Index -> Interface -> Tournaments Lobby -> Understanding the Tournament Information

Each row in the Tournament Queues list gives information on an available tournament before it begins. Any tournament listed in the Started Tournament list is a tournament that has already begun and contains information on the tournament in progress. You cannot join tournaments in progress, but you may join any waiting queue if you meet its entry requirements.

The columns of each tournament detail the following information:

#: This is the number of the queue or the tournament. Though a waiting queue has one number, a different number will be assigned once the tournament begins. (For example: if eight players joined queue 13, a tournament numbered 392 might kick off. Queue 13 would then empty, and could be filled up by new players.)

Title: This is the name of the Tournament. It includes the Type, Structure, and Style (such as Single Elimination Booster Draft Match Play (2-3)).

Status: This is the current status of this tournament. All tournament queues are shown as Waiting, while currently running tournaments show the round being played.

Cur #: This is the current number of players either waiting in the queue or playing in the tournament.

Max #: This is the maximum number of players in the tournament. A scheduled tournament starts whenever the administrator decides (and can go over this maximum number). On-demand tournaments start as soon as the Max # of players has been reached.

Rounds: This is the number of rounds in a tournament. Each round will last until all players have resolved their matches or until the time limit has expired -- whichever happens first.

Time: This is the maximum amount of time (in minutes) for each round in the tournament. The total time for a tournament may be as long as this length multiplied by the number of rounds.

K: The K-value is the weight a tournament will have on your Player Rating. A higher K-value means bigger stakes and larger swings in your rating with each win or loss.

Pack Pool: This is the set from which reward booster packs will be drawn.

Reward Structure: This is the distribution of rewards for this tournament. (For example: if this column shows 5-4-3-2-1* for an eight-player tournament, the winner receives five booster packs of the kind listed in the Pack Pool column (plus a random foil card), second place receives four packs, third receives three, fourth receives two, and all other players receive one. In large-scale tournaments, you might see two or more asterisks in the Reward Structure column -- such as 8-6-5-4-2*-1*. This usually will mean that the 2* is either the "rest of the top half" of players in the tournament, or some other similar structure. The final 1* would be the rest of all players. You can always reference the Events Calendar for more details.

Structure: This is the tournament structure. Queue tournaments can be Single Elimination or Swiss. (In a Swiss tournament, there are no eliminations; each player plays each round. The winner of a game is awarded 3 tournament points; the loser is awarded 1 point. In each new round, players are paired with opponents they have not yet faced in the tournament, in descending order according to the tournament points they've earned. The winner of the tournament is the person with the most tournament points at the end of all rounds.)