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Star City Games Open

Step into the spotlight.

Star City Games® Opens are the main event of most SCG Tour® Weekends. They award at least $20,000 in prizes to the top competitors, and everyone who makes the Top 8 of an Individual Open or Top 4 of a Team Open qualifies to compete in the next Star City Games Invitational!

All 2019 Season One Standard Open or Classic players receive an exclusive Captain's Quarters playmat!*

All 2019 Season One Modern Open or Classic players receive an exclusive Aurora's Light playmat!*

All 2019 Season One Legacy Open or Classic players receive an exclusive Ripped from Reality playmat!*

Wyatt Darby Rryan Saxe Corey Baumeister Autumn Burchett Kevin Jones

All Star City Games Open and Classic players also receive our newest set of five tokens featuring some of your favorite Star City Games personalities!*

*While supplies last.

Tournament Structure

Opens are two-day tournaments with the top finishers after nine rounds of Swiss on Saturday advancing to Day 2. After six rounds of Swiss on Sunday, there is a cut to a single-elimination Top 8.

Saturday
Starts: 10am
Entry: $60 per player
Format: Varies
Individual – 9 rounds, Top 64 or 21+ Match Points advance to Day 2
Team Constructed – 9 rounds, Top 24 or 21+ Match Points advance to Day 2
Sunday
Starts: 10am
6 rounds, cut to a single‑elimination Top 8

Prizes and SCG Points

Individual Open Prizes

Finish Prizes SCG Points Qualification
Winner $5,000 30 checkmark
Finalist $2,000 25 checkmark
Top 4 $1,000 20 checkmark
Top 8 $500 15 checkmark
Top 16 $325 — —
Top 32 $200 — —
Top 64 $100 — —
Finish/Match Points SCG Points
36+ 12
34 – 35 10
33 8
31 – 32 7
30 6
28 – 29 5
27 4
Day 2 3
Participation 1

Top 8 players receive SCG Points based on rank. All other players receive SCG Points based on their match point total at the end of the event.

Team Open Prizes

Finish Prizes SCG Points Qualification
Winner $7,500 25 checkmark
Finalist $3,000 20 checkmark
Top 4 $1,500 15 checkmark
Top 8 $900 10 —
Top 12 $600 — —
Top 16 $300 — —
Finish/Match Points SCG Points
33+ 10
31 – 32 8
30 6
28 – 29 4
Day 2 3
Participation 1

Top 8 teams receive SCG Points based on rank. All other teams receive SCG Points based on their match point total at the end of the event.

Schedule

An Open is just one of many reasons to attend an SCG Tour Weekend. See when the SCG Tour will be in your area, then make plans to join us and come be part of the fun!

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ORGANIZED PLAY
  • THIS WEEK
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  • THIS Saturday, December 7
  • IQ+ Columbia, MO - Magelings Games
  • IQ Columbus, OH - Comic Town
  • IQ Durham, NC - Atomic Empire
  • IQ Kingsport, TN - Mulligans Gaming
  • IQ+ Little Rock, AR - Game Goblins
  • IQ+ Louisville, KY - Through the Decades
  • IQ Schuylkill Haven, PA - Alchemist's Cove Games & Comics
  • IQ+ Toronto, ON - Hairy Tarantula
  • IQ Woodbridge, VA - Guild Gaming
  • THIS Sunday, December 8
  • IQ Bristol, TN - MWO Games
  • IQ Chantilly, VA - Hashtag Gaming Arena
  • IQ Glassboro, NJ - The Comic Book Store
  • IQ Newington, CT - Tabletop Gaming Center
  • IQ Williamsport, PA - The White Knight's Game Room
  • Saturday, December 14
  • IQ Austin, TX - Mage's Sanctum
  • IQ Harrisburg, PA - The Adventurer's Guild
  • IQ Rossford, OH - Frogtown Hobbies
  • Sunday, December 15
  • IQ Nanuet, NY - ToyWiz

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