Magic League

Welcome to one and all, we had over 60 people signed up for our previous League and people are super excited about the next one! We've made some modifications as we strive to improve the system. The most notable changes made were a reduction in the duration of the League from 10 weeks down to 6 weeks to compensate for all of our ADD players the new "blind trade" rule requiring that you play people before seeing their trades as well as the new division system with invites to the final tournament. We've also added in more structured Wednesday night activities with additional prize support! Please contact the Aaron @ 602-978-0467 for additional details and http://www.manawerx.com for our calendar (posting soon).

League registration begins February 9th.

League participation begins March 9th.

Entry: $40.00 (payments can be made weekly after a $15 deposit)

Receive: 6 booster packs, 2 each of Zendikar, Rise of the Eldrazi, M11, Scars of Mirrodin, and/or Mirrodin Besieged plus much much more!

Every Wednesday Night @ 7pm an organized Magic League tournament will be held that is FREE to enter. The winner will usually receive a prize pack to add to their pool although some events a random pack will also be given. Magic League games may be played at any time though.

League Rules: Each league member will be given 6 packs. Each league member may then build a 60 card Standard Constructed legal deck from their card pool. The rest of their cards will be their sideboard. They may then choose up to 3 cards to exclude from the league (for example a foil Koth of the hammer you don't want to be tied up in a 6 week event).

-Each player may take 1 free mulligan during every game. Each player may also sideboard at the beginning of a game.

Based on the total number of players in the League, players will be assigned to a Magic League Division. This is to encourage people to play with people they may not know both within their division and without as a strategic bid to ensure their seats at the final tournament.

Each league member may play as many ROUNDS each week as they wish during weekly events, but score league points for the week only for their first 3 rounds. Each round beyond their first 3 counts for tiebreaker points instead. For league points, for each win, that player receives 3 points. For each loss or tie, that member receives 1 point. For tiebreaker points, for each win, that player receives 2 points, For each tie that member receives 0 points, and for each loss that member losses 1 point.
-Each league member may play another league member no more than 2 rounds each week and only 1 of those rounds may be for league point scoring.
-Each league member may NOT play the same opponents they played last week.
Each player may also sideboard at the beginning of a game. If a player misses a week they may make up points during the next week only, meaning the first 6 rounds they play count toward league points.

Each week a player may trade up to 2 cards per match for their first 6 matches, for a total trade of 12 cards per week.

PLAYERS MAY NOT LOOK AT OTHER PLAYERS TRADES PRIOR TO PLAYING NOR MAY THEY COACH A GAME IN PROGRESS.

Violation of either of these rules will result in a warning, followed by an automatic loss for the current week, followed by disqualification from the League until Season 3 begins.

At the end of each weekly event after March 9th, each league member may purchase up to 1 booster pack of Zendikar, Rise of Eldrazi, M11, or Scars of Mirrodin(for just $2.00!!!), and add them to their registered card pool.

At the end of the weekly event on April 6th, a full week will be taken for make up games and final standings, and entry invitations to the final tournament. The final tournament will be held on Saturday, April 23rd @ 12pm.

All scoring from league matches will only ensure a seat and placing at the final tournament, not prize support. Approximately 50% of the total number of league members will be invited to the final tournament. Of this ammount 25% will be division leaders, 50% will be the top league scorers that are not division leaders, and 25% will be wild card random invites.

The final tournament will be a swiss tournament, cut to top 8 with the number of rounds determined by the number of Magic League members.

Prizes: 3 Mirrodin Besieged booster packs per league member divided amongst the Top 4 Final Tournament Members to be handed out as closely to:

1st Place – 50% 2nd Place – 25% 3rd Place –12.5% 4th Place - 12.5%

(Example – 12 League members would pay out 18/9/5/4 – That’s a Box!!!)

Additional prizes will be given to the player who earns the most league achievements that did not receive any other league prizes!


-League Achievement List-

If anyone has suggestions to add to our ever growing achievement list, please submit them to manawerx@hotmail.com

Holy Landfall Batman! – Trigger 8+ Landfall activations in a single turn.

Metalcraft? We don’t need no stinking Metalcraft?! – Win a game with a metalcraft effect never ever entering the battlefield on either side.

Kick It! – Pay the Kicker cost on 4 or more cards in a single game.

Never Tell Me the Odds! – Win the game with your opponent having 1 life.

Sweep the Leg! – Kill a player with one of their own cards.

I’ll be back – Win a game versus a player who already beat you this week.

Beam Me Up Scottie – Move 5 or more cards to different zones other than the graveyard in a single game.

I know Kung Fu – Kill 2 creatures with 1 other creature in the same combat step.

You Shall Not Pass! – Win a game without taking any damage.

No, Mr. Bond, I expect you to die! – Kill a creature that has either 7 power or 7 toughness or by making it a 0/0.

Who Ya’ Gonna Call? – Exile a spirit creature from the game.

Some Dumb ___ is always trying to iceskate uphill. – Destroy a Vampire with a Vampire.

Get Busy Living or Get Busy Dying – Win a game after having gone to 1 life.

Say ‘what’ again – Play 3 or more of the same spell in the same turn.

Hello, my name is Inigo Montoya – You killed my father – Prepare to Die! – Win a game with no creatures in play.

Game over man! Game over! – Lose a game with 3 or more creatures in play that share a creature type.

You will not enjoy this, it will not end quickly – Win a game with you or your opponent having zero cards left in the library.

Snakes? Why did it have to be snakes? – Win a game with 5 or more snakes in play.

Run Forrest! Run – Win a game in 4 turns or less.

Yipee Kiya MF! – Lose a game with -20 or more life. (Die Hard, get it?)

Conan, What is good in life!? – Win 3 league games in the same night.

There’s no place like home – Shuffle a card back into your library.

With great power comes great responsibility – Block with a creature with power 8 or greater or destroy a green goblin (good luck with that!).

You’re going to need a bigger boat – Lose a game to a creature with Islandwalk.

Fastest hands in the west – Destroy (not cancel) 4 creatures as soon as they are brought into play.

1.21 Gigawatts!! – After playing a lightning bolt, have permanents, life, and poison counters on both sides of the field exactly how they were at the

end of your last turn (includes which cards were tapped and untapped that turn as well. Time Travel is a tricky thing.)

It just keeps going and going and going – play the same Instant or Sorcery Card consecutively for 4 or more turns.

Repaid with interest – Take 5 or more Damage from one player, Deal double that amount of damage to the same player.

Falcon Punch! – Destroy a creature with a pumpable spell or ability (“pay X Manna to deal X Damage “) and have X equal to 5 or more.

Precision Kill – Defeat a player by bringing him/her down to Exactly 0 life.

It doesn’t do much does it? – Do not let an opponent’s creature untap for 3 or more turns.

A Giant among mice – Bring a 7/7 or greater creature on to a field occupied only by creatures 2/2 or less.

You know you don’t look so good – Poison or wither a 5/5 or greater creature down to a 1/1

Indestructible, but not immortal – destroy an indestructible creature.

Pull! – Give a creature Flying, then destroy it.

SOMEBODY DO SOMETHING! – Go 5 turns without either player taking damage or poison.

Battle of legends – Defeat a Mythic Rare with a Mythic Rare

They’re so shiny – Have 2 Foils on either side of the field.

Yeah those just weren’t working for me – Mulligan down to 3 or less cards.