the difference here is that there is still the same cap on the number of PTQ's total, and thus there will be the same crowds of people competing for it. If they wanted to cut down on size of PTQ's (and I don't think they do) then the only realistic way to do it would be to mandate that all ptqs for a given PT run on the same day.
Go here and input your city to find out where and who is running next seasons modern PTQ's. The events run by PTO's that do not have a brick and mortar store in states that they used to run are now being hosted by shops in that city or nearby area.
I am interested in seeing what the future holds for some of the top end PTO's that have no shops themselves but have been crucial to the games development over the years. Will they be left out in the cold?
Conflux card count shows 0 when searching by expansion using the deck editor. It most likely is because the cards themselves are marked CF and in the editor the expansion is marked CO
Here is the build I have been using lately for post rotation...hoping Zen adds a replacement jewel of some type...hasty creature or cool burn spell. Savage lands are there for just more r/b, green hasnt entered the equation but may with Zen.
$5000 Kentucky Open Weekend http://www.bluegrassmagic.com/kentuckyopen.html
This weekend will be the 1st chance at playing in a $5K event with Magic2010 and the new rules changes. $5K Standard 7/18 (100% cash payouts) MMX Launch Party 7/18 PTQ Austin 7/19 Dual land Tournament 7/19 (extended..winner receives a full set x4 of revised duals) $5K Kentucky Open
When:
Saturday July 18th, 2009
Registration starts at 9:00 a.m.
1st round begins at 11 a.m.
Where:
Kentucky Fair and Expo Center
Southwing C202-C203
937 Phillips Ln.
Louisville, KY 40209
(502) 367-5000
Entry Fee:
$30
Tournament Format:
Standard
Legal sets for this event will be Magic 2010, Lorwyn, Shadowmoor, Morningtide, Eventide, Shards of Alara, Conflux and Alara Reborn.
Competitive Rules Enforcement Level
Tournament Structure:
Modified Swiss with the top 8 finishers playing single elimination for prizes.
Head Judge Jared Sylva
Prizes:
1st place receives $2000 , hotel accommodations for Nationals
and the Kentucky Open Trophy
2nd place receives $1000
3rd - 4th each receives $500
5th - 8th each receives $250
9th place receives free entry into PTQ Austin on July 19th.
♦ ♦ ♦ Magic 2010 Launch Party
When:
Saturday July 18th, 2009
Registration starts at 9:00 a.m.
Drafts will run all day and will start as soon as 8 players sign up.
Where:
Kentucky Fair and Expo Center
Southwing C202-C203
937 Phillips Ln.
Louisville, KY 40209
(502) 367-5000
Entry Fee:
$15
Tournament Format:
Booster Draft
Tournament Structure:
Modified Swiss
Prizes:
1st place receives 6 boosters.
2nd place receives 4 boosters.
3rd place receives 1 booster.
4th place receives 1 booster.
♦ ♦ ♦
PTQ Austin
When:
Sunday July 19th, 2009
Registration starts at 9:00 a.m.
1st round begins at 11 a.m.
Where:
Kentucky Fair and Expo Center
Southwing C203
937 Phillips Ln.
Louisville, KY 40209
Entry Fee:
$25
Tournament Structure:
Modified Swiss
Tournament Format:
Standard
Prizes:
Each top8 finisher receives a Top8 pin.
1st place receives an invite to PT Austin, travel award and a box of boosters.
2nd - 8th place each receives a box of boosters.
♦ ♦ ♦ Dual Land Tournament
When:
Sunday July 19th, 2009
Registration starts at 3:00 p.m.
1st round begins at 4:00 p.m.
Where:
Kentucky Fair and Expo Center
Southwing C203
937 Phillips Ln.
Louisville, KY 40209
Entry Fee:
$30
Tournament Structure:
Modified Swiss
Tournament Format:
Extended
Prizes:
1st place receives a players set of each revised dual land.
(4x Badlands, 4x Bayou, 4x Plateau, 4x Savannah, 4x Scrubland,
4x Taiga, 4x Tropical Island, 4x Tundra, 4x Underground Sea,
4x Volcanic Island)
That would be terrible!
