If you may be new to competitive tournaments or card games in general, I’d like to inform you of everything that you need to take to a local or large scale tournament. While local tournaments and majors and completely different beast, most of the items you will bring to both levels of play. Going through this slide show will show you everything that is important and why you need to have this at a tournament. Each slide will have a tl;dr description proceeding a number of *s, the more *s the more important it is. I will also go in depth over the differences of both levels as well as the reason for bringing each item at each level.
At the local level is a lot more relaxed compared to major tournaments. These tournaments usually happen weakly if not daily so there’s less pressure if you end up forgetting something one day. Generally you’ll always bring your deck (sleeved) as well as your backpack. If you forget your playmat or a sleeve breaks, another player or the shop should have some you can borrow. Trades are always good to bring because you never know if someone pulls a card you want that you could have traded for. Overall it’s usually not a very competitive environment so you don’t need to worry about bringing any extra cards you don’t want, unless you want to make some last minute changes.
Major events such as championships or a regional are both extremely competitive and you will have a bad experience if you are not well prepared, and that’s why I am here for you. Everything in the slide show should be brought, better safe than sorry. If your event is outside your area, make sure to plan ahead. If the event last more than one day, have a place to stay, getting a hotel room with friends is the best choice. The most important rule for this scenario is to make sure you get enough sleep, last minute practice will be worthless if you can’t wake up for the event. Eating breakfast will also help your performance throughout the day (read this article on breakfast’s effects on the body and mind) and it might be that extra cereal bar or banana that gets you into the top 8.
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