It’s the biggest clash of champions the game has ever seen!
Vote for your favorite class and you could win!
Cast your vote and win big!
This month, we’re pitting Mage Hand Press base classes against each other and the core thirteen by popularity in a single-elimination bracket. It’s the ultimate battle of magic vs. martial, arcane vs. divine, third party vs. first party!
Classes compete for your votes in a head-to-head match! Cast your vote using the Airtable link you’ll find here, as well as on our Instagram or Discord. A new voting link will appear for each new set of matches. How you vote is up to you: you could choose the class you think would win in a fight, the one that’s more fun to play, or the one that’s had a biggest impact on games you’ve played!
Vote during any match and you’ll be entered to win a Complete Class PDF of your choice! Five winners will be announced on Thursday, April 17th, during the Mage Hand Round Table event on our Discord.
That’s not the only way to win. Choose your ultimate winner before the first round begins at 12 p.m. Central on Tuesday, March 18. If you pick the winner, you’ll also be entered to win EVERY Complete Class PDF we’ve ever released!
This tournament of champions will pit 15 Mage Hand Press base classes against 13 core classes in D&D until the championship game on April 8.
You can also download a printable bracket and play along during NCAA’s March Madness!
Tournament Schedule
New matchups are released every Tuesday and Thursday from March 18 to April 7, 2025, meaning our championship match will happen the same night as the end of NCAA March Madness. Giveaway winners will be notified by April 10!
| Game | Teams | Round | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alchemist vs. Wizard | Round of 24 | 3/18/2025 |
| 2 | Investigator vs. Ranger | Round of 24 | 3/18/2025 |
| 3 | Channeler vs. Sorcerer | Round of 24 | 3/18/2025 |
| 4 | Craftsman vs. Druid | Round of 24 | 3/18/2025 |
| 5 | Warden vs. Barbarian | Round of 24 | 3/20/2025 |
| 6 | Dancer vs. Rogue | Round of 24 | 3/20/2025 |
| 7 | Vagabond vs. Monk | Round of 24 | 3/20/2025 |
| 8 | Necromancer vs. Cleric | Round of 24 | 3/20/2025 |
| 9 | Martyr vs. Paladin | Round of 24 | 3/25/2025 |
| 10 | Captain vs. Warlock | Round of 24 | 3/25/2025 |
| 11 | Binder vs. Bard | Round of 24 | 3/25/2025 |
| 12 | Gadgeteer vs. Artificer | Round of 24 | 3/25/2025 |
| 13 | Warmage vs. Wizard | Sweet Sixteen | 3/27/2025 |
| 14 | Fighter vs. Druid | Sweet Sixteen | 3/27/2025 |
| 15 | Witch vs. Monk | Sweet Sixteen | 3/27/2025 |
| 16 | Gunslinger vs. Warlock | Sweet Sixteen | 3/27/2025 |
| 17 | Investigator vs. Sorcerer | Sweet Sixteen | 3/27/2025 |
| 18 | Warden vs. Rogue | Sweet Sixteen | 3/27/2025 |
| 19 | Necromancer vs. Martyr | Sweet Sixteen | 3/27/2025 |
| 20 | Binder vs. Gadgeteer | Sweet Sixteen | 3/27/2025 |
| 21 | ? | Elite Eight | 4/1/2025 |
| 22 | ? | Elite Eight | 4/1/2025 |
| 23 | ? | Elite Eight | 4/1/2025 |
| 24 | ? | Elite Eight | 4/1/2025 |
| 25 | ? | Final Four | 4/4/2025 |
| 26 | ? | Final Four | 4/4/2025 |
| 27 | ? | Championship | 4/7/2025 |
| — | Winners announced! | 4/10/2025 |
The winning base class will be revealed on April 10th during the Mage Hand Round Table Discord event at 7 p.m. Central / 8 p.m. Eastern.
Seeds
Classes were seeded according to relative popularity, then adjusted to provide the most interesting matchups. Core classes started with user data released by D&D Beyond in 2020, and Mage Hand Press classes started with our website traffic data.
There are 15 Mage Hand Press classes in the bracket and 13 core classes. To make a full bracket of 32, the four highest seeded classes were given a “by” for their first round: Witch, Warmage, Fighter, and Gunslinger. That means we’ll have a Sweet 16 in the second round!
Here’s the seeds as they stand in the bracket. Do you agree with our picks?
- Witch
- Warmage
- Fighter
- Gunslinger
- Rogue
- Artificer
- Paladin
- Sorcerer
- Investigator
- Cleric
- Bard
- Barbarian
- Druid
- Captain
- Monk
- Wizard
- Alchemist
- Vagabond
- Warlock
- Craftsman
- Warden
- Binder
- Necromancer
- Ranger
- Channeler
- Martyr
- Gadgeteer
- Dancer
Terms & Conditions
Just a few housekeeping details to cover about the March Madness giveaway:
The drawing pool will be made up of valid email addresses used to submit a vote during any round of the March Madness event. Voting during any specific round is not required, nor is voting during all rounds. One entry per valid email address. Multiple votes cast using the same email address do not count as separate entries into the drawing.
Winners of Complete Classes will be notified via email by April 10th. You must use a valid email address to win. We’ll contact you to ask which Complete Class you want, so make sure we don’t go to your spam folder! You will not receive any additional emails from us unless you use the voting form and consent to further communications.
Winner’s names and email addresses will not be publicly released in any way.
Complete Class PDFs give you access to both the 2014 version, and the 2024 version as soon as it is available. The 2024 rulesets for the Witch, Warmage, Alchemist, Gunslinger, and Necromancer are currently available, and more are coming soon!
Your choice of Complete Class is limited to PDF editions; the Complete Binder softcover is not part of the drawing.
Your prize will be fulfilled through the Mage Hand Press store. You do not need a pre-existing account or another purchase to win.
This contest is in no way sponsored by Wizards of the Coast or the NCAA.
My choices for victory in the first round of matches:
Wizard
Investigator
Channeler
Druid
Thanks.