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Most players were probably never aware that there was an option to use custom cards in Redemption tournaments.  In fact, several elders on the boards have ruled over the years that they are not tournament legal.  Nevertheless, some tournament hosts have allowed them in the past.  It was not a well known rule and I regret there has been some confusion about it.  The ruling exception that I conceded to was that custom cards were allowed at the tournament hosts discretion provided the player owned a real copy of the card, that wasn't also being used in the tournament, and that could be produced on request. 

Most players never used custom or proxy cards so it was rarely relevant.  Even so, I realized at National's last year that opponents were put at a disadvantage if the person they were playing was using customized cards that looked different from what they were used to seeing.  To avoid confusion and frustration, I am once and for all disallowing custom cards.

The rule is: only official Redemption cards published by Cactus Game Design will be legal for tournament play.  Proxy cards (regardless of how closely they might resemble a true Redemption card) are not legal for tournament play.

Thank you for your understanding.

Blessings,
Rob Anderson

Thank you for this decision!

Realizing that it wasn't the standard blows me away. I'm very glad to have this set in stone.

I just assumed it was already a rule since every other game I play has the same rules.

I am against card alterations in anyway. Our sets have only been out for a couple months before the biggest tournaments of the year. Players are trying to get accustomed to the art and names of new cards. Altering cards creates a significant advantage for the player using the altered cards, it makes it more difficult on judges and it causes delays in a game that has time limits.

(If this means I can't play with a signed card for total clarity, that is fine by me. If I got a signature I don't really wanna wreck the card by playing it anyways.)

Signed cards are acceptable.

Quote from: CactusRob on June 01, 2018, 10:56:30 AM

Signed cards are acceptable.

So, am I to infer that signed cards are acceptable but art alterations are not?
I was thinking about commissioning some cards to be have extended boarders.

I don't think you have to infer it. That is the ruling.   

I believe we added the "no custom cards" ruling to the tournament guide.

Correct.

Signed cards are okay, and usually when I'm playing booster draft I use a set of generic Lost Souls with my name on them so they don't get mixed up in a multi-player booster.

However, if I take a marker and change the appearance of a Cactus-printed card, that would not be allowed to be used in a tournament game.