Constructed Deck

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Constructed Deck is Decipher's name, from 1999, for its standard sanctioned Star Wars CCG tournament: each player brings a Light Side and a Dark Side deck built in advance and plays both in Swiss rounds of two games. Decipher earlier called it the Decipher System (1996), Swiss (1998) and the Decipher Swiss format (1999).[1][2][3][4]

  • Type: constructed
  • Defined by: Decipher (1996)
  • Card pool: every card released by the event date; two 60-card decks, one per side
  • In use: 1996 – 2002
  • Also called: The Decipher System, Swiss Style (1996);[1] Swiss (1998);[2] the Decipher Swiss Tournament Format (May 1999);[3] Standard Constructed Deck (2001)[5][6]
  • GEMP: each historical pool is its own GEMP format; see the Decipher era pools on Formats

Card pool

Decipher did not name its constructed card pools: every released card was legal. In 1996: "Any and all cards from the Star Wars Customizable Card Game universe are allowed in play at tournaments", "A standard tournament deck consists of 60 cards", and "There is currently no limit to the number of one card that a player can have in a tournament deck." No sideboard was allowed.[1]

The May 1999 guide: "In sanctioned tournaments, of any format, there are no restrictions on any particular cards in the game. Both white border and black border cards ... are allowable for use in tournaments as soon as they are released. ... Gold border cards (if and when released) will not be allowed in sanctioned tournament play." Each player brings "two 60-card decks (one Light Side and one Dark Side)".[3]

The 2000 guide: "In sanctioned Decipher tournaments there are no restricted or banned cards, with the sole exception of the banned Star Trek CCG card, 'Raise The Stakes'. All cards, with any colored border, are allowable for use in tournaments as soon as they are released." It added: "Some thematic and scenario-based formats do limit card selection to ones that fit within that theme or scenario."[7] By late 2001 new cards were legal at once except in Championship Circuit events, where they became legal one week after release.[8]

The wiki names each period's pool after the last set it contains, from Premiere (format) to Premiere - Theed Palace; see Formats.

Event structure

A round is two games against different opponents, one with each deck. For the second game of a round the cards are split by the side just played, the highest-scoring player of one side is paired with the highest-scoring player of the other, and everyone switches decks.[1][7] Scoring is 2 victory points for a win and 0 for a loss, with the winner's remaining Life Force as differential; a game won on time scores 1 victory point.[3] The 2000 guide set 60 minutes per game and a minimum of 2 two-game rounds, recommending 3 rounds for more than 32 players.[7]

History

  • 1996: the Organizer's Guide (August 1996 release) called the sanctioned system "The Decipher System", "Swiss Style (with a twist)", with rounds of two games "to make sure all players use both decks (Galactic Empire and Rebel Alliance) equally".[1]
  • 1998: "Three Tournament formats are sanctioned: Swiss, Junior Swiss, and Sealed Deck."[2]
  • 1999: the May guide named "the Decipher Swiss format, the Decipher Junior format and the Decipher sealed deck format", "considered separate for rating purposes".[3] The June 1999 guide (TD Guide 6.99), written for all Decipher card games, renamed them "Constructed Deck, Junior, and Sealed Deck".[4] The ratings page that autumn offered Constructed Deck, Junior Constructed Deck and Sealed Deck.[9]
  • 2001: Decipher added a Year-to-date rating and Sprint ratings for "the Standard Constructed Deck" and a separate Closed Environment rating with Constructed Deck and Sealed Deck categories.[5] The ratings page then offered Constructed Deck, Sealed Deck, Closed Environment and Junior Constructed Deck.[10] Episode I Closed Environment constructed results were entered in the tournament software as "Decipher Scenario".[11]

Tournaments

No tournament on List of SWCCG tournaments is recorded in this format yet. Events are added here when their page gives this format.

See also

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Organizer's Guide (Tournament Rules System, August 1996 Release), Decipher. Preserved copy: Internet Archive.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Star Wars Customizable Card Game: Tournaments, Decipher. Preserved copy: Internet Archive.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 Tournament Guide, II. Formats, Decipher. Preserved copy: Internet Archive.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Decipher Customizable Card Group Tournament Guide (TD Guide 6.99), Decipher. Preserved copy: Internet Archive.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Additions to the 2001 Sanctioned Tournament Program, Decipher. Preserved copy: Internet Archive.
  6. ↑ New Official Rule for Jabba's Palace Sealed Deck Environment, Decipher. Preserved copy: Internet Archive.
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 Official Tournament Guide, II. Tournament Types and Formats, Decipher. Preserved copy: Internet Archive.
  8. ↑ Release Dates and Tournament Legality, Decipher. Preserved copy: Internet Archive.
  9. ↑ Star Wars CCG: Tournaments – Check Ratings, Decipher. Preserved copy: Internet Archive.
  10. ↑ Star Wars CCG: Tournaments – Check Ratings, Decipher. Preserved copy: Internet Archive.
  11. ↑ Episode I Closed Environment Tournament Format, Decipher. Preserved copy: Internet Archive.
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