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If I go to 2 state tournaments can I play The Fearless Traveler in the second one I attend?

A new state promo can only be used at Regional and National tournaments the year it is released.

so will the new Job only be legal at nationals this year?

Yes.

Local and district promos can be used at any tournament occurring after the very first one in which they are given out that season.

It should be in the host materials if it's not.

I think this is more important to players than hosts.

The fact that hosts have/should have this information means players should know it. If Hosts are maintaining the rules on Promo use then players should be hearing said rules when these questions arise at tournaments.

I know we (as the Elder team) have said this before, but one of the projects we will soon be tackling is a major update to the tournament host guide, which would include information such as this. It's obviously long overdue, but our priorities have been focused on the new set and REG updates.

You never could use the promo at the tournament you got it from.

You never could use the promo at the tournament you got it from.

From my understanding I thought a player could use the promo if the promo had already been released in a prior tournament (i.e., I host a local tournament next month and the promo is Crowds LS. One of the players wants to add it to his deck before deck check-in and he can do this as it has already been released for over a year).

I always thought you couldn't play with the promotional card that you got in the tournament that you received it at. I thought it was based on you as a player not when the card was released.

This was the rule many, many years ago. It has been updated as stated above.

Promos are received when players sign-in, not when they get their deck checked.

The rule has been changed for many, many years and I don't foresee it being something we are going to revisit. In fact, this past year Rob graciously allowed players to use the new Noah's Ark promo at Nationals despite that being the first tournament where it was given out (since the Flood Survivors theme didn't really work without it).

If I remember correctly, the reason for not allowing promos to be used at the same tournament in which they are received was because we did not want to put players at a disadvantage who had never seen them before. However, in recent years we have been spoiling and previewing cards much, much earlier so that players have a fair chance to see them before they attend a tournament. Sure not all of them will, but it would not be from a lack of opportunity since new cards (sets and promos) are previewed either here or Land of Redemption a minimum of weeks in advance of their release.

The current system gives players the most leeway in using new promos without putting a player at a disadvantage if his state or regional tournament is later in the season and he doesn't have the opportunity to get them until much later than a player in the region next to him. (i.e. I received a Job promo from SW regionals last weekend--it would be unfair for me to use Job at MN state this coming weekend since the North Central Regionals has not happened yet.)

Local and district promos (regardless of when they are received) can be used at any tournament occurring after the very first one in which they are given out that season.