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The biggest european eternal party of the year, Bazaar of Moxen, is already going on these days. If you want to follow what’s going on during such a event, feel free to visit the official Bazaar of Moxen website! In there they’ll offer live coverage, pictures, videos, top8 decks, etc, etc…

Let me remind you a bit the prize structure:

Also, if you are spanish and would like to follow the results from the spanish armada, you should check the live coverage from Chapuzas @ La Universidad de las Artes Lúdicas.

I’ll keep posting news as soon as I get more info. Stay tunned folks!

Filippo Lietti, aka TroppoRicco, is one of those guys who deserves a special mention among the spanish MtG scene. Besides of being a top dealer, he loves to promote the game and travels anywhere in Spain/Europe to play and sell. Well, nowadays Filippo is going to open a new online store and to celebrate it, he’s organized this AMAZING tournament:

Additional information:

• Both tournaments are sanctioned and cost 30€ each.
• Saturday = Legacy.
• Sunday = Vintage.
• For further information, pre-registering and questions, please send a mail to mtgbarato@gmail.com

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I’ll keep updating with news, side events schedule, etc… etc…

Are you going to miss this HUGE event?

The Catalan Vintage League (LCV) will stop tomorrow by Berga (100km +or- north from Barcelona). Gerard Siles has prepared a wonderful Vintage party with the following prizes:

LCV6 – April 24th 2010

Where: Alberg de Berga, C/ Vila de Casserres, nº5. Berga, 08600 (Barcelona)
Sign in from 9 to 10 am
Tournament fee: 15€

Prizes:

• Winner – Mox Emerald + Mox Ruby
• Finalist – Mox Pearl
• 3rd – Depending on the turn out (Mana Drain o dual lands)
• 4th -  Depending on the turn out (Mana Drain o dual lands)
• 5th to 8th – 1 Dual or boosters, depending on the turn out.

Prizes are firm, regardless of assitance.

SIDE EVENT Rise of Eldrazi Launch party:

From 4pm there will be RoE booster drafts going on.

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Lately I’ve been testing hard and it seems like I’ve finally found a deck I like to play. JaceCast has performed excellent during my testing and proved to be a solid contender in the actual metagame. This is how the deck looks like:

The only changes I’ve made are on the sideboard: -1 Darkblast, -1 Diabolic Edict, +1 Claws of Gix, +1 Sundering Titan

So, last Wednesday I got to play 12 games against Iona Oath with a more than acceptable 6-6 result on games, (3-3 on rounds). We played 6 full rounds, as it would be in tournament. Claws of Gix rocked! Most of the games I lost weren’t due to his Oath, it was actually against Vault/Key…

Then I got to play against Remora Tendrils. Same list that has performed excellent in the last LCV tournaments with Top8′s from Alex Delgado and Rubén González (decklists here and here). Surprisingly, I managed to win 6-1 with absolutely no real opposition. JaceCast was so superior to Remora Tendrils that he couldn’t do much to stop me.

But I also tested the deck against the new MUD deck featuring Lodestone Golem and, even more surprisingly, it performed lot better than expected. Played 3 full rounds against Roger Riera and the results were: 2-0, 1-2, 2-0 for a total game score of 5-2. Null Rod wasn’t really an issue if you manage to play one or two Master of Etherium. Masters are lot bigger than Golems, so they end up blocking. On top of that if we add that we play 4 Spell Pierce + 4 Force of Will we can actually stop their early game quite well. If we manage to get the 4th producer, then the game is over.

And finally I tested JaceCast against Dark Tezzeret and “The Deck”, with even or slightly positive results against them.

So, I feel pretty confidant about the deck, the card choices and my possibilities. I didn’t get to try the deck against Noble Fish, but I’m pretty sure it’s not a very good match up. I guess I’ll have to protect my masters from his Swords and try Tinker for Leviathan asap. Adding Sower of Temptation and Pithing Needle from the sideboard will make games 2 and 3 lot easier.  Dispel has proved to be a real MVP against fish from other player’s experiences, as it protects all your bombs and can counter their bouncer/swords.

