The Rock Music Cards Competition begins with the Qualifying Phase. The Rock Music Cards will be distributed into Groups numbered from 1 to 8, with a maximum of 4 Play-Off Rounds per group.
Each Play-Off Round within the Groups of the Qualifying Phase will feature a maximum of 10 Rock Music Cards from both the "Legends" category & the "Masters of Rock" category, and a maximum of 10 Rock Music Cards from the "Rock Stars" category, the "Supergroups" category & the "Cult Bands" category. This Regulation will be only applied until Season 4.
Legends: The Beatles, The Doors, Jimi Hendrix, Rolling Stones, Led Zeppelin, Black Sabbath, Pink Floyd, David Bowie.
Masters Of Rock: Velvet Underground, Cream, The Stooges, King Crimson, Deep Purple, The Who, Queen, Fleetwood Mac.
Rock Stars: The Kinks, Neil Young, Creedence Clearwater Revival, T-Rex, Free, Yes, Kiss, Aerosmith.
Supergroups: Traffic, Jethro Tull, Ten Years After, Faces, Humble Pie, Alice Cooper, Rush, Thin Lizzy.
Cult Bands: The Byrds, Jefferson Airplane, Janis Joplin, Steppenwolf, Emerson, Lake & Palmer, Grand Funk, Hawkwind, Genesis.
From Season 5, there will be no hierarchical restrictions applied to the distribution of the Rock Music Cards among the Qualifying Play-Off Rounds and the Groups. All the Rock Music Cards will be elected from a Lottery Draw to form each Round of the Qualifying Phase in Season 5+6+7+8.
Nevertheless, 2 or more Rock Music Cards of the same band or artist qualified in the same Season after winning either the current Qualifying Play-Off Round or a previous Championship Final Play-Off cannot compete for the Championship Finals at the same time. As indicated in Exception 1, they shall compete against each other to qualify for the Championship Final Play-Off in the corresponding Season.
Championship Finals Structure: Qualifiers, Awards & Exceptions
- Qualifiers to the Championship Finals
The Rock Music Card Winner (1st) and the Finalist (2nd) of the Play-Off Round from each Group automatically qualify for the Championship Final Play-Off during Seasons 1+2+3+4.
In Seasons 5+6+7+8, only the Rock Music Card Winner (1st) of the Play-Off Round from each Group automatically qualifies for the Championship Final Play-Off.
The Rock Music Cards Champions (1st) and the Finalists (2nd) from previous and completed Seasons shall compete in an extraordinary Draw to qualify for the Championship Final Play-Off during Seasons 5+6+7.
Upon reaching the maximum of 1024 Rock Music Cards after 8 Seasons, this regulation will be reviewed for further expansions and structural changes.
- Championship Finals Awards
3 prizes will be awarded to the Top 3 Finishers each Season after fighting for the Championship Final Play-Off of the Rock Music Card Competition:
1. Winner (1st place)
2. Finalist (2nd place)
3. Third (3rd place)
- Exceptions
Exception 1
2 or more Rock Music Cards from the same band or artist cannot compete at the same time and in the same Season for the Championship Final Play-Off.
If 2 o more Rock Music Cards from the same band or artist win different Qualifying Play-Off Rounds, they compete against each other in a Tiebreak Match to qualify for the Championship Final Play-Off in the corresponding Season.
The defeated Rock Music Card from the Tiebreak Match will not qualify for the Championship Final Play-Off. In this case, the defeated Winner (1st) resulting from the Tiebreak Match will be replaced by the Finalist (2nd) from its same Qualifying Play-Off Round. If the Finalist (2nd) is already qualified somehow, the vacancy will be drawn among the remaining Finalists (2nds) from the rest of the Qualifying Play-Off Rounds this Season.
Exception 2
In general terms, if 2 or more Rock Music Cards are doubly qualified for the Championship Final Play-Off at the same time as being either the Winner (1st) and the Finalist (2nd) of the Qualifying Play-Off Rounds or the Champions, Finalists, and 3rd Place Finishers from the previous Championship Final Play-Offs, they will be replaced by another Rock Music Card depending on the specific rules registered by the Regulation for each Season.
