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[Abington MA] Gatecrash Prerelease Weekend - 1/26 and 1/27
« on: January 08, 2013, 07:24:50 PM »


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Come to our Gatecrash Prerelease and experience the newest Magic: the Gathering set a week before it goes on sale!


The Gatecrash Prerelease presents players with a special opportunity to open a Guild Prerelease Pack and join their favorite guild from the Gatecrash expansion. There are five Guild Prerelease Packs to choose from: Orzhov, Dimir, Gruul, Boros, and Simic.

Check out GuildsofRavnica.com if you want more information on the guilds available in Gatecrash.

If players would like to be guaranteed a specific Guild Prerelease Pack they MUST preregister for the event they would like to participate in.  Please talk to someone at the store or email me at CaleLaquidara@gmail.com to preregister. 



NEW Address:
1423 Bedford Street
Abington MA 02351
781.261.9669


Main Events:

Format: Sealed Deck*
Date: January 26th Friday night / Saturday morning
Time: 12:00am (midnight)
Entrance Fee: $25.00 per person
This event will run 4 rounds.


Format: Sealed Deck*
Date: January 26th Saturday afternoon
Time: 1:00pm
Entrance Fee: $25.00 per person
This event will run 4 rounds.


Format: Sealed Deck*
Date: January 26th Saturday night
Time: 7:00pm
Entrance Fee: $25.00 per person
This event will run 4 rounds.


Format: Sealed Deck*
Date: January 27th Sunday afternoon
Time: 1:00pm
Entrance Fee: $25.00 per person
This event will run 4 rounds.


Format: Two-Headed Giant Sealed Deck**
Date: January 27th Sunday night
Time: 7:00pm
Entrance Fee: $20.00 per person


*Sealed Deck: Each player receives a Guild Prerelease Pack designed specifically for the chosen guild.  Each Guild Prerelease Pack consists of FIVE Gatecrash packs and ONE Guild Booster Pack to use for building a deck.  Battleground will supply basic lands.

**Two-Headed Giant Sealed Deck: Each TEAM will receive TWO Guild Prerelease Packs of with which to build TWO different 40 card decks.  Battleground will supply basic lands.


Simply put, we will run:

Gatecrash Sealed Deck - After FNM at midnight (12:01am) on Saturday morning
Gatecrash Sealed Deck - 1:00pm on Saturday
Gatecrash Sealed Deck - 7:00pm on Saturday
Gatecrash Sealed Deck - 1:00pm on Sunday
Gatecrash Two-Headed Giant Sealed Deck - 7:00pm on Sunday


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Contact:
Please contact me at CaleLaquidara@gmail.com with any questions.



What Do I Get?

Prizes are based on attendance. There will be 2 booster packs per player put into the prize pool. Prizes packs are typically awarded to the top 30% of finishers.


In the Sealed Deck tournaments each player will receive a Guild Prerelease Pack designed specifically for the chosen guild.  These packs contains:

- 5 Gatecrash booster packs
- 1 Guild Booster Pack
- 1 Promo Card **Which you CAN use in your Sealed deck**
- 1 Achievement Card
- 1 Spindown™ Life Counter
- 1 Letter from the Guildmaster
- 1 Guild Symbol Sticker



In the Two-Headed Giant Sealed Deck tournament each team receives TWO Guild Prerelease Packs.



What Else Can I Do?

Open Dueling: Open Dueling players each receive 1 Gatecrash Intro Pack. Open Dueling players use their Intro Pack to play against each other, as well as Prerelease tournament players who are between matches. All players should be encouraged to help teach Open Dueling participants how to play Magic.


Commander Melees:

Use your Commander decks with your friends!


Come down, play some cards, check out the new set, and meet some new people!





Don't forget to check out our Online Store for your Magic singles!  Gatecrash is available for preorder!!

« Last Edit: January 24, 2013, 03:08:22 PM by Battleground »
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Re: [Abington MA] Gatecrash Prerelease Weekend - 1/26 and 1/27
« Reply #1 on: January 09, 2013, 12:20:20 AM »
What guilds are there

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Re: [Abington MA] Gatecrash Prerelease Weekend - 1/26 and 1/27
« Reply #2 on: January 09, 2013, 12:25:17 AM »
Orzhov, Dimir, Gruul, Boros, and Simic.
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Re: [Abington MA] Gatecrash Prerelease Weekend - 1/26 and 1/27
« Reply #3 on: January 09, 2013, 12:35:30 AM »
what colors?

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Re: [Abington MA] Gatecrash Prerelease Weekend - 1/26 and 1/27
« Reply #4 on: January 09, 2013, 12:48:29 AM »
Orzhov: black/white, Dimir: blue/black, Gruul: red/green, Boros: red/white, and Simic: blue/green.
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Re: [Abington MA] Gatecrash Prerelease Weekend - 1/26 and 1/27
« Reply #5 on: January 09, 2013, 03:20:10 PM »
That fathom mage is pimp!

are the promos per guild or are those the promos overall (like fnm, release, wpn, etc, etc...)
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Re: [Abington MA] Gatecrash Prerelease Weekend - 1/26 and 1/27
« Reply #6 on: January 10, 2013, 12:01:39 AM »
are the promos per guild or are those the promos overall (like fnm, release, wpn, etc, etc...)


 I think they are for each pre release you play in. Many of them have the same date on them

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Re: [Abington MA] Gatecrash Prerelease Weekend - 1/26 and 1/27
« Reply #7 on: January 10, 2013, 12:31:49 AM »
You get one of the cards. The one you get is based on which guild you pick.
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Re: [Abington MA] Gatecrash Prerelease Weekend - 1/26 and 1/27
« Reply #8 on: January 15, 2013, 03:18:17 AM »
Swag, simic is so good, oh whats up? miracle blessing of nature, draw a bunch, swing for a bunch, thug life.
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