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One Week to Go – Standard Pre-PTQ for Pro Tour Milwaukee

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Join us in just one week for our second Pre-PTQ to qualify one lucky winner for the up-coming Regional PTQ for Pro Tour Milwaukee. This time, the format is Standard at our Abington location. We look forward to seeing you there!

Format: Standard
Date: April 12th, 2015 a SUNDAY
Time: Doors open at 10:00am, Round 1 pairings at 12:00pm
Entrance Fee: $25.00 per person

Address:
1423 Bedford Street
Abington MA 02351
781.261.9669

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This event is being run as a Preliminary Pro Tour Qualifier for Milwaukee:
• Competitive REL
• Decklists required
• Cut to top 8

Prizes:
6 Booster Packs per person will be entered into the prize pool.  These packs will be awarded to the top 8 finishers.  Additional prizes may be awarded based on turnout.

 

 

 

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New ‘Magic’ Set ‘Battle for Zendikar’ Announced

Wizards of the Coast announced at this year’s PAX East, during the popular Magic panel, the title and details for the first release in the revamped two block set format  for its Magic: The Gathering CCG. Battle for Zendikar releases on October 2.

 

Battle for Zendikar is the first in the new two block, twice-a-year format announced last year.  The 274-card set will be released on October 2, with pre-release events held on September 26-27.  The official Battle for Zendikar Game Day is set for October 24-25, and Magic Online release is slated for October 12.

 

 

The set will be available in Booster Packs, Intro Packs, Fat Packs, and Event Decks. The initial concept and game design team was led by Mark Roasewater, and included Ian Duke, Dan Emmons, Ethan Fleischer, Dave Duskin, and Ari Levitch.  Erik Lauer was lead on the final game design and development team, which included Tim Aten, Kelly Digges, Ian Duke, Ben Hayes, Shawn Main, Yoni Skolnik and contributions from Matt Tabak.

 

This set will follow the new Modern Masters set arriving to Battleground Games & Hobbies in May.

Don’t forget – the new Magic The Gathering: Arena of the Planeswalkers board game arrives at Battleground Games & Hobbies this summer.

 

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MTG ‘Dragons of Tarkir’ Fat Pack Challenge – THIS Friday! Join us!

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The highly anticipated Fat Pack Challenge is back for Dragon’s of Tarkir!

Dragons of Tarkir (DTK) will be released on Friday, March 27th and we will have a full line-up of events for you to crack packs, build decks and play Magic at both of our stores!  The weekend will kick off with our flagship Sealed Deck-style event, but with a Fat Pack!

The Battleground Games & Hobbies Dragons of Tarkir Fat Pack Challenge is taking place THIS coming Friday night at both locations (run as our FNM).  These are the ultimate sealed events – where you open packs, build a deck and play with just the contents of a Dragons of Tarkir Fat Pack!

The concept of a Fat Pack Challenge is pretty simple.  Each player will receive an Dragons of Tarkir Fat Pack with which to build a 40-card deck.  Players may use ONLY what is inside of their Fat Pack to construct their decks.  23
We’ve got two of these events for you, one at each Battleground location:

Abington and Plainville:
Format: **Fat Pack Sealed**
Date: March 27th – THIS FRIDAY
Time: 7:00pm
Entrance Fee: $40.00

Abington:
1423 Bedford Street
Abington MA 02351
781.261.9669
Plainville:
25 Taunton Street
Plainville MA 02762
508.316.1195

 

Don’t forget to check out Battleground’s Online Store for Magic Product and Supplies!

 

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MTG ‘Dragons of Tarkir’ Pre-release Begins Tonight @ MIDNIGHT!

 

Join us TONIGHT at Battleground Games & Hobbies for the Dragons of Tarkir Prerelease and experience the newest Magic: the Gathering set a week before it goes on sale!

 

OUR CASUAL FRIENDLY PRIZE PAYOUT WILL AWARD PRIZE PACKS TO EVERYONE THAT’S WON TWO OR MORE MATCHES!

The Dragons of Tarkird 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 Dragon Clans in Dragons of Tarkir:

Dromoka – White/Green
Ojutai – Blue/White
Silumgar – Black/Blue
Kolaghan – Red/Black
Atarka – Green/Red

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

Locations:

Abington Store:
1423 Bedford Street
Abington MA 02351
781.261.9669
Plainville Store:
25 Taunton Street
Plainville MA 02762
508.316.1195

Schedule of Events:

Format: Sealed Deck*
Date: March 21st 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: March 21st Saturday afternoon
Time: 12:00pmPLAINVILLE
Time: 2:00pmABINGTON
Entrance Fee: $30.00 per person
This event will run 4 rounds.

