Magic: The Gathering: The (Very, very belated) Schedule of Events for April!

Hello, all! My April post is shamefully late, but nevertheless here. I am extremely happy to see everyone made it through the first few uncertain weeks safe and sound, and I am here again to guide us through the rest of April. Check the bottom of this post for exciting information regarding New Phyrexia Pre-orders!

The schedule for the rest of April is as follows:

Friday, April 15th- FNM, Standard. No entry fee, start time 6:15 p.m.

Sunday, April 17th - Casual Sunday Madness! Come try out your crazy EDH, Pauper, and what-have you concoctions! No entry fee, open gaming from 12:15 p.m. onward.

Monday, April 18th - Monday Night Drafting! $12 entry fee, three boosters and land provided. Start time 6:15 p.m. Rare Re-draft.

Friday, April 22nd - FNM, Standard. No Entry fee, start time 6:15 p.m. This is the last chance for you to test out that awesome Standard deck you'll be trying to win your National Invitation with!

Saturday, April 23rd - L.A. Mood's National Qualifier Tournament! Full details posted in a separate post. $10 entry fee, includes a lunch voucher for Los Comales, our next-door Latin Restaurant. Standard-legal deck required, 11:00 a.m. start.

Sunday, April 24th - Sunday Madness is CANCELED for this week. Enjoy your Easter!

Monday, April 25th - Monday Night Drafting! $12 entry fee, three boosters and land provided. Start time 6:15 p.m.

Friday, April 29th - FNM, Standard. No Entry fee, start time 6:15 p.m.

As many of you have seen, our FNM prize foil for this month is Artisan of Kozilek, with a snazzy new FNM foil layout and watermark and simply spectacular art!

BONUS! For all of our New Phyrexia Buy-A-Box Preorders, we are offering a very special deal for the release weekend: Pre-ordering a box and picking it up by Monday, May 16th entitles you not just to the promotional card "Surgical Extraction", but also a special release-weekend-only-price of a mere $100 per box, taxes included! Wow!

And, for the curious, Surgical Extraction looks like this:

Pre-order your box today!

Check in my next post for the full details of our National Tournament Qualifier!

NEW THIS WEEK:

Games! Sales!
-Reduced price Agricola games while quantities last:
-Agricola
-Agricola Farmers of the Moor-Agricola The Goodies
-Agricola Gamers DeckTrades/Paperbacks:
-Boys Vol 8 TP Highland Laddie-Marvel Zombies TP Vol 5
-Grimm Fairy Tales TP Vol 9

Ultimate Marvel TP Sale!!
-Check out our selection of Ult Spider-Man and Ult X_Men TP's at $5-$10 each!

...and don't forget to keep your Saturday, April 16th afternoon free for RECORD STORE DAY!!! Send this facebook invite to your friends!

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

Due to my new Job there may be Changes to the Schedule, if that occurs The Changes will be posted on this Blog and L.A Mood's Facebook page

April 7, Wave of Next?
Build a team of 500 pts
Prizes: Limited Edition Deadpool figure

April 14, Tournament Standard
Build a team of 300 pts No Feats
Prizes: Limited Edition Crimson Gem of Cyttorak Object

April 21, Marvel Vs DC
Build a team of 700 pts, You team must include one figure each from Marvel and DC
Prizes: Limited Edition Archangel Figure

April 28, One Man Army
Build a team of one figure up to 400 pts,
Prizes: Limited Edition Karima 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

NEW THIS WEEK!!!
Games:
-Battletech Into Box Set
-Munchkin Zombies-Nightfall Deck Building Game
-Resident Evil Deck Building Game

-MTG: Knights vs Dragons Duel Decks
-Restock: 7 Wonders

Comics:
-Dollhouse Epitaphs 1-shot

-Godzilla #1

NEW THIS WEEK!!!

Games:
-Pathfinder: Inner Sea World Guide-Dust Tactics: Campaign Expansion
Medium Assault Walker
Medium Panzer Walker
-Rogue Trader: Battlefleet Koronus

Graphic Novel Re-stocks:
-Chronicles of Conan TP 1 (May GNG)
-Kabuki: Circle of Blood TP 1 (June GNG)-Louis Riel TP (July GNG)

NEW THIS WEEK!!!

