Breach the Bay 2 and Topdeck Invitational

Breach the Bay 2 and the Topdeck Invitational will take place on August 22nd and 23rd in San Matea, CA.

This is a Competitive EDH event held by Doot Loot and Merlion Games. There will be 2 events going on simultaneously: a guaranteed 25k Open cEDH event and a 64 player invitational marking the end of the 2026 Topdeck cEDH season. Additionally, there will be a legacy side event day 1 and likely a premodern event day 2 along with a cEDH redemption event for those who scrubbed out of the main events.

Your head judge for the Open/Weekend is Michael Puchkov.

We are looking for 14 total judges:
- 1 Head Judge for the Invitational
- 1 Head Judge for Side Events
- 2 Appeals Judges for the Open
- 9 Floor Level Judges dispersed amongst the Invitational, Open, and Side Events

Available Roles

Head Judge for Invitational/Side Events ($400/day): You will be Head Judge for your event. You will be in charge of running that event, checking alters/proxies, taking appeals, and responsible for your Floor Judges. Must be knowledgeable knowledgeable on policy and rules, including the MTRA for cEDH if working the Invitational. Preferably have experience for the format you will be Head Judging, which will be cEDH unless you are applying for the Legacy and Premodern side events.

Appeals Judge for Open/Invitational ($300/day): You will be supporting and reporting to your Head Judge. You are expected to be knowledgeable on policy and rules, including the MTRA for cEDH. You will be expected to transition between working as a Floor Judge when necessary and as Interim Head Judge when the Head Judge goes on break. You may be upgraded to a Head Judge on Day 2 if necessary. Preferably have experience judging cEDH. 

Event Floor Judge for Open/Invitational/Side Events ($200/day): You will work as a Floor Judge over the course of the weekend, reporting to the Head Judge for your event. Depending on the event, you may need to operate in a team lead role as your Head Judge/Appeal Judge take breaks, but primarily will be ensuring our players have the support they need in the events, assist in taking judge calls and performing deck checks, and other related judge and event tasks. Do not necessarily need cEDH judging experience but you are expected to have familizarized yourself with the MTRA for cEDH.

Shifts are expected to last upwards of 10 hours. You are expected to be at the venue at least 30 min before the start of your event (times to meet will be relayed as we get closer to the event as Day 1 may have an early Judge's meeting). All judges will receive an hour lunch break and an additional 30 minute break.

Schedule for the Open

Day 1

• The tournament will start at 8:00 AM, on Saturday, August 22nd, 2026
• The tournament will be capped at 580 players.
• We will have 6 rounds day 1, with a cut to top 64 on day 2.
• Rounds will be 80 minutes, with 20 minutes of overtime.
• If no player wins by end of overtime, a draw will be given to the table.

DAY 2

• The tournament will start at 8:30 AM, on Sunday, August 23rd, 2026
• All rounds of Day 2 will be ran as single elimination
• Top 64 - will be 120 minutes, with 20 minutes of overtime.
• Top 16 - will be 120 minutes, with 20 minutes of overtime.
• Top 4 - will be 180 minutes, with 20 minutes of overtime
• In the event a winner is not determined by end of overtime, the winner will be the highest alive seat in the pod.

Points Structure for the Open (Not yet confirmed for the Invitational):

• This tournament will be utilizing the "Japanese" point structure in the Swiss rounds.
  • Players will begin with 1000 points at the start of the tournament
  • Each round 7% of a players points will removed and added to a pool.
  • Winner will take all points, draws will result in elimination of all current points from the pool
  • Players will have random pairings, regardless of current standing
  • All standings will be hidden and announced at end of day 1.

Schedule for the Invitational (Schedule may change)

• The tournament will start at 9:00 AM, on Saturday, August 22nd, 2026
• The tournament will be capped at 64 players.
• We will have 6 rounds day 1, with a cut to top 16 on day 2.
• Rounds will be 80 minutes, with 20 minutes of overtime.
• If no player wins by end of overtime, a draw will be given to the table.

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