2022 Player of the Year Invitational

The 2022 Player of the Year Invitational is an exclusive tournament where the best tournament players of 2022 compete for the ultimate bragging rights. $2,000 in prizes are at stake in this competitive showdown. Hosted by team Infinite Mana, sponsored by AQUA.xyz.

Format: Bo5 Conquest. Register 4 decks, ban 1. Single Elimination

Prizes (USDC):

1st: $1,000 + bragging rights for the rest of the year

2nd: $500

3rd: $300

4th: $100

5th-8th: $25

Round and Stream Schedule:

Jan 1st-7th: Submit your 4 decks, failure to do so by the deadline will result in match losses and/or disqualification. All times below are in UTC.

Jan 7th 00:01: All submitted decks revealed publicly. Ro16 may start informally.

Jan 9th 00:01: Ro16 officially starts (and ends Jan 10th 23:59)

Jan 11th 00:01: Ro8 officially starts (and ends Jan 12th 23:59)

Jan 11th 17:00: STREAM: Ro16 VODs are casted on Twitch

Jan 13th 17:00: STREAM: Ro8 VODs are casted on Twitch

Jan 14th 17:00: STREAM: Semi-finals are played and casted LIVE on Twitch

Jan 15th 17:00: STREAM: Finals are played and casted LIVE on Twitch

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Rules and God Banning:

Click here for our tournament ruleset. Here's a refresher on how to God Ban.

• Players must be in the E1337 Discord (required in order to use the God Ban bot).

• Players must record their game perspective for the Ro16 and Ro8. The Semi-finals and Finals will be hosted live, where players are expected to stream their perspective on Twitch via a delay. If you expect problems adhering to these rules, please contact saints as soon as possible.

• The tournament admins are: Vesper (Vesper#3237), Valdiz (Valdiz#3607), and saints (saintsintosea#9137).

Player List:

(These are pre-seeded according to 2022 prize earnings. 1st will play 16th, 2nd will play 15th, and so on for Round 1).

Seed	Player	2022 Tournament Earnings*	2022 Major Accolades
1	[8M] VilliBesti	$5,405	1st BFTL EMEA, 4th 8ML S2, 2nd CUJO Love-a-Bowl, 2nd APES x CUJO
2	[8M] FakeMews	$4,566	1st P2E #3, 1st GUStakes Finale, 3rd P2E Finale
3	[8M] HPain	$4,098	1st BFTL APAC, 3rd P2E #6, 4th GUStakes CUJO
4	[8M] SamBam	$4,042	1st P2E Finale, 4th BFTL APAC, 4th P2E #6
5	iceysquid	$2,972	1st YOTG #3, 2nd P2E #4, 2nd P2E #5, 2nd BFTL APAC
6	[8M] Fastexe	$2,760	1st P2E #4, 2nd 8ML S2, 3rd CUJO Love-a-Bowl
7	Anti91 KAG	$2,297	1st P2E #6, 2nd P2E Finale
8	[8M] Nackarub	$1,817	3rd BFTL APAC, 3rd 8ML S2, 3rd P2E #1
9	Swallie	$1,567	1st GUStakes NVS, 3rd P2E #3, 3rd APES vs CUJO
10	JKAN Perion	$1,388	3rd GUStakes Unistix, 2nd P2E #6, 3rd YOTG #4
11	DeVoTeD	$1,355	2nd GUStakes Wispsi, 4th P2E #5, 3rd YOTG #5, 1st YOTG #4, 2nd YOTG #3
12	[tst]cautionfun	$1,074	3rd 8ML S1, 3rd GUStakes CUJO, 4th GUStakes NVS
13	standinkao	$1,027	1st APES x CUJO, 3rd P2E #5
14	mepo Perion	$999	2nd GUStakes NVS, 2nd YOTG #4, 2nd P2E #3
15	Fayt	$950	1st P2E #1, Top 8 8ML S2
16	Clutch	$500	2021 PotY, Top 8 8ML S1

• Tournament earnings exclude pack prizes/NFTs and use the USD value of crypto token payouts at the time the tournament concluded.