BoM9 Annecy: 1-4 mai : PTQ, Legacy, Modern, Vintage and EDH

[BazaarofMoxen]

Hello,

Legacy players, non-Legacy players, Bazaar of Moxen is proud to announce BoM9, which will be held from May, 1st to May 4th 2014 in Annecy.

The exact address is as follows:
Complexe d’animation
2000, route d’albertville
74320 SEVRIER
FRANCE

What’s new at BoM9?

A brand new Main Event

As usual, we're doing our best to innovate so as to offer you an always better experience playing Magic!
Following this trend, we've crafted a brand new Main Event for BoM9! Its format is Modern and we'll be delighted to offer the winner no less than an Alpha Black Lotus.

We’ll therefore hold no less than 4 Main Events:

• Thursday will feature a Sealed PTQ.
• The Legacy Main Event will be on Friday.
• We've decided to place the Modern Main Event on Saturday.
• And as usual, the Vintage Main Event will take place on Sunday.

Finally, we'll hold two Duel Commander events on Saturday and Sunday.


The Legacy Main Event held on a bit more than one day

Another recurring feedback after BoM8 showed a regret that, when you were making Day2, you could not take part into the Vintage Main Event or the Modern tournament, while many would have liked to play one of these in addition to the Legacy Main Event.
However, we certainly did not want to go back to a system where you were playing Marathon: The Gathering, with a finals happening at 03:00 in the morning.
This is the system we've been coming with:

• Depending on attendance, 9 or 10 Swiss rounds will be played on Friday.
• The single-elimination Top (8 or 16, depending on attendance) will be played on Saturday morning at 08:30, after a resting night of sleep. Players competing on Saturday morning will receive up to 2 byes to allow them to join the Modern Main Event or the Legacy tournament.

Gradual Entry fees

We believe our BoM8 innovation of creating different entry fees to encourage you to register in advance so that we could plan ahead of time was a good idea and will therefore run that system again.
Some of you mentioned that the time frames were suboptimal, and the supportive arguments raised made sense. We have tkneThis time, here is the structure we'll use:

• Until Sunday, April 20th, online registration will allow you to save 10€ on the Entry Fee. As usual, we want to incentivize and reward those who commit to the event and help us preparing it as best as possible.
• In the last days leading to BoM9 (until Wednesday evening), you will still be able to register online with a 5€ discount.
• Same goes to on-site registration until the day before the event you want to compete in. Indeed, we want to encourage you to register before the actual morning of the event. We know you all love timely events with as little delay as possible and want to reward those who help us doing that.
• Finally, those who will choose to come in the morning of the event will be charged with the full Entry Fee.

90% of the players did register online for GP Paris. We hope to see an even higher number for BoM9. We believe we are offering a structure that creates a win-win exchange where we can plan more and you pay less! These two elements lead to the exact same conclusion: Everybody will spend an even more awesome week-end!
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Here’s the list of BoM9’s tournaments:


Thursday :

PTQ Portland — Theros Block Sealed Deck— 35/45€ —ONLINE REG AVAILABLE OR 08:30/09:30 —22 displays to win

Last Chance Trials — Legacy — 15€ — 10:00 — 32 players — 2 boosters/player + 2 byes to the Winner and 1 to the Finalst

Vintage Trial — Vintage — 25€ — 13:00 — 14:00 — 5 Swiss Rounds —5-0 : WB Underground Sea + 2 byes ; 4-1 : WB Taiga + 1 bye

Modern Trial — Modern — 25€ — 14:00 — 15:00 — 5 Swiss Rounds —5-0 : 4 blue fetchlands ZDK + 2 byes ; 4-1: 1 Tarmogoyf + 1 bye


Friday :

Legacy Main Event — Legacy — 40/50€ — ONLINE REG AVAILABLE OR 08:30/09:30 —Winner: A fully black-bordered Power 9 (The 9 different cards) ; Finalist: An Unlimited Power 9 (The 9 different cards); 3-4 : 4 BB Underground Sea ; 5-8: The 10 different Duallands WB; 9-16: 1 BB Underground Sea ; 17-32: 1 WB blue Dualland

