Minion Masters Friday

Minion Masters!

We've got more of a look at the upcoming features in Version 1.3 as well as the new Tri-Team Tourney that lets you vote for a card we'll be making in a future update.

Tri-Team Tourney

The return of our card voting format is here! Similarly to the way our Card-House Contests have worked, the Tri-Team Tourney has you collecting keys for your favoured house and receiving a Legendary card from the first team you open the chest for. We've got Mal'Shar and Taurus making their return appearances from the previous tournaments, and with a new contender Ghost Storm picking up the flag for House Valor. Here's the teams and their respective cards:

• House Valor: Stormbringer, Volco, Ratbo - Ghost Storm
• House Triumph: Apep, Morellia, Mordar - Mal'Shar
• House Glory: Milloween, Ravager, King Puff - Taurus

Your prize for voting for your card of choice will be a random Legendary card. Remember, you can only vote for one of the three teams! Look forward to the contest in Version 1.3.

Version 1.3 Feature List

We've decided to mix things up a little and give a full overview of what can be expected in Version 1.3 - These are the features we're aiming to include, though note that some of these may end up being delayed. Here's what we're planning for the next update:

• Conquest Season 4
• Tri-Team Tourney
• Conquest Retry & general Improvements
• Balance Changes
• Player Reporting System
• Bug Report System

Most of these are fairly self explanatory, but expect to hear more about them in the coming weeks!

King Puff Cup Season 5

The Fifth King Puff Cup Season is just around the corner, with King Puff Cup 34 just recently being announced with a date of July 6th, 2019! We can expect to see the familiar faces that ran a fantastic circuit in the fourth season reprise their roles with the new Sideboard format tested in the Prince Puff Cup series! The sideboard format allows players to submit 8 additional cards that can be swapped into their decks as they wish to adapt to strategies or pull surprises out of the bag, and has already proven to be quite popular with the high-level Minion Masters players. The prize pool hasn't been announced yet, but there is a promise from Julaiwnl that it'll be coming "really soon", so keep your eyes peeled for that. 

Interested in signing up? Check out the Toornament page for KPC 34 here, and follow the KPC Twitch channel!

Cheers from BetaDwarf!

King Puff Cup 34 - July 6th

Masters!

Season 5 of the King Puff Cup has arrived, and looking for new faces who will put on a challenge for the veterans. 

KPC 34 will take place on July 6th, 2019 at 14:00 UTC, 7:00 PST, 10:00 EST, 15:00 CET.

The tournament will consist of a Double-Elimination Bracket with Sideboard. Players will submit 4 decks (Master + 10 cards), and an additional list of up to 8 cards, used to Sideboard in any of their games.

Winner's Bracket will be a Best of 5, and Loser's Bracket Best of 3.

Tournament Banned Cards:

• Scrat Tank.
• Divine Warrior.
• Fire Imp.

Registrations close on July 5th, 14:00 UTC (one day before the event).

Prize Pool of $600:

• 1st Place: $240
• 2nd Place: $120
• 3rd Place: $70
• 4th Place: $50
• 5th - 8th Place: $30

Take a careful look through the full Rulebook:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ia_GEsi2_VV0EC6R3xD-U3BIIju7lQA5ooSc6QHVwhM/edit

Toornament Registration https://www.toornament.com/tournaments/2631672134954393600/information

Join the KPC Discord to participate: https://discordapp.com/qk4Jtq4

Patch Schedule Update

Minion Masters!

We've got a quick piece of news we wanted to mention now, rather than wait until Friday.

Monthly Patches

Starting with v1.3.x, we'll be shifting to a Monthly schedule, resulting in bigger but less rapid patches. The expected release date for Version 1.3 is the 17th of July. This is a change we've wanted to do for a while, but with the hectic nature of preparations for and immediately after Release we had to wait before we could enact the change. Our Roadmap already accounts for this change in schedule.