I’ll be probably recording the Top8 games on video, and if I get the time to edit them, I’ll upload them!

Wish me luck

This Saturday I’m finally gonna be able to play the weekly Legacy tournament that is being held at the Black Lotus Shop in Barcelona. To be honest, I expect this tournament to be really crowded. Most students are off from school (Easter holidays) and that, in the past, has made the attendance to go sky rockets. I’m guessing we’ll hit a turn out of 60 players, maybe more.

I’ll probably be playing Affinity or ANT. Both decks are really fun to play while being very different. Affinity is like playing Pokemon (you know, standard and that kind of sh*t. R.E.S.T.E.C.P!). Kids play Pokemon, and even though I’m almost 30, I still consider myself a kid so I do have an excuse (not to mention kids don’t play full foil japanese). On the other side, playing ANT is more stylish. Real men play combo and winning with Storm is lot more satisfying than beating with insignificant creeps.

The deck I’ve sleeved up is this one:

I ain’t 100% sure about the sideboard! At the last Black Lotus tournament, two decks with the Thopter/Sword combo reached the Top8, and that added to the amount of dredge players and other decks playing Life from the Loam has made me wonder if I should play Leyline of the Void again (with the obvious 2nd Ill-Gotten Gains). Adding Leyline will also mean I could add a Helm of Obedience as an alternative win condition to storm. Winning with da Helm is even more stylish!

The other sideboard I was thinking about would be like this:

4 Dak Confidant
4 Tombstalker
4 Leyline of the Void
1 Ill-Gotten Gains
1 Helm of Obedience
1 Tendrils of Agony

This sideboard ala “french-style” is awesome against Counterbalance decks or any kind of deck packing blue. But the obvious downside is that once you’ve won few people, everybody knows what your secret tech is…

Anyways, I’ll give it some thoughts and playtest a little bit. If you also want to play this Saturday at the Black Lotus Shop, you gotta be there at 10:30. This is where:

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I’m not sick, you’ve read the tittle right! Tomorrow I’ll be playing the Extended PTQ San Juan in Barcelona. Why? I’ve been convinced by some friends to go there instead of playing Legacy at the Black Lotus Shop. I thought it was a good chance to disconnect from all the things going on recently in Eternal.

My knowledge of the Extended format is absolutely zero. I’m going there to have fun with my friends and laugh over all the cards I’m gonna be facing. I’ll be playing my Legacy Affinity deck adapted for Extended, so no clue if it’s a good deck or not. This is the list:

Can you find Wally? Click image to zoom in.

I can’t imagine myself winning this PTQ or doing top8, but, ff that ever happens, fear the report!

This Saturday I’m going to play the LCV (Catalan Vintage League), finally! The guys from Igualada have prepared an excellent tournament with an awesome prize support, so I couldn’t fail to their effort. I hope the turnout of the tournament goes as they expected!

I expect a metagame with tones of Golem MUDS and Fish (Noble and UW), some Tezzeret decks (Dark Tezz, MUC, URB, etc…), some Storm Combo (Nauseam and DT), some rogue decks and few Dredge players.

For that, and with the precious help from Jason, I’ve build up this deck:

TP Chewer attack! v1.0, 13th March 2010. By Jordi Amat

Main deck:

2 Flooded Strand
3 Polluted Delta
4 Volcanic Island
2 Underground Sea
3 Island
1 Tolarian Academy
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Mox Pearl
1 Black Lotus
1 Mana Crypt
1 Mana Vault
1 Sol Ring

(24 producers)

1 Inkwell Leviathan
2 Sower of Temptation
3 Ingot Chewer

(6 creatures)

4 Force of Will
4 Mana Drain
3 Spell Pierce
1 Tinker
1 Voltaic Key
1 Time Vault
2 Sensei’s Divining Top
1 Tezzeret the Seeker
1 Thirst for Knowledge
1 Brainstorm
1 Ponder
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Mystical Tutor
1 Time Walk
1 Hurkyl’s Recall
1 Fact or Fiction
1 Vampiric Tutor
1 Demonic Tutor
1 Yawgmoth’s will
1 Fire/Ice
1 Lighting Bolt

