The Philadelphia Open 3 (formerly the NJ Open) Sat. May 9! UPDATED INFORMATION!!

[Iron_Chef]

I have booked the PA Convention Center for another great tournament in the Philadelphia area!

The Philadelphia Open 3

Pennsylvania Convention Center
12th and Arch St. Room 113 A
Saturday, May 9th, 2009
Doors Open at 9:00 AM

Type 2 Main Event

Entry Fee: $25
Start Time: 10:00 AM - Registration is from 9:00-10:00 AM
K-Value and REL: 32k, Competitive REL
Decklists will be required

THE PRIZES
1st Place: 1st pick from prize pool and 1 booster box of Alara Reborn
2nd Place: 2nd pick from prize pool and 1/2 booster box of Alara Reborn
3rd Place: 3rd pick from prize pool
4th Place: 4th pick out of prize pool
5th-8th Place: 1 booster box of Alara Reborn
9th-16th Place: 1/2 booster box of Alara Reborn

The Foil Playset Prize Pool (will most likely be expanded to include Alara Reborn)
Elspeth, Knight Errant
Mutavault
Bitterblossom
Cryptic Command


Vintage Tournament
Entry Fee: $30
Start Time: 12 noon - Registration is from 11:00-12:00
K-Value:  Unsanctioned with 10 proxies. Competitive REL
Decklists will be required, with proxies marked with an asterix.

1st Place: UL Mox Sapphire
2nd Place: UL Mox Emerald
3rd Place: Mishra's Workshop
4th Place: Mana Drain
5th-8th Place: various vintage swag worth around $50 each.

To convince you guys to play with the cards that makes vintage great, the highest placing player with NO PROXIES will recieve a FOIL JAPANESE THOUGHTSEIZE in addition to any other prizes they might receive!

EDH Tournament
Entry Fee: $10
Start Time: after round 2 of the Vintage Tournament (approximately 3:00 PM)
There will be pods of 4 or 5, depending on the number of entrants, winners of their pods will advance to a final table
This will be unsanctioned, no proxies will be allowed.

Prizes: 
1st place: 60% of the total entry fees in table credit.
2nd place: 20% of the total entry fees in table credit.
3rd-4th place: 10% of the total entry fees in table credit.
EVERY PLAYER WHO MAKES IT TO THE FINAL TABLE IS GUARANTEED A PRIZE!

Booster Drafts:
16k, 8 player, single elimination drafts will be run throughout the day as sign ups fill.
Shards, Conflux, Alara Reborn will be the sets drafted.
$15 to enter
Prizes: 8 packs to 1st, 4 packs to 2nd, 2 packs to 3rd/4th.

I can be reached for questions at NickCoss@yahoo.com, or CoolDddyNick2000 on AIM.

-Nick

P.S. There will be a dealer on site to buy and sell cards!

[John Jones]

Sounds like a good time.

[personalbackfire]

Yes, Ive been waiting for another one of these!

[wiley]

Here is a link to the PA Convention center website, it is pretty helpful if you are looking to go to this:
http://www.paconvention.com/home2/attendees/directions/

Is this a 2 day event?

[InfectedMushroom]

I'll be at this one for sure!

[mr.grim]

Ain't no party like Mr. Coss party , cause a Mr.coss party got KILLER PRIZES !!!!!!!!!

The NJ open 2 was a blast!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! With out a doubt one of the best events I've been to. The competition was good . The deals were sweet ....Tho the lack of Ricks cheesesteaks made a fat kid wanna cry!!!!!!!
That day ended with a mana crypt killing its owner in the finals.

If anyone of y'all missed the last the one, make sure you get your ass to this one !!!!!!!!!!!!

[psyburat]

Thanks for the heads up, I'll make sure to request off for this!

[forcethewill]

hmm seems like a tournament that is relevant to me... than it is settled to philly!!

[TD]

Ain't no party like Mr. Coss party , cause a Mr.coss party got KILLER PRIZES !!!!!!!!!

