How to participate as player - European Unity League


Abstract

The European Unity League is a Magic: the Gathering tournament series culminating in the European Magic Cup with €20k prizes.

From the smallest FNM to the largest convention, every event can participate and award League Points.
Players collect these points to qualify for their National Championships, which award invites to the European Magic Cup.

How to collect points

To participate as a player, there is no sign up needed. However to guarantee that you receive all of your points, please follow these steps:

1. Inform your local tournament organizer

For you to receive points, your local organizer needs to register their events for the league. Hence it's essential that you inform your local gaming store (LGS) or other independent organizers about the opportunity to participate in the league and award points.
If you organize events, sign up here:

Organizer sign up

2. Use your full name in tournament apps

Your full name will be the identifier used to track your points across platforms. Therefore it's really important that you use the identical full name on all tournament apps.

To pick a unique full name as your identifier, consider the following:

To verify that your name is correct, you can check that the standings of the app list your full name correctly.

2.1 Change your name in tournament apps

Here are some tutorials how you can change your name in the most popular tournament apps, to make sure you appear with the identical full name:

Companion app
  1. Open the Magic: The Gathering Companion App and login
  2. Go to the Join ⚔️ tab on the bottom navigation (the one with 2 crossed swords)
  3. Click on Joining as followed by your name on top of the screen
  4. Enter your first and last name and Submit
Melee
  1. Open Melee.gg and login
  2. Go to Manage Your Account Settings
  3. Make sure Display username by default is not checked
  4. Go to Profile
  5. Click on Edit next to your First Name and Last Name
  6. Enter your names and Save

If you need to include a middle name, just add it after your first name with a space in between. For example, add "John Bob" in the first name field.

3. Report inaccurate/missing results

In case the results of a tournament are incorrect or missing, it's your responsibility to report this to the organizer of the event within 14 days. If the tournament organizer is unable to correct the error, please contact us.

Frequently asked questions

To receive invites to the National Championships or the European Magic Cup, you must use your real name to track points. We will ask for ID to ensure the right players attend these events.

Yes, you can. Your country is determined by where you play most of your events and is set automatically. If we've assigned the wrong country to you, please contact us.

Yes, you collect points no matter where you play, but you only show up on the leaderboard of your country (the country where you play most of your events).

Generally all countries (not only EU Member States) are eligible to host a National Championship and award invites to the European Magic Cup. However there must be a significant number of participating events in the country.

The number of qualifications is dynamic and depends on the player base of the country. The more events/players in a country that participate, the more qualifications will be awarded.

The following rewards may increase throughout the season:

  • Number of players qualified for National Championships
  • Number of National Championship events in the country
  • Number of EMC direct invites for the top finishers of the leaderboard

We allow all Magic formats at our participating events, even unofficial ones. You can expect that the National Championships will be hosted in a popular format of the country.

The formats of the European Magic Cup will be chosen based on their popularity among participating events. They will be announced throughout the first half of the year. Currently we're considering the following formats for the EMC main events:

  • Duel Commander
  • Pauper
  • Legacy
  • Modern
  • Pioneer
  • Standard
  • Limited