(30 Business spells)

Sideboard:

3 Ravenous Trap
1 Extirpate
1 Tormod’s Crypt
1 Greater Gargadon
1 Claws of Gix
2 Duress
1 Razormane Masticore
1 Sundering Titan
2 Rack and Ruin
1 Hurkyl’s Recall
1 Trickbind

A visual view of the deck:

(sorry for the bad quality… iPhone camera ain’t the best to do this type of pics and I was too lazy to scan the deck)

The deck is designed to have good match ups against Noble and MUD. According to Jason, Ingot Chewer is the best main deck answer against MUD while it works also great against many other decks like fish, dredge, or even at the mirror. The fish match we got it well covered maindeck also, as we are playing 2 Sower of Temptation, 1 Lighting Bolt, Fire/Ice and Tinker + Inkwell Leviathan.

The rest of the deck is designed to be solid. No Library of Alexandria to avoid suspicious hands and to be able to have a first turn Spell Pierce or a turn 2 Mana Drain. The 4 Volcanic Island allow me to play without having to worry for the red sources against MUD or Fish. I can easily lose one or two volcanics and the deck will still be able to cast Ingot Chewer, Lighting Bolt, etc…

Anyways, I’m not going to unveil all the secrets and reasons behind the card choices now. If the deck turns out to be competitive, I might write a longer article about it. So far, I’ll be testing it today and playing it tomorrow.

If you want to follow my performance at LCV tomorrow, you can follow me at Twitter (@piZZero). And on Monday I’ll hopefully have the report of the tournament finished. So, stay tunned!

On the weekend of Grand Prix Madrid (epic report) I was told that Dan Frazier was coming to Spain. Where? – I asked!

I found the answer to that question in a matter of minutes! A guy around there was handling these fliers:

The card reads:

Freak Games I – 10th & 11th of April

Saturday: 600+€ Standard tournament. Entrance fee: 12€

Sunday: 1000+€ Legacy tournament. Entrance fee: 15€

Guest artist: Dan Frazier (all moxen). He’ll be attending on Saturday afternoon to draw and sign your decks. And we weill have exclusive products on sale!

Both events will take place in Freakland Games (shop)

C/Sevilla 12, Zaragoza (Spain)

Phone: +34 976373571 or +34 699193636

For more information, please send us a mail to: tgplace@aol.com or info@freaklandgames.com

This is just great news! I will finally get my Mox Ruby & Mox Jet signed, and i’ll have them all double signed! Hopefully I can get him to alter them as well. Will see!

I’m back home from Madrid. WHAT A WEEKEND! We’ve had one of the greatest mtg parties of all times. Insane amount of people, including the new World Record of attendance in the history of mtg (2220 players); excellent organization, who solved quite well all the problems generated by having 2K+ players; tournaments ran very smooth all weekend; queues for Mark Poole were long but not endless, etc…

I got some really cool PIMP stuff to show you guys, lots of alterations (including another card altered by Terese Nielsen and Ron Spencer together!), some foil japanese and few other stuff.

I will write a more elaborated post tomorrow or the day after. I just wanted to let you know that I survived! Let me finish this post with a Michael Jackson classic!

Grand Prix Madrid is coming soon, very soon! At this point, no one  doubts about this tournament being the most important event on eternal this year.

Europe has a huge tradition of playing Vintage and Legacy. Tournaments like the Eurovino, Bazaar of Moxen, UAL Power9 Series, DDAY, etc… had proven to be successful at gathering eternal players from all around the continent. Those tournaments had turnouts between 100 and 400 players. Some (standard) GPs hardly get better turnouts than some of the previously mentioned tournaments. I believe, GP Madrid is going to set a new participation record on any eternal tournament ever done.

