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| Greetings!
It's time for a summer filled with Magic at Gnome Games. Whether it's Draft League on a Wednesday, Friday Night Magic, or playing in the Gnome Games Championship Weekend July and August have a format for almost everyone.
July 25th brings the release of Eventide to Gnome Games. There will be a weekend filled with sealed and draft events. It all starts at 12:01 AM on Friday July 25 with a $10 Draft, continues Friday night at 6:30 with the infamous Gnome Games Fat Pack Challenge, The Official Premier Sealed Tourney Saturday at 6 PM and $10 Drafts all day Sunday.
5 Color Magic also is back at Gnome Games in August. We'll host a 5 Color Highlander Tourney for a Dualland tournament Saturday August 9th at 6 PM.
Finally the end of August brings the 2008 Gnome Games Championship Weekend. We've got the 2HG Tournament on Friday August 29th, the Standard Championship on Saturday the 30th and a Mox Ruby for the Champion of the Vintage Tourney on Labor Day Monday!
See you at the tables!
The Head Gnome
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Eventide Arrives Tonight
July 25, 2008
Full weekend of events planned!
Just as the Shadowmoor set turned the plane of Lorwyn on its ear, the Eventide set distorts everything Shadowmoor established. Enemy colors combine and create new strangeness on hybrid cards. Wither, persist, and the untap symbol are back, and are joined by two new mechanics: chroma and retrace.
Color matters more than ever in Eventide, and the new ability chroma puts an exclamation point on it. Chroma asks you to count up the number of mana symbols that appear in cards you're using-the more mana symbols there are, the more devastating the effect.
Cards with the retrace ability take every land you draw for the rest of the game and turn them into weapons to abuse your enemies with.
Explore the full power of Eventide July 25th
Gnome Games Release Weekend Schedule
$10 Drafts all weekend
Noon - 6 PM
Friday July 25
12:01 AM Midnight Release Party - $10
6:30 Fat Pack Challenge - $30
6 PM Shadowmoor Premier Release Tournament $25
SundayJuly 27
12:30 PM $10 Drafts!
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Summer 2008 Events
Magic at the Gnome
Weekly Schedule
Monday 6 - 9 Magic League - Free
Wednesday 6 PM Draft - $10
Friday 6:30 - FNM Usually $5
Saturday 5 PM DCI Tourney
LEAGUES allow players to build their SKILLS, work on their DECK construction, SOCIALIZE and just have FUN in a LESS COMPETITIVE ATMOSPHERE !
DRAFTS - Each Player gets 3 Boosters. All players open 1 booster, select one card from it and pass to the left. They take the leftovers from the player to the right , select one card and pass the rest. This continues until each player has 45 cards. Plaers then build 40 card decks with basic lands provided by Gnome Games Players keep the cards they draft.
FRIDAY NIGHT MAGIC (FNM) Tournaments with an emphasis on learning how to play by the rules. Players have to fill out deck lists. Format is Standard, Sealed, Draft or 2 Headed Giant.
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 Prereleases come to Green Bay!
Gnome Games will start to host Magic the Gathering Prereleases staring with the OCtober release of Shards of Alara Prerelease the weekend of September 27 - 28.
The Green Bay Prerelease will be held on Saturday Sept 27 starting at 10 AM. We'll host this at the Best Western Midway. More info to follow! |
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Win a Mox Ruby
Monday September 1st
Noon - $20
Gnome Games 2008
Vintage Championship
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| Friday Night Magic
 Gnome Games and the DCIŽ gives you the opportunity to play in a weekly event and have a shot at cool FOIL prize cards in the process.
To make it easier to participate, Friday Night Magic events may only be Standard Constructed, Sealed Deck or Booster Draft.
Gnome Games hosts Friday Night Magic every Friday at 6:30 SHARP! Deck lists are required for all constructed events and can be downloaded here
July's Card is Wall of Roots
Summer 2008 FNM Schedule
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Friday July 25 - Eventide Fat Pack Challenge $30
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Friday August 1 - Standard $5
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Friday August 8 - Standard - $5
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Friday August 15 - Sealed - $20
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Friday August 22 - Standard - $5
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Friday August 29 - 2 HG Standard $15/Team (Gnome Games 2HG Championship) |
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5 Color Magic at Gnome Games (Highlander)
250 Card Decks?!!
You may be wondering what those HUGE decks you've seen being played at Gnome Games. Stacks of cards that can't possibly work as a deck right?
WRONG - These are 5-Color decks. This format (also known as "250" or Prismatic is just one of the great ways to play Magic - and now it's available at Gnome Games.
Heres the basics:
Grab 250 cards - at least 20 of each color, and no more than 4 of each card except basic lands. Shuffle and play!
If you want to make it even more challenging - make it Highlander - ONLY 1 Copy of any card except basic lands!
There is a Banned / Restricted list for this format as well as official rules at www.5-color.com.
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Magic Player Rewards
How to get cool promo cards for FREE!
 Wizards of the Coast has the Magic Player Rewards program-dishing out never-before-seen textless spells and copies of a special premium card based on a player's tournament play in the DCI database.
SIGN UP AND START EARNING THE TEXTLESS SPELLS AND PREMIUM CARD
Magic Player Rewards participants receive benefits for each increment of 5 and 20 tournaments listed in the DCI database under their DCI number.
- For every 5 tournaments, you receive 1 random new textless spell and 1 random older card wrapped together; and
- For every 20 events, you receive a premium foil card.
Textless spells, older cards (previously released tokens and textless spells), and premium cards will be mailed in batches, with one shipping each summer, late fall and early spring. Players' mailings will include the appropriate amount of cards for every increment of 5 or 20 events reported with their DCI numbers since the previous mailing.
New textless spells will be included in the mix as sets are released.
In addition to these mailed benefits, you'll also receive advance information on upcoming events and other news via the biweekly MPR email newsletter
For more detailed information about Magic Player Rewards, check out the FAQ at www.wizards.com/magicrewards/FAQ.
Don't forget that Gnome Games sanctions and reports every tournament with 8 or more players! | |
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