• Each pod should have as close to eight players as possible
• No pod should have five or fewer players
• There should be no more than one pod with an uneven number of players.

Following these guidelines, here are the recommended pod sizes for smaller tournaments:

# of Players	Pods
6-11	1 pod
12-14	1 pod of 6 1 pod of 6 to 8
15-17	1 pod of 8*
18	3 pods of 6
19-20	2 pods of 6 1 pod of 7 or 8
21	Pod of 6 Pod of 7 Pod of 8
22	Pod of 6 2 pods of 8
23	Pod of 7 2 pods of 8