Side Events

Okotoberfest is more than just a cEDH tournament! It's a celebration of Magic the Gathering and we have sides across all sorts of formats!

Packages

To enter the venue space, all players must have either purchased an "Elk Package" or higher, or have purchased main event entry.


As a reminder to all players, Okotoberfest requires all attendees to present a vaccination card upon entry to the venue. If you have a medical exemption, please email nicholas@monarch.cards.

We will be requiring masks for all attendees unless actively eating or drinking in the venue.

Scheduled Sides - Saturday

Canadian Highlander Duels - $30 - 12:00pm

Canadian Highlander is a 100-card singleton format. Similar to cEDH, it allows you to play with some of the most powerful cards in Magic’s history. Unlike cEDH, you can sleeve up GW beatdown and take away those 20 life points at record pace. Whether you want to take your 10 points and sleeve up Strip Mine locks or Ancestral Recall spam, Canadian Highlander has you covered. Event duration will scale based on participation.

Find out more about Canadian Highlander here!

NOTE: for the Canadian Highlander side event, we do not require the use of playtest cards. Home generated proxies using recognizable art, the front side of artist proofs, Magic 30 celebration cards, International Edition, and Collector’s Edition cards are all allowed in the Canadian Highlander side event.

Canadian Highlander Prizing (30% of the total entry fees will be donated to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital!)

  • 1st - 35% of entry fees

  • 2nd - 20% of entry fees

  • 3rd/4th - 10% of entry fees


Commander Precon Showdown - $60 - 2:00pm

Do you want to play some Precon Commander from throughout Magic’s history? Sign up for the Commander Precon showdown. You’ll be given an unopened Commander Precon and be paired into pods of four with other players with Commander Precons!. This event is all about Commander Precons and having an awesome time playing Commander Precon so your prize for winning is the Commander Precon you opened! We are confident you’ll enjoy your Precon Commander experience at Okotoberfest!

Commander Precon Showdown Prizing - $20 of each entry will be donated to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital!

DanDan, The Most Forgetful Fish - $2 - 8:30pm

I’m not even going to lie to you. We put DanDan on the schedule because it’s fun and also so we can say the first competitive DanDan was played at Okotoberfest. If you have a DanDan deck and want to play some DanDan, we’ll help you organize it. You can even go so far as to donate your prize money to St. Jude, and we’ll double it to $8 per match!

Is this casual as heck? Yes. Is DanDan a fun way to play Magic? Also yes.

DanDan Prizing - $4 to the winner (or $8 to St. Jude if you donate your prize money)

Scheduled Sides - Sunday

cEDH Final Fortune - $30 - 10:30am

Didn’t make day-2 in the cEDH main event? Want to give it (or a spicy home brew) a chance at redemption? Play in cEDH Final Fortune event to get your last chance at a warrior’s oath before Okotoberfest ends. Depending on turnout, we’ll be playing either three or four rounds with a cut to top-4.

This event, like the cEDH main event, will be run at Competitive Rules Enforcement.

cEDH Final Fortune Prizing - 30% of the total entry fees will be donated to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital!

  • 1st - 30% of entry fees

  • 2nd/3rd/4th - 15% of entry fees


The Practical Pedestrian Platitudinous Pauper Playoffs - $20 - 12:00pm

(Not actually a playoff)

Do you like playing with common cards? Good thing cause pauper only allows common cards. Test your mettle in this extremely common side event and see who comes out on top! Event duration will scale based on participation.

NOTE: for the Pauper side event, we do not require the use of playtest cards. Home generated proxies using recognizable art, the front side of artist proofs, Magic 30 celebration cards, International Edition, and Collector’s Edition cards are all allowed in the Pauper side event.

Pauper Prizing - 30% of the total entry fees will be donated to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital!

  • 1st - 35% of entry fees

  • 2nd - 20% of entry fees

  • 3rd/4th - 10% of entry fees


No-Banned List EDH - $10 - 4:00pm

Experience the raw power of Black Lotus, Griselbrand, or Flash in Magic’s most busted multiplayer tournament format! Bring $10 and your gumption and try out three rounds of 50 minute multiplayer magic with a cut to top-4.

NOTE: for the NBL EDH side event, we do not require the use of playtest cards. Home generated proxies using recognizable art, the front side of artist proofs, Magic 30 celebration cards, International Edition, and Collector’s Edition cards are all allowed in the NBL EDH side event.

No Banned List EDH Prizing - 30% of the total entry fees will be donated to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital!

  • 1st - 30% of entry fees

  • 2nd/3rd/4th - 15% of entry fees


On Demand Events - Friday/Saturday/Sunday

The Brothers' War Draft - $20

Do you like artifact sets? How about BROtherly love? Try out a Brother’s War draft at Okotoberfest and see whether you’ll take the side of Urza or Mishra in this artifact focused draft for the ages.

On Demand Drafts will be 3 rounds, and will launch when 8 players have gathered.

BRO Draft Prizing - 30% of the total entry fees will be donated to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital!

  • 1 pack of BRO per match win

Double Masters Draft- $TBD

Powerful cards? Powerful format. Let’s draft some Double Masters! Experience some of Magic’s most iconic cards with twice as many rares. Firing on demand all weekend at Okotoberfest

On Demand Drafts will be 3 rounds, and will launch when 8 players have gathered.

2X2 Draft Prizing - 30% of the total entry fees will be donated to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital!

  • 1 pack of 2X2 per match win

On Demand cEDH - $5

Firing throughout the weekend, if you don’t want to try out our main event or haven’t gotten enough after swiss rounds conclude, join the queue to play some cEDH! At only $5 a game, you can walk away with $15 AND you get to donate $10 to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. If you’re good enough, you might be able to walk out of Okotoberfest with more than you started and help donate money to a good cause while you play!

NOTE: for cEDH side events, we do not require the use of playtest cards. Home generated proxies using recognizable art, the front side of artist proofs, Magic 30 celebration cards, International Edition, and Collector’s Edition cards are all allowed in our on-demand cEDH pods.

On Demand cEDH Prizing - $10 to donated to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital per pod launched

  • 1st - $15