With this new schedule we're aiming for the patches to be more effective, particularly during the Summer period where a number of the Dwarves will be taking vacations, as well as helping us maintain our Xbox processes in regards to the Certification period.

Cheers from BetaDwarf!

Minion Masters Friday

Minion Masters!

While Morellia begins her steady conquest of  the flying arenas with her release in Version 1.2, a new question arrives: What's next? Well, we've got plenty to talk about for Version 1.3, so let's not waste time:

Conquest Do-Over & Improved Bug Reporting System

Currently we're aiming to include these two features in Version 1.3. Conquest Do-Over is, as the name might imply, the ability to restart your Guild Conquest attempts for a small fee. If you've had a bad streak of luck or just want to try and improve your score, then you can look forward to this nifty addition to the Guild Conquest feature.

(Not final design, may be subject to change before release)

Other than that, there'll be a new streamlined Bug Reporting feature to make quickly reporting any issues you find that much more convenient. Accessed through the Settings menu, you'll be able to attach Replays, Screenshots of your current screen, and give extra details such as the frequency of which you encountered the issue. If you still encounter more complicated bugs or something you need to report in a more detailed fashion, you'll still be able to reach us through all the usual channels though, but hopefully this handy tool will make things far easier. It'll help you to help us!

1.3.X Balance

We don't have any concrete details to announce at this point in time about the contents of version 1.3, but we can confirm we're aiming to include a number of Balance Changes to address the recent patch, such as possible changes to Morellia where needed. We'll have more details on the matter next week, so stay tuned until then!

Prince Puff Cup 2

Last week's Prince Puff Cup had to unfortunately be delayed due to technical difficulties, but Julaiwnl is committed to pushing the show onwards this weekend. Everyone at BetaDwarf would be grateful if you could show up at the King Puff Cup stream this Saturday and show him your support for the amount of effort he's put in for the Minion Masters Competitive Scene!

Cheers from BetaDwarf!

Version 1.2 - Morellia the Lich Queen

Minion Masters!

We're so excited about this patch we don't want to delay any further, let's get into it:

New Master - Morellia the Lich Queen

Morellia the Lich Queen, Ruler of the Cursed lands, Queen of Souls, and Dragon Binder. Her magical power is rivaled only by her sister Milloween, but unlike her sister, Morellia uses her powers mercilessly in pursuit of her own ambitions. Wielding the Book of the Dead, she can call upon a host of powerful Death Magic to decimate her foes. However, the ancient soul trapped within the book is forever plotting its release. 

In the end all will serve the Lich Queen.

Morellia will be available for 1500 Shards, or 775 Rubies.

Learn more about Morellia here, or check her out in-game!

Balance

• Commander Azali
• No longer affects Flying Minions
• Developer Comments
• Azali’s ability to protect flying swarm minions, in particular Nether Bats produced by Bats Bats Bats, was a frustrating mechanic to play against due to their unpredictability and “backstabbing” of units played to counter the combination.
• One of the things Azali does well is providing a dream scenario you can build your deck around, but when you combine the shield mechanic with flying swarms, you get distinctly frustrating decks to play against. We wanted to maintain the dream, but make sure the opponent had a greater chance of being able to deal with the strategy without requiring an extremely specific deck counter.

• Guardian
• Now only shields Crystal Elves
• Mana Cost 6 > 5
• Damage 60 > 80
• Damage change also affects Crystal Construct
• Developer Comments
• Guardian is a card that has proven particularly problematic as the card collection developed due to its high potential to protect otherwise vulnerable, but powerful Minion combos from removal effects or general damage, creating strategies that often felt unfair to play against. We opted to have Guardian fit more of a faction-based niche to fit thematically with the theme of the Crystal Elf Constructs. Like the Azali change, this greatly reduces the potential for abusive combinations with the card, but still retains its core identity.

