Stronghold Precon Project

WoTC, Classic Quarter and PureMTGO have teamed up to bring you another Precon Project!

Like the Tempest Precon Project, you'll be required to build and name a deck - but this time, the prizes are even bigger!

The deck should be competitive but focus on fun. This means that creative and interesting decks are more likely to win then decks that just cram in as many tournament staples as they can. Wizards of the Coast will make its decision based on the deck that it believes embraces this mantra the best.

A PreCon based on this one card...
the possibilities are huge!

The Timeline:

Deck building contest: All decks must be submitted by Monday, March 2nd at 9:00AM PST. Any decks submitted after that will not be considered. The winning deck will be announced no later than Thursday, March 5th.

Deck naming contest: After the winning deck is announced, all deck names must be submitted by Monday, March 9th at 9:00AM PST. The winner will be announced by Friday, March 13.

Prizes for each contest will be delivered when Stronghold releases.

The Rules:

Rare Deck

  • The deck must be exactly 60 cards
  • The deck must be exactly 2 colors.
  • The deck cannot be G/R, B/W, U/R since these are the color combinations of the existing Stronghold theme decks
  • The deck may contain up to 5 total rares with the following limitations:
    • 1 rare must be Volrath’s Laboratory
    • Only 1 copy of each rare
    • Only 1 rare may be from the Tempest set
    • Only 1 rare in this deck can be included in any other Tempest or Stronghold theme deck (player created or otherwise)
  • The deck may not include more than 3 copies of any given card (excluding basic lands, of course)
  • The deck may only include 5 cards that have more than 2 copies
  • The deck may not contain more than 15 total copies of cards from Tempest (excluding basic lands, of course)

How To:

Submit your decklist through our deck database: In order to use our deck database, you must have a forum login (with an email address filled out in the appropriate section). The key here is to select from the tournament dropdown the "Stronghold Precon Project". This will hide your deck from view from anyone, so that they can't see your submissions.

To submit a name and only a name, send a private message to the forum user: SPP_Naming_Contest through our forums with the subject SPP Submission. This user is controlled by me (Dangerlinto).

Prizes:

Deck Naming:
4 Copies of the Deck
1 standard set of Stronghold
1 standard Tempest Release Card
1 standard Stronghold Release Card

Deck Creation:
4 Copies of the Deck
1 premium foil set of Stronghold
1 premium foil Tempest Release Card
1 Premium foil Stronghold Release Card

Regulations:

  • The winners will need to provide their name, email, and Magic Online user name to validate their Magic Online accounts before receiving their prizes. Employees of Hasbro, Wizards of the Coast, and the hosting sites are not eligible to win.
  • Because you must be able to use the forums to submit the name in a Private Message, you must register in the forums to enter the contest. If you do not use your MTGO user name as your forum name, make sure you also enter your MTGO user name in the field provided or you will not be able to claim your prize.
  • There is no upper limit on the characters you can use for the name, but having a look at the other Theme Decks from Tempest should give you an idea about what looks nice on a box, and fits well in advertisements. So "The Really Cool Deck That Abuses Tribal Themes" is probably not going to cut it based solely on it's length (never mind how lame it is)
  • Wizards of the Coast will choose the winners based on the lists, and it is at their sole discretion.
  • Obviously foul or abusive words will not be considered for the name, but they may gain you a warning or banning from the CQ site at the discretion of the administrator.
  • The administrator of the the CQ site (Dangerlinto) and employees of Wizards of the Coast are ineligible for the contest. Entrants are not restricted by location.
  • Wizards of the Coast will choose the winners based on the list, and it is at their sole discretion.

That's it! There is also a sister contest being run by our good friends on PureMTGO, so check that out as well.

So get your creative juices flowing, your thinking cap on, and good luck to all!