Format: Sealed Deck*
Date: March 21st Saturday night
Time: 6:00pmPLAINVILLE
Time: 7:00pmABINGTON
Entrance Fee: $30.00 per person
This event will run 4 rounds.

Format: Two-Headed Giant Sealed Deck**
Date: March 22nd 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: March 22nd 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 Dragons of Tarkir Prerelease Pack corresponding to the clan of their choice.

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

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What Do I Get?

Each Player will receive one Dragons of Tarkir Prerelease Pack that contains:

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

For more information on DRAGON FURY, the Dragons of Tarkir Prerelease Activity that will result in players winning additional cards, visit this link.

What Else Can I Do?

Open Dueling: Open Dueling players each receive 1 Dragons of Tarkir 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!

 

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Results for Pre-PTQ At Battleground Games & Hobbies in Plainville [Deck lists]

Below are the results for the Preliminary Pro Tour Qualifier for Milwaukee held in Plainville on 3/15/15. Thanks to those that came and congratulations to Tim Fay for his outstanding performance with a great-looking deck! We likewise wish to congratulate Battleground Games & Hobbies regulars Ken Briscoe and Jay Costello on their performance! Don’t forget there is a Standard Format Preliminary Pro Tour Qualifier for Milwaukeein Abington on April 12th. Also, there is a Prerelease for Dragons of Tarkir on March 21-22 at both Battleground locations!

Players: 60
Rounds: 6 before a cut to top 8

Top 8 PLayers:

1. Tim Fay
2. Edin Enzmann
3. Rory Madden
4. Ken Briscoe
5. Cristian Ferreira
6. Benjamin Winterhalter
7. Nicolas Cuenca
8. Jay Costello

Prizes:

1. 2 boxes
2. 1.5 boxes
3. 1.25 boxes
4. 1.25 boxes
5. 1 box
6. 1 box
7. 1 box
8. 1 box

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Top 8 Deck Lists:

Tim Fay
1st Place

2x Duress
4x Inquisition of Kozilek
2x Lingering Souls
3x Man Leak
2x Spell Snare
2x Spell Pierce
4x Path to Exile
1x Vendilion Clique
1x Tasigur, the Golden Fang
1x Thassa, God of the Sea
4x Geist of Saint Traft
4x Zur the Enchanter
3x Spreading Seas
2x Detention Sphere
1x Steel of the Godhead

1x Eiganjo Castle
1x River of Tears
2x Darkslick Shores
3x Creeping Tar Pit
3x Marsh Flats
2x Flooded Strand
4x Polluted Delta
1x Hallowed Fountain
1x Watery Grave
2x Godless Shrine
2x Island
1x Swamp
1x Plains

Sideboard:

2x Dismember
1x Damnation
1x Supreme Verdict
2x Timely Reinforcements
1x Threads of Disloyalty
1x Illness in the Ranks
1x Kitchen Finks
2x Stony Silence
1x Rest in Peace
1x Flash Freeze
1x Dispel
1x Steel of the Godhead

Edin Enzmann
2nd Place

4x Goblin Guide
4x Monastery Swiftspear
4x Eidolon of the Great Revel
2x Grim Lavamancer
4x Lightning Bolt
4x Lava Spike
4x Rift Bolt
4x Skullcrack
4x Boros Charm
2x Lightning Helix
2x Shard Volley
3x Searing Blaze

3x Mountain
4x Scalding Tarn
4x Wooded Foothill
4x Bloodstained Mire
1x Stomping Ground
3x Sacred Foundry

Sideboard:

3x Destructive Revelry
1x Lightning Helix
2x Path to Exile
2x Deflecting Palm
2x Smash to Smithereens
3x Molten Rain
2x Kor Firewalker

Rory Madden
3rd Place

4x Goblin Guide
4x Monastery Swiftspear
4x Eidolon of the Great Revel
2x Grim Lavamancer
4x Lightning Bolt
4x Lava Spike
4x Rift Bolt
4x Bolros Charm
2x Lightning Helix
1x Shard Volley
4x Skullcrack
4x Searing Blaze

3x Mountain
4x Wooded Foothill
4x Bloodstained Mire
4x Arid Mesa
3x Sacred Foundry
1x Stomping Ground

Sideboard:

4x Destructive Revelry
3x Kor Firewalker
3x Molten Rain
2x Smash to Smithereens
3x Path to Exile

Ken Briscoe
4th Place

3x Noble Hierarch
2x Scavenging Ooze
4x Tarmogoyf
2x Anafenza, the Foremost
4x Seige Rhino
3x Lingering Souls
1x Duress
3x Inquisition of Kozilek
3x Thoughtseize
4x Liliana of the Veil
2x Dismember
1x Path to Exile
1x Maelstrom Pulse
4x Abrubt Decay

