L.A. Mood's Heroclix February Schedule
All events Begin at 6:30pm

Feb 3, Myth vs Science
Build a team of 500 pts one figure must have the Deity or Cosmic Keyword
Prizes: Limited Edition Troia Figure

Feb 10, Good old Tournament Standard
Build a team of 300 pts,
Prizes: Limited Edition White Lantern Special Object

Feb 17, Speed is the Game!
Build a team of 400 pts, Your team must include one figure with Hypersonic Speed or a Power that allows you to use Hypersonic Speed, Kid Zoom is banned for this tournament.
Prizes: Limited Edition Impulse Figure

L.A. Mood House Rules
1. Purple Rings are legal, and no figures are retired
2. No Battlefield Conditions
3. Keyword teams effects are back in effect

An Important Announcement for Magic Players!

Hello, everyone. I wanted to clear up a bit of confusion regarding the upcoming schedule of events for February at L.A. Mood.

First, to confirm what you've heard: Yes! L.A. Mood will start hosting drafts on Monday night in February, starting Monday, February the 7th.

Secondly, you might have noticed that the first day of February is a Tuesday. In order to make the switchover work smoothly, we will still be drafting on Tuesday, February the 1st.

The schedule for February's events will be posted shortly! Be on the lookout for a fully-updated and comprehensive list of Magic events for February at L.A. Mood.

Once again, the first Monday draft will be February the 7th.

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

Announcing: The Mirrodin Besieged Prerelease!

Hello to all our Magic Players!


As you know, the Mirrodin Besieged Prerelease is fast approaching - and there are some important details that make this a Prerelease unlike any you've attended before!

Our Prerelease will begin at 11:00 on Sunday, January the 30th - but try to arrive by 10:30 in order to help keep the event running smoothly. As always, the event is Sealed Deck, however, when you arrive for your packs you'll have to declare your faction - either Mirran or Phyrexian. Mirran players will receive 3 "Mirran-aligned" booster packs, containing only the Mirran-aligned cards from the set, as well as 3 Scars of Mirrodin boosters and 1 copy of the Promotional Hero of Bladehold. Phyrexian players will receive 3 "Phyrexian-aligned" boosters, containing only the Phyrexian-aligned cards from the set, as well as 3 Scars of Mirrodin boosters and 1 copy of the Promotional Glissa, the Traitor. The promotional cards are yours to keep, but you can't play with them during the event!

























The cost of the packs will be $28. If you feel strongly about which faction you'd like to declare for, be sure to let me know but January 28th, so I can set your faction pack aside! All over faction packs will be distributed on a first-come, first-serve basis.


In order to avoid confusion, I have decided on the following tournament organization rules:


1) There will not be submitted deck lists. Players will operate on the "honor system" regarding sideboarding in between events.


2) There will be deck logging - another player will open your packs and list the cards inside. However, unlike previous prereleases, there will not be pack swapping - the packs you purchased are the packs you will be playing with - you just won't be the one to open them!


Looking forward to seeing everyone there!


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

An Important Update for Pauper Sundays!

Hello, Pauper players!

As you know, this Sunday, January 9th, is our inaugural Pauper event at L.A. Mood. I'm very excited to have everyone come out and show off their creativity in this uniquely restricted Magic format.

However, based on several discussions with excellent, experienced players of Pauper both online and offline, I have come to the decision to expand the list of banned cards for our L.A. tournament. The official ban list (found here) will be updated to include the following cards. In addition to Cranial Plating, and the existing Legacy ban list:

- Tree of Tales is banned.

- Great Furnace is banned.

- Vault of Whispers is banned.

- Seat of the Synod is banned.

- Ancient Den is banned.

This ban list is intended to reduce the extremely consistent, aggressive explosiveness of the Affinity deck in Pauper, without eliminating its ability to function as an aggro deck.

Paper Pauper is a living format with many variant ban lists. In order to keep our L.A. tournaments fun, exciting, and varied experiences, I will be updating our store's ban list as the year goes on - sometimes adding, sometimes removing. Be on the lookout for an official flyer with out official ban list in the near future!

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

Sad news, everyone.

Unfortunately, due to an oversight on my part, I was unable to secure this month's FNM Promo shipment for L.A. Mood. I know many of you were very excited about the Everflowing Chalice, and I sincerely apologize. I've already taken steps to ensure this won't happen again.

By way of apology, I have undertaken the following changes to this month's FNM prize structure:

1) First and Second Place, in addition to their customary Booster pack, will also recieve a foil promotional Nissa Revane, first distributed to Xbox players who purchased Duels of the Planeswalkers!