-X-Men Heroclix: Singles, Boosters, and Giant-Size Boosters!
Don't forget about our Game Day tomorrow (Sat) where we will be demo-ing D&D 4E, Mansions of Madness, and more! Begins at 11am!

Legend of the Five Rings is a collectible card game that pits clans of samurai against each other to determine the fate of the Empire of Rokugan. You choose to play as the enigmatic Dragon Clan, the stealthy Scorpion Clan, the noble Crane Clan, or the mystic Phoenix clan (among others), to name a few.

LA Mood Comics & Games is hoping to start running tournaments of this great game. If you're interested, stop by the store and put your name and email address on our sign-up sheet, or email us at mailbox@lamoodcomics.com !

NEW THIS WEEK!!!
Comics/Trades:
-The Photographer (Check out the reviews of this stunning book: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/24/books/review/Hedges-t.html)-Emma #1 (adaptation of the Jane Austen novel)
-Dark Tower Treachery TP
-D&D Forgotten Realms Classics TP
-Sweet Tooth #19- Nobody can Stop Pig-Girl!!
Games:
-WOW Figures: Garm Whitefang, Garona, Judge Malthred
-Mansions of Madness-Dominion re-stock
-Zombie Dice re-stock
-Warmachine Minis back in stock!!! Free No Quarter Mag #32 with purchase!

Game day Saturday March 19th at L.A. Mood!
11am-5pm, no cost!
D&D 4E, Mansions of Madness, and more!

Magic: The Gathering: The Schedule of Events! (For March)

Exciting times afoot! March brings us Mirrodin Besieged Game Day (check our previous post for details) and plenty more drafts and FNMs! Also, for our casual players, Sunday Casual continues strong - and we're looking to bring in ArchEnemy and Planechase into the mad mix!

The schedule for March is as follows:

Friday, March 4th - FNM, Standard. No Entry fee, start time 6:15 p.m.

Sunday, March 6th - Mirrodin Besieged Game Day! Standard, no entry fee, start time 11:00 a.m.

Monday, March 7th - Monday Night Drafting! $12 entry fee, three boosters and land provided. Start time 6:15 p.m.

Friday, March 11th - FNM, Standard. No Entry fee, start time 6:15 p.m.
Sunday, March 13th - Sunday EDH and Pauper! EDH/Pauper/Casual decks, no entry fee, start time 12:30 p.m. or so.
Monday, March 14th - Monday Night Drafting! $12 entry fee, three boosters and land provided. Start time 6:15 p.m.

Friday, March 18th - FNM, Standard. No Entry fee, start time 6:15 p.m.

Sunday, March 20th - Sunday EDH and Pauper! EDH/Pauper/Casual decks, no entry fee, start time 12:30 p.m. or so.

Monday, March 21st - Monday Night Drafting! $12 entry fee, three boosters and land provided. Start time 6:15 p.m.

Friday, March 25th - FNM, Standard. No Entry fee, start time 6:15 p.m.
Sunday, March 27th - Sunday EDH and Pauper! EDH/Pauper/Casual decks, no entry fee, start time 12:30 p.m. or so.
Monday, March 28th - Monday Night Drafting! $12 entry fee, three boosters and land provided. Start time 6:15 p.m.

This Friday, March 4th, FNM will once again be adminstered by the talented and capable Mark Wells. I'll see you all for Game Day bright and early, however!

Wizards of the Coast has begun sales solicitations for the new Duel Decks: Knights vs. Dragons! Let me know if you'd like to pre-order one or more of these decks - with the Legacy-playable Knights of the Reliquary inside, you can't really go wrong!

The FNM prize foil for this month is the Standard-staple Wall of Omens! While it's not a part of the default 75 for UW control builds these days, it certainly made its splash when it was first released in Rise of the Eldrazi, and may just do so again before rotation in the Fall. Foil out your playset this month in anticipation!