• Nyrvir the Fallen
• Nyrvir Slumbers now does 80 damage over 4 seconds via 20 damage ticks once per second.
• Health 1800 > 2200
• Bug Fix: Fixed an issue where Nyrvir’s damage was significantly lower than intended during her first attack.
• Developer Comments
• Nyrvir Slumbers was a bit harder to pull off than we’d have liked, with effects such as Shield providing a hard counter to your ability to collect Spectral Essence from the card, as well as the small damage range not being effective enough to kill some desirable targets. Additionally, Nyrvir herself felt too easy to remove once you had managed to play her, so we felt a health boost was in order.

• Ratbo
• Damage 5 > 6
• Developer Comments
• One of Ratbo’s weaknesses was his basic attack, with its total DPS being among the lowest in the game, often leaving him defenseless against medium or larger sized units if he wasn’t able to flood the board with his scrats.

• Snake Druid
• Health 60 > 80
• Root Duration 2 > 6 seconds
• Developer Comments
• Snake Druid, while a much beloved card of a small audience, suffered from how easily it could be picked off from small units, meaning that it often failed to get much value after its initial play. By increasing the HP he remains a bit more survivable, though easy to deal with on his own. More significant, however, is the increase of the Root Duration that will primarily apply once Snake Druid has been removed or forced to stop attacking, ensuring that the card will gain value.

• Stormy
• No longer stuns himself
• Range 8 > 6
• Speed 3 > 5
• Developer Comments
• Stormy was particularly safe for how frustrating it could be to play against. By removing the self-stun (but not the self damage) it will no longer continuously retarget to the closest minion, while the range and speed nerfs aim to put him in harm’s way faster and make him easier to deal with by reducing the effective time he can stay in the radius of cards such as Priestess and Healing Shrine.

• Undying Skeleton/Cursebearer
• Damage 50 > 60
• Developer Comments
• This change is mainly directed towards Undying Skeleton as we felt it has been underperforming, particularly in the new Toll of the Dead. Hopefully a small buff in damage will help give it the impact it needs.

• Xiao Long
• Damage 25 > 20
• Developer Comments
• Xiao was a bit too effective at his job - Being an annoying ranged minion that could discourage the usage of spells and support a push effectively. This damage nerf aims to retain that discouragement while making him less effective in more general cases.

Misc

• Made resummoning minions more consistent. Minions with buffs, such as Shielded Crossbow Dudes or Divine warrior, do not resurrect with their buff effects anymore. Additionally, on play effects such as Lord-Sentinel Thelec or Empowered Souls Stealers rage-trigger are no longer triggered when the Minion is resummoned.
• Changed the name of “Recruit” to “Craft”.
• Added a tip to the “Trophy Up” tutorial quest to indicate where achievements can be claimed.
• Added highlights to buttons in the tutorial when a player is asked to click on them.
• Claimable Quests will now show up first in the Quest Carousel.
• Reworded the Season Crafting Discount to prevent confusion.
• Clarified that the +2 from Stormbringer’s second perk is from Marksmanship.

Bugs

• Fixed Lycanthropy transformations triggering Mordar’s Tombstones - Thanks TomatoMato!
• Fixed Haunting Hugger being killed when possessing Defenso Chopper - Thanks SoSiskodemon!
• Fixed Jolo the Hero Scrat blocking healing and HP increases - Thanks Goatfan146!
• Fixed Jolo the Hero Scrat not having any indication that his condition was fulfilled.
• Fixed some range issues with Nyrvir regarding units that were close to her.
• Fixed a bug where Succubus’ ability would be activated by Stun Lancers.
• Fixed a visual bug where Re-Boomer would not revert to Egg form if killed by Stormy.
• Fixed an issue where some Discord Users sent empty tokens to the server, causing their DLCs to not active correctly.
• Fixed the tutorial Power Token referring to itself as “spin token”.
• Fixed ragdolls freezing mid-air.
• Fixed an alignment issue with Treasure Vault’s flames.
• Fixed unusual text formatting on Gambler’s Ball.
• Fixed the Season Gold Star flashing constantly.
• Fixed multiple copies of Spawn of Fury causing the VFX to not end until the second clone died.

