Pastimes
10-19-2009, 11:03 AM
October 23rd-25th
Manatee Convention Center
1 Haben Blvd
Palmetto, FL 34221
Grand Prix Tampa is just around the corner. There are going to be amazing side events, plenty of dealers, great artists… oh, and a Zendikar sealed Grand Prix and PTQ to boot!!
AND Unity Entertainment, the organizers of the event, are going to be giving away a set of Power 9 cards in a really cool way – and you don’t even have to have played in the GP to get into this… Check it out – you play in an event and you are eligible to get a slot (one of 16) into a special booster draft. Win one round and you take home a piece of Power!! (details below)
Check out all the details at Unity Entertainment and be sure to check out the side event schedule below (it is going to be huge fun for everyone as so may of the formats are covered: Standard, Legacy, Vintage, EDH, Booster Drafts, Extended and Sealed!!
Pastimes will be there, as well as other national and local vendors from all over the United States!
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Tournament Details
Grand Prix Tampa
Format:
Day 1 Sealed Deck - Modified Swiss rounds with a cut to all players with an X-2-0 record.
Day 2 Booster Draft - Swiss rounds with a cut to Top 8 single elimination.
Product:
Day 1 - Players will receive 6 Magic Zendikar boosters to build a deck.
Day 2 - Players will receive 3 Magic Zendikar boosters to build a deck
Entry Fee: $40.
Info:
Day 1 - REL Competitive, 40 K-Value.
Day 2 - REL Professional, 40 K-Value.
Prizes:
1st place will receive $3,500 and 10 pro points.
2 place will receive $2,300 and 8 pro points.
3-4 place will receive $1,500 and 6 pro points.
5-8 place will receive $1,000 and5 pro points.
9-12 place will receive $600 and 4 pro points.
13-16 place will receive $500 and 3 pro points.
17-32 place will receive $400 and 2 pro points.
33-64 place will receive $200 and 1 pro point.
Top 16 finishers also earn invitations to Pro Tour-San Diego 2010.
Continuous Last Chance GP Tampa Trials - All Day Friday -
Format: Sealed Deck - 32 person sealed flight with single elimination rounds.
Product: Players will receive 6 Magic Zendikar boosters to build a deck.
Fee: $25.
Info: REL Competitive, 32 K-Value. Players will receive 4 Power Tickets for entering this event for the Public Event Championship.
Prizes:
1st Place gets 3 Round Bye to Grand Prix
2nd Place gets 18 Packs
3rd and 4th each get 9 Packs.
Featured Public Events
Grand Prix Trial - Minneapolis
Format: Sealed Deck - Additional details TBA.
Product: Players will receive 6 Magic Zendikar boosters to build a deck.
Fee: $25.
Info: REL Competitive, 32 K-Value. Players will receive 3 Power Tickets for entering this event for the Public Event Championship.
Prizes: The winner will receive a 3rd round bye in the Grand Prix held at Minneapolis. Booster pack prizes to top finishers
Magical Cruise 2010 Qualifier
Format: Standard - Swiss rounds with a cut to Top 8 single elimination.
Fee: $20.
Info: REL Competitive, 32 K-Value. Players will receive 4 Power Tickets for entering this event for the Public Event Championship.
Prizes: The winner of this event will receive a spot on the Magical Cruise 2010 to be held on February 7th-13th 2010. They will also receive a Silver Gaming Registration Package. Additional Details can be found on the Legion Event's Website. Additional booster pack prizes to be awarded based on player attendance.
Pro Tour Qualifier San Diego
Format: Sealed - Swiss rounds with a cut to top 8 for a single elimination booster draft.
Product: Players will receive 6 booster packs of Zendikar to construct a deck.
Fee: $30.
Info: REL Competitive, 32 K-Value. Players will receive 5 Power Tickets for entering this event for the Public Event Championship.
Prizes: Top 8 players will receive booster pack prizes to be awarded at the end of the swiss rounds. At that time, anyone not planning on or unable to attend Pro Tour will be dropped before the playoff cut. Winner of the playoff will be awarded the invitation to the Pro Tour and a travel award from Wizards of the Coast. Additional booster pack prizes to be awarded based on player attendance.
Win-a-Box Constructed
Format: Constructed - 8 Player Single Elimination Event with your choice of Format to include Legacy, Extended, Vintage and Standard
Fee: $18.