GP Madrid is an excellent movement by WotC. They knew in advance than placing a Legacy GP in Spain would be a total blast. They made the small mistake of placing it in Madrid instead of Barcelona, but we can forgive them about that. Spain is a well connected with the rest of the world. The east american coast is just 6-7h by plain from Madrid. Biggest cities in Europe are about 2h away as well.  All in all, it seems to me that WotC is experimenting the impact of an eternal format in the professional scene. They couldn’t have chosen a better moment, a better place.

Spanish players are motivated and excited about the GP. The eternal communities in Spain are all moving to Madrid to play this event. There’s no reason to not show up there unless you can’t really make it. Traveling to and sleeping in Madrid isn’t expensive at all. You can sleep 2 nights and go by plain there for less than 100€ from almost any point of the country.

Personally, I’m also very excited about this event. I know I haven’t playtested a lot, but I feel confident about my 75 card choice. I’ve played combo for years already, and no matter what pro is sitting in front of me, that I’ll go for the win. I trust in myself and in my deck, as it is probably one of the most competitive decks at the moment.

Of course, to win a Grand Prix you need more than a deck. You need to stay calmed and focused, you need to play well during many rounds, you can’t make lots of mistakes/misplays, and of course, you need a bit of luck.

I always liked how Mike Flores uses this illustration to express a state of mind of a winner player:

Believe in yourself, believe in your luck & believe your deck.

While being totally sure what and how to play in Legacy, something different happens to me with Vintage. If my performance at the GP aren’t as I expected, there’s a very interesting Vintage tournament I’d like to play on Sunday.

http://www.team-pataners.com/gp-madrid-vintage-side-event-info/

I’m not certain about what decks are the decks to beat in Vintage at the moment. I love playing control, but decks like Tezzeret start to lose power against some other archetypes such as Noble Fish and the Golem Aggro Staxx.

Shall I…

… play Confidants?

… play Spell Snare?

… play Spell Pierce?

… play DSC, Sphinx or Leviathan?

… play red or green for SB?

… play none, 1 or 2 Tezzerets MD?

… play Misdirection?

And these are just a few of the questions I get while building a control deck. If I start thinking of building a combo deck, then I’d get even more.

People say that Spell Pierce are good. People say that Tarmogoyfs are good. People say, people say.

I can’t say what’s the right thing to play because I haven’t played enough lately. I would have loved to play every Vintage tournament held lately, but my work has made it impossible for me to attend to most of them. Anyways, no matter what 75 cards I sleeve (if I play that Vintage side event), I’m sure it’s not going to be good enough. Not good enough, because there’s no deck capable of not losing stupidly against Time Vault + Voltaic Key in the early game. Some times, you have an excellent hand with Force of Will, 2 lands, Mana Drain + some bussiness spells, and you get owned by first turn time vault + key with FoW backup from them. Ok, it’s a 2 card combo, and he got lucky… but dude, your hand was fucking awesome and you still lose without being able to play a fucking turn.

Two years ago, when Time Vault wasn’t working as it is right now, I was 100% sure of my deck being able to defeat ANY deck in the format. I was playing Gifts Tendrils and had great success with that deck. I knew what to play, how to play and when to play it. Now I’m a bit lost as the format is a bit random, luck depending and less skilled based. Of course skill counts, but when they Vault/Key you first turn, there’s nothing much you can do rather than Force of Will.

I hope we get some changes to the restricted/banned Vintage list in June. I hope they fix the problem, and I also hope they finally print some good business spells for the control players. All we do now is watch how all blue cards get restricted while awesome creatures and artifacts are printed collection after collection.

To end this post, I’d like to tell you guys that I’ll try to update the blog during this weekend with news about the GP. I probably will be broadcasting some games (you’ll find that at the top menu labels – “live TV“) live from there.

Stay tuned and wish me luck!

Wotc has finally released the list of artists who will be attending at Grand Prix Madrid 2010. Big thumbs up for bringing Mark Poole, and totally dissapointed with this other guy Steve Argyle.

Here you have their profiles:

Artist Information

Mark Poole
Mark Poole is one of those artists that needs little introduction. He is one of the original illustrators for the Magic: The Gathering Alpha set. He painted 26 Alpha cards and over a hundred Magic: The Gathering cards over the years.