Bugs - Xbox Specific

• Fixed some lag issues while idling on the main menu.
• Fixed an issue where Rubies bought from the Microsoft store were not visually claimed when opening the game.
• Further fixes to DLC issues on Xbox.

Cheers from BetaDwarf!

The King Puff Cup Sketch

Blog?

Starting off with today, King Puff Cup will have its own blog, right here. This will be used to announce all sorts of news: from rule changes, to new events, to tournament announcements - instead of doing a separate announcement for every other platform, we'll just post links that direct you here where you can find all the details.
You will also be able to find these blog posts on http://minionmastersthegame.com/esports/

That being said, we actually have some important news today! So let's get right into them, shall we?

King Puff Cup - Season 5

The fifth season of King Puff Cup is on the horizon, if you haven't seen the announcements yet, here are the upcoming KPC tournaments.

• KPC 34 - July 6th.
• KPC 35 - July 27th.
• KPC 36 - August 17th.
• KPC 37 - September 7th.
• KPC 38 - September 28th.
• KPC 39 - October 19th.
• KPC 40 - November 9th.

Also, with season 5, we've tried to figure out something that improves the diversity of decks, without simply blocking people from using certain cards, due to the fact that people might need to play their powerful strategies if they are competing for the prizes. Therefore, we are going to try and experiment with different formats, we haven't come up to a final idea yet, but you can expect a different experience when it comes to the tournaments of this season.

Talking about different experiences, here's something that will help us experiment with the formats..

Prince Puff Cup

Some of you who were paying attention to our discord might've noticed that we ran two off-season tournaments. These tournaments were called "Prince Puff Cup", but this name never got a proper official introduction, so what is it really?

The Prince Puff Cup is a tournament circuit that's made around In-Game prizes, with more fun and casual formats for players to enjoy. It's completely separate from the King Puff Cup tournament circuit, but it's still organized by us. As said, these tournaments will have different, unique formats meant to be fun, but they may also be meant to be tested for KPC, oh, and we will definitely have some 2v2 tournaments!

• PPC 3 - July 13th.
• PPC 4 - August 3rd.
• PPC 5 - August 24th.
• PPC 6 - September 14th
• PPC 7 - October 5th
• PPC 8 - October 26th

Free Masters!

Well not literally... but in case you were afraid of joining tournaments until now because you didn't own enough masters, we have you covered! From now on, the amount of Free Rotation Masters during the weekends of our events will be increased from 2 to 4, thank you BetaDwarf!
When tournaments will be announced, we will make sure to announce which masters will be free during said tournament, so you can create and submit a full set of 4 decks even if you don't own any master!

Bot Registering

From now on, all KPC Tournaments will have somewhat of an "easier" registration process.

Our Bot Developer, Thighlander, has created a tool that will help you during the sign-up process. All participants will register using the Bot first. It will let you know if you have any invalid decks (containing Wildcards or duplicate Masters, etc ). After making sure your decks are correct, you will then proceed to fill the Toornament registration form!

More details about the "where" and "how" will be released in a different announcement before the next KPC.

Reddit AMA

Meanwhile, we've set up an "Ask me anything" on reddit - right here -  any confusion about what we've talked about? any curiosity about us or King Puff Cup as a whole? Ask anything, and we'll try to answer as many questions as we can.

Minion Masters Friday

Minion Masters!

The release of Morellia the Lich Queen is upon us, and there's much to talk about in regards to gameplay content coming in 1.2. Morellia will be shown off in full in our Developer Stream that will be announced later in this post, but in the meantime we've also started finalizing the balance changes that will be showing up, so we're happy to be able to show some of them off today.

Balance Changes

One of our most anticipated changes coming to Minion Masters is the rework of Guardian. Guardian is a card that has proven particularly problematic as the card collection developed due to its high potential to protect otherwise vulnerable, but powerful Minion combos from removal effects or general smaller sources of damage. With spells such as Black Hole in consideration, dealing with such combos became a difficult endeavour.

