What is it: The league is ongoing casual ongoing Magic play designed for fun and to have time to get much better at playing. Games can be played in the store or whenever two league players want. This one is great for both advanced players and those who are trying to get back into or get to know the game. With lots of time to build decks, as well as a bunch of other players who will help each other get better, this has ended up being a lot of good natured fun. Because of the format, everyone pretty much has an even chance from the beginning and to be honest, opening our league packs is the most fun pack each week. For the cost, it is the most joy per $ of anything in the store. Since players find each other during the league times, it is no problem to drop in and out, so it works well for those who need the game to fit their schedule, not the other way around.
When: Formal League days are Weds, but matches may be played any time during the week. Match results for each week must be received by the following Weds. Kids league is from opening until 5:30, adults go from 4:30 or so, until we close.Return To Ravnica League starts on Oct 5th and goes until the release of the next set in the block in the beginning of January
Cost: League costs $25 to enter (includes 6 packs) and $5 each week, including a pack for that week. (People buying fat-packs or boxes may opt to use 6 packs as long as permission is granted from staff.)
Format: Ongoing Sealed
Start with 6 packs to build decks from, and get to add one pack per week
Packs must be opened in the store and the contents added to a deck list that is kept in the store.
Matches:
Each player can play up to 5 matches with other different members of the league each week. (Matches beyond 5 will not count in that week)
Each player in a match will get 1 point just for playing, and the winner will get 2 bonus points in addition for a total of 3.
It is good sportsmanship to accept a match challenge from anyone in the league provided both players have enough time.
Matches may be continued over more then one day if there is not enough time to complete all the games at once, though an incomplete game is considered a draw game (it can be played over if both players choose.)
As long as one game is completed, both players will get the minimum 1 point.
Slips MUST be turned in with both players names clearly printed and the date written.
Standings and Prizes:
Since we are not charging much more then the cost of the packs, prizes will be more in the fun and pride side then high value.
Standings will be posted each week on the website as soon as I can figure out how. 😉
At the end of the time the point totals will be added up and there will be a playoff with the top 8 players with prizes for those players. And more importantly, they will get the chance to win one of our major titles. (Look for announcements for special events for these major players.)
As with most of our events, the goal is to play and have fun. Everyone has a better time when we help each other out, pointing out missed triggers and plays so that we win by being the better players rather then by catching an opponent doing a dumb mistake or by not knowing how some part of the game works.
League FAQ
Do I have to play in the store on League days? No, league games can be played anytime during the week and anywhere you find another player.
Why is this more fun than just playing with the decks I have already? The League is one of the best ways to really learn how to play and how to REALLY build your own decks and combos, not just buying premade decks or building a deck that someone else came up with on the internet. You make the best deck(s) you can with whatever the packs bring you, and by the end, that will be a lot. Whatever surprising and cool combos you come up with will be because of the thinking you do and the help you get from other league members.
How many packs do we get and what packs can we choose from? To start, each player gets 6 packs and then at the beginning of each new week, they can add one more into their card pool.
How big does my deck need to be and do I only get to make one deck? Because this is a sealed type event, minimum deck size is 40 cards, not 60, so you want to shoot for ~your 23 best cards and about 17 lands. As you get more cards added, it is very common to be able to build 2 or 3 possible decks. Your sideboard in this type of event is all of your cards from the league, so you can not only switch cards, you can switch whole decks in-between each play.
Can I use my own cards? No, each player starts with 6 packs that they record on the card sheet that gets left with the league administrator. The only cards you add will be the new packs for each new week, and whatever lands you need.
Why can’t I use my own cards? Part of the idea of the league is to make sure everyone starts out with equal chances. It turns out to actually a lot more fun that way. Over time, as more and more packs get added, the randomness of the luck will get evened out and it will be all about what you can do with what you have.
Why do we mark the cards on the league sheet? To keep it fair and make sure people don’t get tempted to sneak in cards that they got from other sources. That would be a crumby thing to do and would spoil a lot of the fun (and challenge of the league.)
How many times do I play each week? You can play up to 6 matches that are official each week and nothing stops you from playing more for fun. League result slips signed by both players, with names and date clearly printed must be turned in each week to the tournament organizer.
