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MAGIC OPEN HOUSE

Leisure Time Games To Host A Weekend Event To Teach New Players How To Play Magic The Gathering

Before the Ixalan Prerelease, Leisure Time Games, as well as many other stores throughout the world, will be hosting a free learn-to-play event over the September 16 - 17 weekend.

As stated on the Open House page at Wizards of the Coast:

"This event is for people who have never played Magic before, need a Magic refresher, or want to introduce a friend to the game! Show up, get a Welcome Deck, and play Magic against other newer players. Thousands of game stores will be hosting Magic Open House events to welcome players to Magic, two days only, September 16-17." Wizards of the Coast Website

Come on in anytime between the hours of 12:00 PM and 4:00 PM on Saturday, and 11:00 AM and 3:00 PM on Sunday to participate in this surprisingly popular event. We'll have experienced players here as well as new players, teaching and learning Magic the Gathering.

When you come in to Leisure Time Games for the Magic Open House, you will receive:

A free Welcome Deck

A premium foil full art Walk The Plank*

A Casual Standard event match card

A Welcome To Organized Play card

(if you don't already have a DCI number)

*Your Welcome Deck has 2 30 card decks. You will open one, familiarize yourself with it, and after a brief intro to the game, play another player with their single deck. Once you've finished your game, fill out the Casual Standard event match card.Then, you'll play a second game with the other deck in your Welcome Deck. Don't forget to fill out the match card. Once you've played a third game with your two combined decks and turned in your completed match card, you will get a Walk the Plank promo card.

For those of you that already know how to play, you can earn a promo foil as well by bringing a friend who might enjoy Magic, and have them complete the Casual Standard event match card. You can also earn one by helping someone learn to play (limited to one per instructor).

At 4:00 PM on Saturday, we will be hosting our final Hour Of Devastation Standard Showdown Tournament. You can use a deck you brought, or one you got during the Saturday event. Special promo booster packs are available for various reasons, so most people will be eligible for one. We'll have 6 to give away, but must have a minimum of 8 players.

June 28, 2017

HOUR OF DEVASTATION

STANDARD SHOWDOWN

Free Weekly Standard Tournament Held Every Saturday At Leisure Time Games Starting July 22 And Also Including Summer Games And Comics Day 2017

Starting on Saturday, July 22, and running every Saturday through September 9, Leisure Time Games will be hosting a free to play Standard Format Tournament at 4:00 PM.

This will be a Swiss Tournament. Although these events are framed as being Competitive, the Rules Enforcement Level will be Regular. Each round will be 50 minutes in length. The tournament will be 3 rounds.

At the end of the tournament, special 4 card Standard Showdown Booster Packs will be given out for a variety of reasons, which will include but are not limited to:

Undefeated players

Returning players from previous weeks

New players to Leisure Time Games

Players who brought a new player

These packs will contain

2 rare or mythic rare from a currently legal Standard set

1 Hour of Devastation full-art land

1 premium card of any rarity from a currently legal Standard set, including Hour of Devastation full-art lands.

Remember, this tournament will be held every Saturday, and is free to enter.

See you then

June 28, 2017

HOUR OF DEVASTATION

TUESDAY NIGHT LEAGUE

Weekly Tuesday Night League Kicks Off On July 18 And Runs Through August 8

Starting on the first Tuesday of the official release of the latest Magic the Gathering set, Hour Of Devastation, Leisure Time Games will be hosting a weekly league event in a for fun format especially for the causal player.

Come on in on Tuesdays, any time between 5:00 PM and 8:00 PM. Purchase 2 Hour of Devastation boosters and 1 Amonkhet booster, and build a 30 card minimum deck.

Play whoever you'd like. Play 1 match, Each match you'll get 1 free mulligan (sorry, no scrye on the free one). Once you've played someone, record their name and the result on your league sheet which we will provide you. Then, play someone else.

Each week, each week you miss, and for every 3 losses, you may purchase another Hour Of Devastation OR Amonkhet booster to change up your deck. In order to keep your cards from getting mixed up with the rest of your cards, we will give you a free specially printed card box to store your cards.

On August 8, toward the end of the evening, we'll be giving away some very special promo 4 sided counters that can only be given to people who participated in the league. We're going to be giving them away for a variety of reasons, including:

Participation

Most fun to play against

Brought a new friend

Whatever other reason I come up with

So there's a good chance you'll be leaving with more than one.