• Guardian
• Mana Cost 6 > 5
• Damage 60 > 80
• Now only protects Crystal Elves

• Crystal Construct
• Damage 60 > 80

We opted to have Guardian fit more of a faction-based niche to fit thematically with the theme of the Crystal Elf Constructs while at the same time greatly reducing the potential for abusive combinations that can be made with the card, while still retaining its core identity. There's still the potential to set up powerful pushes with the existing Crystal Elf cards, and there are certain to be more cards from the faction printed in the future to compliment the existing set. Additionally, we opted to decrease the mana cost so that it might be more usable as a trade-off to its new restriction, and we've also added a small damage buff aimed at giving Crystal Construct a bit of a nudge towards relevancy again.

• Snake Druid
• Root Duration 2 > 6 seconds
• HP 60 > 80

Snake Druid, while a much beloved card of a small audience, suffered from how easily it could be picked off from small units, meaning that it often failed to get much value after its initial play. By increasing the HP he remains a bit more survivable, though easy to deal with on his own. More significant, however, is the increase of the Root Duration that will primarily apply once Snake Druid has been removed or forced to stop attacking, ensuring that the card will gain value.

This is only the beginning of the balance changes we have to show off, however - To learn more, you'll need to stop by...

The BetaDwarf Developer Stream!

Join us on Monday, the 17th where Community Manager That Sprite will be covering all of the changes coming in v1.2, as well as some live gameplay of Morellia! Stop by at 19:00 UTC+2 on our Twitch Account to learn all of the juicy details.

Mystery Skin Revealed!

As many have also speculated the Mystery Skin from the Battle Pass will also be arriving in v1.2, and is a Legendary Skin for our new master Morellia! You can read all about her on our Update Site if you need to get up to speed. We'll be checking out the model in-game on our Developer Stream, but here's a special preview of her Legendary skin (left) and her default model (right):

Prince Puff Cup 2

The second Prince Puff Cup is happening tomorrow, brought to you by the King Puff Cup! Promising more Sideboard gameplay, and with the winner walking away with a Super Mega Dwarf Pack and the prestigious Dynasty Milloween skin, we can expect more intense competitive action! Find out all the details of the tournament right here.

Cheers from BetaDwarf!

Roadmap

Minion Masters Friday - Morellia the Lich Queen!

Minion Masters!

Exciting times ahead, Masters! We're hard at work on Version 1.2 which will provide a new Master and a wide range of Balance Changes to help shake up the meta. We also just finished our second Fanart Contest which was full of high quality community content.

Morellia the Lich Queen

Coming in Version 1.2 is our new Master. We've already talked about her in our last blog post, but today we can show off far more than before. You'll be able to find all the gameplay details about her in the full reveal on our Update Site, but here we're going to give you a sneak peek into how she looks in-game:

Ah, but there's still that Mystery skin to reveal, right? Perhaps a future Development Stream can shed some light upon the matter...

Morellia the Lich Queen will be added to Minion Masters with the release of Version 1.2 on the 19th of June.

PTR Testing for 1.2 Balance Changes

Recently we opened signups for our PTR to help us test Morellia and some Balance Changes ahead of Version 1.2. We've been receiving some fantastic information, but we aren't quite ready to announce the full list of changes while we make some final touches to them. We'll be showcasing some of them next Friday though, so keep your eyes peeled! In the meantime, we'd still love more applications to the PTR, though the response speed may be a bit longer this time around. Thanks for your help!

Streamer Spotlight: Mogabie

Today we'll also be showing off a dedicated Minion Masters streamer - Mogabie! At Level 173, Mogabie is a long time experienced Minion Masters player to learn from, and he's been a very active member of the community for a long time, having streamed Minion Masters since before we even released on Discord! Here's what he has to say about his stream:

"Fun and rich in content, my stream is a place where you can come from work/school and unwind while watching some funny stuff and playing some games with me. I have over 2k hours of gameplay in Minion Masters and usually, get to Top 10 GMs. I prefer to play Premades so I can play with the Masters in our community regardless of rank. So if you are looking to have a chill time with some tunes and play some Minion Master, stop by to say hello and let's get our Minion on."

