diff --git a/Mage.Client/src/main/java/mage/client/dialog/NewTournamentDialog.form b/Mage.Client/src/main/java/mage/client/dialog/NewTournamentDialog.form
index 26c324e4cad..349e6bf7714 100644
--- a/Mage.Client/src/main/java/mage/client/dialog/NewTournamentDialog.form
+++ b/Mage.Client/src/main/java/mage/client/dialog/NewTournamentDialog.form
@@ -57,6 +57,8 @@
                               <Component id="spnNumRounds" min="-2" pref="50" max="-2" attributes="0"/>
                               <EmptySpace max="-2" attributes="0"/>
                               <Component id="cbAllowSpectators" min="-2" max="-2" attributes="0"/>
+                              <EmptySpace max="-2" attributes="0"/>
+                              <Component id="cbPlaneChase" min="-2" max="-2" attributes="0"/>
                           </Group>
                       </Group>
                   </Group>
@@ -186,6 +188,7 @@
                       <Group type="103" groupAlignment="1" max="-2" attributes="0">
                           <Group type="103" alignment="1" groupAlignment="3" attributes="0">
                               <Component id="cbAllowSpectators" alignment="3" max="32767" attributes="0"/>
+                              <Component id="cbPlaneChase" alignment="3" max="32767" attributes="0"/>
                               <Component id="spnNumRounds" alignment="3" min="-2" max="-2" attributes="0"/>
                               <Component id="lblNumRounds" alignment="3" min="-2" max="-2" attributes="0"/>
                           </Group>
@@ -454,6 +457,13 @@
         <Property name="toolTipText" type="java.lang.String" value="Allow other players to watch the games of this table."/>
       </Properties>
     </Component>
+    <Component class="javax.swing.JCheckBox" name="cbPlaneChase">
+      <Properties>
+        <Property name="text" type="java.lang.String" value="Plane Chase"/>
+        <Property name="toolTipText" type="java.lang.String" value="Use Plane Chase for the tournament."/>
+      </Properties>
+    </Component>
+
     <Component class="javax.swing.JLabel" name="lblPlayer1">
       <Properties>
         <Property name="font" type="java.awt.Font" editor="org.netbeans.beaninfo.editors.FontEditor">
diff --git a/Mage.Client/src/main/java/mage/client/dialog/NewTournamentDialog.java b/Mage.Client/src/main/java/mage/client/dialog/NewTournamentDialog.java
index 81525896965..1cd35f3d214 100644
--- a/Mage.Client/src/main/java/mage/client/dialog/NewTournamentDialog.java
+++ b/Mage.Client/src/main/java/mage/client/dialog/NewTournamentDialog.java
@@ -123,6 +123,7 @@ public class NewTournamentDialog extends MageDialog {
                 tournamentPlayerPanel.init(i++);
             }
             cbAllowSpectators.setSelected(true);
+            cbPlaneChase.setSelected(false);
             this.setModal(true);
             this.setLocation(150, 100);
         }
@@ -173,6 +174,7 @@ public class NewTournamentDialog extends MageDialog {
         jLabel6 = new javax.swing.JLabel();
         cbDraftTiming = new javax.swing.JComboBox();
         cbAllowSpectators = new javax.swing.JCheckBox();
+        cbPlaneChase = new javax.swing.JCheckBox();
         lblPlayer1 = new javax.swing.JLabel();
         lblConstructionTime = new javax.swing.JLabel();
         chkRollbackTurnsAllowed = new javax.swing.JCheckBox();
@@ -286,6 +288,9 @@ public class NewTournamentDialog extends MageDialog {
         cbAllowSpectators.setText("Allow spectators");
         cbAllowSpectators.setToolTipText("Allow other players to watch the games of this table.");
 
+        cbPlaneChase.setText("Use Plane Chase");
+        cbPlaneChase.setToolTipText("Use Plane Chase variant for the tournament.");
+
         lblPlayer1.setFont(new java.awt.Font("Tahoma", 1, 11)); // NOI18N
         lblPlayer1.setText("Player 1 (You)");
 
