HBMO Trials and Byes Fact Sheet

The Hunter Burton Memorial Open offers the opportunity for players to earn byes in the Modern HBMO Championship, as well as other Game and format Championships. Players can earn byes via the following methods.

• Win a Trial at the HBMO.
  • Trials will be 8-player pods available on demand.
  • Modern HBMO Main Event trials will be Modern and Draft, available on Friday
  • Legacy Championship trials will be Legacy, available on Saturday
  • Lorcana trials will be available on Friday
• Finish in the top 8 players in the Ian Jasheway Memorial Sealed RCQ.
• Win an In-store HBMO Trial.

For the HBMO Main Event
Players who earn one bye will be awarded a first round win.
Players who win more than one bye will be awarded a first round and second round win.

For the Legacy and Lorcana events:
Players who earn one bye will be awarded a first round win.
Players will not be awarded more than one win, even if they win more than one bye.

Byes are not transferable between events or players.

On-site Trials

Starting at 10 a.m. on Friday, players can register for on-site trials for byes. Players will be seeded into single-elimination brackets in the format of their choice on a first-come-first-serve basis. The player winning the bracket will be awarded one bye.

Players may play in as many on-site trials as they wish.

All on-site trials will be run at Competitive REL and require decklists.

Entry fees for on-site trials will be $20 for constructed and $30 for draft.
Additional prizes for on-site trials will be 6 prize tokens per win.

Ian Jasheway Sealed

The Ian Jasheway Memorial Sealed RCQ will award one bye to each of its top 8 finishers. More details on that event are available on its event information page.

In-store Trials

Any Magic store can apply to run a HBM trial. More details are available on the store trial event information page.

In-Store Trials Schedule