His work includes Ancestral Recall, Birds of Paradise, Counterspell, Balance, Fastbond, Tropical Island, Crusade, Jump, King Suleiman, and many more.

• Magic: The Gathering card art by Mark Poole

Steve Argyle
Steve Argyle has done some impressive artwork since he started working as a Magic: The Gathering artist a good year ago. He painted Chandra Ablaze for Zendikar and Liliana on Snuff Out from the Duel Decks: Garruk vs. Liliana. Other cards from his hand include Celestial Mantle, Slave of Bolas, Mayeal’s Aria, Naya Battlemage, and Child of Alara.

For Worldwake , Steve produced Admonition Angel and Everfowing Chalice. Steve’s website contains an excellent overview of his sketches and paintings with comments from the artist himself.

• Magic: The Gathering card art by Steve Argyle
• Official web site of Steve Argyle

A recent rumor has been launched to the net today. According to the official Facebook group from 2010 Grand Prix Madrid event, Mark Poole will be attending the GP!

True? I can’t tell you anything coz it hasn’t been said anything yet on the official site from the GP.

This, if true, is GREAT news! I can’t really believe it! I’ll keep you updated as soon as there’s more news!

I really hope I’m not playing this tournament! That would mean I’d be playing day 2 of the Legacy GP Madrid. On the other hand, it’s an AWESOME tournament that, in case of epic FAIL at the GP, i’ll be attending for sure.

Estos son los anuncios a sendos torneos de Junio correspondientes a la LCV y a la LCL:

LCV Junio – Badalona

Fecha: 14/06/2009 – DOMINGO! UEEEEEE
Hora: 09:00
Lugar: Asociación de vecinos Sant Mori C/ Antigua de Valencia Nº 60, junto Parque de las Palmeras
Inscripción: 15€
Formato: Vintage

Premios:
1º- Mox Ruby
2º- Por confirmar
3º- Por confirmar
4º- Por confirmar
Del 5º al 8ª: 6 sobres

1º-Clas.sin pack: Mana Drain
2º- Clas. Sin pack: Por confirmar

LCL Junio – Berga

Fecha: 20/06/2009
Hora: 09:00
Lugar: Berga;Alberg de Berga, Crta. de Caserres nº8(Davant de Jaloguing Berga).
Inscripcion: 10
Formato: Legacy

Premios:
1r Classif: Segons la participació:
- Fins a 76 jugadors: 2 Duals en Borde Negre + 2 Duals de Revised
- De 77 a 80 Jugadors: 3 Duals en Borde Negre + 1 Dual de Revised
- 81 ó més jugadors: 4 Duals de Borde Negre

2n Classif: 4 Duals
3r y 4t Classif: 2 duals
del 5è al 8è Classif: 8 sobres

1r Classificat Junior: 1 Dual + sobres
2n Classificat Junior: 1 fechland + sobres

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Joel Calafell, aka Zohan o Joel Falafell, acaba de ganar el Grand Prix de Barcelona! Desde aquí nuestra enhorabuena!

*Fuente de la imagen, RSP.

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… son, según Rodman, los participantes al GP de Barcelona.

Más tarde, a la noche os informo de como va la cosa.

Stay tunned!

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Este post es una mini llamada a tonda la gente amante del eternal, Legacy o Vintage, y que va a estar este fin de semana en la ciudad condal (Barcelona) para el GP, a que se pase a jugar el side event de legacy que se celebra el Domingo a las 8:00 de la mañana. Os copy pasteo la información que ha proporcionado Wizards of the Coast:

Domingo: 9:00 am – Torneo Legacy – iPod (Cuota de inscripción 5€; Pool de premios de 2 sobres por participante; Inscripcion 8:00).

Go play Legacy!

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Tenemos algunas noticias sobre lo acontecido ayer en el torneo de Legacy del Bazaar of Moxen 3.

• La participación ascendió a los 475 jugadores.
• 2 españoles, Benito Hernandez y David Miñarro, han terminado 2º y 3º respectivamente.

