CCG Schedule for June/July 2012

Hello, Magic and L5R players!  M13 is fast approaching and L.A. Mood will be hosting a number of special events to help celebrate!

Coming up: Starting in July, L.A. Mood will again be hosting open EDH play on Sundays!  Mark your calendars!

Casual Magic Wednesdays continue at L.A. Mood for the month of June!  Keep on coming out and play your latest concoctions in this unsanctioned casual format.

As a reminder, the formats for our FNMs are as follows:

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.  FNM foils distributed to the Top 2 players automatically.  Additional prizes available at the Tournament Organizer's discretion.


FNM Drafts -  
Start Time approx. 8:30 (or, after two rounds of Standard); 
Entry Fee $10; 
Keep What You Draft; 
Swiss Rounds;
Latest Draft Format (e.g., currently AVR/AVR/AVR); 
Prizes consist of 3/2/1/1 booster pack prizes (based on 8 players) to the Top 4 and FNM foils distributed to the Top 2 players automatically.


The schedule for the month of June and part of July are as follows:


Sunday, June 17th - Casual L5R play!  Bring your Dad and introduce him to the realm of Magical Samurai for Father's Day!
Monday, June 18th - Monday Night Draft! AVR/AVR/AVR. 6:30 pm start time, $12 entry fee, rare re-draft.
Tuesday, June 19th - Casual L5R play! 6:30 pm start time.
Wednesday, June 20th - Casual Magic!  6:30 pm start time, no entry fee.  All formats welcome!
Friday, June 22nd - FNM! Standard-legal deck required. 6:30 pm start time, $2 entry fee.  $10 3-2-1-1 draft available at 8:30 pm.



Monday, June 25th - Monday Night Draft! AVR/AVR/AVR. 6:30 pm start time, $12 entry fee, rare re-draft.
Tuesday, June 26th - Casual L5R play! 6:30 pm start time.

Wednesday, June 27th - Casual Magic!  6:30 pm start time, no entry fee.  All formats welcome!
Friday, June 29th - FNM! Standard-legal deck required. 6:30 pm start time, $2 entry fee.  $10 3-2-1-1 draft available at 8:30 pm.



Monday, July 2nd - Monday Night Draft! AVR/AVR/AVR. 6:30 pm start time, $12 entry fee, rare re-draft.
Tuesday, July 3rd - Casual L5R!  6:30 pm start time, no entry fee.
Wednesday, July 4th - Casual Magic!  6:30 pm start time, no entry fee.  All formats welcome!
Friday, July 6th - FNM! Standard-legal deck required. 6:30 pm start time, $2 entry fee.  $10 3-2-1-1 draft available at 8:30 pm.
ALSO Friday, April 27th:  Magic 2013 Midnight Prerelease!  Start time: 12:01 a.m (Saturday morning)

Sunday, July 8th -  Magic 2013 Prerelease!  Keep your eyes peeled for details!  Start time: 11:00 am.
Monday, July 9th - Monday Night Draft! AVR/AVR/AVR. 6:30 pm start time, $12 entry fee, rare re-draft.
Tuesday, July 10th - Casual L5R!  6:30 pm start time, no entry fee.  Emperor-Edition deck recommended.
Wednesday, July 11th - Casual Magic!  6:30 pm start time, no entry fee.  All formats welcome!
Friday, July 13th - FNM! Standard-legal deck required. 6:30 pm start time, $2 entry fee.  $10 3-2-1-1 draft available at 8:30 pm.


Sunday, July 15th - Magic 2013 Release!  Standard tournament, $10 entry fee - winner gets a box of Magic 2013 (based on a minimum of 10 entrants)11am start time.


Keep your eyes peeled on this blog for the remainder of July's schedule, as well as additional tournaments!


The June FNM Prize foil is Ancient Grudge!

Remember that it's never too early to pre-order special sets like upcoming Duel and Premium Decks!  

This is the month to preorder Magic Core Set 2013!  Our preorders are filling up fast and only the first thirty box preorders are eligible for the Buy-A-Box Promo (TBA).  Remember, our preorder price is $100, tax included.  Also on special: Magic 2013 Fat Packs for $30, plus tax, July 6th to 8th only!



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


See you in the Blind Eternities!

CCG Schedule for April 2012

Hello, Magic and L5R players!  Thank you all for your feedback!  Our $2 FNM entry fee has been warmly welcomed and we will be continuing it for April!

Also changing is our Casual night - now being held on Wednesdays each night as opposed to Sundays, get over humpday by bashing heads with your friends in the L.A. Mood Underground, 6:30 p.m. and onward.

As a reminder, the formats for FNM are as follows:

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.  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 3/2/1/1 booster pack prizes (based on 8 players) to the Top 4 and FNM foils distributed to the Top 2 players automatically.


