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Magic Game Day(s) Sat & Sun 24-25th

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The 9 event Hero’s Path that Wizards started with Theros comes to its conclusion this weekend, with the chance to play against the Defeat a God, starting during the Game Day events. Players can bring a standard deck or can use one of the draft or two-headed Giant decks to play against the third (and final) of the special challenge decks. Bring in any of the hero cards that you may have acquired during the previous prereleases or special events and you can pick two that will help during with your battle with the gods themselves. We are also doing at Journey Into Nyx Two Headed Giant on the 24th, to round out the day…

Foil full art promo for the top 8 each day

Also, starting at 10 am on Sat the 24th and Sun the 25th are the Journey Into Nyx Game Day events. These competitive standard format tournaments will have special full art promo cards for each player, foil full art promo cards for the top 8 of each event, and el numero uno each day gets the special championship playmat.

First place playmat for each days winner.

Born of the Gods is on it’s way!!!

By Ben Calica / Leave a Comment / Events, Magic

The second chapter in the Greek inspired Theros block is on it’s way and we’re starting to get psyched. Prerelease is signing up now (sign up soon to get the color of your choice for the prereleae pack.) Pre-order box prices are starting to go up, but we will do $105 this week, going up to $120 when the set releases, so if you want to order those, let us know. Also only the first 30 orders for boxes get the buy a box promos, and we don’t know what those are yet and that often will raise the box prices if it ends up being awesome.

The first Born of the Gods spoilers from the set, KioraThe spoilers will start for real around Jan 13, but Wizards gave us a holiday peek with the first planeswalker of the set. This will be a 165 card set, designed to be drafted with Theros. They are also continuing the Hero’s path, that gave us the Hydra deck last time around, so look for more opportunities to get the special promo hero cards to help in the next challenge.

Our Prerelease will be the first weekend of the month, with events on:

As usual, we will be doing Kids and Casual (3 round, win a round, win a pack) for all the events, side by side with competitive (4-5 rounds, win at least two round to get a pack, but much bigger numbers of packs for the top winners) for everything except the two-headed Giant (just casual for that one.)

D20 update 8-20-13 Closed 24-25th for Grand Prix Oakland.

By Ben Calica / Leave a Comment / Events, Magic, Updates

IMPT…D20 will be closed on Sat Aug. 24th and Sunday the 25th For Grand Prix Oakland. No Pokemon or Vanguard this weekend…back next week.

Friday the 23rd is Ben’s 50th Birthday, and to celebrate he’s going to join the rest of the team to go to the Magic Grand Prix at the Oakland Convention Center this weekend.

A few last minute changes for the events this week: GP practice moved from Weds to Thursday.

Weds:-NOTE–Closed at 6 except for D&D Encounters Players
- League from 4:30 to 7 (open short hours this week.)
- D&D from 6-9-(No D&D on the first week of school….)
Thursday–Pick up Team D20 Tee Shirts….Last Practice m14. Sealed ($20–play at 5:30 pm)
Friday: FNM

Sat: CLOSED

Sunday: CLOSED

Next weekend–Saturday Night Two Headed Giant.

D20 Update- 8-6-13

By Ben Calica / Leave a Comment / Events, Updates

Hey folks…
Buy Tix here for 2-Headed Giant-8-10-13

Magic:

Tuesday @5:45: Modern Tournaments $5 entry. 100% into prize.
Weds:
- League from 4:30 to 7 (open short hours this week.)
- D&D from 6-9
Thursday, Practice m14. Sealed Tournament ($20–play at 6 pm)
Friday: FNM
Sat:
- 10 am…Magic Game Day!
- Two-Headed Giant–4 pm for packs-5:30 to play!!!
Sunday
- 11:00 Magic Game Day ($5)
- 3:00 (packs anytime) Practice M14 Sealed

Pokemon

Sat
- 11-1 Pokemon League ($5–includes pack)
- Next week….Aug 17th…11:00 Plasma Blast Release (11 to get packs, 12 to play…~ 1 hour for non-competitive, 2 hours for competitive)
  - Sealed deck tournament. 6 packs provided. Make your best deck and then play. There will be a choice of two packs per player bonus for non-competitive, or 1 pack plus an additional pack per round won for the adults or more competitive younger players. (best 2 out of 3)

Cardfight:

Sunday at 2 for our regular event.

D20 Update-7-29

By Ben Calica / Leave a Comment / Events, Updates

: Event list is out of date…problems with the system…sorry

Thursday…great special treat…. The creators of one of our favorite games, Castle Panic, are coming to visit the store and play. For those who don’t know the game, it a wonderful game for both kids and adults, and because it is everyone against the game, is particularly wonderful for siblings (action without frustration), or only kids (great to play with buds, but also one of the few games that can be played solo, since it is the player against the game.) For fans, get to meet the creators and bring in your game to have them sign them…for parents, it is very, very cool for kids to see that things like this are created by real people…very inspiring for what they can do.