June 28, 2017

THE

HOUR OF DEVASTATION

IS UPON US

Starting July 8, Leisure Time Games Will Be Your Go To Place For All Things Magic The Gathering For The New Set Hour Of Devastation

Leisure Time Games is a proud host of leagues, tournament and events for the avid and casual gaming enthusiast. No matter the game you play, we either host, or are happy to host you and your friends to play games and meet other like minded folks who share your enthusiasm for your chosen hobby.

Very soon, the latest and highly anticipated set for Magic The Gathering, Hour Of Devastation, will be releasing. Leisure Time Games will in turn be hosting a huge variety of events that will be sure to interest and enthuse any Magic The Gathering fan.

These events will include (and be further described below):

The Hour Of Devastation:

1. Pre-order Window Has Opened

June 28 - July 12

2. Prerelease

July 8 - 9

3. Open Dueling

July 8 - 9

4. Draft Weekend

July 14 - 16

5. League

Tuesdays July 18 - Aug 8

6. Standard Showdown

Saturdays July 22 - September 9

7. Game Day Weekend

August 5 - 6

Of course if you'd like to play in an event not listed above, let us know. We may already have something going on that you can join in, or we can help you put an event together.

On to the details-

June 28, 2017

HOUR OF DEVASTATION GAME DAY WEEKEND AUGUST 5 - 6

Once the Pro Tour is over, it will be time to try out your newly tooled Standard Format Decks at the Hour Of Devastation Game Day Weekend Tournament, Saturday and Sunday, on August 5 - 6

The Details

Free to enter

Swiss Tournament

Standard Format

Rule Enforcement Level Standard

Number of rounds based on the number of players

Round 1 on Saturday begins at 12:00 PM

Round 1 on Sunday begins at 11:00 AM

Full art promo Abrade to all entries (while supplies last)

Full art foil promo Adorned Pouncer to each of the top 8 finishers

Winner gets an Hour Of Devastation Game Day Weekend Playmat

As always, times, locations, events, and anything else for that matter are subject to change without notice. Contact store if you need more up to date details.

See you this weekend at the Hour Of Devastation Game Day Weekend

The Fine Print:

*Special prices, special offers, discounts, and sales prices are not valid when redeeming store credit.

REFUND POLICY FOR PRERELEASES

If you cannot attend a prerelease we can either hold your prerelease pack until the official release day of April 28 and release it to you then, or depending on how many events you entered, issue you a refund.

If you entered a single event, you will be refunded the amount you paid. If you entered multiple events, you will be issued a refund based on the deal you would have received had you entered the events at the time as if you signed up for them at that time. For example:

Signed up on or before July 7

Entered all 6 events ($132.00), couldn't make 1 of them- This means you instead entered 1 full day, and 2 single events ($72.00 plus $26.00 plus $26.00=$124.00) and will receive a refund for your single missed event of $8.00

Entered All day ($72.00), couldn't make one of them- This means you entered 2 single events ($26.00 each=$52.00) and will receive a refund for your single missed event of $20.00

Entered all 6 events ($132.00), couldn't make 1 event each day-This means you entered 4 individual events ($26.00 each= $104.00) and will receive a refund for your 2 missed events of $28.00

See you here at Leisure Time Games for the Hour of Devastation Prerelease Weekend

June 28, 2017

THE HOUR OF DEVASTATION

PRE-ORDER WINDOW

HAS OPENED

Hour Of Devatation releases on July 14. Make sure to get your box day of release. Pre-order by July 12 to get:

Booster Boxes-

1Booster Box of Hour Of Devastation

1 Foil alternate art promo Wildfire Eternal

$104.95 plus tax*

We are also offering:

1 With Everything-

1 booster box

1 of each of the Planeswalker Decks,

1 Bundle Box

1 Foil alternate art promo Wildfire

$175.00 plus tax*

Any other questions, just let me know

See you soon

June 28, 2017

HOUR OF DEVASTATION

DRAFT WEEKEND

Friday July 14 Through Sunday July 16, Draft Tournaments Will Be Held To Celebrate The Release Of The Latest Magic The Gathering Set

Starting Friday July 14 during Friday Night Magic, and through the weekend, Leisure Time Games will be hosting the Hour Of Devastation Draft Weekend.