Hoy se celebra el torneo de Vintage y tan pronto como tengamos noticias os iré informando de cómo trascurre la cosa.

Update 21:34

• La participación al torneo de Vintage es de 351 jugadores.
• David Williams (+ about David) ha hecho acto de presencia y va 1-1 3-1 4-1 5-1 6-1 6-2 (y ya sin opción a top) jugando Coatl Remora.
• No tenemos noticias, aún, de ningún español. Benito Hernández con Remora’s Drain Tendrils va 8-0 y por lo tanto entrará al Top8 pactando la última ronda. (Esta noticia supongo que casi le asegura la victoria de la combinada de Legacy + Vintage y por lo tanto la Yawgmoth’s Will alterada por Ron Spencer).

Update 7:40 Lunes

• Benito Hernández ha quedado 5º
• La final fue MUD vs Painter. MUD ganó 2-0.
• Diría que fue un italiano el ganador, ya que había 3 en el top4.

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Os dejo aquí con la información del torneo de Mayo de la Liga Catalana de Vintage:

IV Open de Vintage de Cabrera de Mar - LCV Maig

Fecha: Sábado, 9 de Mayo
Lugar: Centre Joventut Can Martinet (Av. Pare Jaume Català núm. 42, Cabrera de Mar)
Tel. 93 754 28 61
Apertura de puertas: 9:00
Cierre de inscripciones: 10:00
Inscripción: 15€
Premios:

• Campeón: Time Walk UL
• Finalista: Imperial Seal Asian
• 3º 4º: Time Vault UL
• 5º a 8º: 2 Duals cada uno
• 1º sin Pack: Por determinar

* Si por disponibilidad de premios se tubieran que cambiar, se darían siempre premios de igual o superior valor.

Preinscripciones e información vía mail a tornejosgrial@gmail.com

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Gerard Siles, de Jalogüing, en colaboración con el ayuntamiento de Berga ha organizado unas jornadas de Magic bastante interesantes para el día 1 de Mayo. Os dejo con el cartel y el enlace para pre-inscribirse:

Incripciones AQUÍ.

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Se me ha quedado la cara a cuadros al ver la lista de artistas invitados al GP de Seattle / Tacoma:

ARTISTS
Confirmed artists for Grand Prix–Seattle/Tacoma include rk post, Rob Alexander, Mark Tedin, Pete Venters, Mike Dringenberg, Franz Vohwinkel, Chuck Lukas, and Corey Macourek (with more artists confirming daily).

• Magic:The Gathering card art by rk post
• Magic:The Gathering card art by Rob Alexander
• Magic:The Gathering card art by Mark Tedin
• Magic:The Gathering card art by Pete Venters
• Magic:The Gathering card art by Mike Dringenberg
• Magic:The Gathering card art by Franz Vohwinkel
• Magic:The Gathering card art by Chuck Lukacs
• Magic:The Gathering card art by Corey Macourek

La lista tiene artistas excelentes, pero de todos ellos me quedo con Pete Venters, por tener un SINFÍN de cartas jugables en eternal (y que me faltan por firmar). Habrá que engañar a alguien para que vaya a Seattle y así me firme algunas cartunflas (Rodman anyone? xD)

La explicación a que la lista de artistas del GP sea tan extensa se debe en buena parte a que es en Seattle donde nació el juego y donde está la central de Wizards of the Coast, y supongo que el Sr. Richard Garfield querrá que muchos de sus artistas estén en dicho evento.

PD: **Offtopic: Jugáis a “El Bruto”? Pues si no lo conocéis, podéis hacerlo mediante este enlace y convertiros en alumnos míos para aumentar más rápidamente de nivel. El Bruto es un juego bastante divertido, al que sólo hay que dedicarle 5 minutillos al día.

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La Universidad de las Artes Lúdicas en colaboración con la Asociación Clandestino nos tienen preparado un fin de semana interesantísimo en cuanto a Eternal se refiere. Para empezar, el Sábado 27 de Junio se va a celebrar un torneo de Vintage de un altísimo nivel, el 2º UAL Power9 Series 2, al que en su primera edición acudió un porrón (no me acuerdo del número exacto xD) de gente. Y el Domingo 28 han organizado el Duel for Duals UAL, torneo de Legacy con duals de revised a casporro.