Grand Prix Oakland M14 Sealed Practice times: (ok to get packs ahead of time and to come late w/game loss…just call and let us know)

Mon. 7/29 @ Noon (11 am deck building)
Weds. 7/31 @ 5:00 (Ok to mix with League decks if you don’t add new pack before event)
Thurs: 8/1 @ 5:30 (limed to 8)
Sat: 8/3 @ 6 pm
Sunday 8/4 @ 3 pm

The week that was and will be…

Magic:

Tuesday @5:45: Modern Masters Modern Tournaments $5 entry. 100% into prize. For first event…guaranteed extra Modern Masters Pack added to prize pool and second pack for random giveaway.
Weds:
- League from 4 on…League tournament at 5:30 (don’t add extra pack so we can blend this with…)
- 5:30, M14 Sealed Practice
Friday: FNM
Sat:
- 5:30, Date Night Magic ($15 plus $5 for pizza)
- 6:00 (Packs at 4): Practice M14 Sealed
Sunday
- 11:30 Magic Standard ($5)
- 3:00 (packs anytime) Practice M14 Sealed

Pokemon

Sat
- 11-1 Pokemon League ($5–includes pack)
- WRONG DATE–This will be on Aug 17th…11:00 Plasma Blast Release (11 to get packs, 12 to play…~ 1 hour for non-competitive, 2 hours for competitive)
  - Sealed deck tournament. 6 packs provided. Make your best deck and then play. There will be a choice of two packs per player bonus for non-competitive, or 1 pack plus an additional pack per round won for the adults or more competitive younger players. (best 2 out of 3)

Cardfight:

Sunday at 2 for our regular event.

D20 Games Weekly Update 7-16-13

By Ben Calica / Leave a Comment / Events, Updates

—-Coming Thursday August 1st…IN STORE VISIT BY THE CREATORS OF CASTLE PANIC!! 😉 ———-

Special announcement about From the Vault at the bottom of is post…

This weekend–Pokemon and Vanguard Back to Normal, Release Events for M14 (including 2-headed Giant) and Oakland Grand Prix Qualifier on Sunday!

Had a great set of Prerelease events for Magic M14. Some interesting highlights…

Most Busted cards in the set so far….Kalonian Hydra…Comes into play with 4 counters and doubles ALL counters on All your creatures when it attacks! Oh, and did I mention the trample. Remove it in the next 2 turns or that’s game….sheesh. (Found out about this by being on the wrong side of the card…)

Winner--most Busted Card in M14 — Winner–most Busted Card in M14

Magic M14 is Here!!! This week—M14 release events….

Tuesday–Last Modern Masters League Pack week…Come in and find your partner for next week’s League Two-headed Giant!!–Special Bonus Prize cards and goodies for the regular players tonight…We will Draft at 6 if we get 8 (again..) (and full participation credit for league members who show up and don’t wish to draft.)
Weds–Last Dragon’s Maze League before we start M14–come in for special tolkens and other prizes, Also D&D Encounters ($5 fee) LOOKING for another good DM to help run a table…will be compensated in store credit, but must be good enough to represent the store…
Thursday at Midnight…We will open special to sell M14 Boxes and Fat Packs (.. Click here for a draft simulator. Or here to see all the new cards…)

Sat. the 20th
- we will be doing Pokemon again in the morning
- Magic M14 Sealed at 12
- Two-headed Giant at 5:30 (4pm for packs)
Sunday the 21st
- Grand Prix Trial for Grand Prix Oakland!!! Reg at 10 but start will be 11 am on time. Since the packs need to be opened and registered by other players, there will be no ability to show up late for this one. This will be a $35 sealed event using M14 (the same format that the Grand Prix will be) This will be a competitive level event…so much more strict on the rules, though we still aim to keep the D20 Good spirit in place. 😉
- Draft at 3 for those who want to redeem their pride (or luck)

From the Vault Twenty will be coming out on my Birthday, Aug 23rd, and as usual there will be very limited numbers. We will start two sign up lists. The first will be for 6 guaranteed copies at $150 each. The second will be for a price TBD once we see what’s in the thing, but will be about 10% below what the going ebay sold rate is. This will be a lottery, with the entries based on the two things I want to most reward, participation in store events and money spent in the store over ehe last few months. (This year, I’m going to do estimates for both of these so I don’t spend 3 days looking through wizard’s event reporter). ONE BIG CHANGE…

