FIRST MTG GAMBLERS OPENDATE AND PLACESaturday 8th of December, in the Expo Hotel in Valencia (Spain), placed in the Pío XII Avenue, nº4.
FORMATThe format of the tournament will be Vintage (rules level 3) with a maximum of 10 proxies allowed per player. You can check which cards are banned or restricted in the following link:
http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=judge/resources/sfrvintagePRIZESMore than 10 000€ in prizes will be given among the first placed players, distributed this way:
1st place: Beta Black Lotus + Beta Ancestral Recall
2nd place: Beta Black Lotus
3rd place: Unlimited Black Lotus
4th place: Unlimited Black Lotus
5th place: Unlimited Ancestral Recall
6th place: Unlimited Ancestral Recall
7th place: Unlimited Mox Sapphire
8th place: Unlimited Mox Sapphire
9th place: Mishra's Workshop
10th place: Mishra's Workshop
11th place: Mishra's Workshop
12th place: Mishra's Workshop
13th place: Bazaar of Baghdad
14th place: Bazaar of Baghdad
15th place: Bazaar of Baghdad
16th place: Bazaar of Baghdad
Furthermore, when 7th round finishes, the next prizes will be given among the first players that haven’t used any proxies:
1st place: Unlimited Mox Sapphire
2nd place: Library of Alexandria
3rd place: English Mana Drain
PARTICIPATION FEEThe participation fee will be 50€, which can only be paid the same day of the event. Prer-registrations aren’t available.
STRUCTUREThe tournament structure will be 7 50 minutes swiss rounds followed by the top 16. The first 16 placed players after the swiss rounds will play 4 preliminary rounds to determine who the winner is. The final position of a top 16 player will be determined considering how he finished after the first 7 rounds.
PROXIESOnly 10 full-color photocopies will be admitted as valid proxies. They have to increase card’s thickness as less as possible.
SIDE EVENTSThere will be side events besides the main event, with at least 8 players in each one. Drafts, Vintage and other formats side events will be organized. We will keep you informed in
http://magicvalencia.blogspot.com/ of the side events that we plan to do.
EXPO HOTEL VALENCIAIt’s placed in Nuevo Centro, one of the most crowded comercial zones of the city, and near the historic center. It counts with easy acces to the airport, Recinto Ferial, Palacio de Congresos and to the road net. It’s next to the Bus Station. The Expo Hotel room where the tournament will be held, called Gran Salón, has 600m2, so it has a high seating capacity. We recommend you to stay in one of the 378 rooms of the hotel where we do the tournament, as you will save money on travel expenses. This is the web page of the hotel:
http://www.expogrupo.com/hotel/expo-valencia/index.htmlHOW TO ARRIVE?Valencia is a city with very good connections, so you have lots of posibilities to arrive easily from very different places.
You can travel by train from any spanish city, arriving to the North Station. From there, you can get the line 3 (to Mislata-Almassil) of the underground in the Xativa stop. Get out in the next stop, called Angel Guimerá, where you have to get the line 1 (to Bétera or Lliria) and get off in the next stop, Turia. You will be next to the Expo Hotel. In the next link you have a Metro de Valencia (the underground) map:
http://www.indiweb.net/imagenes/metro-valencia.gifYou can get to Valencia by plane. The Manises Airport is at 8km from the place of the tournament. You can get to the hotel by bus or taxi (it would cost about 20 euros). In this link you can see how to arrive from the airport:
http://www.aena.es/csee/Satellite?cid=1048790574465&pagename=Estandar%2FPage%2FAeropuerto&SMO=1&SiteName=VLC&c=Page&MO=1Another good way would be coming by bus, as the Bus Station is very near to the Hotel.
CONTACT INFORMATIONIf you need more information, just contact us by sending and email to
alphafoil@gmail.com or
tropporicco@gmail.com or making a phone call to +34696205709, +34637049748 or +34638825769.
