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[Abington MA] Battleground Commander Launch Party - 6/17
« on: June 08, 2011, 04:28:54 AM »


Battleground Games & Hobbies - Abington





Commander Launch Party


Format: Grand Melee (Non-Chaos) + 4 man Chaos queues
Date: June 17th, 2011 a Friday
Time: 6:00pm - Chaos queues start, 7:30pm - Just after FNM begins we will fire off our Grand Melee.
Entrance Fees: $8.00 per person - paid for each event you play in


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1501 Bedford Street
Abington MA 02351
781.261.9669

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Magic: The Gathering - Commander Launch Parties are a great way to celebrate the release of the latest Magic multiplayer set. Play, trade, spend time with friends and get a cool promo card! All participants receive one of five different premium oversized Legendary Creature promo card exclusive to the Launch Party (while supplies last).

Promos include:

• Edric, Spymaster of Trest
• Basandra, Battle Seraph
• Skullbriar, the Walking Grave
• Vish Kal, Blood Arbiter
• Nin, the Pain Artist


Here is a link to the Commander rules.

Non-Chaos Format: Players may attack only players to their left and/or right.

Chaos Format: Players may attack any player.



The Grand Melee will be run as a Non-Chaos event.


Prizes for the Grand Melee are based on attendance.

The new Commander Decks will be given out to the top finisher(s) base on attendance.


Example of Grand Melee prize structure based on 12 players:

• 1st - Commander Deck of their choice (while supplies last)
• 2nd - Commander Deck of their choice (while supplies last)
• 3rd - Commander Deck of their choice (while supplies last)
• 4th - 3 booster packs


Example of Grand Melee prize structure based on 16 players:

• 1st - Commander Deck of their choice (while supplies last)
• 2nd - Commander Deck of their choice (while supplies last)
• 3rd - Commander Deck of their choice (while supplies last)
• 4th - Commander Deck of their choice (while supplies last)




Commander - 4 person Chaos Queue - Constructed Deck
$8.00 per person
Last man standing receives a Commander deck of their choice (while supplies last).


Commander - 4 person Chaos Queue - Preconstructed Deck
This is for new players or players choosing to use one of the new decks
$8.00 per person
Last man standing receives a Commander deck of their choice (while supplies last).


Bring your friends!



Interested in more Magic?  Check out our other events offered at the Plainville MA location:


New Phyrexia Game Day - 6/12
StarCityGames.com Invitational Qualifier - 6/18
Commander Launch Party - 6/19
Standard Pauper Event for a box of Worldwake - 7/2



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Re: [Abington MA] Battleground Commander Launch Party - 6/17
« Reply #1 on: June 20, 2011, 12:50:52 AM »
Any idea when Abington restocks their English commander decks again? I wana be down before they're gone again!
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Re: [Abington MA] Battleground Commander Launch Party - 6/17
« Reply #2 on: June 20, 2011, 05:51:10 AM »
As soon as possible.  We don't know if WotC will let us order them again right away.  We should know in 12 hours from the time of this post.

Plainville has at least 1 of each deck right now.  As it turns out, the hype didn't last through Sunday... or Fathers Day killed interest.
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