Info: Players will receive 2 Power Tickets for entering this event for the Public Event Championship.
Prizes: First Place receives a display of Zendikar (36Packs). Second Place gets Free Entry into next 8 Player Event or 3 Packs.
Zendikar Draft
Format: Booster Draft - 8 Player Single Elimination
Product: 3 Zendikar Booster Packs.
Fee: $18.
Info: Players will receive 2 Power Tickets for entering this event for the Public Event Championship.
Prizes:
First Place - 9 Packs or 6 Packs and Free Entry into next 8 Player Event.
Second Place - 3 Packs
Third & Fourth Place - 1 Pack.
Mega FNM
Format: Standard Constructed - 4 Rounds of Swiss
Fee: $20.
Info: Regular REL, 8 K-Value. Players will receive 4 Power Tickets for entering this event for the Public Event Championship.
Prizes: Prizes by Record
4-0 = BOX of Zendikar
3-0-1 = 21 Packs of Zendikar
3-1 = 9 Packs of Zendikar
Legacy For Land!!
Format: Legacy Constructed - Swiss rounds with a cut to top 8 Single Elimination
Fee: $25.
Info: Players will receive 5 Power Tickets for entering this event for the Public Event Championship.
Prizes:
1st Place - Play Set of Fetch Lands from Zendikar AND Onslaught (40 cards total), yep - 4 each of all 10!!
2nd Place - Set of Revised Dual Lands* (10 cards total)
3rd - 4th Place - Third gets to choose which they want! Split a set of Revised Dual Lands between Allied and Enemy (each player receives 5 cards)
5th - 8th Place - One Underground Sea and one other random Revised Dual Land for each player
Extreme Extended!!
Format: Extended Constructed - Swiss rounds with a cut to top 8 Single Elimination
Fee: $25.
Info: Players will receive 5 Power Tickets for entering this event for the Public Event Championship.
Prizes:
1st - Playset of Zendikar Fetch Lands (20 cards) or Playset of Ravnica Shock Lands (40 cards)
2nd - Two Sets of Zendikar Fetch Lands (10 cards) or Two Sets of Ravnica Shock Lands (20 cards)
3rd/4th - Set of Zendikar Fetch Lands (5 cards) or One Set of Ravnica Shock Lands (10 cards)
5th - 8th - One Tarmogoyf or One Baneslayer Angel per player
Standard Madness for Zendikar
Format: Standard Constructed - 4 Swiss rounds
Fee: $20.
Info: Players will receive 4 Power Tickets for entering this event for the Public Event Championship.
Prizes: Prizes by Record
4-0 = BOX of Zendikar
3-0-1 = 21 Packs of Zendikar
3-1 = 9 Packs of Zendikar
Vintage for Power
Format: Vintage Constructed - Swiss rounds with a cut to top 8 for Single Elimination
Fee: $25.
Info: 10 Proxies may be used for deck construction. Players will receive 4 Power Tickets for entering this event for the Public Event Championship.
Prizes:
1st Place - Ancestral Recall OR 3 From The Vault: Exiled sets OR 3 Boxes of Zendikar
2nd Place - Bazaar of Baghdad OR Mishra's Workshop OR 1.5 Boxes of Zendikar
3rd/4th Place - From The Vault: Exiled or Mana Drain OR 1 Box of Zendikar
5th - 8th Place - From The Vault: Dragons or 24 Packs of Zendikar OR Underground Sea
If more than 64 players, a random Dual Land for 9-16th place will be awarded
Public Event Championship - Play for Power
Format: Booster Draft - 16 Player Single Elimination
Product: 3 Zendikar Booster Packs.
Fee: Free.
Info: REL Competitive
Prizes: Play in a Public Event - get Play for Power Tickets! Different events give out a different number of tickets. You put your name on the ticket and put it in the Play for Power Drawing. At the end of the weekend, Sunday at 3:00pm we will draw 14 names from all the tickets collected over the weekend and 2 people randomly selected from the Grand Prix. The players whose names are drawn play in a free Booster Draft with a FULL SET OF POWER going to the Top 8!
