Kings Games will be hosting a Vintage tournament on Sunday, January 16 at 12pm. Up to 15 proxy cards are allowed. Entry fee is $25. Prizes will be awarded as follows:

Under 12 players = $20 per player will be added to total prize pool and awarded to top 4.
12+ players = Unlimited Mox Emerald to winner
15+ players = additional prizes will be added for top 4 based on total attendance.

We will also have an EDH tournament on the same day, starting at 2pm.

Kings Games
1685 E 15 St
Brooklyn NY 11229
718-336-1955
www.kingsgames.com

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Just a gentle reminder about this weekend's event. Hope to see many of you there!

Alex
Kings Games

Yes, that would help, wouldn't it

First place is UL Mox Emerald, at 12+ players. At 15+ players additional prizes will be added into the pool.

Alex
Kings Games

Vintage Constructed format

Sunday, October 31, 2010 - Halloween Tournament!
Registration opens at 11am
Play begins at 12pm
Entry fee $25

You may proxy up to 15 cards for this Vintage event. Additional prizes will be awarded at 15+ players.

Kings Games
1685 East 15th Street
(Corner of Kings Highway)
Brooklyn, NY 11229
ashv@kingsgames.com
http://www.kingsgames.com/
(718) 336-1955
(888) 33-KINGS

NOTE: We are running this as a 15-proxy event rather than 10-proxy events we've run in the past.

We had 11 players attend the event and gave out a cash prize of $250. Four rounds of swiss was played, cut to the top 4. Ici Li, Sam Berse, Seth Lazroe and Noah Smith all went 3-1 to make the cut. Noah and Sam split in the finals. Thank you to everyone who attended this event. We will have another go at it sometime in early September, and I will post event details on here a month in advance. Without further ado, here are the top 4 deck lists.

Alex Shvartsman
Kings Games

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Ici Li

4 Mishra’s Workshop
4 Wasteland
4 Bazaar of Baghdad
3 Mountain
1 Strip Mine
1 Tolarian Academy
4 Barbarian Ring
1 Memory Jar
4 Crucible of Worlds
4 Smokestack
4 Sphere of Resistance
4 Chalice of the Void
4 Tangle wire
1 Trinisphere
4 Goblin Welder
1 Black Lotus
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Jet
1 Mana Crypt
1 Sol Ring
1 Mana Vault
4 Null Rod

Sideboard:
4 Shattering Spree
4 Tormod’s Crypt
4 Ensnaring Bridge
3 Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale




Sam Berse

4 Bazaar of Baghdad
4 Serum Powder
4 Golgars Grave Troll
4 Stinkweed Imp
4 Chalice of the Void
4 Cabal Therapy
4 Bloodghast
4 Bridge from Below
4 Narcomoeba
4 Undiscovered Paradise
4 Leyline of Sanctity
2 Golgars Thug
2 Unmask
3 Ichorid
1 Darkblast
1 Dakmor Salvage
2 Dread Return
1 City of Brass
1 Flame-kin Zealot
1 Terastodon
2 Petrified Field

Sideboard:

3 City of Brass
4 Chain of Vapor
4 Nature’s Claim
4 Leyline of the Void



Seth Lazroe

4 Noble Hierarch
3 Trygon Predator
1 Thada Adel, Acquisitor
4 Qasali Pridemage
4 Cold-Eyed Selkie
1 Ancestral Recall
3 Spell Pierce
4 Force of Will
1 Mystical Tutor
3 Daze
2 Stifle
1 Mystic Remora
3 Null Rod
3 Tarmogoyf
1 Black Lotus
1 Time Walk
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Pearl
3 Tundra
2 Tropical Island
4 wasteland
1 Strip Mine
3 Misty Rainforest
1 Island
4 Flooded Strand

Sideboard:

1 Umazawa’s Jitte
3 Path to Exile
1 Ghostly Prison
1 Tormod’s Crypt
4 Wheel of Sun and Moon
2 Hurkyl’s Recall
3 Energy Flux