http://wizards.com/Magic/TCG/Events.aspx?x=mtgcom/protour/barcelona12-qualifiers
11 Mountain
4 Savage Lands
4 Dragonskull Summit
4 Terminate
4 Lightning Bolt
3 Volcanic Fallout
4 Blightning
2 Banefire
4 Ball Lightning
4 Hellspark Elemental
5 Swamp
3 Siege-Gang Commander
4 Shambling Remains
4 Hell's Thunder
Sideboard:
SB: 4 Anathemancer
SB: 4 Goblin Outlander
SB: 4 Doom Blade
SB: 2 Scepter of Fugue
Yeah not as exciting as worms or commands.:)
PTQ Austin top8 decklists 133 players
Justin Brown -1st
2 Exotic Orchard
3 Island
4 Reflecting Pool
3 Sunken Ruins
2 Mystic Gate
2 Cascade Bluffs
4 Vivid Creek
2 Vivid Crag
3 Vivid Meadow
1 Vivid Marsh
1 Broodmate Dragon
3 Plumeveil
1 Mulldrifter
1 Baneslayer Angel
1 Nucklavee
4 Esper Charm
4 Broken Ambitions
2 Doom Blade
3 Hallowed Burial
3 Firespout
4 Cryptic Command
3 Jace Beleren
3 Cruel Ultimatum
1 Maelstrom Pulse
Sideboard:
2 Ajani Vengeant
1 Banefire
1 Hallowed Burial
4 Great Sable Stag
2 Volcanic Fallout
3 Negate
2 Runed Halo
Nick Becvar -2nd
4 Reflecting Pool
4 Savage Lands
3 Vivid Marsh
3 Vivid Grove
4 Twilight Mire
3 Graven Cairns
1 Forest
1 Swamp
1 Mountain
1 Mutavault
2 Sygg, River Cutthroat
4 Putrid Leech
4 Boggart Ram-Gang
4 Bloodbraid Elf
4 Kitchen Finks
2 Broodmate Dragon
4 Lightning Bolt
4 Bituminous Blast
3 Maelstrom Pulse
2 Jund Charm
1 Volcanic Fallout
1 Sign in Blood
Sideboard:
3 Great Sable Stag
3 Infest
2 Snakeform
2 Blightning
2 Volcanic Fallout
3 Anathemancer
George Taylor - 3rd
9 Forest
3 Mosswort Bridge
2 Windbrisk Heights
3 Wooded Bastion
3 Sunpetal Grove
4 Elvish Archdruid
4 Elvish Visionary
4 Llanowar Elves
4 Heritage Druid
4 Nettle Sentinel
4 Regal Force
4 Ranger of Eos
3 Devoted Druid
1 Mirror Entity
1 Burrenton Forge-Tender
1 Noble Hierarch
1 Manamorphose
1 Coat of Arms
4 Primal Command
Sideboard:
3 Silence
3 Burrenton Forge-Tender
4 Path to Exile
2 Cloudthresher
2 Guttural Response
1 Overrun
Jared Sharp - 4th
2 Island
4 Reflecting Pool
3 Vivid Meadow
4 Vivid Marsh
4 Vivid Creek
1 Exotic Orchard
2 Mystic Gate
2 Cascade Bluffs
4 Sunken Ruins
1 Nucklavee
2 Cloudthresher
4 Mulldrifter
4 Cryptic Command
4 Esper Charm
1 Banefire
3 Cruel Ultimatum
3 Agony Warp
4 Path to Exile
2 Volcanic Fallout
2 Firespout
4 Hallowed Burial
Sideboard:
1 Banefire
3 Thought Hemorrhage
2 Volcanic Fallout
3 Essence Scatter
2 Double Negative
1 Negate
3 Kitchen Finks
Bryan Mohr - 5th
3 Island
4 Reflecting Pool
3 Vivid Meadow
4 Vivid Marsh
4 Vivid Creek
2 Exotic Orchard
3 Mystic Gate
2 Cascade Bluffs
2 Sunken Ruins
3 Mulldrifter
2 Broodmate Dragon
1 Platinum Angel
1 Bogardan Hellkite
2 Maelstrom Pulse
3 Broken Ambitions
4 Cryptic Command
4 Esper Charm
3 Runed Halo
1 Doom Blade
1 Obelisk of Alara
2 Cruel Ultimatum
2 Volcanic Fallout
2 Firespout
3 Hallowed Burial
Sideboard:
1 Pithing Needle
1 Banefire
1 Identity Crisis
4 Great Sable Stag
2 Celestial Purge
1 Planar Cleansing
3 Plumeveil
2 Volcanic Fallout
Justin Warbington - 6th
2 Mosswort Bridge
4 Sunpetal Grove
4 Wooded Bastion
9 Forest
4 Regal Force
4 Nettle Sentinel
1 Burrenton Forge-Tender
4 Llanowar Elves
4 Heritage Druid
4 Devoted Druid
4 Elvish Visionary
4 Elvish Archdruid
4 Ranger of Eos
4 Manamorphose
4 Primal Command
Sideboard:
3 Path to Exile
1 Qasali Pridemage
2 Cloudthresher
4 Great Sable Stag
2 Oversoul of Dusk
3 Burrenton Forge-Tender
Will Kerns - 7th
2 Mutavault
4 Windbrisk Heights
2 Rustic Clachan
17 Plains
4 Goldmeadow Stalwart
4 Wizened Cenn
4 Knight of Meadowgrain
4 Figure of Destiny
4 Cloudgoat Ranger
4 Honor of the Pure
4 Path to Exile
4 Spectral Procession
3 Ajani Goldmane
Sideboard:
2 Baneslayer Angel
3 Lapse of Certainty
4 Burrenton Forge-Tender
2 Celestial Purge
3 Ethersworn Canonist
1 Ajani Goldmane
Grant Christopher - 8th
9 Forest