1st Place - Black Lotus/Timetwister
2nd Place - Ancestral Recall
3rd Place - Times Walk
4th Place - Mox Saphire
5th Place - Mox Jet
6th Place - Mox Ruby
7th Place - Mox Pearl
8th Place - Mox Emerald
Manatee Convention Center
1 Haben Blvd
Palmetto, FL 34221
Grand Prix Tampa is just around the corner. There are going to be amazing side events, plenty of dealers, great artists… oh, and a Zendikar sealed Grand Prix and PTQ to boot!!
AND Unity Entertainment, the organizers of the event, are going to be giving away a set of Power 9 cards in a really cool way – and you don’t even have to have played in the GP to get into this… Check it out – you play in an event and you are eligible to get a slot (one of 16) into a special booster draft. Win one round and you take home a piece of Power!! (details below)
Check out all the details at Unity Entertainment and be sure to check out the side event schedule below (it is going to be huge fun for everyone as so may of the formats are covered: Standard, Legacy, Vintage, EDH, Booster Drafts, Extended and Sealed!!
Pastimes will be there, as well as other national and local vendors from all over the United States!
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Tournament Details
Grand Prix Tampa
Format:
Day 1 Sealed Deck - Modified Swiss rounds with a cut to all players with an X-2-0 record.
Day 2 Booster Draft - Swiss rounds with a cut to Top 8 single elimination.
Product:
Day 1 - Players will receive 6 Magic Zendikar boosters to build a deck.
Day 2 - Players will receive 3 Magic Zendikar boosters to build a deck
Entry Fee: $40.
Info:
Day 1 - REL Competitive, 40 K-Value.
Day 2 - REL Professional, 40 K-Value.
Prizes:
1st place will receive $3,500 and 10 pro points.
2 place will receive $2,300 and 8 pro points.
3-4 place will receive $1,500 and 6 pro points.
5-8 place will receive $1,000 and5 pro points.
9-12 place will receive $600 and 4 pro points.
13-16 place will receive $500 and 3 pro points.
17-32 place will receive $400 and 2 pro points.
33-64 place will receive $200 and 1 pro point.
Top 16 finishers also earn invitations to Pro Tour-San Diego 2010.
Continuous Last Chance GP Tampa Trials - All Day Friday -
Format: Sealed Deck - 32 person sealed flight with single elimination rounds.
Product: Players will receive 6 Magic Zendikar boosters to build a deck.
Fee: $25.
Info: REL Competitive, 32 K-Value. Players will receive 4 Power Tickets for entering this event for the Public Event Championship.
Prizes:
1st Place gets 3 Round Bye to Grand Prix
2nd Place gets 18 Packs
3rd and 4th each get 9 Packs.
Featured Public Events
Grand Prix Trial - Minneapolis
Format: Sealed Deck - Additional details TBA.
Product: Players will receive 6 Magic Zendikar boosters to build a deck.
Fee: $25.
Info: REL Competitive, 32 K-Value. Players will receive 3 Power Tickets for entering this event for the Public Event Championship.
Prizes: The winner will receive a 3rd round bye in the Grand Prix held at Minneapolis. Booster pack prizes to top finishers
Magical Cruise 2010 Qualifier
Format: Standard - Swiss rounds with a cut to Top 8 single elimination.
Fee: $20.
Info: REL Competitive, 32 K-Value. Players will receive 4 Power Tickets for entering this event for the Public Event Championship.
Prizes: The winner of this event will receive a spot on the Magical Cruise 2010 to be held on February 7th-13th 2010. They will also receive a Silver Gaming Registration Package. Additional Details can be found on the Legion Event's Website. Additional booster pack prizes to be awarded based on player attendance.
Pro Tour Qualifier San Diego
Format: Sealed - Swiss rounds with a cut to top 8 for a single elimination booster draft.
Product: Players will receive 6 booster packs of Zendikar to construct a deck.
Fee: $30.
Info: REL Competitive, 32 K-Value. Players will receive 5 Power Tickets for entering this event for the Public Event Championship.
Prizes: Top 8 players will receive booster pack prizes to be awarded at the end of the swiss rounds. At that time, anyone not planning on or unable to attend Pro Tour will be dropped before the playoff cut. Winner of the playoff will be awarded the invitation to the Pro Tour and a travel award from Wizards of the Coast. Additional booster pack prizes to be awarded based on player attendance.
Win-a-Box Constructed
Format: Constructed - 8 Player Single Elimination Event with your choice of Format to include Legacy, Extended, Vintage and Standard
Fee: $18.
