Myriad Games Back-to-Back Vintage - June 2nd and 3rd

[Myriad Games]

Myriad Games Vintage Double Header - June 2nd and 3rd

Myriad Games
8 Stiles Road
Salem, NH 03079

Saturday June 2nd & Sunday June 3rd

Onsite registration for each day will begin at 10:00 AM, decklists are due at 11:00 AM, and Swiss rounds will begin at 11:30 AM.

Entry: $25.00 per day

Fifteen (15) proxies are free with entry.

June 1st Banned/Restricted List updates will be in effect, providing an excellent opportunity to test for the upcoming summer season.

Prizes:
1st Place: $350 Myriad Money
2nd – 8th places: Total of over $250 Myriad Money

Examples of prizes are listed for 28 players.
All prizes scale up with attendance, so the more the merrier. 
Prizes can be personally selected from any of Myriad Games broad selection.
A variety of power cards (Mox, Bazaar, Library, Drain, Grim Tutor, etc, etc...) will be available.
Myriad Games will also order cards for you that we do not have in stock.
Players who win both days can combine their Myriad Money toward conglomerate prizes.

These Myriad Games Vintage Tournaments will feature:

Myriad Games Mana Cookies
Bonus Preregistration Dual Land & Booster Packs
Bonus Free Magic Memento Cards
Best Deck Name Contests
Myriad Gear Challenges
Tumblin' Dice Side Tournaments
Vintage Draft Tournament
New Player Bonus Booster Packs
Best of Five Finals
Best Tournament Report Prizes

Players who preregister will be entered in a drawing for a FREE Dual Land
Preregister for both days and you'll also receive a FREE Booster Pack!
Preregister by emailing vintage@myriadgames.com, calling (603) 681-0355 or 1-800-459-5516, or stopping by Myriad Games.

There will be beverages and snacks available throughout the weekend.

To help registration and reporting run more smoothly, please print out your deck registration sheet ahead of time and bring them to the event. We recommend that you type out your deck list using software such as Apprentice, Magic Workstation, or simply your word processing program of choice. Or you can click here to download the Deck Registration Sheet and fill it in on your computer or by hand.

If you have any questions or suggestions regarding this event, please post here or email vintage@myriadgames.com.

Make plans now to come join in the fun!

[Myriad Games]

For those of you coming to this Double Header Vintage tournament, here's a handy summary of nearby hotels. The LaQuinta and Holiday Inn are literally around the corner from Myriad Games, within easy walking distance. The Red Roof is about a half mile down the road.

The sites linked below are for the individual hotels and include a list of amenities and links to check availability and make reservations. Rooms are relatively affordable and very convenient to the store.

Red Roof Inn

La Quinta Inn & Suites

Holiday Inn

And just a reminder, if you haven't been to Myriad Games before... We're very easy to get to, just a quarter-mile left off Exit 2 from I-93, just over the MA/NH border. Generally most of the drive to get here is highway.

We'll look forward to seeing everyone here for a great Vintage Double Header!

[Myriad Games]

Less than a week until this awesome Myriad Games Back-to-Back Vintage Double Header Weekend!

A couple of important notes about these events.

Starting Times Updated
Our latest tournament (May 26th) finished in record time thanks to a slightly earlier start time. Please note that we will be adjusting our start times for tournaments in the future to ensure that continues. Being prepared with your decklist ahead of time and preregistering go a long way toward ensuring a smooth tournament. Emailing us or calling us with a list of cards you know you'll need also helps, rather than scrabbling for them on site that day. For this Myriad Games Back-to-Back Vintage Double Header Weekend, registration will begin at 10 AM and decklists will be due at 11 AM. Failure to turn in your decklist on time may result in a first round game loss for delaying the tournament. If you are unable to arrive until after the tournament has already begun, we will afford you the opportunity to enroll by accepting a first round match loss. Please prepare your decklist the night before and give yourself plenty of travel time to arrive before the start of the event. If you need to pick up singles and/or make modifications for your decklist, plan on showing up at 10. If you're all prepared the night before, plan on being here by 10:30. That will allow enough of a cushion to make sure you're here by 11 AM. The tournaments should each begin at 11:30 AM.

June 1st Banned / Restricted Update
These two events will take any June 1st Banned / Restricted changes into account. Please check www.magicthegathering.com on Friday, June 1st for the updates. This will be the same format as the rest of the summer events, so these two events will be your first chance to prepare and test for the upcoming season.

Make plans now to come join in the fun!

[Myriad Games]

To make our Free Vintage Drafts even more crazy fun, we'll be including Unhinged with the usual mixed packs from The Dark / Antiquities / Arabian Nights / Legends. These events will begin during the penultimate round of Swiss and are open to the first 8 players who sign up.