2 Mosswort Bridge
3 Wooded Bastion
4 Sunpetal Grove
4 Elvish Archdruid
4 Elvish Visionary
4 Llanowar Elves
4 Heritage Druid
4 Nettle Sentinel
4 Regal Force
4 Ranger of Eos
4 Devoted Druid
1 Mirror Entity
1 Burrenton Forge-Tender
3 Manamorphose
1 Coat of Arms
4 Primal Command
Sideboard:
4 Silence
2 Burrenton Forge-Tender
3 Path to Exile
2 Acidic Sliver
1 Cloudthresher
2 Great Sable Stag
1 Banefire
Eric Hadam - 1st
4 Cloudgoat Ranger
4 Spectral Procession
4 Knight of Meadowgrain
4 Goldmeadow Stalwart
3 Ajani Goldmane
4 Honor of the Pure
4 Wizened Cenn
4 Path to Exile
2 Mutavault
2 Rustic Clachan
4 Windbrisk Heights
3 Unmake
4 Burrenton Forge-Tender
4 Stillmoon Cavalier
4 Ethersworn Canonist
3 Jace Beleren
3 Hallowed Burial
2 Doom Blade
4 Cryptic Command
2 Broodmate Dragon
4 Broken Ambitions
1 Nucklavee
3 Plumeveil
3 Cruel Ultimatum
1 Mulldrifter
3 Firespout
1 Maelstrom Pulse
2 Mstic Gate
4 Reflecting Pool
3 Vivid Crag
2 Island
3 Sunken Ruins
2 Cascade Bluffs
3 Vivid Meadow
3 Vivid Marsh
3 Negate
1 Hallowed Burial
2 Runed Halo
2 Celestial Purge
2 Wydwen, the Biting Gale
3 Great Sable Stag
2 Volcanic Fallout
Steve Sadin - 3rd
3 Broodmate Dragon
4 Hallowed Burial
1 Obelisk of Alara
1 Wall of Reverence
4 Captured Sunlight
3 Volcanic Fallout
1 Primal Command
4 Bituminous Blast
2 Maelstrom Pulse
4 Bloodbraid Elf
4 Kitchen Finks
1 Rupture Spire
4 Reflecting Pool
4 Vivid Grove
4 Vivid Meadow
2 Vivid Crag
1 Mutavault
2 Rugged Prairie
1 Wooded Bastion
1 Fetid Heath
1 Fire-Lit Thicket
1 Plains
1 Forest
1 Mountain
1 Twilight Mire
1 Enigma Sphinx
1 Oversoul of Dusk
4 Blightning
1 Primal Command
1 Volcanic Fallout
3 Plumeveil
4 Great Sable Stag
1 Runed Halo
Chris Anderson - 4th
4 Elvish Archdruid
4 Heritage Druid
4 Nettle Sentinel
4 Elvish Visionary
4 Ranger of Eos
4 Regal Force
4 Primal Command
4 Devoted Druid
1 Coat of Arms
1 Burrenton Forge-tender
1 Mirror Entity
3 Manamorphose
4 Sunpetal Grove
1 Mosswort Bridge
9 Forest
1 Gleeful Sabotage
4 Path to Exile
2 Vexing Shusher
3 Burrenton Forge-tender
2 Chameleon Colossus
2 Silence
1 Snakeform
Andrew Shrout - 5th
4 Meddling Mage
4 Bitterblossom
3 Sage's Dousing
4 Spellstutter Sprite
4 Scion of Oona
4 Mistbind Clique
4 Cryptic Command
1 Plains
1 Swamp
2 Terramorphic Expanse
2 Arcane Sanctum
3 Mutavault
4 Secluded Glen
4 Glacial Fortress
2 Drowned Catacomb
2 Tidehollow Sculler
3 Peppersmoke
3 Hallowed Burial
4 Esper Charm
3 Sower of Temptation
Ian Gossett - 6th
1 Fire-Lit Thicket
4 Jungle Shrine
4 Savage Lands
1 Exotic Orchard
2 Forest
2 Swamp
2 Mountain
1 Plains
3 Twilight Mire
4 Reflecting Pool
3 Borderland Ranger
4 Kitchen Finks
3 Captured Sunlight
4 Enlisted Wurm
2 Naya Charm
4 Bloodbraid Elf
4 Bituminous Blast
4 Maelstrom Pulse
2 Liliana Vess
4 Volcanic Fallout
4 Putrid Leech
4 Anathamancer
4 Lightning Bolt
3 Hallowed Burial
Nick Becvar - 7th
4 Putrid Leech
4 Boggart Ram-Gang
4 Bloodbraid Elf
2 Sygg, River Cutthroat
1 Volcanic Fallout
2 Jund Charm
4 Bituminous Blast
3 Maelstrom Pulse
3 Sign in Blood
4 Lightning Bolt
4 Savage Lands
4 Reflecting Pool
4 Twilight Mire
3 Vivid Marsh
3 Vivid Grove
1 Forest
1 Swamp
1 Mountain
1 Mutavault
3 Graven Cairns
3 Great Sable Stag
3 Infest
2 Volcanic Fallout
2 Snakeform
2 Blightning
3 Anathamancer
Vincent Lanceford - 8th
4 Figure of Destiny
4 Honor of the Pure
4 Path to Exile
4 Knight of Meadowgrain
4 Wizened Cenn
4 Spectral Procession
4 Cloudgoat Ranger
3 Ajani Goldmane
1 Harm's Way
3 Rustic Clachan
17 Plains
4 Stillmoon Cavalier
4 Ethersworn Canonist
4 Burrenton Forge-Tender
3 Unmake
http://www.bluegrassmagic.com/kentuckyopen.html
We will let the players decide!!!! The format will be extended but if the day of the event all entrants want to switch the format we will do that.
