Friday, March 02, 2012

CCG Schedule for March 2012

Hello, Magic and L5R players!  Changes are afoot!  Starting March 16th, our FNM events will be changing slightly to meet customer expectations and to offer you guys even more reasons to come out to L.A. Mood!

The new formats will be:

FNM Standard - 
Start Time 6:30; 
Entry Fee $2; 
Swiss Rounds; 
Prizes consist of 3 booster packs for every four entrants, distributed 30%-20%-20%-10%-5%-5%-5%-5% to the Top 8 finishers, rounded down to a minimum of one, with remainders going to the top two players. (e.g., 30 players = 23 booster packs = 7/5/4/3/1/1/1/1 booster pack prizes to the Top 8).  FNM foils distributed to the Top 2 players automatically.


FNM Drafts -  
Start Time approx. 8:30 (after two rounds of Standard); 
Entry Fee $10; 
Keep What You Draft; 
Swiss Rounds;
Latest Draft Format (e.g., currently DA/INN/INN); 
Prizes consist of 3/2/1 booster pack prizes (based on 8 players) to the Top 3 and FNM foils distributed to the Top 2 players automatically.

Other prizes, like foil door prizes and other handouts, including Intro packs and Battle Packs, will be distributed as before, with a door prize pool equal to about half the number of entrants!  Based on our average 30-man FNM attendance (you can see the  expected prize distribution above), I think this is an exceptionally exciting change.  Let everyone know about our huge FNMs - the more people who play, the larger the prize pool gets!

In other news, we will be continuing our support for Modern events throughout March (Dates TBA) and keep your eyes peeled for an announcement regarding a Premium Standard event this Spring at L.A. Mood!

The schedule for the month of March follows:

Friday, March 2nd - FNM! Standard-legal deck required. 6:30 pm start time, no entry fee.
Sunday, March 4th - Emperor Edition Limited Release!  12:00 am start time, $24 entry fee (Sealed Boosters), $10 entry fee (Draft).  Casual Players of Magic and L5R welco
Monday, March 5th - Monday Night Draft! DA/DA/INN or DA/INN/INN on request. 6:30 pm start time, $12 entry fee, rare re-draft.
Tuesday, March 6th - Casual L5R!  6:30 pm start time, no entry fee.  Kolat-Edition deck recommended.

Friday, March 9th - FNM! Standard-legal deck required. 6:30 pm start time, no entry fee.
Sunday, March 11th - Casual EDH!  EDH deck required. 12:30 pm start time, no entry fee.  Also Casual L5R!  12:30 pm start time, no entry fee.  Kolat-Edition deck recommended. 
Monday, March 12th - Monday Night Draft! DA/DA/INN or DA/INN/INN on request. 6:30 pm start time, $12 entry fee, rare re-draft.Tuesday, March 13th - Casual L5R!  6:30 pm start time, no entry fee.  Kolat-Edition deck recommended.

Friday, March 16th - New-Format FNM! Standard-legal deck required. 6:30 pm start time, $2 entry fee.  $10 3-2-1 draft available at 8:30 pm.
Sunday, March 18th - Casual EDH!  EDH deck required. 12:30 pm start time, no entry fee.  Also Casual L5R!  12:30 pm start time, no entry fee.  Kolat-Edition deck recommended. 
Monday, March 19th - Monday Night Draft! DA/DA/INN or DA/INN/INN on request. 6:30 pm start time, $12 entry fee, rare re-draft.Tuesday, March 20th - Casual L5R!  6:30 pm start time, no entry fee.  Kolat-Edition deck recommended.

Friday, March 23rd - New-Format FNM! Standard-legal deck required. 6:30 pm start time, $2 entry fee.  $10 3-2-1 draft available at 8:30 pm.
Sunday, March 25th - Casual EDH!  EDH deck required. 12:30 pm start time, no entry fee.  Also Casual L5R!  12:30 pm start time, no entry fee.  Kolat-Edition deck recommended. 
Monday, March 26th - Monday Night Draft! DA/DA/INN or DA/INN/INN on request. 6:30 pm start time, $12 entry fee, rare re-draft.Tuesday, March 27th - Casual L5R!  6:30 pm start time, no entry fee.  Kolat-Edition deck recommended.

Friday, March 30th - New-Format FNM! Standard-legal deck required. 6:30 pm start time, $2 entry fee.  $10 3-2-1 draft available at 8:30 pm.

March's FNM prize foil is Tectonic Edge! Ghost Quarter's got nothing on these bad boys!

Also, a reminder that it's never to early to pre-order upcoming promotional sets like Duel Decks: Venser vs KothAll pre-orders will be honored and if any promotions are announced, they're always retroactively applied to existing pre-orders! It's a can't-lose proposition!  Also upcoming:  Planechase 2 and of course, Avacyn Restored!

Emperor Edition Booster Boxes are still available!  Sadly, our Clan Starter allotment has yet to arrive, but we will be getting them soon.  Available now for pre-order:  Embers of War!  Our pre-order price for L5R booster boxes has improved to $85 plus tax!

As always, questions, comments and suggestions can be directed to lamoodmagic@gmail.com.

See you in the Blind Eternities!

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