1x Vault of the Archangel
2x Twilight Mire
1x Stilling Wildwood
2x Treetop Village
1x Temple Garden
1x Godless Shrine
2x Overgrown Tomb
1x Windswept Heath
4x Marsh Flats
4x Verdant Catacombs
1x Plains
1x Forest
2x Swamp

Sideboard:

1x Torpor Orb
4x Fulminator Mage
1x Batterskull
2x Timely Reinforcements
3x Leyline of Sanctity
1x Golgari Charm
1x Seal of Primordium
2x Creeping Corrosion

Cristian Ferreira
5th Place

4x Phantasmal Image
4x Merrow Reejerey
4x Silvergill Adept
4x Aether Vial
2x Tidebinder Mage
3x Vapor Snag
2x Spell Pierce
2x Master of Waves
4x Master of the Pearl Trident
4x Cursecatcher
4x Spreading Seas
4x Lord of Atlantis

2x Cavern of Souls
1x Oboro, Palace in the Clouds
4x Mutavault
12x Islands

Sideboard:

2x Swan Song
1x Tidebider Mage
2x Mana Leak
1x Hurkyl’s Recall
2x Dismember
1x Vendilion Clique
2x Skaab Ruinator
2x Spell Pierce
2x Spellskite

Benjaminm Winterhalter
6th Place

2x Grim Lavamancer
4x Kind Ape
4x Loam Lion
4x Wild Nacatl
4x Flinthoof Boar
4x Tarmogoyf
3x Wolly Thoctar
3x Ghor-Clan Rampager
4x Lightning Bolt
4x Path to Exile
4x Lightning Helix

4x Arid Mesa
4x Windswept Heath
4x Wooded Foothills
1x Sacred Foundry
2x Stomping Ground
1x Treetop Village
1x Temple Garden
1x Forest
1x Mountain
1x Plains

Sideboard:

3x Dragon’s Claw
1x Deflecting Palm
2x Stony Silence
1x Ancient Grudge
2x Volcanic Fallout
2x Molten Rain
3x Skullcrack
1x Unravel the Aether

Nicolas Cuenca
7th Place

4x Mox Opal
4x Ornithopter
4x Arcbound Ravager
4x Springleaf Drum
2x Galvanic Blast
1x Thoughtseize
4x Signal Pest
4x Vault Skirge
4x Cranial Plating
3x Memnite
2x Spellskite
2x Etched Champion
2x Master of Etherium
4x Steel Overseer

4x Darksteel Citadel
3x Glimmervoid
4x Blinkmoth Nexus
4x Inkmoth Nexus
1x Island

Sideboard:

1x Relic of Progenitus
2x Ancient Grudge
2x Spell Pierce
1x Welding Jar
2x Whipflare
2x Wear/Tear
2x Thoughtseize
1x Dismember
2x Etched Champion

Jay Costello
8th Place

1x Spellskite
2x Memnite
2x Steel Overseer
1x Master of Etherium
3x Etched Champion
4x Ornithopter
4x Signal Pest
4x Vault Skirge
4x Arcbound Ravager
4x Cranial Plating
4x Mox Opal
4x Springleaf Drum
1x Welding Jar
3x Galvani Blast
2x Ensoul Artifact
1x Thoughtcast

4x Darksteel Citadel
4x Inkmoth Nexus
4x Blinkmoth Nexus
3x Glimmervoid
1x Island

Sideboard:

1x Spell Pierce
1x Chalice of the Void
1x Phyrexian Unlife
1x Spellskite
1x Whipflare
1x Illness in the Ranks
1x Dispatch
1x Wear/Tear
2x Blood Moon
2x Ancient Grudge
3x Thoughtseize

 

 

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TOMORROW – Modern Pre-PTQ for Pro Tour Milwaukee

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THIS SUNDAY! Join us for our first of two Pre-PTQ’s leading up to Pro Tour Milwaukee! We look forward to seeing you there.

Format: Modern
Date: March 15th, 2014 a SUNDAY
Time: Doors open at 11:00am, Round 1 pairings at 12:00pm
Entrance Fee: $25.00 per person
Address:
25 Taunton Street
Plainville MA 02762
508.316.1195

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This event is being run as a Preliminary Pro Tour Qualifier for Milwaukee:
• Competitive REL
• Decklists required
• Cut to top 8

Prizes:
6 Booster Packs per person will be entered into the prize pool.  These packs will be awarded to the top 8 finishers.  Additional prizes may be awarded based on turnout.

 

 

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