In order to avoid confusion over prize and event criteria, Wizards of the Coast is announcing that organizers may not combine WPN premier events (such as PPTQs or GPTs) with a third-party event and advertise it as a single tournament with a combined prize pool.

This policy was implemented because a variety of third-party Magic events sponsored by different organizations may be offered at any given time, leading to confusion over which prizes and features belong to which programs. Players might expect a certain set of prizes before attending an event, and find the tournament doesn't feature everything they were expecting.

Any as-yet unscheduled WPN premier events must remain separate from third-party events, with separate prize pools. (If your events have already been scheduled with Wizards and advertised, they may be run as-is.)

However, organizers may run these events separately but in tandem with third-party events, at the same location, as an efficient way to offer a deeper play experience.