Deck the Halls: A Commander White Elephant Shindig

Buy-In: $100 per player

Capacity: 16 players per session (48 players total across the weekend)

Format: Commander White Elephant Sealed (2 Rounds of 4-Player Pods)

Dates & Session Times:

• Session 1: Saturday, December 12th at 10:30 AM
• Session 2: Saturday, December 12th at 4:00 PM
• Session 3: Sunday, December 13th at 11:30 AM

Event Overview
Celebrate Commander Christmas with a festive, high-stakes White Elephant gift exchange! Every player unwraps a mystery Commander bundle, wheels and deals through a round of holiday steals, and battles with their newly unwrapped deck across two rounds of pod play. Spots are strictly capped at 16 players per session!

What's Inside Every Gift-Wrapped Box?
Each box in the center pile is packed with the following:

• 1 Random Precon Commander Deck
• 1 Commander Legends Draft Booster Pack
• 2 Modern Horizons 3 Booster Packs
• 1 Pack of Card Sleeves
• 1 Deck Box
• 1 Set of Chessex Dice
• 1 Proxy Card (created by JPP's very own Benny)
• 1 Random Single Card (valued at $20+)

White Elephant Exchange Rules

• Pick & Open: Players take turns selecting a gift-wrapped box from the pile in the center of the circle and opening it, or they may steal a gift from someone else.
• Getting Stolen From: If your box gets stolen, you cannot steal from another player. You must draw a new box from the remaining pile.
• Prerelease Pandemonium Immunity: Players who earned theft immunity during the Prerelease Pandemonium Event cannot have their boxes stolen from them. They can, however, still steal someone else’s box (subject to the standard one-time limit).
• Trading Rules: Once the White Elephant exchange wraps up, players are free to trade items with each other. However, once decks and booster packs are opened, trading cards is strictly prohibited.

Pod Structure & Prizing

• Round 1: Each 16-player session will split into four separate pods of four players to battle using their White Elephant Commander decks.
• Round 2 (Placement Pods): After Game 1 concludes, players will be re-paired based on their placement in their opening pod (all 1st-place finishers play together, all 2nd-place finishers play together, etc.).

Grand Prize: Upon completion of Round 2, the overall winner will be crowned champion and awarded a mystery prize!

Ugliest Sweater Contest: In each session, the player with the ugliest sweater will win an additional mystery prize!