5v5 Team Showdown – 2-Year Anniversary Event

Name: 5v5 Team Showdown – 2-Year Anniversary Event
Start: 2025-05-17T11:00:00+12:00
Location: Card Merchant Christchurch

Schedule

Sat, 17 May, 2025 at 11:00 am

UTC+12:00

Location

Card Merchant Christchurch | Christchurch, CA

Today, we're excited to finally announce our 5v5 Team Showdown – 2-Year Anniversary Event!
Since we opened, we've been setting aside hot stock specifically for in-store events. So for our second anniversary, we had to pull out something special! This is an amazing opportunity for players from various games to come together, meet new people, and for your friend group to branch out and try one of the other games featured in this event.
Join us on Saturday, May 17th, 2025, for an epic 5v5 Team Sealed Event to celebrate our store’s 2nd anniversary! Gather your team, test your skills, and represent your favorite game in this unique event where five games come together for one massive showdown!
Each team of 5 players will face off in sealed tournaments featuring the first set ever printed for each game. Work together to build powerful decks in a 1-hour team collaboration session before battling it out in four Swiss rounds to secure a spot in the Top 8!
Games Featured:
🔸 Flesh and Blood (Welcome to Rathe)
🔸 Lorcana (The First Chapter)
🔸 One Piece (Romance Dawn)
🔸 Grand Archive (Dawn of Ashes)
🔸 Star Wars Unlimited (Spark of Rebellion)
Players may talk and assist teammates seated directly to their left or right but cannot give advice to teammates seated more than one position away.
Seating Layout:
🔸 Center game: Grand Archive
🔸 Flanked by Lorcana and Flesh and Blood
🔸 Star Wars next to Flesh and Blood
🔸 One Piece next to Lorcana
Example seating layout:
Seat 1: Star Wars → Seat 2: Flesh & Blood → Seat 3: Grand Archive → Seat 4: Lorcana → Seat 5: One Piece
Prizes:
🔸 1st Place Team: A sealed box of the first set from each game
🔸 2nd Place Team: 8 packs of the newest set of their game
🔸 3rd & 4th Place Teams: 4 packs of the newest set of their game
🔸 5th-8th Place Teams: 2 packs of the newest set of their game
Event Details:
Player Cap: 120 players (24 teams of 5 players)
Entry Fee: $60 per player ($300 per team)
Swiss Rounds: Best-of-1, 45-minute rounds
Top 8: Best-of-3, untimed matches
We will have a judge present for each of the five games, as well as an event photographer to immortalize this event!
Don’t miss your chance to be part of this incredible anniversary celebration! Gather your team, plan your strategy, and get ready for an unforgettable day.
To ensure players have time to organize their teams, we will not be starting ticket sales until March 17th.
This event has been proudly sponsored by Palms Off Gaming, Premier Card Grading, and Monster Energy! More details on these sponsorships will be announced soon.