Back to back awesome this weekend in the Minneapolis area!


Misty Mountain is hosting it’s last large Magic event in it’s current location, we move to new digs at the end of June (along with a name change to Legion Games!). So come out and help us say goodbye to Misty North before they tear the building down later this fall!


Midwest Masters Series Qualifier is on Saturday with registration at 9. Top 8 qualify for the MMS Championship at Gen Con, along with winning 4 day passes! Top 2 Qualify for the TCGPlayer $75,000 championship at Wizard World Chicago, Aug 11-14th.


Sunday take your shot at the Pro Tour Philadelphia Qualifier. Registration at 9am starts at 10!


We’re also running a Grand Prix Trial for the Kansas City Grand Prix during the afternoon of the PTQ on Sunday That event will be Sealed format and begin around 3pm.


Big weekend!


Steve

I just tweaked the Friday night event at GP KC, changed format from Standard to Sealed and added WotC Promo cards to the prize list, with a promo card for every participant!


I also added a Commander event for Saturday afternoon featuring a From the Vault: Exiled and Elder Dragon Vaults as prizes!


Steve

Make sure you come visit us at Grand Prix Kansas City for your shot at free Gen Con passes! We’ll be hosting a Midwest Masters Series on Saturday afternoon for those of you who’d rather play standard. The top 8 of that event each qualify for the $10k Championship at Gen COn PLUS they get FREE 4 day Gen Con passes PLUS the top 2 are qualified for the TCGPlayer.com $75k championship at Wizard World Chicago the following week.


In Addition to passes through the MMS, if you get paired up throughout the weekend against Gen Con’s Scott Elliott you’ll earn a free badge to Gen Con as well!


I’ll have a complete lineup of all things made by Legion Supplies as well, so if you’re having trouble finding them in your local area, come to KC and pick up those Zombie sleeves or that Elder Dragon Vault box you’ve been looking for! The EDVs I have will be in VERY short supply, the run is a complete sellout to distribution at this point, except for the small amount I kept back for GPKC and Gen Con!


Just over 2 weeks left till GP KC, make sure you book your rooms soon or you could miss out!

Today is the cutoff date for the official room block at Grand Prix Kansas City. Rooms are $119, and they are large. The hotel is attached directly to the venue, no 20 minute drives from the event hotel to the event venue either, stumble out of bed, punch the elevator button and BOOM you’re at the GP! Rooms may still be available after today, but the rate isn’t guaranteed. So if you know you’re coming, book your room today! Hyatt room block link.


Also if you’re flying in, don’t forget about the special rate at supershuttles! full details are on the GP Page


We’re only 3 weeks away from GP KC!!!!!

After much debate, and a lot of deep thought. I have decided not to run an MC4 at this time. The decision has been gut wrenching and have thought about it a long time. With all of the other things going on for me right now, I just don’t have the energy or resources to give the cruise. I thank you all for being loyal supporters, and if/when I get the wherewithal to make MC4 happen, I will make sure to let every one know!


Steve

This weekend We’ve got a back to back Standard Event weekend with an MMS Qualifier on Saturday and a PTQ for Philly on Sunday! Saturday afternoon (about Round 4 of the MMS) we’ll have a trial for the MMS Series as well, get a few points for your qualification and lock a bye for the next MMS Qualifier!


All the events are standard Constructed and are both being held at the beautiful Monona Terrace. Registration begins at 9 each day with Round 1 beginning at 10am, plenty of time to get there early on saturday and hit the farmers market before we start! There are plenty of hotel options on each side of town. Few hotels in town are more than 15 minutes away from the venue, and there are a few in short walking distance right downtown.


Hope to see you this weekend!


Steve

Due to me being an idiot. Evan Erwin’s flight was misbooked for tomorrow instead of today. that means he’s not going to be here saturday. I called to change the flight and was told in one case that I couldn’t because the time was too close to the departing flight, and in another that it was going to be over 800 to make the change.


My apologies to anyone who was planning on coming to see Evan on Saturday. Please come back Sunday (or just come out on sunday if you have to pick a day) to see him. he’ll still be there Sunday till 4pm.

I’ve updated the side events (they’re all open to the public, so calling them public events, just seems silly!) and a bit of other information including details about the Longbox we’re giving away to every player in every side event we run (while supplies last, but I got a LOT of them!)

Check out the page HERE

Casper Gronneman takes a look at MC3 from a European Perspective. Fully translated article on the Starkingtonpost.com!

Many of you will have already seen this on “the mother ship”.


Big changes coming in year 2012.
Some bullet points:


The Pro Tour will become exclusive invite only events.


Regional Prereleases will end. (we’ll still have some of the largest prereleases around at Misty and Misty North though!)


MANY Grand Prix events will be added around the world.


At this time we believe that PTQs will be completely unaffected.


Head to the link above and read up!


Before anyone gets their hackles up over this, it seems to me to be nothing but win. I would expect with the larger number of GPs, we’ll see some smaller attendances, making them easier to handle/plan for. We’re currently hitting 1000-1200 in some pretty light markets. a few more will hopefully get this down into the 6-700 range a little more frequently. For Prereleases, we’ll hold them similar to what we have been for the time being. However, Misty Mountain North will be moving in the next 6 months, as our location in valley ridge mall is being eliminated for a new city project. Keep your eye out for information on the new location, which will hopefully be coming in the next several weeks to a month!


Steve