Además, se celebra paralelamente el Vintage All Stars, torneo que me parece más oportuno llamarlo “Vintage dedo Stars”, ya que los invitados a dicho torneo han sido escogidos a dedo por un tribunal de sabios.

Y para terminar esta fiesta del eternal, han invitado a todos los mejores artistas que alteran cartas del país para exponer su obra, hacer pequeños encargos, etc…

Podéis encontrar toda la información detallada de todos los torneos, actividades, mapas, hoteles, etc… en la própia página de la Universidad de las Artes Lúdicas o en el post correspondiente al anúncio del torneo.

¡Yo ya pedí vacaciones en el curro para poder asistir a tal torneo! ¿Y tu a qué esperas?

Se acerca la fecha del Grand Prix de Barcelona (23 y 24 de Mayo) y Wizards of the Coast por fin ha publicado toda la información relacionada a este evento en su web oficial.

Podéis encontrar toda la información en el siguiente enlace: GP Barcelona’09

Os voy a hacer un resúmen con lo más importante:

Lugar:

La Farga
Carrer de Barcelona, 2
30175 L’Hospitalet – Barcelona, Espanya
Teléfono: 0034 932615200

Formato:

Standard aka Pokemon

Inscripciones: 18€
Viernes, 22 de Mayo: 5:30 p.m. – 8 p.m.
Sábado, 23 de Mayo: 8 a.m. – 9:00 a.m.

Artista invitado:

ALEKSI BRICLOT, Planeswalker (aka el amigo ravero del Txep)

(Poner un poco de orden está overrated…)

Me pregunto yo… ¿Pa qué me traen al Aleksi este? ¿Que es que Mark Poole, Pete Venters, Kevin Walker, u otros ilustres dibujantes no les mola España?

Bueno, supongo que los pokemon players estarán de celebración con sus nuevos Nicol Bolas, Planeswalker Signed! Os dejo un enlace a la lista de todas las cartas que ha dibujado este señor: Magic: The Gathering card art by Aleksi Briclot

Alojamiento:

Wizards os recomienda un par de hoteles, CAROS donde los haya, así que yo lo que os recomiendo es que pilléis cualquier Hotel/Hostal/Albergue en el centro de la ciudad ya que La Farga está realmente MUY bien comunicada vía Metro/Renfe (Cercanías).

Bueno, y creo que poco más necesitáis saber acerca del GP.

Personalmente me he llevado una gran decepción con el artista que van a traer… Me esperaba alguien con más caché y glamour que este señor. Pero bueno, supongo que los tiempos cambian y a los niños (quines realmente compran sobres) les mola más que venga éste antes que M.Tedin, M.Poole, D.Shouler, etc…

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Ya os lo anuncié hará un par de semanas, pero os recuerdo que mañana se celebra el torneo de Marzo de la LCV5 (5ª Liga Catalana de Vintage). Aquí tenéis el anuncio y un mapa para saber cómo llegar:

Torneo LCV5 – Marzo (22/03/09)

Formato: Vintage
web: www.casalbcn.info
Inscripciones: 9:15
Inicio del torneo: 10:00

Premios:

1. Mox Ruby
2. Library of Alexandria
3. Risucchia Potere
4. Risucchia Potere

Dirección: ESPAI JOVE GRÀCIA
C/ Gran de Gràcia, 190-192
08012 – Barcelona
Tel. 933 681 004
Metro L-3 Fontana

Ver mapa más grande

¡A ver si conseguimos llegar a la cifra de los 100 jugadores!

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Este hombre está intratable. Tras ganar el último Pro-Tour, ahora se alza vencedor del GP de Legacy de Chicago.