Do I have to join at the very beginning? And what if I’m not going to be around a bunch of the time? The league goes the whole summer and you can join in at any time. Since it is primarily for fun, it’s fine if you are gone away for a week or two (or more). When you get back, you can get your missing packs and come on back in and play.
Preregistration is open for the Dragon’s Maze Prerelease on Sat. April 27th at 10 and 4, and Sunday at 10 am.
Taking pre-orders for Dragon’s Maze Boxes…$105 per box for the next week (or $110 with Double buy a box promos…one from this set, one random from the last 3)
A special Two-headed Giant at 4–Intro Pack Battles...each player gets to pick a random intro pack from Gatecrash or Ravnica and used the decks plus the two packs for their contribution to the team.
D20 Games Events this week… (4/05/2013)
Thursday:
5:30…Magic Time Walk Duels!! $5 entry ($4 into a pack for the prize pool) We got this wonderful collection of Intro Decks from 1996-2008 in perfect condition. Pick your weapon from the History of Magic and see how it does…pick a favorite from the past or something you’ve never tried before. We’re going to do this from now on, so come and have some historical fun.
Friday Night Magic:6:45. $15 (Special deal..sleeves $2 for drafters) All drafts will be Gatecrash!! Going great..we broke a new record with 36 players!!!
Saturday
Date Night Magic5 for pizza, 5:30 for draft. $15 for the event plus $5 for pizza and drink for kids 9-12
Gatecrash League Week!! !! $25 to start (includes 6 packs) and $5 a week…goes until the end of the set.. Kids from 3:30-5:30, Adults from 5-7– League is played on a drop in, so come in Weds, Friday or Saturday Nights IT IS FINE to come in and start now..this goes for the length of the set so there is lots of time to play. Also, Pre-release sets are fine to start with, and to answer the other question, you can get a different set if your first pulls didn’t rock…just needs to be a full set of six.
Bring your Standard decks to test out while you’re waiting.
Really?? We’re gonna make you try and play this thing… 😉 Yep.
Door to Nothingness Tournament
September 22, 2012
5:30 pm start time
A Casual Tournament (for fun and entertainment) for those that love to play MTG in odd conditions. Rules:
$5 Entrance Fee Plus one spare Rare or Mythic to toss into the Prize Pool.
Format is Innistrad Block (Inn,DA and Avacyn) plus M13— 60 card decks.
One copy of Door to Nothingness is required; the max is 4. (yes we still have some in stock)
At least two copies of each basic land required (Dual lands count for each land).
Prize Pool entrance requirements:
Win one game (not match) with Door to Nothingness
If we don’t have enough Door to Nothingness winners, top match winners will slide into the prize pool at the lowest level! WE WANT WINS BY “DOOR TO NOTHINGNESS” 😉
Questions: Don’t ask Ben, email Thomas at: henducoach at gmail.com
BTW…if this goes well, we WILL run it again with more expanded sets…get ready for NOTHNG…
Looking for some good DM’s—Sat June 15th is Free RPG day at the store, in addition to giving out a bunch of free RPG goodies, we will be running what could be up to a 3-8 table joint adventure…but we need some good DM’s to help us out.
Ok…still battling with the website….so far it’s taken the first game…but the match isn’t open yet.–The Event list is battling
IMPT>>>Sunday Standard is moving to 11:30 start from 12:30 start so we can start regular 3 pm drafts (Modern Masters Next week)
Saturday Morning…Registering at 10am— Pokemon Battle Roads tournament...(Lots of people..not the best for the smaller kids that can get overwhelmed)
Also on Saturday June 8th…Two Headed Giant (starting a bit later because of the Battle Roads.) Packs at 4 or so…but no space to build until about 5–start playing at 6
Taking reservations for the first (and only) Revised Box Draft –Yep…we are doing the most over the top draft ever…a factory sealed box of Revised. Cost is $150 per person to open packs that haven’t seen fresh air in 19 years. 😉 (NOTE–New date for this…June 29th!!!)
Tuesdays starting June 11th… Modern Masters League. Register here… ($100 for 6 starter packs plus 5 weekly packs…more then half sold out so far..)These packs will be cool but in very limited supply. Packs look like they will be between $13-15 per and are FULL of amazing stuff for Magic Modern.