To start, the promo card for our FNM Tournaments throughout the month of July will be:

Foil alternate art Reverse Engineer

If you come to play FNM for the Hour Of Devastation Draft Weekend, as well as any draft event you enter through the weekend will also get you (while supplies last):

Foil alternate art date stamped Ramunap Excavator

Here's some more details:

FRIDAY

Starting at 5:00 PM, then 6:00 PM,then 7:00 PM, as well as any time a pod of 8 participants can be put together, a draft will begin. This will be the usual $12.00 entry.

Of course we will also be hosting the usual tournaments as well; Standard, Competitive Standard, Commander, Modern and whatever else there are enough players for. Prize support for all free tournaments will be in the form of the FNM card for first and second, as well as 1 given to a random player. Each tournament that has an entry fee will have prize support based on the type of tournament it is (Competitive Standard, 1 booster for each round win, excluding byes. Drafts, 4 boosters to the winner, 2 to second and 2 to third). All numbers are based on an 8 person pool, and will be adjusted accordingly.

SATURDAY

There will be 2 drafts on Saturday. The first will start at 12:00 PM, the second will begin at 4:00 PM. 8 participants will not be necessary, but 8 will be able to be sanctioned. All drafts will be $12.00. All prize support for the tournaments will be determined by the number of participants.

SUNDAY

There will be 2 drafts on Sunday. The first will start at 11:00 AM, the second will begin at 3:30 PM. 8 participants will not be necessary, but 8 will be able to be sanctioned. All drafts will be $12.00. All prize support for the tournaments will be determined by the number of participants.

We'll look forward to seeing you at the Hour Of Devastation Draft Weekend

June 28, 2017

Hour Of Devastation

Prerelease Registration

Has Opened

July 8 - 9, Leisure Time Games will be hosting 5 Sealed Prerelease Tournaments, 1 Sealed Prerelease Two Headed Giant Tournament, and 2 Open Dueling Events throughout the weekend for the newest set, Hour Of Devastation

On Saturday, the events begin at and will be:

10:00 AM Sealed

2:00 PM Sealed

6:00 PM Two Headed Giant Sealed

On Sunday, the events begin at and will be:

Kaladesh Game Day Weekend

Play Mat For The Winner

June 28, 2017

OPEN DUELING EVENT TO BE HELD AT THE

HOUR OF DEVASTATION PRERELEASE WEEKEND

On Saturday And Sunday, July 8 - 9, Leisure Time Games To Host A Free Open Dueling Event

For those people who would like to play Magic at a larger event, but aren't interested in participating in a tournament setting, Leisure Time Games will be hosing a casual play event, Open Dueling. Anyone who wants to can join in. You can use a deck you brought, a deck you built at the pre-release, or you can pick up one of the Hour Of Devastation Planeswalker Decks that we will have in stock especially for this event. We will be selling the Planeswalker Decks for a special price during the whole weekend: $13.86 + tax, which comes to $15.00. This deck comes with a 60 card deck, a foil rare, and 2 booster packs.

Essence Extraction

Free with entry while supplies last

Foil Cultivator of Blades

1 for each top 8 finisher

March 31, 2017

AMONKHET

STANDARD SHOWDOWN

TOURNAMENTS

Amonkhet Standard Showdown Weekly Tournaments Kick Off At This Year's Con De Mayo 2017

Starting May 6 at Con De Mayo 2017, and every Saturday through July 1, Leisure Time Games will be hosting Amonkhet Standard Showdown tournaments.

We will have special Amonkhet Standard Showdown Booster Packs, to be given out throughout the course of the events that will include (but not necessarily limited to):

1. Multiple Attendances (1 pack only. attending 3 or more times won't net more packs unless supplies allow)

2. Going Undefeated

3. Attending at least one event

4. Bringing a new player (must be new to Leisure Time Games)

Any other reason I can come up with

Some Fine Print

Entry into these Standard Format tournaments will be free. However, as the first event will be held at Con De Mayo 2017, there will be an entry fee of $5.00 at the door to enter the convention.

In order for the event to be official, and thereby pass out the special boosters, there must be at least 8 players enrolled and playing in the tournament.

Amonkhet Prerelease Registration And Pre-order Window Has Opened

April 22 - 23, Leisure Time Games will be hosting 4 Sealed Prerelease Tournaments, 2 Sealed Prerelease Two Headed Giant Tournaments, and 2 Open Dueling Events throughout the weekend for the newest set, Amonkhet

Each day, the events begin at and will be:

10:00 AM Sealed

2:00 PM Sealed

6:00 PM Two Headed Giant Sealed

Each Sealed Tournament Pack will contain 6 Amonkhet boosters, a spindown life counter, and a random specially marked premium foil card of one of the rare or mythic cards from the set.

