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Join Us for MTG ‘Fate Reforged’ Game Day – TOMORROW!

Friday, February 13th, 2015

Battleground Games & Hobbies in Abington and Plainville MA

Join us at Battleground Games & Hobbies for our ‘Fate Reforged’ Game Day and play with the new cards on a global scale!

Saturday
ABINGTON
Format: Standard (with a cut to top 8.)
Date: February 14th, 2015
Time: 2:00pm
Entrance Fee: $10.00

Sunday
ABINGTON
Format: Standard (with a cut to top 8.)
Date: February 15th, 2015
Time: 2:00pm
Entrance Fee: $10.00

PLAINVILLE
Format: Standard (with a cut to top 8.)
Date: February 15th, 2015
Time: 2:00pm
Entrance Fee: $10.00

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The event will cut to a top 8 or top 4 based on attendance.

Deck lists are not required for this event.

All players will receive a full art promo and top 8 competitors will receive an additional full art, foil promo!

The winner of the event will receive a sweet, Fate Reforged Game Day Playmat (shown above).

We look forward to seeing you there!

Tags: Event, Fate Reforged, Game Day, Magic the Gathering, MTG, Standard, Tournament, Type 2, Wizards of the Coast
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MTG ‘Fate Reforged’ Pre-orders: 24 Hours to Go!

Thursday, January 22nd, 2015

Only 24 hours left to pre-order the next set in the Khans of Tarkir block – Fate Reforged! Reserve products and single cards from this new set today and have then ready for you on January 23rd for either in-store pick up or shipped right to your front door!

Pre-order Fate Reforged Single Cards

Pre-order Fate Reforged Sealed Product

Fate Reforged pre-orders ship on Friday, January 23rd. Sealed product may not ship internationally. Orders containing pre-order items will not ship until the pre-order item becomes available.

Don’t forget to join us at either Battleground Games & Hobbies location TOMORROW for our high acclaimed Fat Pack Challenge event! Participants receive a Fate Reforged Fat Pack with which to build a 40-card deck and compete for some super-cool, exclusive prizes! Event begins promptly at 7:00 PM. Entry is just the cost of the Fat Pack. Join us! We look forward to seeing you there.

Tags: Event, Fat Pack Challenge, Fate Reforged, FRF, Magic the Gathering, MTG, New Release, Preorder, Tournament, Wizards of the Coast
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‘Fate Reforged’ MIDNIGHT Madness Begins TONIGHT!

Friday, January 16th, 2015

Battleground’s Fate Reforged Prerelease – BEGINNING TONIGHT AT MIDNIGHT!

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

ANNOUNCING A NEW, FRIENDLY PRIZE PAYOUT WHICH WILL AWARD PRIZE PACKS TO EVERYONE THAT’S WON TWO OR MORE MATCHES!

We’re pleased to announce that we’ll be paying out more prize packs and to more people than ever before!

The Fate Reforged Prerelease presents players with a special opportunity to open a Prerelease Pack. There are five Prerelease Packs to choose from; each corresponds to a one of the five clans in Fate Reforged:

The Abzan Houses – White/Black/Green
The Jeskai Way – Blue/Red/White
The Sultai Brood – Black/Green/Blue
The Mardu Horde – Red/White/Black
The Temur Frontier – Green/Blue/Red

If players would like to be guaranteed a specific Fate Reforged Prerelease Pack they MUST preregister for the event they would like to participate in. Please talk to someone at the store or contact us to preregister.

Abington Store:
1423 Bedford Street
Abington MA 02351
781.261.9669

Plainville Store:
25 Taunton Street
Plainville MA 02762
508.316.1195

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Format: Sealed Deck*
Date: January 17th Friday night / Saturday morning
Time: 12:00am (midnight) – BOTH LOCATIONS
Entrance Fee: $30.00 per person
This event will run 4 rounds.

Format: Sealed Deck*
Date: January 17th Saturday afternoon
Time: 12:00pm – PLAINVILLE
Time: 2:00pm – ABINGTON
Entrance Fee: $30.00 per person
This event will run 4 rounds.

Format: Sealed Deck*
Date: January 17th Saturday night
Time: 6:00pm – PLAINVILLE
Time: 7:00pm – ABINGTON
Entrance Fee: $30.00 per person
This event will run 4 rounds.

Format: Two-Headed Giant Sealed Deck**
Date: January 18th Sunday afternoon
Time: 12:00pm in PLAINVILLE
Time: 7:00pm in ABINGTON
Entrance Fee: $25.00 per person
This event will run 4 rounds.

Format: Sealed Deck*
Date: January 18th Sunday night
Time: 6:00pm in PLAINVILLE
Time: 2:00pm in ABINGTON
Entrance Fee: $30.00 per person
This event will run 4 rounds.
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*Sealed Deck: Each player receives one Fate Reforged Prerelease Pack corresponding to the clan of their choice.

**Two-Headed Giant Sealed Deck: Each TEAM will receive 2 Fate Reforged Prerelease Packs with which to build two 40 card decks.

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What Do I Get?

Each Player will receive one Fate Reforged Prerelease Pack that contains:

4 Fate Reforged booster packs
1 Khans of Tarkir booster pack
1 seeded booster pack
1 Activity insert
1 Clan information card
1 Spindown Life Counter
1 clan identity button
For this event, players may use the promo card included with the Prerelease Pack in their tournament deck.

What Else Can I Do?

Open Dueling: Open Dueling players each receive 1 Fate Reforged 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.

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 needs!

Tags: Event, Fate Reforged, FRF, Magic the Gathering, MTG, New Release, Prerelease, Tournament, Wizards of the Coast
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Announcing MTG ‘Fate Reforged’ Prerelease Details

Friday, January 9th, 2015

Battleground’s Fate Reforged Prerelease – January 17th + 18th