@@ -379,7 +384,9 @@ public class NewTournamentDialog extends MageDialog {
                                                         .addGroup(layout.createSequentialGroup()
                                                                 .addComponent(spnNumRounds, javax.swing.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE, 50, javax.swing.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE)
                                                                 .addPreferredGap(javax.swing.LayoutStyle.ComponentPlacement.RELATED)
-                                                                .addComponent(cbAllowSpectators))))
+                                                                .addComponent(cbAllowSpectators)
+                                                                .addComponent(cbPlaneChase)
+                                                                )))
                                         .addGroup(javax.swing.GroupLayout.Alignment.TRAILING, layout.createSequentialGroup()
                                                 .addGap(0, 0, Short.MAX_VALUE)
                                                 .addGroup(layout.createParallelGroup(javax.swing.GroupLayout.Alignment.LEADING)
@@ -491,6 +498,7 @@ public class NewTournamentDialog extends MageDialog {
                                                 .addGroup(layout.createParallelGroup(javax.swing.GroupLayout.Alignment.TRAILING, false)
                                                         .addGroup(layout.createParallelGroup(javax.swing.GroupLayout.Alignment.BASELINE)
                                                                 .addComponent(cbAllowSpectators, javax.swing.GroupLayout.DEFAULT_SIZE, javax.swing.GroupLayout.DEFAULT_SIZE, Short.MAX_VALUE)
+                                                                .addComponent(cbPlaneChase, javax.swing.GroupLayout.DEFAULT_SIZE, javax.swing.GroupLayout.DEFAULT_SIZE, Short.MAX_VALUE)
                                                                 .addComponent(spnNumRounds, javax.swing.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE, javax.swing.GroupLayout.DEFAULT_SIZE, javax.swing.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE)
                                                                 .addComponent(lblNumRounds))
                                                         .addComponent(lblNbrPlayers, javax.swing.GroupLayout.DEFAULT_SIZE, javax.swing.GroupLayout.DEFAULT_SIZE, Short.MAX_VALUE)
@@ -537,6 +545,7 @@ public class NewTournamentDialog extends MageDialog {
         tOptions.setPassword(txtPassword.getText());
         tOptions.getPlayerTypes().add(PlayerType.HUMAN);
         tOptions.setWatchingAllowed(cbAllowSpectators.isSelected());
+        tOptions.setPlaneChase(cbPlaneChase.isSelected());
         tOptions.setQuitRatio((Integer) spnQuitRatio.getValue());
         for (TournamentPlayerPanel player : players) {
             tOptions.getPlayerTypes().add((PlayerType) player.getPlayerType().getSelectedItem());
@@ -1106,6 +1115,7 @@ public class NewTournamentDialog extends MageDialog {
             }
         }
         this.cbAllowSpectators.setSelected(PreferencesDialog.getCachedValue(PreferencesDialog.KEY_NEW_TOURNAMENT_ALLOW_SPECTATORS + versionStr, "Yes").equals("Yes"));
+        this.cbPlaneChase.setSelected(PreferencesDialog.getCachedValue(PreferencesDialog.KEY_NEW_TOURNAMENT_PLANE_CHASE + versionStr, "No").equals("Yes"));
         this.chkRollbackTurnsAllowed.setSelected(PreferencesDialog.getCachedValue(PreferencesDialog.KEY_NEW_TOURNAMENT_ALLOW_ROLLBACKS + versionStr, "Yes").equals("Yes"));
         this.chkRated.setSelected(PreferencesDialog.getCachedValue(PreferencesDialog.KEY_NEW_TOURNAMENT_RATED + versionStr, "No").equals("Yes"));
     }
@@ -1191,6 +1201,7 @@ public class NewTournamentDialog extends MageDialog {
             }
         }
         PreferencesDialog.saveValue(PreferencesDialog.KEY_NEW_TOURNAMENT_ALLOW_SPECTATORS + versionStr, (tOptions.isWatchingAllowed() ? "Yes" : "No"));
+        PreferencesDialog.saveValue(PreferencesDialog.KEY_NEW_TOURNAMENT_PLANE_CHASE + versionStr, (tOptions.isPlaneChase() ? "Yes" : "No"));
         PreferencesDialog.saveValue(PreferencesDialog.KEY_NEW_TOURNAMENT_ALLOW_ROLLBACKS + versionStr, (tOptions.getMatchOptions().isRollbackTurnsAllowed() ? "Yes" : "No"));
         PreferencesDialog.saveValue(PreferencesDialog.KEY_NEW_TOURNAMENT_RATED + versionStr, (tOptions.getMatchOptions().isRated() ? "Yes" : "No"));
     }
@@ -1205,6 +1216,7 @@ public class NewTournamentDialog extends MageDialog {
     private javax.swing.JButton btnSavedConfiguration1;
     private javax.swing.JButton btnSavedConfiguration2;
     private javax.swing.JCheckBox cbAllowSpectators;
+    private javax.swing.JCheckBox cbPlaneChase;
     private javax.swing.JComboBox cbDeckType;
     private javax.swing.JComboBox cbDraftCube;
     private javax.swing.JComboBox cbDraftTiming;
diff --git a/Mage.Client/src/main/java/mage/client/dialog/PreferencesDialog.java b/Mage.Client/src/main/java/mage/client/dialog/PreferencesDialog.java
index ee7a329aee2..71b0668eef8 100644
--- a/Mage.Client/src/main/java/mage/client/dialog/PreferencesDialog.java
+++ b/Mage.Client/src/main/java/mage/client/dialog/PreferencesDialog.java
@@ -264,6 +264,7 @@ public class PreferencesDialog extends javax.swing.JDialog {
     public static final String KEY_NEW_TOURNAMENT_PLAYERS_DRAFT = "newTournamentPlayersDraft";
     public static final String KEY_NEW_TOURNAMENT_DRAFT_TIMING = "newTournamentDraftTiming";
     public static final String KEY_NEW_TOURNAMENT_ALLOW_SPECTATORS = "newTournamentAllowSpectators";
+    public static final String KEY_NEW_TOURNAMENT_PLANE_CHASE = "newTournamentPlaneChase";
     public static final String KEY_NEW_TOURNAMENT_ALLOW_ROLLBACKS = "newTournamentAllowRollbacks";
     public static final String KEY_NEW_TOURNAMENT_DECK_FILE = "newTournamentDeckFile";
     public static final String KEY_NEW_TOURNAMENT_QUIT_RATIO = "newTournamentQuitRatio";
diff --git a/Mage/src/main/java/mage/game/tournament/TournamentOptions.java b/Mage/src/main/java/mage/game/tournament/TournamentOptions.java
index 2ffa2a6acc3..c445b96bf54 100644
--- a/Mage/src/main/java/mage/game/tournament/TournamentOptions.java
+++ b/Mage/src/main/java/mage/game/tournament/TournamentOptions.java
@@ -98,6 +98,7 @@ public class TournamentOptions implements Serializable {
 
     public void setPlaneChase(boolean planeChase) {
         this.planeChase = planeChase;
+        this.matchOptions.setPlaneChase(planeChase);
     }    
 
     public int getNumberRounds() {