Two-Headed Giant Intro Deck Battle!
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.
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Ok…clearly we are out of our minds. ;-).
UPDATE: Date has been changed to June 29th (Sat). We will close the store for the evening…only open to the players. (each player can invite a limted number of guests.)
BONUS… Beta card draft based on who signs up first—-Beta Lands and Beta cards—We will put in 16 beta lands, and 12 beta commons into a drafting pool that will get table drafted based on the order that people sign up.
So when you find that incredibly rare bottle of wine…you want to get some people together who will appreciate as much and make a night of it…that is exactly what we are going to do with this.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, June 29th, 2013 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.)
Magic Guild Wars…Sealed Magic Tournament
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)
Dragon’s Maze Prerelease 4/27 & 4/28
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.
- 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.
- 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
- 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. )
