Reprinted in Modern Masters

Modern Masters is coming out on June 7th, 2013.  This limited print set, brings back a number of the staples in the Modern Format, a style of magic play that uses cards as far back as 8th edition.  Generally, the larger pool of cards a format has to pull from, the more valuable the “best” cards are in that format, so getting into Modern unless you happened to be playing and have cards from that time can be an expensive affair.  The Modern Masters set was designed to let people get into the format without laying out the (too) big bucks.

The boxes come with 24 packs instead of the usual 36 and given the short print, the packs are likely to go for between $10-12 a pack, so, while this is a lower price then most of the packs that would have the cards in the set, its still not cheap. We’ve decided that since the supply is short, we’d rather make sure that everyone gets a chance to play with them rather than just selling off the boxes.  So we’re going to do a League and a number of drafts.

League will be a 6 Pack sealed format starting on Tuesday, June 10th, and while the final price is TBD, we will let people preregister for $60 for the league start, or $100 for the full 5 weeks (getting one pack for free)

Drafts will be $35, with 3 rounds, a regular pack for 1 win, a Modern Master’s pack for 2 wins, and 2 Modern Master’s packs for going 3-0.

Return of the Pokemon Elite Tournament….New date…4-20-13

Event: Sealed deck Pokemon Tournament

When: 4-20-13 at 11am

Cost: $40-includes Plasma Storm Elite Trainer Box

What:  Sealed Deck (Use the 7 packs included in the Elite Trainer box to build your best Pokemon Deck (40 card minimum)   One hour to build decks,  3 rounds of play and prizes for winning rounds.

Great for beginners and advanced players alike.  Limited to 34 players.

We’ve never done this before!  :-)  In the great D20 tradition of weird/cool events, we are doing a special two-headed Giant where instead of the 60 cards each player from 4 packs, we’ll have 30 cards from two packs PLUS the 60 cards from one of the either Gatecrash or Return to Ravnica Intro decks.  Each player gets one of the intro decks with their two packs by pulling from a box at random and the two players make their best 40 card decks each from the combo.

This should be huge fun, and as always, limited by space, so sign up early.

When: Saturday April 2oth.  Get packs starting at 4, start play at 5:3o.

What: Two-headed giant team event.  Three rounds (one game each), win a round, win two packs for the team.

Ok…clearly we are out of our minds.  ;-).

D20 has a tradition of drafting old boxes we find, rather then just selling them off, and we are taking that to a historic extreme with the most expensive draft we’ve ever done (or heard of for that matter).

We’ve managed to get our hands on a factory sealed box of Revised, and in the grand tradition of D20 Games, and we’re drafting that sucker in what will be a unique trip back in time.

NOTE: For those of us who were around in the day, the fact that the packs were easy to peek, by sneaking up the back cards and holding the pack up to the light.  So old packs are almost never a good bet (even the most honest person holding  onto a pack for 20 years would have a hell of a time resisting taking a peek.)   So when we got a chance to get our hands on a factory sealed box, after taking a deep breath, we decided to go for it.  We are vouching for the box…if it ends up being a repacked job, everybody gets their money back, I get the cards and go off hunting the person who sold it to us.

It’s important that people who sign up for this are doing so for the fun of opening up the old packs, feeling those mint cards and the trip back in time. Don’t do it as an investment, or as a gamble counting on getting the high value cards to pay back the cost.  Do it for the joy of it and if you can afford it.

We’re going to draft the box and play with old school rules. That means mana burn, the old pre-stack damage rules,and just for pure fun, we’re bringing back Ante (though the Dual Lands will be excepted).

When: 6 pm, May 23, 2013 (the night of game day).  We’re going to close the store for this one…

Cost: $150 per person.  Prize will be regular packs and some special promos.

LIMIT:  12 people..(Ok…11 since Ben, the store owner is clearly in on this one.)

We managed to squirrel away enough of the speical boxes from the Gatecrash prerelease (these are the ones with the special promo cards and guild colored promo live dice), to run a very cool battle royal between three of the guilds.  Will it be the relentless attack of team Boros, the inevitable growth of Simic, or the sacrificial bursts of strength of Gruul?  Whichever team wins will add some very special promos and goodies to the usual prize packs for the individual winners.

What:  Single player Sealed competition (best 40 card minimum deck from the 6 packs that come in the prerelease packs)

When: Saturday 4/13/13.  Get boxes at 4, make decks and play at 5:30.

How much: $30 per player

Play 3 rounds with an extra round if needed to determine winner.  (Also…a possible final battle between the top players for each Guild for the honor of the clan-and an extra bonus promo)

Pick a Guild…any guild!  ;-)  Dragon’s Maze is the last set in the Ravnica Block, bringing support for all 10 of the guilds of Ravnica , so players who register early will get to their favorite from all 10 guilds.

At D20 Games, we work hard to create a welcoming place for players of all levels to play, well, for the fun of it.

A couple of new things for the Dragon’s Maze prerelease.

1. Pick from all ten guilds(20 total of each…reserve early to get your choice)…each pack will contain 4 packs of Dragon’s Maze cards, one special pack of just cards for the chosen guild, and one pack of a secret ally guild that shares a color with the guild selected.
2. The Implicit Maze…members of each guild can participate in the Implicit Maze Race.  If team members win enough to get to complete the maze, they will get a chance to win special code cards good for virtual badges for their Planeswalker.com accounts
3. The special foil promo card will be for everyone and not for use in the decks.  There will also be a bonus  promo foil land for those who do the maze.
   

