Enter the Gauntlet

In the Armies of Myth patch, we are introducing a new way to play for those of you who want your HEX on your time. Just like bite-sized candies, you can take one or two at a time or you can choose to dive into a pile of tiny Snickers bars like Scrooge McDuck and devour them all.

Player Needs Opponent Badly!

HEX tournaments are awesome, but you don’t always have an hour or more to complete a booster draft. When that is the case, we have Constructed and Sealed Deck Gauntlet. Both ask you the same—battle in single game matches against other players until you’ve either bested five opponents or fall to three. You do not have to play all your matches in one session—you can play your matches seconds, minutes, days, or weeks apart. Yes, years too. Just hit “Join Queue” and “Play a Game.” You’ll be put into matchmaking with all others players in the Gauntlet and paired quickly with anybody else looking for a match. The system will attempt to pair you with someone of the same record. If it can’t, it’ll keep searching and loosen that restriction as time passes.

Based on your record, you’ll win booster packs of the latest set.

5 Wins – 6 packs

4 Wins – 4 packs

3 Wins – 3 packs

2 Wins – 2 packs

1 Win – 1 pack

In Constructed, you will take a 60-card minimum deck with champion and reserves into the Gauntlet. In-between matches, you can adjust your main deck with reserve cards and change champions. Since it’s unlikely that you will play against your previous opponent in your next match and the format is single-game matches, you won’t be adjusting to your opponent’s deck. Many will find reserves useful when tuning their best 60-card build; put 15 cards that you may want in your maindeck and adjust with each match as you search for perfection.

If you like to tinker more than the Dwarves of Entrath, then this next format is for you. In Sealed Deck Gauntlet, you’ll open six booster packs and build your 40-card minimum deck. You can completely rebuild your deck from your sealed pool in-between matches, including champion. If you start out blood / diamond and decide that you’d rather play wild / ruby, you can do it! It’s all up to you.

It’s 500 Plat for Constructed and 1400 Plat for Sealed (or 200 plat and necessary packs). Remember, you keep all the cards you open in Sealed!

To enter, you’ll find these queues in the Tournaments screen.

You can now see the Sealed Gauntlet page. From the pool of six booster packs, build your deck and choose your champion. Hit “Save Deck” and then hit “Play a Game” at the top.

When your match is over, you’ll return to the deckbuilding page where you can make any adjustments you’d like. Once you hit “Save Deck,” you can once again click “Play a Game” and find your next opponent.

Constructed Gauntlet works much the same way. When you register, you choose an existing deck.

Once you’re in, you can adjust your deck and reserves. Save your deck, then click “Play a Game” to enter the queue. Once that match is over, you’ll find yourself back at the deckbuilding screen. When you are ready, click “Save Deck” and “Play a Game” to battle once again.

If you would like to leave this screen and come back another time to finish your run, you can hit the back button in the upper-left-hand corner. When you return to the tournament page, you’ll see that you’re listed as “already registered” for that event and resume your run. You can also play in other tournaments like 8-player booster draft while you have a Gauntlet run saved. You can also have both Gauntlet runs going at the same time. If you would like to quit your Gauntlet run and collect prizes based on your current number of wins, you can click “Forfeit.”

This new PVP tournament style is perfect for players who want a quick match with some prizes on the line, and it’s still friendly to players who want to run through all matches in a single game session. We hope you enjoy this new way to play HEX that satisfies whether you’re in for just a nibble or a five-course meal.

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