If that sounds like the kind of stream for you, you can find him streaming frequently right here.

Cheers from BetaDwarf!

Bones & Bravery Fanart Contest - Results!

Minion Masters!

Just before our release into Version 1.0, we asked you to once again come up with the best Minion Masters Fanart you could think of with a special Bones & Bravery flavoured twist. And once again, the talented creators that submitted impressed us with a wide range of styles and quality entries. Thanks again for making this such a fantastic experience for us on the Dev team! Without further ado, let's get right into our picks:

Honorable Mentions

Once again, there was just too much good stuff to choose from! We don't want to exclude people who really stood out from the crowd, so here's our Honorable Mentions and their artists:

The Winners!

These three submissions in particular though stole the show for us!

LordMonchis' rendition of Nyrvir and King Puff enjoying a break from all the fighting for a spot of tea perfectly captured the Minion Masters spirit and was a fantastic entry that both impressed and warmed our hearts.

Kerim's Morellia was a fantastically done piece with a lot of care put into the details of her outfit, with a huge resolution and excellent colouring that left our art department in awe - A great piece of our upcoming Master!

Hede takes first place though, with a beautifully stylized Mordar that stood out as truly unique from the rest of the competition. Thick, cartoony outlines help capture that menacing Mordar charm while using fantastically contrasting colours to catch the eye, it's our pick for the winner of the Bones & Bravery Fanart Contest.

If you want to check out all of these submissions in full resolution and more, stop by our Discord and check out the Fanart Contest channels in our Archive section. Keep your ears to the streets for more fun competitions in the future!

Cheers from BetaDwarf!

Version 1.1 - Spawn of Fury

Note: There is a visual issue with the Rank Reset that is currently displaying incorrect information. This is purely client side, and you will have received the correct rank on the server.

Minion Masters!

It’s been a hectic week since the release of Minion Masters, and our servers certainly took a hammering from all of you! We’ve been steadily patching things on our end as we go along, but there’s a number of client side changes and fixes we want to make today with this update.
Rest assured that we’re working on more fixes for the next patches, they just take time to solve.
In the meantime, keep reporting all the issues you encounter, it’s most helpful!

Spawn of Fury

New in this update is the community-voted Spawn of Fury!

This Legendary Spell offers pain and duplication, splitting your strongest minions in half to wreak havoc on the battlefield. Spawn of Fury is available to Recruit for 2000 shards, and is obtainable from regular Power Token spins.

Misc

• Added the KPI4 skin, a celebration of katt’s victory at the 4th King Puff Invitational - It will be available for purchase when the next circuit of the KPC begins.
• Twitch Drops reward increased from 10 to 50 Gold.
• Twitch Drops now have a cooldown of 5 minutes before you can receive another one.
• Twitch Drop rewards will now tell you what Key you earned when claiming them.
• Guild Conquest has been added to the Quest Carousel.
• Improvements to the way your preferences are saved to reduce decks and other account details being wiped.
• Adjusted how Season Resets kick players off the server. Players will no longer be removed in the middle of a match.
• Added tooltips to Shards, Power Tokens, and Season Tokens in the Shop.
• Adjusted the order in which Shields are ordered. The priority is now Divine Shield > Guardian Shield > Shield > Minion Abilities.

