Schedule of Magic: The Gathering Events for January 2011

Tuesday, January 4th - Triple-Scars Draft; $12 entry, boosters provided. 6:15 p.m. start.
Friday, January 7th - FNM; Standard event. Free entry, legal deck required. 6.15 p.m. start.
Sunday, January 9th - EDH and Legacy Pauper. Free entry, legal deck required. 12:30 p.m. start.

Tuesday, January 11th - Triple-Scars Draft, $12 entry, boosters provided. 6:15 p.m. start.
Friday, January 14th - FNM; Standard event. Free entry, legal deck required. 6.15 p.m. start. Sunday, January 16th - EDH and Legacy Pauper. Free entry, legal deck required. 12:30 p.m. start.

Tuesday, January 18th - Triple-Scars Draft; $12 entry, boosters provided. 6:15 p.m. start.
Friday, January 21th - FNM; Standard event. Free entry, legal deck required. 6.15 p.m. start.
Sunday, January 23rd - EDH and Legacy Pauper. Free entry, legal deck required. 12:30 p.m. start.

Tuesday, January 25th - Triple-Scars Draft; $12 entry, boosters provided. 6:15 p.m. start.
Friday, January 28th - FNM; Standard event. Free entry, legal deck required. 6.15 p.m. start.
Sunday, January 30th - The Mirrodin Beseiged Prerelease at L.A. Moods! 11:00 a.m. start time. I recommend arriving a half-hour early in order to keep the event running smoothly. Be on the lookout for a more detailed announcement in the upcoming weeks!

All of our FNM events have sanctioned booster draft side events available based on interest.

The FNM prize foil for January 2011 is the outstanding Everflowing Chalice. A staple in control decks and ramp decks everywhere, this awesome art is sure to occupy a place of pride in your Standard decks for the rest of the summer! I know I can't wait to earn my four copies!

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

Another New Magic: The Gathering Event!

I'm very pleased to announce the start of a brand-new event for L.A. Mood Magic Players: Sunday Afternoon Legacy Pauper!

Legacy Pauper is a format designed for players who are sick of trying to get four copies of the latest and greatest and most expensive Mythic Rares out there. Your 60-card deck (and 15-card sideboard) must contain Common cards and only Common cards - and better yet, Common cards from all of Magic's sets are allowed!

Legacy Pauper Decks are built just the same as any other 60-card deck with a 15-card sideboard; four copies of any card maximum, with the exception of basic lands. Pauper is a great format for players with every size collection - since we all usually have more commons than we know what to do with. A full explanation of the Pauper format (plus the banlist) can be found here: http://www.wizards.com/magic/tcg/resources.aspx?x=magic/rules/pauper.

If you don't know if a card is a common or not (since many older cards were printed before the red/gold/silver/black rarity symbols), a quick check in Gatherer (http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Default.aspx) will tell you if it was ever a Common at any point in its history.

Sunday Afternoon Pauper runs every Sunday, starting January the 9th, at 12:30 p.m., and runs alongside our Elder Dragon Highlander Events - you can participate in either every Sunday. FNM Prize foils available to the top placements and the more participation, the more prizes there will be!

As always, e-mail questions and comments to lamoodmagic@gmail.com