Planeswalker Points
Planeswalker Points is a worldwide system designed to reward you for playing Magic: The Gathering in DCI sanctioned events (where an organizer schedules and reports the event to Wizards of the Coast). All sanctioned events, from casual sanctioned events to Worlds will carry points.
Unlike previous systems that rewarded only winning, Planeswalker Points is based on playing. [1] Players earn points for every sanctioned event they join, and they earn even more for each victory. [2] The larger the tournament, the more participation points players receive, no matter where they finish. Special events carry a point multiplier.
Categories
There are three major categories:
- Lifetime: The total point obtained all time.
- Competitive: The total point obtained in a specific period, excluding casual events, Pro Tour, Worlds and World Magic Cup events. Which can be further divided into Seasonal Award points (which affects the number of Byes in Grand Prix) and Yearly Award points, to decide a player is eligible or not to participate the following year's World Magic Cup Qualifiers. The Seasonal Award points will be retired on November 2014, and the original calculation of Byes in Grand Prix will be merged into Yearly Award.
- Professional: The Pro Points obtained in a year's span.
Website
Players keep track of their Planeswalker points on the Wizards of the Coast website PlaneswalkerPoints.com. At certain point totals, players level up in the Planeswalker Points program and improve their rank. The ranks go all the way up from Prodigy (level 1-5) to Archmage (level 46-50).
The points needed to advance to the next level are as follows: [3]
| Rank | Level | Points needed |
|---|---|---|
| Prodigy | 1-5 | 5 points |
| Apprentice | 6-10 | 5 points |
| Task Mage | 11-15 | 10 points |
| Adept | 16-20 | 30 points |
| Spellshaper | 21-25 | 50 points |
| Guildmage | 26-30 | 100 points |
| Invoker | 31-35 | 400 points |
| Sorcerer | 36-40 | 1400 points |
| Battlemage | 41-45 | 3000 points |
| Archmage | 46-48 | 6000 points |
Advancing to level 50 takes 7000 points and is currently the final level possible at 50,000 points total.
References
- ↑ Mark Rosewater (August 05, 2013). "Twenty Things That Were Going To Kill Magic". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
- ↑ Monty Ashley (January 25, 2012). "Your Scorecard". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
- ↑ Mike Turian (September 06, 2011). "Introducing Planeswalker Points: What Level Are You?". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
External links
- Dave Guskin (August 02, 2012). "Planeswalker Points Achievements and Badges Beta Launches!". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
- Trick Jarrett (April 10, 2013). "Planeswalker Points Dragon's Maze Achievements and Updates". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.