The event will be here in the shop, and in the overflow room. All sealed events will be limited to the first 32 players to sign up.

ENTRY FEES

We're breaking down the event entry fees so you can get more bang for your buck. Slots fill up fast, and we usually sell out before the weekend events begin, so be sure to sign up as soon as you can so you don’t miss out.

Details as follows:

All prices include sales tax

All Prices Good Through Friday, April 21

Tournament Fees

All Weekend Pass

You may sign up to enter all 6 tournaments by signing up for a weekend pass for the special price of $132.00. There will only be 8 of these slots available, so register early.

All Day Pass

Then, there will be 16 all day tournament passes; 8 each day. These can be used to enter all 3 events for a single day for the cost of $72. You are not limited to signing up for a single day, so for example if the all weekend passes sell out before you get a chance to register for a slot, you may sign up for all three events Saturday, and all 3 events Sunday.

Single Tournament, Early Bird Special

There are 48 Early Bird Special passes; 8 per event. You can also sign up for any single event for $26.00.

Non-Early Bird Pre-Enrollment

Once all Pass slots have been filled, entry fees go to $28.00 per tournament to a maximum of 32 entries per event in total.

At The Door

Once the prerelease weekend begins, all entries will be $30 per tournament

TOURNAMENT STRUCTURE

Sealed Format

40 card minimum including land

No 4 card maximum

No cards from outside the tournament allowed

All cards not in the main deck will considered to be in your sideboard

Basic land will be provided

Approximately 50 minutes for deck construction

No decklists will be used

Games are best 2 of 3 matches

3 50 minute Swiss Rounds regardless of attendance

There will be 5 turns at the end of any game that is still in progress when time runs out

Two Headed Giant Format

All boosters to be considered a pool for both players to build decks

Each player's deck will have a 40 card minimum including land

No 4 card maximum

No cards from outside the tournament allowed

All cards not in the main deck will considered to be in your sideboard

Basic land will be provided

Each team will start with 30 life

Approximately 50 minutes for deck construction

Deck lists will not be used

Games are 1 match

3 50 minute Swiss Rounds regardless of attendance

There will be 5 turns at the end of any game that is still in progress when time runs out

Open Dueling Events

Over the course of each day, we are opening up our Prerelease Weekend for a free open dueling event. This event is for casual play, and anyone who wants to can join in. You can use a deck you brought, a deck you built at the pre-release, or you can pick up one of the Amonkhet Intro Packs that we will have in stock especially for this event. We will be selling the intro packs for a special price during the whole weekend: $13.86 + tax, which comes to $15.00. This deck comes with a 60 card deck, a foil rare, and 2 booster packs.

REFUND POLICY FOR PRERELEASES

If you cannot attend a prerelease we can either hold your prerelease pack until the official release day of April 28 and release it to you then, or depending on how many events you entered, issue you a refund.

If you entered a single event, you will be refunded the amount you paid. If you entered multiple events, you will be issued a refund based on the deal you would have received had you entered the events at the time as if you signed up for them at that time. For example:

Signed up on or before April 21

Entered all 6 events ($132.00), couldn't make 1 of them- This means you instead entered 1 full day, and 2 single events ($72.00 plus $26.00 plus $26.00=$124.00) and will receive a refund for your single missed event of $8.00

Entered All day ($72.00), couldn't make one of them- This means you entered 2 single events ($26.00 each=$52.00) and will receive a refund for your single missed event of $20.00

Entered all 6 events ($132.00), couldn't make 1 event each day-This means you entered 4 individual events ($26.00 each= $104.00) and will receive a refund for your 2 missed events of $28.00

See you here at Leisure Time Games for the Amonkhet Prerelease Weekend

March 25, 2017

FRIDAY NIGHT MAGIC

MODERN MASTERS 2017

DRAFTS

Leisure Time Games To Host Modern Masters 2017 Pack A Win Drafts Every Friday For FNM

Modern Masters 2017 Will Be Out Of Stock Soon. Until that day comes, we'll be hosting Win A Pack drafts every Friday for Friday Night Magic.

