I don't usually post on the same topic back to back, but today's post is more of a follow-up to our last post anyway. Sunday saw our first Constructed Tournament for Magic: The Gathering and I'm rather surprised at the results.
Our turnout wasn't as stellar as I'd hoped, as at least five of our players couldn't make it for the game. This made the tourney a little smaller, but it was still a blast since everyone really put some effort into making it fun for everyone. I've included the tournament structure below so we can see how the double elimination works. It's a lot different than our standard draft pairings or even round-robins we so favor.
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| Double Elimination will be our practice for Constructed Tournaments going forward. |
I actually won!
Ok, well I was going to award decks to the winners. Thus, I deferred the prizes to the 1st and 2nd Runners-Up, Captain Video and Marky Mark. The Captain took home a Selesnya deck from Ravnica and Marky Mark got a howlin' Naya deck from Alara block. Jerry Wargate took notice of my victory however, and a large chunk of change was donated to the treasury from his coffers in recognition of me actually winning something! Even if it was my own stuff!
Next month's Magic day will be looked forward to with much anticipation now that the tournament has come and passed. The drafts will change in tone - people will begin drafting like a normal club, since we'll actually have a metagame that's not limited to that specific draft day. In other words, we're witnessing the "regrowth" of Magic in the club, and we've taken steps to make it a permanent fixture (since really it is anyway).
Magic day is the first Game Day of each month! For the next few months, this is what our schedule will look like!
- April - Innistrad Booster Draft
- May - Dark Ascension Booster Draft
- June - Avacyn Restored Booster Draft
- July - Modern Constructed Tourney
- August - M13 Booster Draft
- September - Modern Constructed Tourney
After this, we'll have Modern Constructed every month until the next block rolls out. We're gonna stay on top of those drafts this year!
