At this point, you are feeling really good about your deck. You’re beating most of your competition in the Tournament Practice (Match) ques, and winning some event tickets doesn’t sound like a bad idea.
As you look at the daily events and all of the other tournaments, one thing may come to mind: there sure are a lot. Here is the order I would play tournaments in:
The format in the parenthesis is (Wins-Losses).
QP = Qualifier Points
Qualifier points are very important if you want to become the Magic Online Champion. You will be qualified to enter the End-of-Season Championship once you earn 15 points. One bye will be awarded once you earn more than 24 Qualifier points. If you have a bye, you don’t play that round and are automatically awarded a win for that round. When you have multiple byes, then you will win that many rounds in a row starting from the first round.
| QPs | Benefit |
| 15-24 | Qualified for End-of-Season Championship |
| 25-34 | Qualified for End-of-Season Championship with one awarded bye |
| 35-44 | Qualified for End-of-Season Championship with two awarded byes |
| 45+ | Qualified for End-of-Season Championship with three awarded byes |
Now, I did recommend pauper and it is a great place to start. If you win a lot of Pauper tournaments, then you can use your winnings to make a deck for the standard format.
I would recommend Standard for one huge reason: popularity. While that may not seem important, try joining a que for any format besides standard. If you join a standard 2-Player que, it won’t take more then a minute before someone else joins and a match starts. But try joining any other 2-Player que and it can take 5 minutes or more before someone else joins. This becomes a big problem if you are eager to win event tickets and you are not even able to start games quickly.
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