Bugs

• Fixed an issue where the server would incorrectly claim you had unowned cards.
• Fixed Nyrvir the Fallen mysteriously disappearing if she was Netherstepped.
• Fixed a bug where a “Requesting Spin” message would persist into a match.
• Fixed Leaderboard card frames displaying Glory levels.
• Fixed an instance where Player 1’s Stun Lancers would stun those belonging to Player 2 if they attacked each other at the same time, instead of both units being stunned.
• Fixed Musketeer losing Shield if he parries an attack. Now, Musketeer will not activate Parry if he has a shield available - Thanks Caspar!
• Fixed an instance where a unit transforming into a Werewolf was invulnerable - Thanks Khazlariko! 
• Fixed a case where Lycanthropy did not activate properly when sun burned - Thanks Jackeea!
• Fixed a case where Grasping Thorns’ debuff was not properly removed from a unit after being hypnotised.
• Fixed a bug where Haunting Hugger would generate more Spectral Essence than expected.
• Fixed a bug where Haunting Hugger would not return if it possessed the Settsu minion, and she left the battlefield.
• Fixed Nyrvir’s Breath not turning Blood Imps into Skeletons - Thanks Wildcard!
• Fixed Bonus Shards from spinning a Max Glory card not being claimed visually - Thanks Leto!
• Fixed Member Count not being considered for Guild Searches - Thanks sera!
• Fixed Armor of Light visual effect being larger than its effective radius - Thanks GReyWolF!
• Fixed Expedition AI replays not working correctly - Thanks MacStabby!

Bugs - Xbox Specific

• Fixed in-game Ruby purchasing issues
• Fixed an issue where Rubies and DLC were not being claimed correctly.
• Fixed Mixer Streamers on Xbox being stuck at the post-match screen.
• Fixed some Main Menu lag spikes.

Cheers from BetaDwarf!

Prince Puff Cup 2 Rulebook

1. Index

1. Cover, Index, Contact
2. Tournament Time & Date
3. Tournament Sign Up
4. Format & Rules
5. Additional Rules
6. Prizes
7. Rules Disclaimer

King Puff Cup Discord
https://discord.gg/qk4Jtq4


Twitch
https://www.twitch.tv/kingpuffcup


Twitter
http://twitter.com/kingpuffcup


Youtube
https://www.youtube.com/c/KingPuffCup


Contact Email
KingPuffCup@gmail.com


Head Admin: Julaiwnl#9260

Admins: Engineer Gandalf The Pink#3860 / Steven#0138

2. Tournament Time & Date

The 2nd Prince Puff Cup will take place on June 15th, 14:00 UTC, 7:00 PST, 10:00 EST, 15:00 CET.

3. Tournament Sign Up

Required Information

• Discord Contact Information (username#1234)
• 4 Complete Decklists (Master + 10 Unique Cards)
• Additional List of 10 cards.

Where to Sign Up

All participants should register in Toornament.

Check-In

An hour before the event (13:00 UTC), players will have to Check-In to confirm attendance to the event. This should be done by clicking the same button that was previously for Registering to the tournament.
Failing to Check-In will result in being unable to participate in the event. 

4. Format & Rules

Tournament Format

The event will consist of a Double-Elimination Bracket. This means that participants have to lose twice before being eliminated from the tournament.
All sets will be played in a Best of 3 format, with exception of the Tournament Finals, where we will have a Best of 5.
The tournament’s format is Last Master Standing. In this format, a player that wins is forced to play the same deck until it loses. A deck that lost a match is eliminated from play during the current round, and can be played again in future rounds, unless it’s banned.

No Wildcards & Duplicate Masters

Wildcards have been banned from all King Puff Cup related events. You may not bring two or three copies of the same card, meaning that all cards should be unique. 
Your decks can’t share the same Master.

Sideboard

Participants are allowed to change any of the cards in the decks they will be playing next, only in-between games. They can only replace the cards on their decks with any of the cards from the list of 10 cards they had submitted on the registration process.

Tournament Banned Cards

• Fire Imp
• Divine Warrior
• Scrat Tank
• Haunting Hugger

Banning Order

In Best of 3 the order is as follows:
First, High Seed bans 1 Master
Next, Low seed bans 2 Masters
Finally, High Seed bans 1 Master

In Best of 5, participants will only ban 1 Master. 
In this stage, bans will be done privately with the Tournament Admin through Direct Messages, who will then say the bans once they are both done.

