Eternal Championship Qualifier: Strange Lands
January 3, 2020The road to the 2020 Eternal® World Championship continues with the third Eternal Championship Qualifier: Strange Lands on January 17 – 19!
Battle for fame and glory in this Expedition format Eternal Championship Qualifier!
ECQ: Strange Lands consists of two stages: Qualifiers that are open to all players on Steam, iOS, Android, and Xbox, and the Finals that will feature the Top 64 players from the Qualifiers.
Participating in the ECQ requires a registered and validated account and email address. This can be done through the Options menu in-game. We strongly encourage players to register and validate their email addresses in advance of attempting to enter the tournament.
Drop us a line at support@direwolfdigital.com if you need help validating.
- ECQ: Strange Lands will use the Expedition format.
- All players on Steam, Xbox, and iOS or Android phones & tablets can participate in ECQ: Strange Lands.
- The Qualifiers begin on Friday, January 17 at 10 am MST (17:00 UTC) and will close sharply on Saturday, January 18 at 4 pm MST (23:00 UTC).
- No one may enter the tournament or start a new game after 16:00 pm MST (23:00 UTC).
- Games in progress may be completed until 4:30 pm MST (23:30 UTC), at which time all scores will become final.
- Players can complete their games at any time during the Qualifiers; there is no benefit or penalty for playing early, late, or throughout.
- Bring your best Expedition deck for 28 games, win-or-lose, in a battle to make the Top 64.
- You may only enter once, and you may not switch decks between games.
- The Top 64 players from the Qualifiers will progress forward to the Finals.
- ECQ: Strange Lands costs 1,800 Gems or 35,000 Gold to enter.
- The Finals begin promptly at 11 am MST (18:00 UTC) on Sunday, January 19.
- Qualifying players must be online and ready to play when the Finals begin.
- You will receive an in-game prompt to join your first game when the Finals begin.
- The Finals are open to only the top 64 players from the Qualifiers.
- Finals matches are best-of-3 games, single-elimination, played with the same constructed deck used in the Qualifiers.
- There will be a short delay between the last active game in a round and the start of the next round.
- All games must finish before the next round can start, so watch the Bracket View.
- When it is time to play, you will receive an invitation to join your next game.
All Finalists’ decklists will be published prior to the Finals beginning.
- Prizes will be delivered upon conclusion of the Finals. All packs are from The Flame of Xulta.
- All players will receive four alternate-art copies of Scorpion Wasp, and a special Scorpion Wasp premium card back, just for playing!
- All players will receive prizes based upon their number of wins in Qualifiers:
Wins | Qualifiers Prizes |
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15+ | 40 Packs |
11-14 | 34 Packs |
6-10 | 30 Packs |
2-5 | 26 Packs |
0-1 | 22 Packs |
- Additionally, players in the Finals will receive prizes based on Leaderboard standings, as follows:
Finish | Finals Prizes |
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1st | $1,000 & 32 Packs |
2nd | $600 & 25 Packs |
3rd-4th | $300 & 20 Packs |
5th-8th | $200 & 16 Packs |
9th-16th | 12 Packs |
17th-32nd | 8 Packs |
33rd-64th | 4 Packs |
Join us for broadcast coverage of the Finals on Sunday, January 19 at 11 am MST (18:00 UTC), live on Twitch!
Special Twitch Drops will be enabled exclusively on the DWD channel during the broadcast — so if you’re not playing in the Finals, make sure to tune in to claim your share of the loot!
Grab your favorite Expedition deck and get ready ECQ: Strange Lands!
The Winter Quarterly Championship Invitationals will take place on 1/25 and 1/26 – save the date. There will be more details on Tuesday!