The Gauntlet: Dual Formats

The Gauntlet: Dual Formats is a Star Wars CCG event format that starts as a constructed tournament and finishes with a sealed-deck event for the top eight. Decipher ran it as a sanctioned side event at DecipherCon 1999 for Star Wars CCG, Star Trek CCG and Young Jedi.

• Type: constructed, then sealed deck
• Defined by: Decipher (1999)
• Card pool: the normal constructed pool; then one Official Tournament Sealed Deck per finalist
• In use: 1999 (DecipherCon 1999)
• Also called: The Gauntlet Dual Format (Decipher's score sheet title on DecipherCon 1999 Gauntlet)
• GEMP: none

Card pool

Decipher's description: "All players bring standard constructed decks and compete as normal in a 4 game constructed tournament. At the end of those four rounds, the top 8 players progress into a special 3 game sealed deck event where they try to prove that it's player skill that makes them great, not just good decks!"

• Players bring standard constructed decks.
• Four constructed games with normal pairing and standard rules.
• The top 8 then play a 3-game sealed-deck final; "The Sealed Deck Format will be OTSD of 3 games duration", that is, the Enhanced Format Sealed Deck with the Official Tournament Sealed Deck.
• It was sanctioned: constructed games counted toward constructed ratings and the top 8's sealed games toward sealed ratings. Free entry.

History

DecipherCon 1999 scheduled the Star Wars Gauntlet (SW.30) on Thursday 11 November, 2–10 p.m., and Saturday 13 November, 9 p.m.–5 a.m. Results are on DecipherCon 1999 Gauntlet.

Tournaments

1 tournament on List of SWCCG tournaments used this format, newest first.

Tag	Event	Dates	Site	Winner
1999-11	DecipherCon 1999 Gauntlet	11 November 1999	Cavalier Hotel, Virginia Beach, Virginia	Matt Lush

See also

• Formats
• Enhanced Format Sealed Deck
• No Such Thing As Luck
• DecipherCon 1999