The schedule for the month of April follows:


Saturday, March 31st - Infinite Magic at L.A. Mood! Free 8-man Standard and Modern Constructed queues and $12 8-man Rare Re-draft DKA/INN/INN Drafts available starting at 12:00 pm and going until interest wanes.  Get those last few Planeswalker Points for the Nationals Cutoff!
Monday, April 2nd - Monday Night Draft! DKA/INN/INN. 6:30 pm start time, $12 entry fee, rare re-draft.
Tuesday, April 3rd - L5R Players - They're Finally Here!  Event details at this link.
Wednesday, April 4th - Casual Magic!  6:30 pm start time, no entry fee.  All formats welcome!
Friday, April 6th - FNM! Standard-legal deck required. 6:30 pm start time, $2 entry fee.  $10 3-2-1-1 draft available at 8:30 pm.
Saturday, April 7th - Modern Tournament at L.A. Mood!  Event details at this link.


Monday, April 9th - Monday Night Draft! DKA/INN/INN. 6:30 pm start time, $12 entry fee, rare re-draft.
Tuesday, April 10th - Casual L5R!  6:30 pm start time, no entry fee.  Emperor-Edition deck recommended.
Wednesday, April 11th - Casual Magic!  6:30 pm start time, no entry fee.  All formats welcome!
Friday, April 13th - FNM! Standard-legal deck required. 6:30 pm start time, $2 entry fee.  $10 3-2-1-1 draft available at 8:30 pm.
Sunday, April 15th - L5R Emperor Edition Constructed Tournament!  Event details at this link.


Monday, April 16th - Monday Night Draft! DKA/INN/INN. 6:30 pm start time, $12 entry fee, rare re-draft.
Tuesday, April 17th - Casual L5R!  6:30 pm start time, no entry fee.  Emperor-Edition deck recommended.
Wednesday, April 18th - Casual Magic!  6:30 pm start time, no entry fee.  All formats welcome!
Friday, April 20th - FNM! Standard-legal deck required. 6:30 pm start time, $2 entry fee.  $10 3-2-1-1 draft available at 8:30 pm.
Saturday, April 21st - Modern Tournament at L.A. Mood!  Event details at this link.
Sunday, April 22nd -  L5R Emperor Edition Draft Tournament!  Event details at this link.


Monday, April 23rd - Monday Night Draft! DKA/INN/INN. 6:30 pm start time, $12 entry fee, rare re-draft.
Tuesday, April 24th - Casual L5R!  6:30 pm start time, no entry fee.  Emperor-Edition deck recommended.
Wednesday, April 25th - Casual Magic!  6:30 pm start time, no entry fee.  All formats welcome!
Friday, April 27th - FNM! Standard-legal deck required. 6:30 pm start time, $2 entry fee.  $10 3-2-1-1 draft available at 8:30 pm.
ALSO Friday, April 27th:  Avacyn Restored Midnight Prerelease!  Event details at this link.
Sunday, April 29th - Avacyn Restored Sunday Prerelease!  Event details at this link.


Monday, April 30th - Monday Night Draft! DKA/INN/INN. 6:30 pm start time, $12 entry fee, rare re-draft.
Tuesday, May 1st - Casual L5R!  6:30 pm start time, no entry fee.  Emperor-Edition deck recommended.
Wednesday, May 2nd - Casual Magic!  6:30 pm start time, no entry fee.  All formats welcome!
Thursday, May 3rd - Avacyn Restored Midnight Launch and Midnight Premium Draft!  Details at this link.
Friday, May 4th - FNM! Standard-legal deck required. 6:30 pm start time, $2 entry fee.  $10 3-2-1-1 draft available at 8:30 pm.  Avacyn Restored is legal for this FNM event.  Draft Event will be AVR/AVR/AVR.
Sunday, May 6thth - L5R Embers of War Release Tournament!  Event details at this link.


April FNM Prize foil is Dismember!!!  That's right, three exclamation points!  I'm super-excited!

Also available for players who participate in the April 6th FNM event - this very slick double-faced token card, the Human Wolf!  Or Wolf Human.  Wu-man?  Hum-olf?  I can't decide.

Duel Decks: Venser vs Koth. is in!  It will be on our shelves Friday, March 30th!

Remember that it's never too early to pre-order special sets like Planechase 2 or upcoming Duel and Premium Decks!  We're offering a 20% discount if you preorder all four Planechase 2 decks!

This is the month to preorder Avacyn Restored!  Our preorders are filling up fast and only the first thirty box preorders are eligible for the Buy-A-Box Promo (TBA).  Remember, our preorder price is $100, tax included, and you'll be able to pick up your box at Midnight (12:01 a.m. Friday!)  Also on special:  Avacyn Restored Fat Packs for $30, plus tax, May 4th to 6th only!


L5R players:  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!

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 Koth. All 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!