Info: Players will receive 2 Power Tickets for entering this event for the Public Event Championship.
Prizes: First Place receives a display of Zendikar (36Packs). Second Place gets Free Entry into next 8 Player Event or 3 Packs.
Zendikar Draft
Format: Booster Draft - 8 Player Single Elimination
Product: 3 Zendikar Booster Packs.
Fee: $18.
Info: Players will receive 2 Power Tickets for entering this event for the Public Event Championship.
Prizes:
First Place - 9 Packs or 6 Packs and Free Entry into next 8 Player Event.
Second Place - 3 Packs
Third & Fourth Place - 1 Pack.
Mega FNM
Format: Standard Constructed - 4 Rounds of Swiss
Fee: $20.
Info: Regular REL, 8 K-Value. Players will receive 4 Power Tickets for entering this event for the Public Event Championship.
Prizes: Prizes by Record
4-0 = BOX of Zendikar
3-0-1 = 21 Packs of Zendikar
3-1 = 9 Packs of Zendikar
Legacy For Land!!
Format: Legacy Constructed - Swiss rounds with a cut to top 8 Single Elimination
Fee: $25.
Info: Players will receive 5 Power Tickets for entering this event for the Public Event Championship.
Prizes:
1st Place - Play Set of Fetch Lands from Zendikar AND Onslaught (40 cards total), yep - 4 each of all 10!!
2nd Place - Set of Revised Dual Lands* (10 cards total)
3rd - 4th Place - Third gets to choose which they want! Split a set of Revised Dual Lands between Allied and Enemy (each player receives 5 cards)
5th - 8th Place - One Underground Sea and one other random Revised Dual Land for each player
Extreme Extended!!
Format: Extended Constructed - Swiss rounds with a cut to top 8 Single Elimination
Fee: $25.
Info: Players will receive 5 Power Tickets for entering this event for the Public Event Championship.
Prizes:
1st - Playset of Zendikar Fetch Lands (20 cards) or Playset of Ravnica Shock Lands (40 cards)
2nd - Two Sets of Zendikar Fetch Lands (10 cards) or Two Sets of Ravnica Shock Lands (20 cards)
3rd/4th - Set of Zendikar Fetch Lands (5 cards) or One Set of Ravnica Shock Lands (10 cards)
5th - 8th - One Tarmogoyf or One Baneslayer Angel per player
Standard Madness for Zendikar
Format: Standard Constructed - 4 Swiss rounds
Fee: $20.
Info: Players will receive 4 Power Tickets for entering this event for the Public Event Championship.
Prizes: Prizes by Record
4-0 = BOX of Zendikar
3-0-1 = 21 Packs of Zendikar
3-1 = 9 Packs of Zendikar
Vintage for Power
Format: Vintage Constructed - Swiss rounds with a cut to top 8 for Single Elimination
Fee: $25.
Info: 10 Proxies may be used for deck construction. Players will receive 4 Power Tickets for entering this event for the Public Event Championship.
Prizes:
1st Place - Ancestral Recall OR 3 From The Vault: Exiled sets OR 3 Boxes of Zendikar
2nd Place - Bazaar of Baghdad OR Mishra's Workshop OR 1.5 Boxes of Zendikar
3rd/4th Place - From The Vault: Exiled or Mana Drain OR 1 Box of Zendikar
5th - 8th Place - From The Vault: Dragons or 24 Packs of Zendikar OR Underground Sea
If more than 64 players, a random Dual Land for 9-16th place will be awarded
Public Event Championship - Play for Power
Format: Booster Draft - 16 Player Single Elimination
Product: 3 Zendikar Booster Packs.
Fee: Free.
Info: REL Competitive
Prizes: Play in a Public Event - get Play for Power Tickets! Different events give out a different number of tickets. You put your name on the ticket and put it in the Play for Power Drawing. At the end of the weekend, Sunday at 3:00pm we will draw 14 names from all the tickets collected over the weekend and 2 people randomly selected from the Grand Prix. The players whose names are drawn play in a free Booster Draft with a FULL SET OF POWER going to the Top 8!
1st Place - Black Lotus/Timetwister
2nd Place - Ancestral Recall
3rd Place - Times Walk
4th Place - Mox Saphire
5th Place - Mox Jet
6th Place - Mox Ruby
7th Place - Mox Pearl
8th Place - Mox Emerald