Charity Tournament, Richmond VA

[Zherbus]

Posting for Triple_S

The Jay Coffman Memorial Tournament November 22nd

I wanted to alert you to a very special Magic tournament this month in Richmond, Virginia.  Last year the Magic community lost one of its brightest when Jay Coffman succumbed to cancer after battling the disease for nearly a decade. Jay was a huge fan of Magic and played from its very first days and continued until his illness made it impossible.  He was a deckbuilder at heart and loved coming up with new and interesting ideas to surprise people at tournaments.  He was hugely instrumental in popularizing the Vintage (Type 1) Magic scene as part of a group of innovators based out of Richmond, which helped spawn the Star City Power Nine tournament series that began right here in Richmond.  I know he snagged power from at least two of those tournaments!



Sunday, November 22nd Richmond Comix in conjunction with the VAComicon are going to celebrate our friend by holding a Magic tournament to benefit the Massey Cancer Research Center at MCV, the people responsible for giving us extra years with Jay.  There’s going to be special prizes and all proceeds will go to a very worthy cause.



Here's the link to the details on Jay's tournament:

http://gate.sunknight.net/richmondcomix/?p=87



There are also links to Silent Auctions of Jay’s gaming materials, with proceeds also going to Massey Cancer Research Center.  There are Vintage power cards, classic RPGs, Jay’s Trade Binder, and more—be sure to check it out, even if you can’t make the tournament.



If you’re in the area, I hope you’ll find the time to come out play some Magic in Jay’s honor!

[Triple_S]

Off the top of my head, a few of the items up for auction:

UL Mox Ruby
Mishra's Workshop
3 x Ill. Mask
3 x P Dreadnought
One of each dual land (in a set)

[Smmenen]

This is one of hte most worthwhile reasons to go to a magic tournament.   

I remember jay pretty well -- he was a huge fan of the JuggerStax concoction, and he always made top 8.   He was on a thorn in Meandeck's side!   What a good cause. 

[AshThaReaper804]

Oh standard for benefit function, I like it, be prepared for R/G Geopede ladies

[TommyMadProphet]

I thought I would give this a quick bump to remind everyone that its tomorrow.