Getting Started

GetPaird is a tournament management platform for trading card games. It handles registration, pairings, result reporting, standings, and brackets for events ranging from a casual local night to a multi-day regional.

Every tournament runs in one of three modes:

• Constructed — standard 1-vs-1 matches where players bring their own decks.
• Booster Draft — players draft cards from booster packs, build a deck, then play matches within or across pods.
• Multiplayer — 3 to 5 players per table (pod), commonly used for formats like Commander.

You need an account to register for tournaments. Click Register in the top-right corner of any page.

The sign-up form

Fill in:

• First Name and Last Name
• Username
• Email
• Password and Confirm Password
• Date of Birth — you must be at least 13 years old to create an account
• A checkbox confirming you accept the Terms of Service and the Privacy Policy

Below the form, a divider reads "or sign up with" and offers three one-click alternatives:

Verify your email

After signing up you will receive a confirmation email. You must click the verification link before you can register for any tournament — the platform requires a verified email at checkout.

Once signed in, your Dashboard is your home base. It is organized into tabs:

If you also organize events, an additional Tournament manager tab gives you access to your organizations and events.

Open the Explore menu in the navigation bar and choose Events, Organizations, or Decks. Events takes you to the Browse page.

Filtering the Browse page

The Browse page lists every public event and tournament. Narrow the list with:

• Search — free text over event and tournament names.
• City — free text location search.
• Game — filter by the trading card game.
• Organizer — filter by a specific organization.
• Date From / To — restrict the results to a date range.
• Past / Upcoming / In progress / All — a time-period switch.
• Near me — use your location and a radius (10 to 200 km) to find events close to you, shown on a map.
• All / Events / Tournaments — tabs to filter by content type.

On mobile, tap "More filters" to reveal the full filter panel. Results can be viewed as a grid, a table, or a map.

The tournament page

Click on a tournament to see its full details: description, rules, prizes, schedule, entry fee, and current registrations. See the Tournament Page documentation for more.

The registration button on the tournament page changes depending on the event's setup and its current state:

• "Register & Pay" — the event has an entry fee.
• "Request Registration" — the organizer must approve entries manually.
• "Register Team" — the event is team-trio and opens a team registration flow instead.
• "Join Waitlist" — the event is full; you are placed on a waiting list and offered a seat if one frees up.
• "Log in to register" — shown to signed-out visitors.

A note above the button reminds you that by registering, you accept that your display name, scores, and results will be published publicly.

On the registration page

1. Choose a profile — pick which player profile is being registered (see Player Profiles below).
2. Review the entry fee — free events need no payment; paid events show the amount.
3. Apply a coupon — enter a discount code and click Apply; if it brings the total to zero, the pay button becomes "Confirm Registration".
4. Pay — the submit button reads "Pay {amount} EUR" with a lock icon and a "Secured by Stripe" note.

Other ways to pay or register

• Cancellation Protection — an optional add-on (a small percentage of the entry fee) that refunds your entry fee if you cancel. It requires a card payment and cannot be combined with paying in TIX.
• Pay with TIX — some events let you pay your entry fee with TIX, the event reward points you earn by playing. TIX are never refunded as money — if you cancel, they are credited back to your event balance. See Side Events & TIX.
• External payment — some organizers collect payment off-platform (cash, transfer, or a label like HelloAsso); the registration page marks these as "(External)" and the platform never processes that money.
• Waiting room — on very high-demand sales, you may be placed in a short queue before reaching the checkout page. This protects the site during a rush; you keep your place in line.

Registration statuses

• Pending — awaiting organizer approval, or waiting on an unpaid checkout.
• Confirmed — you are registered and will appear in the tournament roster. A confirmed registration gets a ticket number and a QR code, visible under My Registrations.
• Cancelled — the registration is no longer active — either you cancelled it yourself, or the organizer declined it. There is no separate "rejected" status: a declined registration is simply marked cancelled, and if you paid by card, the refund is issued automatically. Refunds for external (off-platform) payments are handled directly by the organizer.

Cancelling your own registration

From My Registrations or the tournament page, you can cancel your spot. Depending on the event's refund policy and how close the event is, the button reads "Cancel registration" or "Cancel & get refunded" — a full refund typically applies several days before the event, a partial refund closer to it, and no refund once the event has started.

For full detail, see Registration & Payment.

