What is the penalty when a player forgets to include their champion unit in their champion zone at the start of a game?

Ruling: If the erroring player catches the missing champion before opening hands are drawn, the penalty is a Warning. If the error is caught by the opponent after opening hands have been drawn, the penalty is upgraded to a Game Loss.

Sequence:

• Judge retrieves the champion unit
• Judge shuffles it into the deck (taking into consideration what cards have been recycled and not randomizing those cards into the main deck)
• Apply appropriate penalty based on who noticed and when

Nuances:

• The harsher penalty when the opponent notices exists because of cheating potential - if the opponent notices and you didn't, you either missed something you needed to track or purposefully did it wrong
• This is a deck presentation error, which is very important to avoid
• The reveal chosen champion step in pre-game operations should catch this error before it becomes a problem
• Three warnings equal a match loss