The first draft will be at 6:00 PM and another 7:30 PM*. All draft events will be held as a Pack a Win event. Each round you win, you'll get a Modern Masters 2017 Booster, or equivalent store credit ($10.79 per pack); it's up to you. The entry fee for the drafts will be $45.00.

Throughout the weekend we'll also be hosting drafts Saturday and Sunday as well*. Saturday, we've scheduled an event at 4:00 PM. Then on Sunday, we scheduled a draft at 2:30 PM.

Eternal Masters releases this Friday,

June 10, 2016

Just one of the many Magic the Gathering events held here at Leisure Time Games

Come play, get free stuff.

Pretty cool, right?

We'll see you this weekend

February 2, 2017

AETHER REVOLT GAME DAY WEEKEND FEBRUARY 11-12

Now that the Pro Tour is over, it's time to try out your newly tooled Standard Format Decks at the Aether Revolt Game Day Weekend Tournament, this Saturday and Sunday.

Play mats that will be available starting tomorrow

The Details

Free to enter

Swiss Tournament

Standard Format

Rule Enforcement Level Standard

Number of rounds based on the number of players

Round 1 on Saturday begins at 12:00 PM

Round 1 on Sunday begins at 11:00 PM

Full art promo Trophy Mage to all entries (while supplies last)

Full art foil promo Yahenni's Expertise to each of the top 8 finishers

Winner gets a

Aether Revolt Game Day Weekend

Playmat

Join us for our Prerelease Weekend

July 11 - 12

Just one of the many offerings coming from Modern Masters II, This Friday

January 14, 2017

AETHER REVOLT LAUNCH WEEKEND KICKS OFF WITH FNM, THEN DRAFTS ON DEMAND, ALL WEEKEND LONG

Starting Friday, 5:00 PM, Ending Sunday At 3:00 PM Top Of The Hour Drafts Tournaments To Be Hosted

Starting this Friday, and through the weekend, we will be hosting the Aether Revolt Launch Weekend Event, here at Leisure Time Games. Every hour on the hour, we will be hosting draft on demand tournaments, as well as the usual FNM tournaments that we host here every Friday.

This Friday, the promo card for our FNM Tournaments throughout the month of July will be:

Foil alternate art Noose Constrictor

Plus, any event you enter through the weekend will also get you (while supplies last):

Foil alternate art date stamped Quicksmith Rebel

Here's how the Tournaments On Demand will work:

FRIDAY

Starting at 5:00 PM, then 6:00 PM,then 7:00 PM, as soon as a pod of 8 participants can be put together, a draft will begin. This will be the usual $12.00 entry. We will also be hosting the usual tournaments as well; Standard, Competitive Standard, Commander, Modern and whatever else there are enough players for. Prize support for all free tournaments will be in the form of the FNM card for first and second, as well as 1 given to a random player. Each tournament that has an entry fee will have prize support based on the type of tournament it is (Competitive Standard, 1 booster for each round win, excluding byes. Drafts, 4 boosters to the winner, 2 to second and 2 to third). All numbers are based on an 8 person pool, and will be adjusted accordingly.

SATURDAY

Starting at 10:00 AM, and every hour on the hour until 4:00 PM, drafts will begin. 8 participants will not be necessary, but 8 will be able to be sanctioned. All drafts will be $12.00. All prize support for the tournaments will be determined by the number of participants.

SUNDAY

Starting at 11:00 AM, and every hour on the hour until 3:00 PM, drafts will begin. 8 participants will not be necessary, but 8 will be able to be sanctioned. All drafts will be $12.00. All prize support for the tournaments will be determined by the number of participants.

If you gotta get some MTG on this weekend, Leisure Time Games will definitely be the place to be.

We'll see you this weekend folks

January 17, 2017

LEISURE TIME GAMES HOSTS MAGIC THE GATHERING LEAGUE NIGHTS EVERY TUESDAY

On The Heals Of The Popular Pilot Program, Leisure Time Games Hosts An In Store League

Every Tuesday, Leisure Time Games will be hosting a Kaladesh Block In Store League Night. Purchase 1 Kaladesh booster and 2 Aether Revolt boosters to make a 30 card deck. Games can be played anytime between the hours of 5:00 PM and 8:00 PM, and can be against whoever you wish to play (please try not to play the same opponent multiple times in a row). You may purchase another Kaladesh or Aether Revolt booster pack to augment your deck each week, and any time you lose 3 matches.