Wednesdays…we are doing D&D encounters from 6-9. We’ve pretty much got the first table either filled or close each week, so we’re looking for a couple more people to DM for us. Check out my newly written Intro to D&D blog post for parents and other curious types
Thanks to everyone for the post break in support..we’re doing much better.. Click here for the story.
D20 Games Events this week… (6/04/2013)
Tuesday:
Vanguard, Pokemon, Kaijudo and Magic open play.
Wednesday:
New Dragon’s Maze League (short league before summer League) 6 packs to start or one of the prerlease 6 pack sets.
Thursday:
5:30…Magic Time Walk Duels!! $5 entry ($4 into a pack for the prize pool) We got this wonderful collection of Intro Decks from 1996-2008 in perfect condition. Pick your weapon from the History of Magic and see how it does…pick a favorite from the past or something you’ve never tried before. We’re going to do this from now on, so come and have some historical fun.
Board Game Test Night.Check out new board games from 5-7 (or later)–Play a game and write a review…get a punchcard punch good for special deals!!!
OPEN AT MIDNIGHT FOR Modern Masters sales. League players can get their first packs and we will sell limited numbers of packs per day.
Friday Night Magic: Dragon’s Maze Draft 6:45. $15 (Special deal..sleeves $2 for drafters) Drafting Dragon’s Maze-Gatecrash-Ravnica
9 pm Modern Masters Draft (Limited to 8-$35)
Saturday
Registering at 10- Pokemon Battle Roads tournament...(Lots of people..not the best for the smaller kids that can get overwhelmed)
11-1:00 Pokemon League…$5 and great fun for all ages. Free play with other folks who love Pokemon with rewards for how many times you play. ADDING Competitive tournament each week. $5 entry (4 into prize pool for packs). Single Elimination.
Two Headed Giant (starting a bit later because of the Battle Roads.) Packs at 4 or so…but no space to build until about 5–start playing at 6
Date Night Magic5 for pizza, 5:30 for draft. $15 for the event plus $5 for pizza and drink for kids 9-12–kids will have the option of playing in the launch event instead if they would like.
9PM Modern Masters Draft
Sunday:
11 am (start playing at 11:30)—NEW TIME Magic Standard Tournament–$5 entry…one pack into the prize pool per player (12 registration..start play at 11:30)
Welcome to the Return to Ravnica Prerelease @ D20 Games in Alameda. The pre-releases are always fun, a chance to get the new set a week before, and play with a bunch of other folks who are playing with it the first time as well. The new and very cool thing about this one is the introduction of the guild packs. Rather then the standard 6 packs used to build a deck, there will be 5 packs, and one specific to one of the 5 Guilds that are part of the Ravnica story, (and some more cool stuff that is highlighted below.) This is filling up faster than any event we’ve ever had and will be limited to 100 players, so really, don’t wait.
When: Saturday 9/29/2012
First Event: 10:30 am doors open, deck building. First Rounds start at 11:30am
Second Event: 4:15 pm Deck building, First rounds start at 5:30 pm
NOTE: There will be kids and Adult brackets for both events. Kids prizes will be more evenly spread out.
Event Type-Sealed: Get 6 packs and make your best 40 card deck. Opportunities to play at least 4 rounds. Prizes determined by # of attendees.
Rakdos PromoSelesnya Promo
Cost: $25 entry fee includes a Guild Specific Pack-5 Return to Ravnica, one Guild Specific Pack and Guild promo card that you CAN use in making your deck this time…plus more (see below)
Pick your Guild
NOTE: There are limited amounts of each of the 5 guilds choose one of five guilds to champion (Rakdos, Golgari, Azorius, Izzet, Selesnya) . Players who preregister will get a much better chance of getting their first choice. We will do our best to accommodate everyone, but at the end, the guilds will be randomly assigned.
Each Guild Prerelease Pack contains items designed specifically for the chosen guild.
Starting 9/9/12 D20 Games will start running Pokemon drafts every week. This is a fun format, but is not recommended for kids, since it will tend to run past standard kids bed-times, and since it is $30 per time. For the older players, it is a great chance to have fun while building up your collection, and maybe win some extra packs in the process.
