My first Magic tournament

That last post bugged me, but then I remembered that Saturday was an awesome day for me!

I joined a Magic: The Gathering Prerelease Tournament which featured cards from the new set Avacyn Restored. Kind of a geeky thing to do but I wanted to exeprience it and find out what cool stuff happens during those events. Honestly, I was super excited when I bought my ticket.

Before the event I had to get some tips from my bud Maki from the office. So we looked over the card list online and plotted out strategies. Yes, if you geek out, it better be ALL out.

So I arrived at the event a bit early and met up with Vinno from the office, who was also participating. He had friends with him so we stuck together and ended up being in the same division with each other.

We were given 6 packs each and given 30 mins to make a 40 card deck. My strong cards were mostly red and white so I made a deck out of those cards. Crazy pressure building the deck, 30 mins flies too fast.

Probably, the only six pack I'll have in my life

Round 1 was against a super intense guy (who brought his own magic mat). My hands were shaking during the first game. He used a red/black deck and outplayed me with his expereince (?). Anyway I lost the first game but won the next two which made me win the round. That guy was scary because you could smell the frustration he had when he was losing. We had to have a judge rule one of the events that happned to my success! Eat it!

Round 2 was against one of our group, who was also a noob in the event. He used a green/red deck which had bigger creatures. Again I won two out of three due to good draws and my nifty creatures. What was fun about that round was that it was when we were filling out this achievement sheet which makes us eligable for extra freebies. I even quoted flavor text to get an achievement. So the Helvault which held the goodies was opened in this round and I got me a giant card!

Awesome art on an awesome card

Round 3 was against another of our group, but this guy was more experienced. He also used red/white but had cooler cards. I managed to sneak one win but lost the round. That was the end of my winning streak. The organizers gave free dice and tokens during that round which made me feel better.

Round 4 was a consolation round and I was against some dude who used green/white. What I felt weird was he insisted to shuffle my deck even after I shuffled it. Shuffler. Again, I won one but lost two against his bigger creatures. Maybe I was tricked with master shuffling.

At the end of the event, I went home with two more packs (my prizes), cool freebies and a fun memory of a really geeky day.

I think everyone should have days like these and geek out in their own way.