I could have sworn his name was Cross.

[Prospero]

I'm game. 

I think we're going to get a fair amount of the NY, Long Island and NYSE guys there.

[urweak]

What time would this start and what time do you think it would end? How long did the last one run?

[Nomad]

Ain't no party like Mr. Coss party , cause a Mr.coss party got KILLER PRIZES !!!!!!!!!

I could have sworn his name was Cross.

That's just how you find him in the mornings when you wake him up.

I should actually be able to make this one, it would appear...

[Iron_Chef]

updated the details, prize support, etc.

GET EVERYONE TO THIS EVENT!!

[Iron_Chef]

so, who's going to this thing? who expects to win?

-Nick

[oshkoshhaitsyosh]

IM THERE!!!! is it 15 proxy max paying $1/per each after 10...or just 10 absolute max?

[John Jones]

I hope I don't have a lot of school work. I'm missing Simons event this weekend because of it

[Mr. Type 4]

Nick, this event looks awesome. I work in college admissions and they require that i work the Saturday directly before classes start which happens to be this Saturday.  HOWEVER - they have been trying to avoid the cost of paying everyone overtime for this lately, so I may not have to work ( I didnt have to work on the last mandatory Saturday) - in which case I will definitly attend this.  Thank you for starting at noon!  I couldnt justify going to the last Philly area event because I would have to get up too god-damned early to get there before 10. 

I also think it's pretty cool that you have a prize for best sanctioned deck after all the discussion about the long term effects of tournaments that allow 20 million proxies.  That's a cool way of working to that end without totally alienating people with no P9 cards.  I might have to play proxies myself, depending on what I decide to play, but I like that you've given people in your area some incentive to not sell all their cards.

The last tournamnet was pretty sweet (I got second lol), so I'm certainly hope I can go to this.

[RitNecroWin]

Nick, this event looks awesome. I work in college admissions and they require that i work the Saturday directly before classes start which happens to be this Saturday.  HOWEVER - they have been trying to avoid the cost of paying everyone overtime for this lately, so I may not have to work ( I didnt have to work on the last mandatory Saturday) - in which case I will definitly attend this. 

I helped get Mr. Type 4 in here on campus and I am in the same boat....However, I just got promoted and if I get to leave my post before that weekend, I WILL be there! <fingers crossed>

[rikimaru75]

I know a bunch of people from Team Baltimore are planning to come.  The last one was tons of fun, so I'm really looking forward to it!

[ashiXIII]

if the Baltimore crew's gonna be there, you might need to ban me, Nick. 

[mr.grim]

Paul's mana crypt hates Paul !!!!!!!!!!

[ashiXIII]

Paul's mana crypt hates Paul !!!!!!!!!!

mine hates me too. at least when it matters.

[Iron_Chef]

Bump, other then people having Mana Crypt issues, I'm proud to announce that I've given away the Mox Pearl that I was going to give away, so I'm going to give away an Emerald instead! (in significantly better shape)

-Nick

MORE TRASH TALK!!!

[mr.grim]

landfill....junk...garbage... haha trash talk!!!!!!!!!!!

[ashiXIII]

Bump, other then people having Mana Crypt issues, I'm proud to announce that I've given away the Mox Pearl that I was going to give away, so I'm going to give away an Emerald instead! (in significantly better shape)

-Nick

MORE TRASH TALK!!!

update op, dumbass

[Iron_Chef]

bump, less then two weeks to go!!!

[Iron_Chef]

Who's ready? Less then one week to go!

[mr.grim]

Hells yeah!!!!!!!! Less then a week till what should be one of the best events of the year!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[GrandpaBelcher]

This sounds like fun, and the last one was pretty good.  I'll look into attending.  Anybody want to ride up from Northern Virginia or Washington DC?

[oshkoshhaitsyosh]

im friggin amped...Nick...I LOVE YOU


p.s. Nick, ill be callin you friday ill be needing some cards brothern Nick