A player profile is not a per-game identity. Player profiles let you register children or other dependents who cannot have their own account — for example due to age restrictions or the platform's terms of service — for tournaments under your account.

Your own account already has a default profile, marked "Default (you)". You can add up to 10 additional profiles.

Adding a profile

1. Open Profile from your dashboard, then click "Manage player profiles".
2. Under "Add a child or dependent player", enter a First Name and Last Name.
3. Click Add.
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Each profile can be edited or deleted from the same page — except the default profile, which is edited from Profile instead and can never be deleted. A profile with an active confirmed registration cannot be deleted either.

Using a profile

• When you register for an event, you choose which profile is being registered — yourself, or one of your dependents.
• If you have more than one unregistered profile, the tournament page offers a "Register another player" button so you can enter each one separately.
• The profile's name is what appears to other players and organizers in pairings and standings.
• A decklist submission is tied to the profile that registered it.

Some tournaments require a decklist. If the one you registered for does, a "Submit Decklist" button appears on the tournament page after you register (it changes to "Change decklist" once you have submitted one).

Building or picking a deck

You can pick an existing deck from your library, or open the deck builder. The builder includes card autocomplete backed by the platform's card database, bulk text paste, several views (grid, list, table, text), an edition or printing picker, and dedicated tools for Magic: The Gathering, Yu-Gi-Oh! (including .ydk import), Lorcana, and Riftbound. A live legality check flags cards not allowed in the tournament's format. The same library deck can be submitted to several tournaments at once.

See Decklists & Deck Builder for the full builder walkthrough.

Locking and format checks

If your deck's format does not match the tournament's format, a warning is shown — you can still submit, but double-check it is intentional.

Your submission locks automatically shortly after the first round is generated (the organizer sets the buffer). After that you can no longer edit it unless the organizer opens a resubmission window.

When the tournament begins, everything you need is in the Player Portal — your personal view of the event, linked from the tournament page once pairings are published.

• Your table number — where to sit for the current round.
• Your opponent or pod — who you are playing against.
• The round timer — how much time is left.
• Your match history — results from previous rounds.

Reporting a result

When self-reporting is enabled, each game of your match shows a row with three choices: you, a tie, or your opponent.

1. Tap the winner of each game. A live score preview updates as you go.
2. Click "Submit Result".
3. Your opponent sees the same result and confirms it — or calls a judge or the organizer if something is wrong.

For an unusual score, open the custom result option instead of the game rows — it lets you enter each player's game wins and any draws directly.

In multiplayer pods, you report the pod winner (or a draw) and every other player in the pod confirms it before the result is final.

Dropping from a tournament

If you need to leave early, use "Drop from tournament" in the Player Portal. You will be asked to confirm — this action cannot be undone.

• You will not be paired in future rounds.
• Your past results are preserved in the standings.
• Only the organizer can reinstate you afterward.

For more, see Player Portal.

Standings recalculate after every round. If the organizer has published them, you can view them from the tournament page or its public live page (also open to spectators).

• Match Points — points earned from wins and draws.
• Record — your wins, losses, and draws (e.g. 3-1-0).
• Tiebreakers — used to rank players with equal match points. The most common set is OMW% (Opponents' Match Win %), GW% (Game Win %), and OGW% (Opponents' Game Win %); some games use a different set. See Scoring.
• Rank — your position relative to every other player.

If the tournament has a Top Cut, the players ranked within the cut line advance to an elimination bracket — the organizer's standings page marks the cut line; check the tournament page for the cutoff if it is not shown on your view.

Once the tournament completes, final results and your Performance tab reflect the outcome.

A tournament moves through these statuses:

• Draft — only visible to organizers, still being configured.
• Published — visible on the Browse page, but registration is not open yet.
• Registration open — you can register (or request registration if approval is required).
• Registration closed — no more new registrations; the tournament has not started yet.
• In progress — the tournament is being played; use the Player Portal.
• Completed — every phase and round is finished; final standings and (typically) decklists are published.
• Cancelled — the tournament was called off.

How a tournament is structured

A tournament is made of one or more phases, played in sequence. A phase defines how players are paired and scored.

• Single phase — only Swiss rounds, a bracket, or round robin. Most casual events use this.
• Swiss + Top Cut — the most common competitive format. Swiss rounds set the standings, then the top players advance to a single- or double-elimination bracket.
• Multi-day — larger events can span several days, with different phases per day (e.g. Swiss on day one, more Swiss plus a Top 8 on day two).