Bazaar of Trios — Team Trios Theros Block Sealed Deck — 75€ per team — 10:00/11:00 — 11 displays to win

Vintage Trial — Vintage — 25€ — 13:00 — 14:00 — 5 Swiss Rounds —5-0 : WB Underground Sea + 2 byes ; 4-1 : WB Taiga + 1 bye

Modern Trial — Modern — 25€ — 14:00 — 15:00 — 5 Swiss Rounds —5-0 : 4 blue fetchlands ZDK + 2 byes ; 4-1: 1 Tarmogoyf + 1 bye


Saturday :

Modern Main Event — Modern — 40/50€ — ONLINE REG AVAILABLE OR 08:30/09:30 — Winner: An Alpha Black Lotus; Finalist: Playset of the 10 fetchlands (40 in total) ; 3-4 : The 10 different Duallands WB ; 5-8: Playset of FOIL Arid Mesa or Marsh Flats; 9-16: 1 Misty Rainforest or Scalding Tarn ; 17-32: 3 boosters Modern Masters

Bazaar of Legends — Duel Commander (French ban-list)— 25€ — 09:30/10:30 — Winner: 1 Misty Rainforest Japanese FOIL; Finalist: 1 Polluted Delta FOIL Judge Gift ; 3-4 : 1 Arid Mesa FOIL; 5-8: 1 Polluted Delta Onslaught; 9-16: 1 Marsh Flats Zendikar

Legacy BoM10 Trial — Legacy — 25/30€ — 09:30/10:30 — 7 Swiss Rounds — 7-0 : The 10 different Duallands WB + 2 byes for BoM10 ; 6-1 : 1 BB blue Dualland + 1 bye for BoM10

Vintage Trial — Vintage — 25€ — 14:00 — 15:00 — 5 Swiss Rounds —5-0 : WB Underground Sea + 2 byes ; 4-1 : WB Taiga + 1 bye


Sunday :

Vintage Main Event — Vintage — 40/50€ — ONLINE REG AVAILABLE OR 08:30/09:30 — Winner: The 5 different Mox Unlimited ; Finalist: 1 Black Lotus Unlimited ; 3-4 : 1 BB Undergound Sea; 5-8: 1 Bazaar of Baghdad ; 9-16: 1 blue Dualland WB ; 17-32: 1 Mana Drain Italian

Bazaar of Legends — Duel Commander (French ban-list)— 25€ — 09:30/10:30 — Winner: 1 Misty Rainforest Japanese FOIL; Finalist: 1 Polluted Delta FOIL Judge Gift ; 3-4 : 1 Arid Mesa FOIL; 5-8: 1 Polluted Delta Onslaught; 9-16: 1 Marsh Flats Zendikar

Legacy BoM10 Trial — Legacy — 25/30€ — 09:30/10:30 — 6 Swiss rounds — 6-0 : 1 Underground Sea BB + 2 byes for BoM10 ; 5-1 : 1 Underground Sea WB + 1 bye for BoM10

Modern BoM10 Trial — Modern — 25€ — 14:00 — 15:00 — 5 Swiss Rounds —5-0 : 4 blue fetchlands ZDK + 2 byes ; 4-1: 1 Tarmogoyf + 1 bye


WARNING : The information in this post may have been modified without notice on this forum. Therefore, please double-check that the information is still exact on http://www.bazaar-of-moxen.com

BoM’s staff.

[BazaarofMoxen]

Hello,

Here are this week's news about BoM9.

BoM9 Trials

First, we would like to warmly thank the numerous TOs who are organizing Trials for BoM9.
To make it more convenient to find a Trial near you, we've put all the Trials for BoM9 that have been and are to be organized on a Google Maps:
https://mapsengine.google.com/map/u/...0.kHuyZlNKsmyE
This map is updated regularly and we plan on keeping it updated for each and every BoM that'll happen from now on.


