Top 4 Player DQ'd at First Tough Mulligans 500 Over 11 Proxies

An original report states: "A player was disqualified from top 4 at the Mulligans cEDH event for using 11 proxies exceeding the 10-proxy limit." The same report says the player "offered to buy a replacement card immediately" but tournament organizers still "removed the player, forcing a 3-player finals pod." The report labels the ruling "harsh" and says it "has ignited backlash and discussions o" before the excerpt truncates.

Separately, a TopDeck.gg event listing titled "The First Tough Mulligans 500" advertises an event run by Tough Mulligans described as "completely free to play, fully proxy friendly webcam cEDH tournament held in the Tough Mulligans discord server." That listing scheduled the event for "Saturday, October 5th at 10AM CST" and promised a $500 cash prize pool "paid out to top4" with First Place: $200 via PayPal and 2nd-4th: $100 each via PayPal. The listing also specifies tournament structure: "a MINIMUM of four rounds of swiss," 80 minute swiss rounds with "no additional turns after time," a 15 minute breather after four rounds, and player-count triggers where the event "fires at 16 players," moves to Top 10 at 32 players, and to Top 16 and a 5th swiss round at 48 players.

Those two documents present a direct factual tension. The TopDeck.gg page uses the phrase "fully proxy friendly" while the original report identifies a strict "10-proxy limit" and a DQ for 11 proxies. The supplied materials do not explicitly state the DQ incident occurred at "The First Tough Mulligans 500," and there is no unambiguous linkage in the excerpts provided. The original report gives the concrete outcomes - 11 proxies, 10-proxy limit, removal from Top 4, and a resulting three-player finals pod - but omits the player name, the tournament director, the date of the DQ, and the rule citation used to justify disqualification.

Key factual gaps remain: the identity of the DQ'd player and the tournament director; the full Tourney Doc referenced on the TopDeck.gg page that might contain any proxy-count policy; whether the DQ removed the player from the entire event or only from Top 4; how the $500 payout and the $200/$100 breakdown were adjusted, if at all, after the finals became a three-player pod; and documented community reactions to the ruling beyond the truncated "ignited backlash and discussions o" line. The TopDeck.gg listing also references "Tourney Doc:" and promises post-event metagame analysis on the Tough Mulligans YouTube channel, but the tourney document text is not included in the supplied excerpt.

Until the Tough Mulligans tourney document and a statement from event organizers or the tournament director are produced, the precise relationship between the 11-proxy DQ reported and the TopDeck.gg "First Tough Mulligans 500" listing remains unverified. The specifics recorded so far - 11 proxies, a 10-proxy limit, an offer to buy a replacement card, and a three-player finals pod - are concrete facts that will shape any follow-up reporting and any rule clarifications for future webcam cEDH events claiming to be "fully proxy friendly.