Podéis encontrar toda la info, coverage, entrevistas, etc… clickando en la siguiente imagen:

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Este mes está cargadito de torneos interesantes. Para empezar, este fin de semana tenemos que estar atentos al Grand Prix de Legacy que se celebrará en Chicago (EEUU). Os dejo con un enlace para que podáis seguir todo lo que acontece durante el GP:

** Si le dáis a la imágen accederéis a la web del Coverage del GP Chicago.

Decir que tenemos bastante representación española y desde aquí les deseamos toda la suerte del mundo.

¡Más cosas! Raül Rabionet, me ha mandado la información del GPT para Barcelona que organizan desde el nuevo Espai Jove de Gràcia como evento inagural. Aquí os lo dejo:

GPT Barcelona (Extended) – 15/03/09

Para inaugurar el nuevo Espai Jove de Gracia, se están preparando unas jornadas de juegos de todo tipo, llamadas Barnaludica, los días 13, 14 y 15 de Marzo. Podéis encontrar más información en http://barnaludica.blogspot.com.

Entre las actividades que se organizarán, hemos decidido organizar un Trial para el GP de Barcelona.

Fecha: Domingo 15 de Marzo.

Horario: Apertura de puertas, 10:00. Cierre de inscripciones, 10:30

Formato: GP Trial de Extendido. Rondas de suizo + top 8.

Lugar: Espai Jove de Gracia, Gran de Gràcia 190, justo al lado del metro Fontana (L3)

Precio inscripción: 10€

Premios:

• 3 Byes para el GP Barcelona a los ganadores
• Premios en material de las ediciones más recientes – destinaremos toda la recaudación a premios.

Os podéis inscribir enviando un e-mail a tornejosgrial@gmail.com

¡Os esperamos!

Y ahora vamos a por los torneos de este mes de la LCL y la LCV

Torneo LCL2 – Marzo (14/03/09)

Formato: Legacy
Horario: 09:00 a.m
Premios:

1º Clasif.: Dependiendo de la participación:

• Hasta 76 jugadores: 2 Duals en Borde Negro + 2 Duals de Revised
• De 77 a 80 Jugadores: 3 Duals en Borde Negro + 1 Dual de Revised
• 81 ó más jugadores: 4 Duals de Borde Negro

2º Clasif.: 4 Duals
3º y 4º Clasif.: 2 duals
del 5º al 8º Clasif.: 8 sobres

1º Clasif. Junior: 1 Dual + sobres
2º Clasif. Junior: 1 fechland + sobres

Inscripción: 10 Euros

Dirección: Asociación de vecinos Sant Mori
C/ Antigua de Valencia Nº 60, junto Parque de las Palmeras

Torneo LCV5 – Marzo (22/03/09)

Formato: Vintage
web: www.casalbcn.info
Inscripciones: 9:15
Inicio del torneo: 10:00

Premios:

1. Mox Ruby
2. Library of Alexandria
3. Risucchia Potere
4. Risucchia Potere

Dirección: ESPAI JOVE GRÀCIA
C/ Gran de Gràcia, 190-192
08012 – Barcelona
Tel. 933 681 004
Metro L-3 Fontana

¡Pero la cosa no termina aquí! Os recuerdo también que, como cada Sábado, en la tienda Black Lotus de Barcelona se celebra el torneo semanal y valedero para la LLBL1 (Liga Legacy Black Lotus).

Y por si aún no tienes suficiente, decir que la revista Cantrip en colaboración con Generación X organizan un finde completito de Magic en Abril. Aquí os dejo el anuncio y el cartel:

Cantrip Weekend – (Vintage/Legacy/Standard)

Fecha: 18 de Abril 2009
Horario: 10:30
Organización : Cantrip y Gen X
Estructura del torneo: Vintage sancionado-dci, suizo mas top8.
Local: Salones Boden See (plazas limitadas).
Dirección: C/ Napoles 42 Madrid
Preinscripción: www.cantrip.es
Inscripición : 15 euros
Premios Vintage Oficial :
1º – Mox Jet (Unlimited)
2º – Lubrary of Alexandria
1º sin pack – Mana drain (Legends)

Ale y esto es todo lo que se refiere a torneos. Por cierto, para los que no lo habéis notado, el torneo de este mes de la LCV5 es en Domingo.

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