[Dxfiler]

For the record I personally am not a fan of the time change for these tourneys.  Much of your player base drives 1-2 hours and for me personally, planning to be there for 10:30 is a heck of alot harder than planning to be there for 11:30.  Maybe the general myriad tourney-goers will like this change, but I wish you took a poll before this to know for sure =/

Anyway, I still <3 Myriad tourneys and will try to make this.  I was originally planning to celebrate my 25th birthday at foxwoods (taking some of vintage's finest with me :p) but recent changes (I.E. me going to foxwoods earlier than planned and losing alot of $$$ ) mean that I'm leaning towards the myriad.

So while I'm not crazy about the sudden change in time and very strict enforcement of it, I will try to make this anyway and hope you guys have a good turnout.

Good luck.

- Dave Feinstein

[Myriad Games]

Driving a couple of hours to arrive at 10 AM requires leaving at 8 AM, which does not seem unreasonable. Decklists should be prepared ahead of time which will drastically reduce the likelihood of errors. An earlier start allows players that have to drive a couple of hours to arrive home earlier. This is notably important for those folks who need to get home at a reasonable hour, on Sunday especially, to be ready for work or school the next day.

This change was announced prior to our last event and well advertised prior to this coming weekend. With adequate planning, this should improve the overall tournament experience. Feedback thus far has been generally positive.

And yes, Dave, you'll be much less likely to lose money coming to Myriad - and you'll likely have more fun to boot! 

Looking forward to seeing everyone here this weekend!

[Myriad Games]

There were some notable changes to the Vintage Banned / Restricted List posted today at http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dci/announce/dci20070601a.

These will be in effect for our events this weekend, Saturday June 2nd, and Sunday June 3rd.

We'll look forward to seeing everyone here at Myriad for the first exploration into this brave new world of Vintage!

[Kowal]

Well, I think I'm going to have to make the decision to stay home.  I have no desire to play a format with 4 gush.

If things change, and we don't play with the new B&R update (it doesn't go in to effect until the 20th anyway) I'll make it down.  But otherwise I'll stay home.


It doesn't seem unreasonable to change it with little warning, since the announcement was only made today anyway.

[Myriad Games]

It's understandable that the new format may be unattractive to some players, just as the old format was unattractive to some players. This tournament will be using the June 1st Banned / Restricted List as originally and previously announced. We already have a ton of people preregistered and we're looking forward to a great weekend of Magic!

[iamfishman]

It's understandable that the new format may be unattractive to some players, just as the old format was unattractive to some players. This tournament will be using the June 1st Banned / Restricted List as originally and previously announced. We already have a ton of people preregistered and we're looking forward to a great weekend of Magic!

Seriously, I can't agree with Ben's choice.  This is exciting.  I can't wait to see if the format is broken wide open on such very short notice.  Cya in a few hours.

[Kowal]

I apologize to anybody it offends, but I just really don't want to play a format with four gush...  Maybe if I didn't have to travel, and I had a week to rebuild my deck choice, but as it stands it's not even financially feasible for me to go, and I wouldn't enjoy it.

Next Myriad though, I'll try my best.

[Myriad Games]

No offense taken and we certainly want to make sure everyone that plays will enjoy themselves.

We have 39 players for today's event and it started right on time (pairings went up shortly after 11:30).

Thanks to everyone for coming. We're having a blast!

Results should be posted at the beginning of this coming week. There's still time to register for Day 2 of the Back-to-Back Vintage Extravaganza. Simply give us a call at 1-800-459-5516.

Looking forward to a great rest of the weekend!

[iamfishman]

Top 4 is now in.  They accepted a four way split.

Scott Hughes - Staxless Stax
Steve Houdlette - Staxless Stax
Brian Rozzerio - AK Tendrils
Eric Dupis - GAT

I am obviously sufficiently happy despite scrubbing out.

[tehmajickguy]

Congrats to Scott, Steve, and ELD on their success and congrats to Ray on his decks performance.

[ELD]

You can find my Day 1 report here  I was not able to attend Day 2.  I played GAT and didn't lose a match all day. 

[bdg4life]

Congrats Eric. What was your sideboard?

[hulk3rules]

Day 2?

[Myriad Games]

We had 34 players for Day 2. We completed the main event with a Top 4 Split including:

Ray Robillard with Staxless Stax
Oliver Beaumont with Bomberman
Craig Dupre with GrowATog
Kyle Leith with Gush Tendrils

Complete report will be forthcoming.

[Myriad Games]

The complete report has been posted. Enjoy!

Thanks to everyone for attending. We'll look forward to seeing everyone at our next tournament Sunday, July 1st which is part of another fine Northeast Back-to-Back Vintage Weekend the day after ELD's 6th Vintage Tournament on Saturday, June 30th.