I will be adding extra bonus entries for the following:
- One extra entry for every event participated in from now until the release on the 23rd
- Bonus entry for People who attend more then 2 events a week
- Double entries for people attending Leagues, including participating in M14 league
- 3 Bonus Entries for people who bring in a player to an event who as not ever played with us before
- And I reserve the right to give out extra entries (at my discretion) for players who help teach a new player how to play, or who in general are showing above and beyond kindness and support to new or intimidated/nervous players, or general good Duckishness…

D20 weekly update–7-8-13

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IMPT….NO Pokemon or Vanguard this weekend, and No Magic Standard…Just a bunch of Magic Sealed events (Big Magic M14 Prerelease)

For a great way to get to know the new set.. Click here for a draft simulator. Or here to see all the new cards…

Say Goodbye to Ravnica Block with the last FNM for it this Friday Night (the 12th)

Magic M14 Prerelease–As usual…we will be doing a Competitive and Casual group side by side for all of the times in question. This is great for all players, adults and kids. Remember…we’re limited to ~50 players for each time slot, so if you want to make sure to get a slot, reserve ahead of time.

Magic M14 Boxes are still on the Preorder price of $105, come and see us…first 3o will get the Promo Ratchet Bomb Card

Next weekend (the 20th and 21st)

Sat. the 20th
- we will be doing Pokemon again in the morning
- Magic M14 Sealed at 12
- Two-headed Giant at 5:30 (4pm for packs)
Sunday the 21st
- Grand Prix Trial for Grand Prix Oakland!!! Reg at 10 but start will be 11 am on time. Since the packs need to be opened and registered by other players, there will be no ability to show up late for this one. This will be a $35 sealed event using M14 (the same format that the Grand Prix will be) This will be a competitive level event…so much more strict on the rules, though we still aim to keep the D20 Good spirit in place. 😉
- Draft at 3 for those who want to redeem their pride (or luck)

Magic M14 Events @D20 Games…

By Ben Calica / Leave a Comment / Events, Magic

July 19th is the release date for the next set of Magic Cards, the Core 2014 (otherwise known as M14).

Events for the Pre-release for M14…the return of the Slivers!!

Prerelease:

Prerelease’s are great fun…get 6 packs of the new stuff (and a bonus special promo card) a week before it ships. Make your best 40 card deck and play for fun and prizes. Each

time has both a Casual and Competitive group. Casual plays 3 rounds for prizes, win a round and win a pack. Competitive plays for at least 4 rounds, where it takes at least two winning rounds to get even a single pack, but where the top players can end up with 8 or more packs, depending on how many players are in the group. Even if you just end up playing for the fun, for the $25 entry fee, you end up with the 6 packs of cards that you get to start with to take home and its a good time.

Release Weekend

Friday Night Magic on July 19th will be the Release for M14 and we will Draft that night at 7.
Saturday, we will do a Sealed tournament at Noon, and a Two Headed Giant at 5:30 (Get packs at 4)
Sunday, we will be doing a Qualifier for the Oakland Grand Prix that will be a competitive level Sealed Event ($35 pp). Everyone is free to try their hand, but it will be much more strict rules enforcement then at our casual events.

Game Day

Game Day for M14 will be on Saturday and Sunday, August 11th and 12th. As usual, this will be a standard format event.

D20 Weekly Update-6-24-13

By Ben Calica / Leave a Comment / Events, Magic, Updates

This is the big week!!! Saturday the 29th we will close the store at 5:30 for the Mighty Draft!!! Limited to 12 players, and priced at $150, this is our ultimate “find an old box and draft it” event by drafting a factory sealed box of Revised (~$1800 a box). This is box with packs that haven’t seen fresh air in 19 years, and we are going to make an evening of it, with old-school rules and good cheer and fun competition. If the event does not fill up, we will take a list before-hand of people that want packs at $50 each.

Congratulations to Marcus for “Clocking” everyone else and winning the ultimate Guild wars Competition Saturday night. We had over 20 players (more than we expected) but got the message loud and clear that people REALLY wanted more two-headed Giants. The pitch has become reality (or the other way around) and we have couple, buddies and a bunch of parent/kid combos who all have a blast at these events. I give..we’ll do more of these. As a direct result, I’m going to add an extra one in two weeks, side by side with the kid magic. This will be for a limited number of teams and will be the first (and possibly only) Modern Masters Two headed Giant. To keep the price down a little bit, we’ll be offering two options, either $50 per player for 4 regular packs, or $25 with two regular modern masters packs, & 2 repacks.)

Also–The week right after 4th of July, we will be doing the Prerelease for Magic M14. We will have events on the 13th and 14th. Entry is 25 and will include 6 packs of Slivery fun…

Modern Masters @ D20 Alameda

By Ben Calica / Leave a Comment / Events, Magic

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.