Byes at BoM9

We've noticed that players Top8ing a BoM were not granted byes for the next Edition. For BoM9, Legacy and Vintage Top4 players from BoM8 (in Paris) will be granted two byes for the Main Event in the same format. Top8 players will get one.


Last Chance Trials

Thursday, May 1st will be the last day for you to earn byes for BoM9 Legacy Main Event.
Please remember that the Infinite Trials package is only available online. We still have some left but don't expect to be able to subscribe to it on site!
We're also pleased to announce that players in the first 6 Trials will each receive a Bazaar of Moxen deck box !
Finally, all Trial Winners will get free Sleep-in Special in the Legacy Main Event.


Sleep-in Special

That's it, we're now offering Sleep-in Special at BoM. On top of being allowed to skip the Seat All Players, we'll also provide you breakfast to start the day in the best possible way!
The cost for Sleep-in Special is still the same: 15€ and you can subscribe to it here


BoM10

We've been asked the question many times. There will not be a BoM in Paris this year. The main reason is that bank holidays just don't fit a possible 3-day event Another factor is that you were not thrilled by the location nor by the venue. Unfortunately, this is the only venue that we can afford in Paris so we have to discontinue BoM in Paris.


Once again, we strongly encourage you to register online. This is your only way to save on registration as well as to guarantee your participation to the event, the room having max capacity of 800 players.

BoM's staff.

[Higgs]

Placing Modern on Saturday makes it inconvenient for the folks like me who'd prefer to travel for a Saturday-Sunday trip just for Legacy and Vintage.

[Phelix]

Go for the full experience, or miss out on something. Alot of us need to stay untill monday if we want both play vintage and fly home.


There is no 2 day bom?

[NiRVeS]

There is no 2 day bom?

Technically speaking, the Legacy portion will be a two-day event.

The Legacy Main Event held on a bit more than one day

Another recurring feedback after BoM8 showed a regret that, when you were making Day2, you could not take part into the Vintage Main Event or the Modern tournament, while many would have liked to play one of these in addition to the Legacy Main Event.

However, we certainly did not want to go back to a system where you were playing Marathon: The Gathering, with a finals happening at 03:00 in the morning.

This is the system we've been coming with:

• Depending on attendance, 9 or 10 Swiss rounds will be played on Friday.
• The single-elimination Top (8 or 16, depending on attendance) will be played on Saturday morning at 08:30, after a resting night of sleep. Players competing on Saturday morning will receive up to 2 byes to allow them to join the Modern Main Event or the Legacy tournament.

Quoted from: http://www.bazaar-of-moxen.com/en/Ba...nges,c130.html

Our team (Magic Club Ghent) will be fielding 8 players this time around.
Unfortunately, that means there will be no top 8 slots left for you guys, but luckily the top 16 prizes are pretty sweet as well ^^.

Looking forward to meeting all you fine folks again. See you in Annecy.

[Phelix]

oh no! I´m so desillusioned now, should i cancel my flight!?

[NiRVeS]

Nah. You should all come down to kick my white pretentious ass :).

[BazaarofMoxen]

News of the week

The most important, since it directly affects you, is that we've learnt we need to order tables and chairs earlier than expected.
We thefefore need to move the deadline for the lowest entry fee to Sunday, April, 20th 2014. Register now to save on the entry fee by clicking here!

We've also analyzed your feedback on the GP Paris. 93% of you liked the venue and 98% liked the tournaments. We're very proud of such results.
We've been told that registration was sometimes slow, despite we felt we had done the job right. We've already started fixing it by opening more tournaments to online registration, for instance the Duel Commander tournaments. Meanwhile, we'd liek to draw your attention that preparing money and DCi number is essential to shortening Registration queues. Any player looking for either of them costs the queue between 30s and 1mn.

Finally, here's the Modern's top prize: The BETA Black Lotus (EX)


See you in 3 weeks!

BoM's staff.

[BazaarofMoxen]

Hey guys,

A small reminder that the limit to benefit from the reduced entry fee is tonight at midnight!

BoM's staff.

[cab0747]

Will you be streaming any of the events? I would love to catch some of the action.