Grand Prix Bye Information

Players or teams with high ratings or a specific Pro Tour Players Club level can earn byes for Grand Prix tournaments. Players can earn one-, two-, or three-round byes for individual-format Grand Prix tournaments. Teams can earn one- or two-round byes for Two-Headed Giant format Grand Prix tournaments. Byes are not cumulative within a given Grand Prix tournament or throughout the tournament season. Byes may not be passed down for any reason and are not transferable. Byes may not be deferred from one Grand Prix tournament to another and must be earned each time. Players who accumulate multiple byes to a Grand Prix tournament receive only the bye for the greatest number of rounds.

If a player or team receives a bye, he or she is considered to have earned 3 points for each of those rounds. Byes are not counted toward a player’s or team’s opponent’s match win percentage, which is the first tiebreaker. Players or teams with byes will usually have an advantage in tiebreakers over players or teams who do not have bye.

Rating-based byes are based on the DCI ratings issued immediately prior to the first day of the Grand Prix tournament. They are issued based on the ratings category that corresponds with the format of the Grand Prix tournament. For individual format Grand Prix, this is either Constructed or Limited. Rating-based byes to Two-Headed Giant Grand Prix will be decided at a future date to be determined. Pro Tour Players Club byes are based on the current membership level of the player. Different rating-based bye levels exist for Grand Prix tournaments; these are based on the region in which they are held.

Grand Prix Byes (Based on DCI Constructed or Limited Ratings)

  Byes
One-round bye 1800
Two-round bye 1900
Three-round bye 2000

Two-Headed Giant Format Grand Prix Byes (Based on DCI Ratings TBD)

  All Regions
One-round bye 1700
Two-round bye 1750

Grand Prix Byes (Based on Pro Tour Players Club Level)

  Individual
(Players Club Level) 		Two-Headed Giant
(Combined Pro Club Levels)
One-round bye Level 1 4
Two-round bye Level 2 8
Three-round bye Level 4+ n/a

Appeals

To file a ratings-based appeal:

Visit https://webapp.wizards.com/login.aspx?target=personal. After logging in, click the “Appeals” link and fill out the form. Appeals may not be based on tournaments that were not correctly submitted to the DCI in time to be included in the applicable ratings run. Complete information regarding match history appeals can be found at thedci.com.

Pro Tour Players Club Level Appeals
Appeals for invitations or byes based on Pro Tour Players Club level must be received by the Pro Player Coordinator in writing no later than ten days prior to the start date of the tournament in question.

To file an appeal based on Pro Tour Players Club level:

Visit https://webapp.wizards.com/login.aspx?target=personal. After logging in, click the “Appeals” link and fill out the form.

Information about the Pro Tour Players Club can be found here.