This is a strictly for fun format. No actual scores will be kept except for participation points. Promo cards will be given to participants at the end of the 4 week league, for various reasons, such as:

Most wins

Participation

Bringing a Friend that hasn't played here

Whatever other reason I come up with

See you here on Tuesdays

THE PRE-ORDER WINDOW HAS OPENED

Pre-order to get:

Booster Boxes-

1Booster Box of Aether Revolt

1 Foil alternate art promo Scrap Trawler

$104.95 plus tax

Pre-order between now and September 25 to get:

1 With Everything Bundle-

1 booster box

1 of each of the 5 Intro Packs,

1 Fat Pack

1 Foil alternate art Scrap Trawler

$190.00 plus tax

Any other questions, just let me know

See you soon

The Fine Print:

**Special prices, special offers, discounts, and sales prices are not valid when redeeming store credit. Anything can happen and it usually does. Other conditions may apply, see store for further details, and so forth. We reserve the right to make changes of any kind for any reason without notice; good, bad or indifferent. We also reserve the right to refuse service to ANYONE.

January 3, 2017

AETHER REVOLT

PRERELEASE

WEEKEND

PREREGISTRATION HAS BEGUN

Aether Revolt Prerelease Preregistration And Preorder Window Has Opened

January 14 - 15, Leisure Time Games will be hosting 4 Sealed Prerelease Tournaments, 2 Sealed Prerelease Two Headed Giant Tournaments, and 2 Open Dueling Events throughout the weekend for the newest set, Aether Revolt.

Each Sealed Tournament Pack will contain 4 Aether Revolt Booster Packs, 2 Kaladesh booster packs, a spin down life counter, and a random specially marked premium foil card of one of the rare or mythic cards from the set.

The event will be here in the shop, and in the overflow room. All sealed events will be limited to the first 32 players to sign up.

ENTRY FEES

We're breaking down the event entry fees so you can get more bang for your buck. Slots fill up fast, and we usually sell out before the weekend events begin, so be sure to sign up as soon as you can so you don’t miss out.

Details as follows:

All prices include sales tax

All Prices Good Through Friday, January 13

Tournament Fees

All Weekend Pass

You may sign up to enter all 6 tournaments by signing up for a weekend pass for the special price of $132.00. There will only be 8 of these slots available, so register early.

All Day Pass

Then, there will be 16 all day tournament passes; 8 each day. These can be used to enter all 3 events for a single day for the cost of $72. You are not limited to signing up for a single day, so for example if the all weekend passes sell out before you get a chance to register for a slot, you may sign up for all three events Saturday, and all 3 events Sunday.

Single Tournament, Early Bird Special

There are 48 Early Bird Special passes; 8 per event. You can also sign up for any single event for $26.00.

Non-Pass Pre-Enrollment

Once all Pass slots have been filled, entry fees go to $28.00 per tournament to a maximum of 32 entries per event in total.

At The Door

Once the prerelease weekend begins, all entries will be $30 per tournament

TOURNAMENT STRUCTURE

Sealed Format

40 card minimum including land

No 4 card maximum

No cards from outside the tournament allowed

All cards not in the main deck will considered to be in your side board

Basic land will be provided

Approximately 50 minutes for deck construction

No deck lists will be used

Games are best 2 of 3 matches

3 50 minute Swiss Rounds regardless of attendance

Two Headed Giant Format

All boosters to be considered a pool for both players to build decks

Each player's deck will have a 40 card minimum including land

No 4 card maximum

No cards from outside the tournament allowed

All cards not in the main deck will considered to be in your side board

Basic land will be provided

Each team will start with 30 life

Approximately 50 minutes for deck construction

Deck lists will not be used

Games are 1 match

3 50 minute Swiss Rounds regardless of attendance

Open Dueling Events

Over the course of each day, we are opening up our Prerelease Weekend for a free open dueling event. This event is for casual play, and anyone who wants to can join in. You can use a deck you brought, a deck you built at the pre-release, or you can pick up one of the Aether Revolt Intro Packs that we will have in stock especially for this event. We will be selling the intro packs for a special price during the whole weekend: $13.86 + tax, which comes to $15.00. This deck comes with a 60 card deck, a foil rare, and 2 booster packs.

REFUND POLICY FOR PRERELEASES

If you find you cannot attend a prerelease we can either hold your prerelease pack until the official release day of January 20 and release it to you then, or depending on how many events you entered, issue you a refund.

