Ylämaa V

• Summary
• Location
• Schedule
• Structure
• Registration & payment
• Prize structure
• Side event: Premodern Highlander
• Services
• Other info
• FAQ

Summary

What? European Highlander, regular REL.
Where? T-Talo, Vanha Hämeentie 29, Turku, Finland (Google Maps)
When? Saturday 19.09.2026 at 09:45.

Registration: See Registration & payment
Please pay in advance, details below in the “Registration & payment” section.

Location

“Same as last year”. T-Talo main hall. Address is Vanha Hämeentie 29, Turku (Google Maps). Entrance via Karjakuja.

The event map has many of the important locations nearby the tournament.

Schedule

Event is on Saturday, 19.09.2026.
Be there at 09:45 the latest.
First round pairings & player meet at approximately 10:00.
First round starts at approximately 10:15.

45 minute lunch break after round 4.
Be prepared for lunch time! The nearby restaurants might get busy. If possible, please pre-order via food delivery services, or bring your own lunch.

Structure

• European Highlander.
• Regular REL with selected competitive REL additions.
  • Spirit: Even though the overall atmosphere of the tournament is relaxed, we are trying to reduce potential issues and handle them gracefully.
  • Problem situations will be handled as outlined in the Infraction Procedure Guide (IPG), but without recording penalties.
• Entrance fee is 30 EUR.
• Event cap is 110 players.
• 6 rounds swiss (-64 players) or 7 rounds swiss (65+ players) into top 8.
  Time limits for swiss: 60 minutes, plus 5 extra turns or 10 minutes (whichever occurs first).
• Gold border (WCD), CE/IE, Magic 30th Anniversary, and Artist Proofs are allowed.
  • Any other proxies are not allowed.

Registration & payment

Tournament payment functions as registration. Once you pay, your name will be updated to the MtgSuomi calendar event.
Please check the calendar beforehand to make sure there is room in the tournament (cap 110).
Payments are monitored and added manually, so please excuse the delay in between.

For further information, please don’t hesitate to contact via

1. Contact form
2. Email: admin@haikku.fi

Payment details:

• Recipient: Henri Särkkä
• IBAN: FI44 1271 5000 7044 28
• SWIFT: NDEAFIHH
• Amount: 30 EUR
• Message: Name of registrant(s) (important!)

Payments may only be refunded with a doctor’s notice or similar proof of force majeure.

Prize structure

Simple: Income minus expenses (venue, judges…) equals prize pool.
Prize cutoff is top 8 with 64 or less players, top 12 with 65 or more players.

For winners permanently residing in Finland, all prizes valued over 100 EUR (both money and product) require the recipient’s personal identity code (henkilötunnus) for taxation purposes.
Prizes will be paid via bank transfer, so please have your IBAN at hand.

Side event: Premodern Highlander

Towards the end of the swiss rounds (likely after the 5th-6th round) we will launch a side event for Premodern Highlander.

• Legality & banlist: https://www.wak-wak.se/highlander
• Highlander deckbuilding rules: 100 cards minimum, singleton (apart from basic lands), no sideboard.
• Tournament format will be from round robin up to 4 rounds of swiss, depending on amount of participants.
• 60 minute rounds.
• No additional registration fee for Ylämaa V players.
  15 EUR registration fee for outside players. This may be paid on-site (cash or MobilePay), or beforehand (see payment info above in the “Registration” section).
• No preregistration for side event, please see tournament staff on-site.
• Will launch somewhere after main tournament round 5/6, no solid time but best guess is sometime around 17:00.
• Prizes TBA.
• Proxy policy is the same as main tournament: Gold border (WCD), CE/IE, Magic 30th Anniversary, and Artist Proofs are allowed.

Services

Information here will be added as things progress towards the autumn.

Food & drinks

There will be a small self-service kiosk at the venue, similar to last year.

For any other restaurants nearby the venue, please see the event map.

Other info

There will be a feature match table where matches will be recorded and published afterwards on the Haikku.fi YouTube channel. It is your right to decline being set in the feature match table, no questions asked. Please approach the event staff at the venue if you have any questions or concerns. Please note that such accommodation might not be possible for top 8 matches.

We hope to gather as many decklists as possible from the event to publish via the Haikku.fi Moxfield account. Please be ready to submit your event decklist either on paper or electronically. This is not a requirement but a sincere wish, and previous attendees may know I’m good at pestering. 🙂

FAQ

Nothing so far! Feel free to comment below with non-urgent questions.