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

March 3, Melt her Icy Heart
Build a team of 400 pts one figure must have a Fire association or be a Violet Lantern
Prizes: Limited Edition Ice Maiden Figure

March 10, Dynamic Duo!
Build a team of 200 pts of Two Figures, No Duo Figures
Prizes: Limited Edition Bucket of Water Special Object

March 17, Giant Size X-Men Marquee
Buy any two boosters of Giant Size X-Men and Build a team of 300 pts,
Prizes: To Be Announced

March 24, Giant Size X-Men Floor Event
Build a team of 800 pts, half of your build total must be from Giant Size X-men
Prizes: To Be Announced

March 31, Land of Giants
Build a team of 600 pts, at least 400pts of the build must have the giant or colossal damage symbol, No feats for this event
Prizes: To Be Announced

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

Mirrodin Besieged Game Day - Sunday, March 6th, 2011!

Game Day is fast approaching! With the results of Paris behind us, I'm sure you're all anxious to come out to L.A. Mood to test your own take on the Standard decks of the day against all-comers to compete for the fabulous prizes available!

Like Friday Night Magic events, Game Day is a Standard tournament; however, there are a few extra tweaks to make the day just a little more exciting!

All participants will recieve a copy of the sure-to-be-outstanding full-art Treasure Mage. Top 8 finishers will recieve a copy of the amazing full-art Black Sun's Zenith.




In addition, the Top 2 finishers with "affiliated" decks will get a copy of either Suture Priest or Pristine Talisman, based on their deck's affiliation. This is in addition to any other prize you might earn, and you can earn these promos without placing in the Top 8:

How can you make an "affiliated" deck?

"Affiliated" decks contain NO cards watermarked with the opposing faction's symbol, and a MINIMUM of 10 cards watermarked with the affiliated factions's symbol. For example, a "Mirran" deck could not run copies of Into the Core (Phyrexian), and would have to have at least 10 cards watermarked like Ardent Recruit (Mirran). Cards without watermarks from previous sets, like the Zendikar Block or M11, do not count for or against your affiliation. Notice, as well, that Tezzeret has no watermark - he's neither Mirran nor Phyrexian! Before you declare your faction, double-check your card list and make sure you're all right!

Standard tournament rules apply - 60 card decks, 15 card sideboards, from Standard-legal sets only (Zendikar, Worldwake, Rise of the Eldrazi, Magic 2011, Scars of Mirrodin and Mirrodin Besieged). In addition,

1) There in NO entry fee. Prize support will be similar to an FNM, with a few extra goodies I've socked away for special occasions!

2) Sanctioned Side Drafts are available all day!

Start time is at 11:00 a.m.

See you all on Game Day!

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

NEW THIS WEEK!!!

Games:
-Munchkinomicon expansion packs!
Comics:

-Jennifer Blood (with Garth Ennis)

-What If... Venom Possessed Deadpool?

Trades/ Graphic Novels:

-Captain America: Scourge of the Underworld

-Amazing Spider-Man The Gauntlet vol. 5

-Bayou vol. 2

-300 Hardcover

***We have a limited number of SIGNED COPIES of Kill Shakespeare, get 'em while they're hot!***

NEW THIS WEEK!!

Graphic Novel Group's March Novel:Identity Crisis!
Games:
-Conquest of Planet Earth
Re-stock:
-Dominion
-Castle Ravenloft

See you all tomorrow at our Kill Shakespeare event!!!!
-Davita

COMICS BY RUTH TAIT!

Check out the newly-arrived original comics by Toronto artist Ruth Tait aka "Rutz"

Beautiful artwork and cute storylines, highly recommended by Davita!

Find out more about the artist and her comics at artbyrt.com

NEW THIS WEEK!!!

Games:
-Van Helsing
-Tannhauser Expansion: Asteros Minis, & Daedalus Map
-Persian Incursion
Trades:
-Batman: Return of Bruce Wayne HC-War of the Supermen HC

Statues:
-Side Show Thanos & Mistress Death
-Batman mini statue, designed by Alex Ross!
Records:
-Captain Beefheart: Bluejeans and Moonbeams-FEAR: The Record
-Fugazi: End Hits-Black Sabbath: Live Evil

Back in Stock:
-Puerto Rico
-Zombies!!!
-Walking Dead t-shirts

An Important Announcement for our Magic Players

Hello, FNM players, drafters and Sunday casuals!

Just a quick announcement to remind you that our events on Friday, February 11th and Monday, February 14th will be run by our capable friend, Mark Wells. Mark will be provided with all the prizes and product you're used to seeing on those days

Our usual Sunday casual event on Sunday, February 13th has been cancelled, but will resume the following Sunday!