Noah Smith

4 Forbidden Orchard
4 Misty Rainforest
1 Polluted Delta
2 Tropical Island
2 Underground Sea
2 Island
1 Strip Mine
1 Volcanic Island
1 Black Lotus
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mana Crypt
1 Sol Ring
1 Time Vault
1 Voltaic Key
4 Oath of Druids
1 Iona, Shield of Emeria
1 Terastadon
1 Sphinx of the Steel Wind
1 Tezzeret, the Seeker
2 Jace, the Mindsculptor
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Brainstorm
1 Vampiric Tutor
1 Mystical Tutor
1 Third for Knowledge
1 Gifts Ungiven
1 Ponder
1 Time Walk
1 Tinker
1 Demonic Tutor
1 Yawgmoth’s Will
4 Force of Will
3 Spell Pierce
3 Mana Drain
1 Hurkyl’s Recall
1 Merchant Scroll

Sideboard:
4 Leyline of the Void
2 Pithing Needle
1 Ravenous Trap
1 Firespout
2 Red Elemental Blast
1 Hurkyl’s Recall
1 Mindbreak Trap
1 Terastodon
1 Rebuild
1 Nature’s Claim

Thanks for the clarification. This is definitely not the "tournament report" I remember and love from The Dojo days I will see i can get that info posted. Hope to see you Saturday!

Alex

Hello everyone,

My name is Alex Shvartsman and I am the TO/store owner for the event being discussed in this thread.

First of all, I would like to thank Chris Pikula for bringing these posts to my attention. While I have been playing Magic since 1996 and involved in almost every aspect of the game at one point or another, I do not currently play any constructed formats and so I am not checking forums on the regular basis. Please allow me to address some of the concerns raised here:

1) Our events are always announced at least 1 month in advance on our own web site, and a reminder is sent the week of the event to our mailing list. While I respect and understand the importance of this forum to the Vintage community, my primary focus is to market it to our customers directly. Everyone else is welcome, and I would be advertising it on here as well had it not been for an outlandish posting policy in the Tournament Announcement forums. I actually applied for the TO status earlier today so I could post here directly. Hopefully that will alleviate any frustration with announcement timing going forward. Also, I would like to thank Yare and everyone else who helped post our events on here in the past.

2) We have given out full prize support every time we've come within a few players of our announced goal of 20+, as many of the regulars here can confirm. We did so even if it meant taking a small loss on an event a couple of times.  However, we can and will cut prize support if attendance numbers fall far short of our goal. This has not happened often and we never set unrealistic goals for our prize structure.

3) We made a conscious decision to run this tournament on the weekend of M11 release. Our own Release Celebration event is scheduled on the same day at 6pm, so that players are able to participate in both, should they so choose.  There are tons of Magic events in the tri-state area and it is almost impossible to find a completely free weekend, In fact, this very tournament was originally supposed to take place in June but we moved it because NYSE scheduled an event on the same date in Brothers Grim.

4) Our policy is that no outside food is allowed in the store. We tend to be generally flexible with coffee/tea, fruit or even donuts, but draw a line at smelly fast food. This policy is clearly posted at the entrance to the game room and is announced at the beginning of each large event. I am sure it's possible that a bunch of people sneaked food in during a PTQ and we were too busy to deal with it, but I would guess 50+ is a gross exaggeration.

5) I do not intend to write a tournament report. As someone who was a columnist for InQuest, The Sideboard and magicthegathering.com for years, I have no problem writing about Magic. I do however take issue with the assertion that it is part of the TOs job.  At any rate, you would be much better served reading something from chrispikula or yare as they know/understand the Vintage metagame and are far more likely to have something interesting to say on the subject. I am sorry if anyone disagrees with my outlook on this, but I'd rather be forthcoming about it than fail to meet expectations.

In conclusion I would like to add that Kings Games has been running Magic tournaments for over 8 years now. We are also likely the only game store in NYC that carries a decent inventory of Vintage MTG singles. We genuinely want to help build and promote ALL Magic play formats and welcome both your help and your constructive criticism. For those of you who do choose to attend our tournament this Saturday, I will be happy to discuss any of these issues at length.

Sincerely,

Alex Shvartsman
Kings Games

Ted,

We have a pretty decent Vintage inventory as well as more recent Magic singles at our store. We are located in Brooklyn NY. You can look up directions at info at www.kingsgames.com

Alex
Kings Games