8003 N. Academy Blvd. Colorado Springs, CO 80920 (719) 424 - 7264
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WHO WE ARE: The Iron Lion aims to inspire collectors to be passionate, be original, be fair, promote exciting conversations, and create new friendships. The Iron Lion seeks to provide a safe haven for all collectors and players to learn more about their hobby and to nurture their passion for their hobby.
Iron Lion Code of Conduct
PLAY TO WIN & HAVE FUN!
- Depending on the event structure, BE COMPETITIVE! Whether you win or lose, help us maintain an environment that is fun, friendly, honest, and respectful! Bullying, harassment, theft and foul or abusive language/behavior will not be tolerated.
We are a COMMUNITY!
- Regardless of who sits down at your table or next to you, we treat each individual with the same respect, dignity and equality we expect to be given. Help us grow our Iron Lion Family, you are important!
- We encourage you to help your peers become better TCG players! While help and assistance is not permitted during a tournament, teaching is permitted after tournaments, where it will not affect the results of a tournament or event. The Iron Lion store front has play tables open for use during store hours, outside of an event, for Magic the Gathering, Pokémon & Flesh & Blood players!
Keep it CLEAN!
- You are all responsible for your tournament experience, including responsibility over the play area. Help us maintain a clean, hygienic and safe environment. During tournament events, please keep your belongings and ALL food either on the bar top along the window or on your person. Please keep the play area clean at all times! The Iron Lion will not be liable for any stolen or lost personal belongings.
Follow the RULES!
- The Iron Lion follows all event rules set by Wizards of the Coast as well as Play! Pokémon for tournament play, unless stated differently. As a community, we will enforce said rules to provide a better game play experience! No cheating! No bribery! No bullying! We are a family friendly store. Please keep your language clean and your behavior appropriate!
Respect the Store!
- We encourage fair and reasonable trades within our community. Direct sales are not permitted within the Iron Lion facility unless on a designated trade night. Any exchanges of funds not authorized or conducted by the Iron Lion staff must happen outside of the building. The Iron Lion will not tolerate unfair trades and taking advantage of inexperienced players or customers for personal gain. The Iron Lion is not liable for any unfair trades that happen between individuals. If you are unsure regarding a trade, please ask the staff. However, all advice given is each individual's personal opinion regarding a specific trade and will not be held liable.
- Any form of horseplay will not be tolerated!
Sales Policy:
Comic Pull List & Holds:
- If your comic pull list has not been picked up within 45 days, we will make 2 attempts to reach out to you within 45 days. If there is no response, the Iron Lion holds the right to restock the comics and cancel an inactive pull list.
- Any product held in store will be held until the end of the week. Product held that has not been picked up will be restocked into inventory on the following Monday.
- Product transfers will be held for 48 hours after you have been contacted or notified it is ready for pick up. After 48 hours it will be restocked into inventory.
Returns/Refunds & Cancellations:
- We currently do not accept on returns on any Pokémon, Magic the Gathering, and Sports sealed boxes or single TCG purchases.
Pre-Orders:
- Full payment is required for any pre-orders. Pre-orders will be available for pick up the day of release.
- We reserve the right to refund or cancel an order that has exceeded our product limits on Pre-Orders.
TCG singles buys:
- We purchase Pokémon, Magic the Gathering, Flesh & Blood, and Sports singles and sealed in-store by appointment or through our online website buy list feature (excluding sports).
- We purchase TCG singles for store credit as well as cash. Cash is 50 to 55% market price depending on the condition and 60 to 65% market price for Store Credit depending on the condition and rarity of a single.
Store Credit:
- Store credit is not available for use on graded singles, graded comics, sealed premium boxes, premium singles, and Sideshow figures, unless at a designated event advertised differently. Please ask an associate for more details.
Iron Lion House TCG House Rules:
- For all events/tournaments the Official Banned List for Magic The Gathering, Pokemon, and Flesh & Blood for the given format will be used and enforced.
- No proxies are allowed to be used during events/tournaments unless the player can show that they own a physical copy of the card, or unless the event/tournament has been advertised as either casual or a proxy friendly event/tournament.
- Zero compliance towards The Iron Lion house rules or code of conduct will not be tolerated. We will simply offer 2 warnings and by the 3rd we will ask you to leave.