5. Additional Rules

You must join the King Puff Cup Discord to participate in King Puff Cup-related events.

Finding Your Opponent

All participants should send a private message to their opponents, and send an invite to a private friendly duel, to then begin the match.

Reporting Your Results

All match results should be reported to the Toornament page directly. This is done by clicking the “My Matches” tab, go to the game you just played and now click the “Report” tab.

Knowledge Check

All new participants should contact the Tournament Admin for a Knowledge Check after registering (Julaiwnl#9260).

Forfeiting

If a player opts to forfeit a match for any reason during the tournament, then they also forfeit their remaining matches, as well as any potential prizes associated with that position.

Spectator Invites

Any players being broadcasted live should send spectator invites to the #Live channel of the KPC Discord. To be able to send Spectator invites, players must be set as “Online” on Discord, as well as having their Game Activity being displayed on their profile, which can be done at Discord Settings, and then going into “Game Activity” to make sure that the option “Display currently running game as a status message” is ON.

Delay of Game / AFK Rule

Once a player’s set begins, they have 3 minutes between games to start their next game. Any extra delay may be subjected to penalties including: a game/match forfeit, disqualification from the tournament, and inability to participate in future King Puff Cup related tournaments. This will be up to the discretion of the highest ranking staff member present.

Disconnects

A disconnect is defined as anything that causes a game to end prematurely. The first disconnect will be replayed unless the result of the game is extremely apparent. After a second disconnect without proof of the opponent disconnecting as well, the disconnected player forfeits the current game.

Usage of Illegal Decks / Masters

If a player starts a game with an illegal deck, they have until the 30-second mark to quit out of a match and fix this mistake, otherwise, the game results in a loss for the player using the illegal deck. A deck is defined as the collection of 10 cards submitted.

If a player starts a game with an illegal master, then the game will be restarted with the opposing player choosing their master for them.

Cheating

We take all kinds of cheating very seriously. If you get caught cheating, you automatically lose and we reserve the right to ban you indefinitely from all King Puff Cup-related events. So please play fair and read the rules carefully. Entering a tournament under two separate accounts (Person A joining as Person A and Person B) is considered cheating and may result in a permanent ban from all tournaments. The following is also considered cheating: changing Master in a retry (after a disconnect, for example), intentionally delaying the tournament, intentionally losing games, etc. are all considered forms of cheating.

6. Prizes

Participant Prize: Dwarf Pack

8th - 4th Place: Big Dwarf Pack.

3rd Place: 2 Big Dwarf Packs.

2nd Place: Mega Dwarf Pack & a Legendary Card

1st Place: Super Mega Dwarf Pack + Dynasty Milloween

7. Rules Disclaimer

By registering, you allow the King Puff Cup Staff to handle and publicly share any and all account names submitted, to any extent deemed applicable by the King Puff Cup Staff, for decklisting and addressing any situation that may arise.
KPC reserves the right to modify, add, or delete rules at any time, without prior notice and/or reason. Unless otherwise stated, all decisions made by an Administrator pursuant to these rules are final and binding upon all applicable parties. If you do not agree with all of the rules and stipulations listed above, you may not participate in the King Puff Cup Circuit. By requesting entry into the Tournament, you represent and warrant to KPC that you have read, understood, and agreed to these rules and stipulations, and promise to act in compliance with such rules and stipulations at all times.

Each player must display well-mannered behavior throughout the entire duration of the tournament. This includes before, during, and after competitions. Good behavior is expected in all public areas of interaction which include but are not limited to Discord, Twitch, Twitter, Reddit, Toornament, and the in-game Minion Masters chat.

Poor or negative behavior towards tournament staff, sponsors, or other players is unacceptable and punitive measures will be taken on a case by case basis as determined by the KPC Staff.