   Promo card for Dragon’s Maze Prerelease

When:  We will be having 3 times

• Sat. 4/27 at 10 (Get packs starting at 10-build decks to start playing at 11 am) 
• Sat. 4/27 at 4 (Get packs starting at 4-build decks to start playing at 5:15)
• Sun. 4/28 at 10 (Get packs starting at 10. Start playing at 11:30)
• (we may add another on sunday @ 5 if we have enough demand.)

Cost: $30 per person -EXTRA BONUS–free pack of basic Ultra-pro sleeves or basic deck box

Format: Sealed (6 packs…make your best 40 card deck–Sealed means everyone starts out with the same number of packs and will take about 23 of those 80+ card to buidl a deck (we provide lands to borrow, though if you have them to bring, we’ll give you an extra smile)

Experienced Vs. Casual players:  This is a great event for both experienced and casual players and we work hard to take care of both groups. For both…we always play for the fun of the game.

• Competitive:  4-6 rounds depending on number of players, with the top players getting most of the 2 pack per attendee prizes.  (must win at least two rounds to get prize. Prize payout based on number of players) 
• Kids & Casual:  is more of our standard draft style, with three rounds, with a prize pack given for each round won. Prizes are smaller but more spread out. (NOTE—Because of the Implicit maze event, we will give the Kids and casual players an option to play an extra round to try and win the virtual promo badges, but it is optional and there won’t be other prizes for the 4th round besides those promo badge code cards. )

Welcome to Tabletop Day

From 11-4 on Saturday, March 30th, we will be participating in International Tabletop Day.  This is an event inspired by the Tabletop, a great series of YouTube reviews from Geek & Sundry of some of the best tabletop games hosted by actor and self-professed board game geek, Wil Weaton.  We’ve loved this series and have stocked a bunch of games that we discovered through watching it.

We’ve brought in a bunch of our favorites from the show and will have them all set up at tables to test out.  Write 2 Haiku reviews for two different games you try and get a discount that day  good for two packs for the price of one or up to $5 off buying a game ($2 off for games under $20, $3 off games $20-30, and $5 off games over $30).

Time Spiral vs. Darksteel, Shadowmoor vs. Kamigawa.  Whether its going back to the set that you first played or a set you’ve never played before, the Time Walk Duels are a chance to take a stroll through the history of magic.

Somehow we managed to acquired a collection of 105…that’s right, one hundred and five theme decks that create a virtual history of Magic for about 17 years from 1996 on.  At first, we were going to sell them off, and they someone came up with the brilliant idea to play with them.  So here is the deal.   From now on, every Thursday, starting at 5:30, players can come in and pick a deck to play with.  The cost is 5 bucks, 4 of which will go into a pack for the prize pool and we’ll play 3 rounds of double elimination, to see what decks (and players) come out on top.

Deck selection is first come, first pick, but players can’t pick the same deck  more then once a month.  We know that some of the decks are going to turn out to be overpowered, so when we find them, those decks will earn handicaps. (Players will start each game with x less life.)  Also, some of the decks have some very valuable cards, so those will require an id turned in to check them out. But most importantly, as always, have fun.  This should be a blast.  If you are running late, give us a call and we’ll take care of you.

Here is what we have so far (List curtesy of wikipedia)

Urza’s Saga

Mercadian Masques

Nemesis

Invasion Block

Invasion

Planeshift

Apocalypse

Odyssey

Onslaught Block

Onslaught

Legions

Scourge

Mirrodin Block

Mirrodin

Darksteel

Fifth Dawn

Kamigawa Block

Champions of Kamigawa

Betrayers of Kamigawa

Saviors of Kamigawa

Ravnica Block

Ravnica: City of Guilds

Guildpact

Dissension

Coldsnap

Coldsnap

Time Spiral Block

Time Spiral

Planar Chaos

Future Sight

Lorwyn Block

Lorwyn

Morningtide

Shadowmoor Block

Shadowmoor

[edit]Eventide

• 1 Rath Cycle Block
  • 1.1 Tempest
  • 1.2 Stronghold
  • 1.3 Exodus
• 2 Urza Block
  • 2.1 Urza’s Saga
  • 2.2 Urza’s Legacy
  • 2.3 Urza’s Destiny
• 3 Masques Block
  • 3.1 Mercadian Masques
  • 3.2 Nemesis
  • 3.3 Prophecy
• 4 Invasion Block
  • 4.1 Invasion
  • 4.2 Planeshift
  • 4.3 Apocalypse
• 5 Odyssey Block
  • 5.1 Odyssey
  • 5.2 Torment
  • 5.3 Judgment
• 6 Onslaught Block
  • 6.1 Onslaught
  • 6.2 Legions
  • 6.3 Scourge
• 7 Mirrodin Block
  • 7.1 Mirrodin
  • 7.2 Darksteel
  • 7.3 Fifth Dawn
• 8 Kamigawa Block
  • 8.1 Champions of Kamigawa
  • 8.2 Betrayers of Kamigawa
  • 8.3 Saviors of Kamigawa
• 9 Ravnica Block
  • 9.1 Ravnica: City of Guilds
  • 9.2 Guildpact
  • 9.3 Dissension
• 10 Coldsnap
  • 10.1 Coldsnap
• 11 Time Spiral Block
  • 11.1 Time Spiral
  • 11.2 Planar Chaos
  • 11.3 Future Sight
• 12 Lorwyn Block
  • 12.1 Lorwyn
  • 12.2 Morningtide
• 13 Shadowmoor Block
  • 13.1 Shadowmoor
  • 13.2 Eventide

Source -Wikipedia- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Magic:_The_Gathering_theme_decks