2) Third and fourth place will be guaranteed an FNM promo foil from past months as opposed to the customary inclusion in the door prize selection. In addition, third and fourth place can elect to replace their section of an FNM promo foil and instead receive an "IOU" for a foil promotional Liliana Vess, which becomes eligible for store distribution on March 31st!

3) All-new, exciting and surprising door prizes and handouts! Come on out to find out what these are!

4) Finally, the customary nominal cost for the first pop or snack will be waived for each FNM participant for this month.

I hope this covers everyone's concerns. As always, you can e-mail questions and comments to lamoodmagic@gmail.com

Possible Change in Event Scheduling - a Poll!

Hello, Magic Players!

For this upcoming year, I'm considering making a change in the schedule of our events: from Tuesday night drafting to Monday night drafting. The time would remain the same, 6:15.

This is definitely a departure from the established schedule! I've considered many factors up until this point, but the last piece of information I need comes from you, the players! What do you think of the proposed change? Let me know at lamoodmagic@gmail.com

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

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 Elder Dragon Highlander.

Elder Dragon Highlander (or EDH) is a fabulous casual format for players looking to make use of the cards they have in their collections that are fun to play, but don't quite cut it in today's modern decks. It's a format that wants you to play big, splashy, expensive sorceries and creatures for some wild fun you just can't get anywhere else in Magic!

Elder Dragon Decks are built around a General, a Legendary Creature whose colors define the kind of mana and colors of spells your deck contains. EDH decks consist of 100 cards, one of which is the General, and no two cards can have the same English name (with the exception of the five basic lands). A full explanation of the format can be found at http://mtgcommander.net/rules.php.

Elder Dragon Highlander will be a fully supported format in 2011 with the release of the Commander boxed set from Wizards of the Coast! Get in on the ground floor and start crafting your winning strategies and devastating decks!

Sunday Afternoon Elder Dragon Highlander runs every Sunday, starting January the 9th, at 12:30 p.m., and runs alongside our Pauper 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

L.A. Mood's Heroclix January Schedule
All events Begin at 6:30pm

Jan 6, DC 7th Anniversary Marquee!
Buy 2 boosters of DC7th Anniversary and Build a team of 300 pts
Prizes: Limited Edition Grodd Figure

Jan 13, Lanterns shine their Light!
Build a team of 600 pts, your team must include two Lantern Characters (any corp) from DC75
Prizes: Limited Edition White Lantern Special Object

Jan 20, The Zoo is loose!
Build a team of 400 pts, Your team must include one figure with the Animal Keyword
Prizes: Limited Edition Gleek Figure

Jan 27, It's all about Teamwork
Build a team of 700 pts, your team must share an uncommon Keyword
Prizes: Limited Edition Bucket of Water Special Object

L.A. Mood House Rules
1. Purple Rings are legal, and no figures are retired
2. No Battlefield Conditions
3. Keyword teams effects are back in effect

Happy New Years Everyone!

Boxing Week Store Hours

Closed Saturday, December 25
Sunday, December 26, 11 - 5
Mon-Thurs regular hours
Friday, December 31, 10- 4

Boxing Week Sales*
15% off Games
20% off GN's
25% off Premium Back Issues (over $20)
50% off Regular Back Issues
20% off Toys
20% off Vinyl LP's

Bargain Basement
3 for $1 comics
6 for $1 comics
50% off Magazines
20% off Records
and more!

*some restrictions apply: In-stock items only, no holds, no special orders or rainchecks.

Good news, everyone!

I've set up a dedicated Magic e-mail account you can use to contact me any time, night or day, about all things Magic-related at L.A. Mood - lamoodmagic@gmail.com

Excellent uses of this e-mail address are:

1) Asking me about ordering or pre-ordering Magic products - everything and anything goes! Pre-ordering is the best way to make sure you can get a coveted Duel Deck or From The Vault collection - don't miss out!

2) Asking me about specific cards you'd like to find. I don't have a complete picture of our inventory yet, but if you've been all over London and just can't find what you're looking for, the very least I can do is keep an eye out for you as well. Singles or playsets, from older sets or newer ones, if I don't have them I'll do my best to find them for you.

And many more!

lamoodmagic@gmail.com

Monday, December 13

We would like to apologize as it appears our phone line is not working. You can still get a hold of us via the internet. You can email us at mailbox@lamoodcomics.com.

We are sorry for any inconvenience this may have caused.

Magic the Gathering

Tuesday Night Draft canceled!

Since the buses will not be running this evening the Tuesday night draft has been canceled.

