Validity

This rule set applies to the second season of the Lega Pauper Lipsia, which roughly takes place from June 2025 to Februrary 2026. It applies only to the league’s matchdays, playoffs, and Top 8 tournaments.

General disclaimer: If unspecified, we fall back on reasonable defaults defined in the official LPI rulebook, which can be downloaded here. If you have trouble with terminology used on this page, then please read into the rulebook first.

Changelog

Whenever a rule change is made during the season, it will be reflected here.

Matchdays

Each matchday follows the same schedule and rules.

Tournament Mode

The tournament mode is five rounds of Swiss, where each bye counts as a full win. Pairings are distributed in the Spicerack app. Each round has a regular play time of 50 minutes with 5 overtime turns starting at the next upkeep after the timer has concluded. The chosen format is Pauper. You must play a tournament legal deck and adhere to the official Pauper banlist.

Registration and no-show

You can register for each matchday individually via Spicerack (links on landing page) up until the respective matchday 9:00 am. There is a waiting list on Spicerack, which we encourage you to use actively! Based on previous experience, a number of people deregister shortly before events, so if you are on the waiting list, please make sure you regularly check registrations in the days leading up to each event.

Very Important: Please withdraw your registration as soon as you know that you cannot attend! We want to give as many people as possible the chance to play. Please deregister at least 24 hours before the start of the event. Failure to deregister may result in being banned from playing the following matchdays.

General Schedule

Each matchday follows the same schedule.

Date and Place

The most up-to-date overview of where the tournaments are played can be found on the official Lega website’s landing page.

Although the dates are confirmed by the venue, they may be subject to change in case of unforeseen events. It is your responsibility to regularly check the website for updated information.

Please refrain from contacting the tournament organizers for confirmation of time and place, the website will always be the most up-to-date source of truth.

Judging

We are a community-driven league that is built on principles such as fairness, friendliness, and mindfulness. Even though we expect every participant to adhere to these principles, mistakes can happen. To clear up mistakes and their impact on a match, there will be a judge from the community selected by the tournament organizers for each matchday, who will most likely also play. The Rule Enforcement Level (REL) is regular, which can be read about here.

The rulings of the selected judge are binding, or the non-compliant player risks exclusion from the matchday, in which case they will not receive any league points (and no refunds) for said day (counts as non-attendence). If there needs to be a judge decision in your game while you face the selected judge as your opponent, you are eligable for a second opinion. Please inform your tournament organizer should such an event occur.

If the selected judge has to leave their table for a judge call, their match is put on hold and the lost time will be added to their individual round time.

Proxy Requirements

Proxies are explicitly allowed but must adhere to these guidelines:

• Legibility: All cards must be clearly readable — name, mana cost, and effect should be easy to read.
• Quality: Use colored print outs of official Wizards of the Coast (WotC) set printings.

If you’re unsure whether your deck meets the requirements, just check in with us before the tournament starts. Your opponent has the right to check the oracle text, please call a judge if necessary.

Standings, Points, and Tiebreaker

Each matchday you can collect points for the league’s standings, which is one way to qualify yourself for the Top 8 tournament. A match win counts as 3 points, a tie for 1, and a loss counts as 0 points. Your final standing of the season is the sum of your best 6 attendances of the 8 possible ones. If you have participated in less than 6 matchdays, your final standing will be the sum of all of your attendances.

Opponent Match Win Percentage (OMW) is the measure of choice whenever a tiebreaker is required (prizes, standings, nominations, etc).

Trophy system

To give busy players a fair chance at competing for the Paupergeddon Byes, we have implemented a Trophy system. A Trophy is a special prize that qualifies the recipient for participation in a Trophy Tournament.

Acquisition of a Trophy

Trophies are handed out to the Top 8 players (OMW tiebreaker) of each matchday as a special prize. They may be handed out as physical representations while supplies last. The physical representation is not required for the qualification to the Trophy Tournament.

Trophy Tournament

The Trophy Tournament is a randomly seeded single-elemination tournament without round time limits. Each person that received a trophy may participate. The date and place will be announced during the final matchday of the league and can then be found on the league’s website. This date will be fixed, there won’t be any reimbursement whatsoever in case a trophy holder cannot attend.

The winner of the Trophy Tournament qualifies for the 8th spot in the Top 8 Tournament. If the winner expects to not participate in the Top 8 Tournament, they may pass on their spot to the other finalist.

Top 8 Tournament

The Top 8 Tournament is a seeded single-elimination tournament without round time limits. Eligable to participate in this tournament are the top 7 players by final standing (OMW tiebreaker) and the winner (or other finalist) of the Trophy Tournament. The date and place will be announced at the latest on the day of the Trophy Tournament and can then be found on the league’s website.

This tournament is Top-4 seeded, which means that the top four players by final standings do not face each other in the first round. Instead, #1 and #4 start on one side of the tournament tree, #2 and #3 on the other. Places #5-#8 are then randomly assigned to the open slots. The Tournament shall be played out on demand (losers getting paired) in case the Paupergeddon Bye needs to be redistributed.

Byes and World Cup

The Lega Pauper Lipsia Seasons are Winter Seasons (“Road to Lecco”). The Paupergeddon Byes awarded by the Lega Pauper Italia (LPI) are allocated to the best player by final standing, and if the threshold for the second bye is reached, that will be allocated to the Top 8 Tournament winner.

Byes can only be assigned to people who are planning on attending the Paupergeddon. If a person who won a Bye is not attending the Paupergeddon, it shall be redistributed to the next eligible person. For the standings Bye, it is passed down in the order of the final standings. The Tournament Bye would be offered to the other finalist first, before being passed down further. If required, the losers brackets will be played out for a definitive passing order.

LPI rules apply: No Player can have two Byes and Byes can only be assigned to the defined Top 8.

The World Cup seats for the Paupergeddon are awarded to the two Byes and then by final league standings. Again, these can only be awarded to players participating in the Paupergeddon.

LPI Points

Affiliated Leagues are eligible for collecting LPI Points. For an up-to-date overview, please look into the LPI Rulebook.

Entry Fee, Promos, and Prizes

Each entry fee is set to 10€. There are Promos for every participation. Prizes are provided by the tournament organizers and may vary from matchday to matchday.

Misconduct

Our community is rooted in principles of mutual respect, solidarity, and collective care. As such, all participants are expected to treat one another with respect and to contribute to a welcoming, inclusive, and safe environment for everyone.

Unacceptable behavior includes, but is not limited to:

• Harassment of any kind (including but not limited to sexist, racist, transphobic, ableist, or homophobic remarks or actions)
• Intimidation, threats, or aggressive conduct
• Repeatedly violating personal boundaries
• Cheating, stealing, or otherwise manipulating games or participants in bad faith
• Any behavior that makes others feel unsafe or unwelcome

If a participant engages in misconduct, they may be asked to leave immediately and may be barred from attending future events. This decision will be made by the organizers with the well-being of the community as the guiding priority. We reserve the right to deny entry or remove any person whose presence is disruptive or harmful, with or without prior warning.

If you witness or experience misconduct, please speak to the organizers as soon as you feel safe to do so.