Where: D20 Games, 2311 Santa Clara Ave, Alameda
When: Registration at 5:30-6:30, Drafting starts at 6:30.
What: 6 pack booster draft…open packs one at a time and pick a single card, pass the rest to the person next to you and repeat until all packs are complete. Build the best 40 card deck and play 3 rounds.
Cost: $30 includes 6 booster packs plus two packs for the prize pool.
Remember, even as we compete, D20 is all about being a place to have a good time, so avoid rule sharking and remember IJAG* and have fun with each other.
*Its just a game. 😉
——-Event Rules———–
Pokémon Booster Draft Format
This document is used in conjunction with the Pokémon Organized Play Floor Rules
document.
The suggested format for a Pokémon Booster Draft is 6 boosters of Pokémon-e TCG: EX
Ruby and Sapphire. Other expansion sets are allowed for draft purposes, as long as each
player has the same number of boosters from the same expansions. Setting up a Booster Draft Tournament
The tournament organizer registers each player for the event, similar to a constructed
tournament. Once registration is finished, the tournament organizer divides the players
into separate drafting tables at random. Each drafting table should have an equal number
of players. The judging staff then distributes the boosters being used for the draft. Starting the Draft
Once the players have been seated and have their boosters, the judging staff will have the
players start by opening their first booster. Each player looks at cards from their booster
and chooses one card, placing it face down in front of them. The judge will now have the
players pass the remaining cards from each of their boosters to the person on their left
(clockwise around the table). Each player will then draft one card from that stack. Once
players have chosen a card, the judge will instruct the players to pass the remaining cards
again, until all of the cards from those boosters have been drafted.
When the initial booster packs have been completely drafted, each player may look at the
cards he or she has drafted. At the judge’s signal, players set aside their drafted cards, and
open the second booster. This time, after choosing a card, each player will pass the
remaining cards to their right (counter-clockwise around the table). After each series of
packs have been drafted, the next booster will be drafted in the opposite direction, until
all six boosters have been drafted. Player Etiquette for Booster Drafting
During the drafting portion of the tournament, players should not be talking or offering
other distractions. Once a player has chosen a card, it should go into a neat pile in front of
that player. After each round of boosters have been drafted, players may examine their
own drafted cards. Finishing the Draft portion
After players have finished drafting their cards, they will start building a 40-card deck.
They may only use the cards they have drafted, and any basic Energy cards necessary to
finish building the deck. Any drafted cards that are not used in their deck, are set aside
for the remainder of the event. Tournament officials will announce at the beginning of the
event if decklists are required for the event.
Open 6 packs of Dragons Exalted and make your best 40 card deck from (only) those cards plus basic energy. You bring your own energy or it will be available at a reduced rate of 5 energy for $1 (energy can only be purchased this way for use in the deck being constructed.
Time: 11:30 (players arriving earlier may be able to open and build decks earlier at the discretion of the organizer.)
Cost:$30 includes the 6 packs for the event plus 2 packs to go into the prize pool.
Prizes and Rounds--Number of Rounds and Prize split to be determined by number of players.
A note on prizes and good play: PLEASE remember that we’re a fun joint with lots of different levels of players. The most important thing is to get some cards and have fun with them and each other. Win because you are playing your best game, and if you have an opponent that is making errors they will feel bad about when they learn what they should have done later, help ’em out so you both play games you feel good about. Be that “cool player I met”, not “that guy”. 😉
From the official rules…
1.2.1. Sealed Deck
In a Sealed Deck event, players receive booster packs from the Tournament Organizer at the beginning of the event. Each player opens all of his or her booster packs at a signal from the Tournament Organizer and constructs a 40-card deck using only those cards and any basic Energy cards provided by the Tournament Organizer. Players have 30 minutes to construct their decks.
Players may not trade the cards from their booster packs with other players until the
tournament ends. The Tournament Organizer may require players to fill out deck lists, including the cards in their decks and any cards not being used. Once the first round of the tournament begins, players may not alter the contents of their decks. Booster packs used for a Sealed Deck tournament should come from the same set to preserve Evolution chains that may not exist outside of that set.