- The Iron Lion allows a 15-minute grace period into the start of the first round in any tournament to allow players to be seated. If you have surpassed the 15-minute grace period, your opponent will be awarded the round win.
- If you are finished with your match; please avoid conversing with other players who are still playing their match to allow the player(s) to fully concentrate on game play. Deck walkthroughs between players are prohibited during tournaments however, a walkthrough after the tournament has concluded is permitted.
Iron Lion’s House Rules Specific to MTG [Commander/EDH & cEDH LEAGUE]:
- When playing games with more than 2 life totals where placements beyond 1st need to be determined, players that present an indisputable1 win to all other players will be given their appropriate placing and exit[*1] the game.
- When playing games with more than 2 life totals where placements beyond 1st need to be determined and a time limit is in place for said game, the game will go to “turns”. Depending on the number of remaining players, the process for “turns” is as follows:
- 2 people: 3 turns where the current turn when time runs out is turn 0
- 3 people: 5 turns where the current turn when time runs out is turn 0
- 4 people: 7 turns where the current turn when time runs out is turn 0
*If there are 2 or more players remaining in the game after the allotted turns, then a 20-sided die will be rolled by the players to determine placements. The player who rolls the highest value takes the highest remaining placement until all players have received a placement*
- Deals/Bargains
- In sanctioned events, agreements (“deals”) between players are not permitted if said agreement would significantly affect the game state. The Head Judge has final say in regard to what agreements are considered Deals/Bargains..
- Is OK: John proposes to the table that if someone counters X, then he will counter Y.
- Is NOT OK: John proposes to Tim that he will not attack Tim if Tim agrees to do X.
- In accordance with the Official Rules, genuine cards of any language are permitted to be used and played[*2].
cEDH One-Day Tournament Structure:
Swiss Style events are the easiest to comprehend. You play X number of rounds, and cut to Top Y.
Traditional Swiss is a “Seeded” tournament. Winners play winners. The math on 4-way Free For All does not work well for traditional Seeding. As an alternative, I recommend “no-repeat” Swiss. As the name implies, that you do not play against the same opponent more than once. This best enables the randomness of cEDH and tiebreaks to work in your favour.
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0-16 players - 2 rounds - Top 1
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17-32 players - 3 rounds - Top 4
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33-64 players - 4 rounds - Top 4
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65-128 players - 5 rounds - Top 16
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129-256 players - 6 rounds - Top 16
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257-512 players - 7 rounds - Top 16
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Win - 3 points
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Draw - 1 point
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Loss - 0 points
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Bye - 3 points
(Tie points are given to all players in the match, both alive and dead)
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Points
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Win Percent (wins/games played)(byes are not considered in this equation)
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Opponent Match Win Percentage
60 minutes minimum, 120 minutes maximum. Usually 75 or 90 minutes based on intended tournament length.
When the match goes to time, set the number of turns equal to the number of surviving players. Standard turns policy applies (if a player takes multiple turns, they can take up all remaining turns in the game)
We use random seating at all games. I’ll be the first to admit that alternatives are underexplored. Random is safe, seeded can cause adverse incentives, so be careful with alternate systems.
Prize Structure and Structure for cEDH League:
- Each League night will have three (3) games with a 1-hour limit per game.
- Players will receive points based on their placement in each game*. Points are distributed according to the following placements:
- 1st Place - 5 points
- 2nd Place - 3 points
- 3rd - 2 points
- 4th - 1 point
*If there are only three (3) players in any given game, then points are awarded for first (1st), second (2nd) and third (3rd) with no fourth (4th) place player. The Top four (4) points leaders at the end of the 4-week League play three (3) games to determine the League Champion**
**As not all months have four (4) Tuesdays, the store and players determine a date and time to host the finals that works for all participants.
*1 An indisputable win is considered to be when all of a player’s opponents agree, unequivocally, that the player has presented that they are capable of defeating all players; thus, the opponents allow the player to leave the game and continue to play out the game to determine 2nd, 3rd, etc.
*2 This is true for all events except events where the highest level of Rules Enforcement is in effect as only cards printed in English or a player’s native language are allowed to be used by a player at that level of Rules Enforcement.