Magic: The Gathering Schedule of Events for December 2010:

Friday, December 3rd: FNM Standard (free entry)
and SOM Draft ($12 entry)
6:00 pm start
Tuesday, December 7th: SOM Draft ($12 entry)
6:30 pm start
Friday, December 10th: FNM Standard (free entry)
and SOM Draft ($12 entry)
6:00 pm start
Tuesday, December 14th: SOM Draft ($12 entry)
6:30 pm start
Friday, December 17th: FNM Standard (free entry)
and SOM Draft ($12 entry)
6:00 pm start
Tuesday, December 21st: SOM Draft ($12 entry)
6:30 pm start
Tuesday, December 28th: SOM Draft ($12 entry)
6:30 pm start
Friday, December 31st: FNM Standard (free entry)
and SOM Draft ($12 entry)

December FNM prize foils:



















Wild Nacatl has proved to be a powerhouse in Extended and Legacy Zoo decks. He was a pretty good man (cat?) in Standard too while he was legal, but not quite as strong without the Ravnica or Revised duals to power him out, especially when combined with fetch lands. Still, a pretty solid duder and I'll be looking to pick him up for my draft cube and EDH decks.

Christmas is just around the corner and now is a good time to get your wish lists ready. We still have a few Fire and Lightning premium decks left for the lucky few who are able to snag them. These decks are chock full of burny goodness from Magic past and are sure to make toast out of your opponents. Also, ask about the Jace vs. Chandra duel decks coming out this month. They are reprints of the original deck series with special new art from famed Japanese manga artist Yoshino Himori They are Japanese language only, and we are supposed to be getting a very limited supply. Try and reserve a copy quickly because these are hot and sure not to last very long.

Finally, I would like to announce that I am officially stepping down as the in store representative for L.A. Mood Magic sales and events. I am a bit sad to be handing over the reins, as I have loved being an active part of growing and cultivating our Magic playing community, but I believe that I am leaving this position in some very capable hands. Our new representative has a keen perspective on the game and basically life in general. He is a very approachable guy and a great person to bounce your thoughts and questions off of. I am confident that he will do an excellent job of taking over where I am leaving off. Please welcome Andrew Di Lullo as your new L.A. Mood Magic community manager!

NEW THIS WEEK:
-Dominion Prosperity (restock)- demand exceeds supply!!! No holds on this item, come get it while you can!
-Walking Dead TP vol. 13
-Walking Dead T-shirts!
Upcoming events:
-L5R Tournament Saturday, December 4th, 1-4pm
-Game Demo Day Saturday, December 11th, 11-4pm
***All games will be 20% off this day only, and 25% off for Game Day participants***

NEW THIS WEEK!!

Games:
-Civilization-Magic the Gathering: Fire & Lightning
-D&D Essentials: The City Tile Set & Monster Vault-Heroscape Moltenclaws Expansion
-Zombie Survival: The Board Game

Comics:
-Batman: The Return 1-shot
-Batman Inc. #1-Superman vs. Muhammad Ali HC
-Lenore Cooties HC
-Grant Morrison's 18 Days (With really cool art by Mukesh Singh!!)

November Heroclix Events
Tournament start at 6pm

Nov. 11th, Ye Olde Tournament build
Build a 300 pt team
Prize: Daken Le for 1st and Fellowship and Web Tokens for 2nd

Nov. 18th, Adaptive Strategy
build a 700 pt and alter at least 300 pts of your team from any Heroclix purchased!
Prize: "The Burglar" Le for 1st and Fellowship

L.A. Mood Heroclix House Rules

1. Theme team rules are not in Effect
2. Purple Rings are Legal
3. No BFC's for this month events

New in Stock!

Superboy #1, written by Canadian Jeff Lemire... L.A. Mood's wants to congratulate Jeff Lemire for his Essex County making the top 40 Canada Reads list!! Vote to put his amazing book in the top 10!

Kill Shakespeare TP vol 1 is now out, reprinting the first 6 issues! Created by Canadians Conor McCreery, Anthony Del Col and Andy Belanger. Check it out and keep the 2nd Saturday in February free for their visit to L.A. Mood's!!!
These would make great Christmas gifts:
Thor Omnibus HC, reprinting Straczynski's Thor #1-12 and more!
Absoulute All Star Superman HC Slipcase
Batman & Robin HC vol 2
Sense & Sensibility HC

Crazy Cthulhu Plushies, really cute, maybe not so functional Dice bags and cel phone pouches! Can I use cute and cthulhu in the same sentence??



Conflict of Heroes: Prices of Honour Poland Expansion


Yu Gi Oh 2010 Tins only $17.95 each!