Système de tournoi inédit pour les Prereleases Dark Ascension

There is one little extra twist even after all the cards are out there, though—are you ready for a battle for survival, to see who can Command the Night?

The Dark Ascension Prerelease has more surprises than just the new cards (although if that were all there was it would be plenty). In addition to all the new vampires, werewolves, zombies, and spirits roaming Innistrad, a host of these monsters will be unleashed at each and every Prerelease. You might not be one at the start, but by the end, they will be everywhere.

That's right, the fight between the various creatures of the night and the forces of the humans will be amped up at your local Prerelease in a whole new way, thanks to the monster hunts running throughout the main event. Every Prerelease will have some number of people designated as a vampire, werewolf, zombie, or spirit at the start of the event. The exact numbers will vary depending on how big your Prerelease is, but no Prerelease will be entirely safe. Each round, the monsters will be looking to convert more humans to their cause. If at the start of the event you are still a human, then every round you play against a monster (designated by some flashy stickers) you will be fighting to protect your humanity.

Any time a monster defeats a human in a Prerelease match, the monster will convert the human to his or her cause. That means that while there might only be one vampire in the room at the start of Round 1, by Round 2 there could be two, by Round 3 there could be four, and by Round 4 there could be eight—assuming the vampires keep playing against humans and winning. Once you are a monster, your one objective is to win matches against humans to get more people on your team. If a werewolf fights a vampire, or a spirit fights a zombie, nobody is getting converted, though there will still be the same bragging rights and individual prizes for success as normal. At the end of each Prerelease, though, there will be one team with the most players—either monster or human. Whichever has the greatest population at the end of the event wins, and organizers will surely make certain that to the winning team go the spoils.

Depending on the size of your Prerelease, there will be the following numbers of monsters at the start of the day:

Event Size Starting Monster Population
8–22 One of each monster
23–80 Two of each monster
81–167 Three of each monster
168+ Four of each monster

I for one am really hoping that I get to be a monster at some point in the day (ideally a zombie), and that I put together a powerful enough deck to start turning other people to my cause from Round 1 onwards. Ultimately, it's down to the tournament organizers to work out who will be representing for the various monster factions, be it random or by some sort of seeding system. Normally, in these sorts of articles I put together a section on being prepared for the event that includes having the organizer's number if you get lost, a map to the event, a bit of spare cash, and perhaps some trades. This time, my brains have already been consumed with the notion of showing up with a bit of zombie makeup or my old Teen Wolf costume from Halloween in the hope of swaying the chances of my spending the day as a monster.

Emmanuelle et Emilien a écrit:
À la fin de la Prerelease, l'une des cinq races aura le plus de membres dans la salle. Tous les joueurs de cette race se partageront des lots supplémentaires.

The victory is a moral one, though we encourage you to consider spicing it up by giving away a small prize such as candy, soda, a minor discount to FNM, etc.

Emmanuelle et Emilien a écrit:WotC fournit des autocollants pour identifier les monstres

Emmanuelle et Emilien a écrit:
À la fin de la Prerelease, l'une des cinq races aura le plus de membres dans la salle. Tous les joueurs de cette race se partageront des lots supplémentaires.

At the end of each Prerelease, though, there will be one team with the most players—either monster or human. Whichever has the greatest population at the end of the event wins, and organizers will surely make certain that to the winning team go the spoils.

. At the end of the event, the largest group of monsters as well as any surviving humans wins!