If the event is ran extended, a piece of power can be scrounged up for a legacy event, if necessary!!
We will let the players decide!!!!
The format will be extended but if the day of the event all players want to switch the format we will do that.
If the event is ran extended, a piece of power can be scrounged up for a legacy event, if necessary!!
http://www.bluegrassmagic.com/kentuckyopen.html
This weekend will be the 1st chance at playing in a $5K event with Magic2010 and the new rules changes.
$5K Standard 7/18 (100% cash payouts)
MMX Launch Party 7/18
PTQ Austin 7/19
Dual land Tournament 7/19 (extended..winner receives a full set x4 of revised duals)
$5K Kentucky Open
When:
Saturday July 18th, 2009
Registration starts at 9:00 a.m.
1st round begins at 11 a.m.
Where:
Kentucky Fair and Expo Center
Southwing C202-C203
937 Phillips Ln.
Louisville, KY 40209
(502) 367-5000
Entry Fee:
$30
Tournament Format:
Standard
Legal sets for this event will be Magic 2010, Lorwyn, Shadowmoor, Morningtide, Eventide, Shards of Alara, Conflux and Alara Reborn.
Competitive Rules Enforcement Level
Tournament Structure:
Modified Swiss with the top 8 finishers playing single elimination for prizes.
Head Judge Jared Sylva
Prizes:
1st place receives $2000 , hotel accommodations for Nationals
and the Kentucky Open Trophy
2nd place receives $1000
3rd - 4th each receives $500
5th - 8th each receives $250
9th place receives free entry into PTQ Austin on July 19th.
♦ ♦ ♦
Magic 2010 Launch Party
When:
Saturday July 18th, 2009
Registration starts at 9:00 a.m.
Drafts will run all day and will start as soon as 8 players sign up.
Where:
Kentucky Fair and Expo Center
Southwing C202-C203
937 Phillips Ln.
Louisville, KY 40209
(502) 367-5000
Entry Fee:
$15
Tournament Format:
Booster Draft
Tournament Structure:
Modified Swiss
Prizes:
1st place receives 6 boosters.
2nd place receives 4 boosters.
3rd place receives 1 booster.
4th place receives 1 booster.
♦ ♦ ♦
PTQ Austin
When:
Sunday July 19th, 2009
Registration starts at 9:00 a.m.
1st round begins at 11 a.m.
Where:
Kentucky Fair and Expo Center
Southwing C203
937 Phillips Ln.
Louisville, KY 40209
Entry Fee:
$25
Tournament Structure:
Modified Swiss
Tournament Format:
Standard
Prizes:
Each top8 finisher receives a Top8 pin.
1st place receives an invite to PT Austin, travel award and a box of boosters.
2nd - 8th place each receives a box of boosters.
♦ ♦ ♦
Dual Land Tournament
When:
Sunday July 19th, 2009
Registration starts at 3:00 p.m.
1st round begins at 4:00 p.m.
Where:
Kentucky Fair and Expo Center
Southwing C203
937 Phillips Ln.
Louisville, KY 40209
Entry Fee:
$30
Tournament Structure:
Modified Swiss
Tournament Format:
Extended
Prizes:
1st place receives a players set of each revised dual land.
(4x Badlands, 4x Bayou, 4x Plateau, 4x Savannah, 4x Scrubland,
4x Taiga, 4x Tropical Island, 4x Tundra, 4x Underground Sea,
4x Volcanic Island)