In addition, I will not be in the store between Tuesday, February 8th and Thursday, February 17th. My apologies for the inconvenience. I will do my utmost to ensure the store binders are well-stocked prior to me absence and that the store has an updated buylist if you're looking to sell your cards to us! I will be entirely unavailable during that time, so unfortunately, there will be no response at lamoodmagic@gmail.com if you e-mail me then. Sorry!

See you all this Friday for our normal FNM! Remember: Mirrodin Besieged is legal for play and the store will have a full supply of all the cards you need!

Announcing: The Mirrodin Besieged Release!

Didn't get enough of Mirrodin Besieged at the pre-release? I know I didn't! So I'm doing it all again this Sunday!

It is my pleasure to announce the Mirrodin Besieged Release at L.A. Mood this Sunday, February 6th, starting at 11:00 a.m.

Our format for the event, just like the pre-release, is Sealed Deck, with one difference - the factionalized packs are no more! All participating players will recieve 3 generic Mirrodin Besieged boosters and 3 Scars of Mirrodin boosters, as well as one copy of the release promo, Thopter Assembly (Open the Vaults players rejoice!)

As before, the cost of entry will be $28, and the prizes will remain spectacular!

A few details in advance of the event:

1) Once again, we will be logging the contents of our packs. Hopefully, increased familiarity with the process will keep things speedy!

2) Once again, we will not be registering your eventual decklist. However, there is the possibility of a random deck-check this weekend; I will be checking to ensure that the only cards in your deck are cards listed on your checklist. Once again, the actual decklist is not being checked: only that the deck contains cards from your sealed pool and your sealed pool alone.

3) Other, incremental improvements to the pairing, announcement and seating systems will be in place to continue to provide you the smoothest and easiest release tournament ever, with an absolute minimum of voice cracks.

And that's it! See you on Sunday - try to arrive by 10:30 a.m. in order to keep the event running smoothly! Let's try to beat the pre-release attendance record of 52!

As always, questions, comments and suggestions can be e-mailed to lamoodmagic@gmail.com

February Magic Schedule at L.A. Mood!

Thanks to everyone who came out to our January 30th pre-release! A fantastic time was had by all - keep a sharp eye out for videos of our Pre-Release feature matches going up on our Facebook page!

An important announcement: If you would be interested in drafting M11/M11/M11 during the month of February, let me know! I'm already ordering in a box to draft with, but if there's a lot of interest, I'll order more!

The Februrary schedule of events is as follows. There are several important difference from last month, so keep a close eye on this one!

Tuesday, February 1st: Scars/Scars/Scars Draft, $12 entry, rare re-draft. 6:15 p.m. start.

Friday, February 4th: The very first Mirrodin Besieged Standard FNM! 6:15 p.m. start.

Sunday, February 6th: The Mirrodin Besieged Release Party! Be on the lookout for an official announcement regarding the format and prizes for this special event. 11:00 a.m. start.

Monday, February 7th: MBS/Scars/Scars Draft, $12 entry, rare re-draft. 6:15. p.m. start.

Friday, February 11th: Standard FNM! 6:15 p.m. start.

Sunday, February 13th: This week's Pauper and Elder Dragon Highlander events have been cancelled.

Monday, February 14th: MBS/Scars/Scars Draft, $12 entry, rare re-draft. 6:15 p.m. start.

Friday, February 18th: Standard FNM! 6:15 p.m. start.

Sunday, February 20th: Sunday Pauper and Elder Dragon Highlander! 12:30 p.m. start.

Monday, February 21st: MBS/Scars/Scars Draft, $12 entry, rare re-draft. 6:15 p.m. start.

Friday, February 25th: Standard FNM! 6:15 p.m. start.

Sunday, February 27th: Sunday Pauper and Elder Dragon Highlander! 12:30 p.m. start.

Monday, February 28th: MBS Scars/Scars Draft, $12 entry, rare re-draft. 6:15 p.m. start.

The FNM on Friday, February 11th and the Draft on Monday, February 14th will be run by my esteemed colleague, Mark Wells! I, myself, will be in Florida, but I'll be thinking of you all.

The FNM prize foil (for real, this time) is the spectacular Spellstutter Sprite, a staple throughout its runs in Standard and Extended, and with a bonus of some pretty amazing art, to boot!