If you entered a single event, you will be refunded the amount you paid. If you entered multiple events, you will be issued a refund based on the deal you would have received had you entered the event at the time as if you signed up for them as such. For example:

Signed up on or before January 13

Entered all 6 events ($132.00), couldn't make 1 of them- This means you instead entered 1 full day, and 2 single events ($72.00 plus $26.00 plus $26.00=$124.00) and will receive a refund for your single missed event of $8.00

Entered All day ($72.00), couldn't make one of them- This means you entered 2 single events ($26.00 each=$52.00) and will receive a refund for your single missed event of $20.00

Entered all 6 events ($132.00), couldn't make 1 event each day-This means you entered 4 individual events ($26.00 each= $104.00) and will receive a refund for your 2 missed events of $28.00

December 8, 2016

STANDARD SHOWDOWN TO BE HELD AT CENCON V

Standard Showdown To Be A Pack Per Win Tournament At CENCON V

Standard Showdown, the latest pilot program from Wizards of the Coast, will be held here at

Leisure Time Games

During CENCON V, the Standard Showdown Tournament will be a Pack Per Win Tournament.$5.00 entry, includes free entry into CENCON V on Saturday. 3 rounds max. 8 player minimum. We will also have the special Standard Showdown prize packs for top players.

November 25, 2016

STANDARD SHOWDOWN TOURNAMENTS BEGIN

Standard Showdown, the latest pilot program from Wizards Of The Coast Begins This Saturday

Starting this Saturday November 26, and continuing every Saturday to December 17, Leisure Time Games will be hosting a new Standard Format Tournament for Magic The Gathering. This tournament starts at 4:00 PM, and is free to enter. We will have a special promotional booster pack to give away to players who:

Go undefeated

Return from a previous week

Are new to Leisure Time Games

Brought a friend that hasn't played here

This will be a sanctioned event, so we must have at least 8 players per week.

November 21, 2016

LEISURE TIME GAMES HOSTS MAGIC THE GATHERING LEAGUE NIGHTS EVERY TUESDAY AND THURSDAY

On The Heals Of The Popular Pilot Program, Leisure Time Games Hosts An In Store League

Every Tuesday and Thursday, starting on Tuesday November 21 and Thursday December 1, Leisure Time Games will be hosting Kaladesh League Night. Purchase 3 Kaladesh Boosters to make a 30 card deck. Games can be played anytime between the hours of 5:00 PM and 8:00 PM, and can be against whoever you wish to play (please try not to play the same opponent multiple times in a row). You may purchase another Kaladsh Booster Pack to augment your deck each week, and any time you lose 3 matches.

This is a strictly for fun format. No actual scores will be kept except for participation points. Promo cards will be given to participants at the end of the 5 (Tuesday)/4(Thursday) week league, for various reasons, such as:

Most wins

Participation

Bringing a Friend that hasn't played here

Whatever other reason I come up with

See you here on Tuesdays and Thursdays

October 18, 2016

GAME DAY WEEKEND

Now that the Pro Tour is over, it's time to try out your newly tooled Standard Format Decks at the Kaladesh Game Day Weekend Tournament, this Saturday and Sunday.

The Details:

Free to enter

Swiss Tournament

Standard Format

Rule Enforcement Level Standard

Number of rounds based on the number of players

Round 1 on Saturday

begins at 12:00 PM

Round 1 on Sunday

begins at 11:00 PM

Full art promo

Essence Extraction

to all entries

(while supplies last)

Full art foil promo

Cultivator of Blades

to each of the top 8 finishers

Winner gets a

Kaladesh Game Day Weekend

Playmat

Need some Kaladesh Standard deck ideas? Watch the video here from last week's Pro Tour:

KALADESH PRERELEASE

WEEKEND

September 9, 2016

PREREGISTRATION HAS BEGUN

Kaladesh Prerelease Preregistration And Preorder Window Has Opened

September 24 - 25, Leisure Time Games will be hosting 4 Sealed Prerelease Tournaments, 2 Sealed Prerelease Two Headed Giant Tournaments, and 2 Open Dueling Events throughout the weekend for the newest set, Kaladesh.

Each Sealed Tournament Pack will contain 6 Kaladesh booster packs, a spin down life counter, and a random specially marked premium foil card of one of the rare or mythic cards from the set.

The event will be here in the shop, and in the overflow room. All sealed events will be limited to the first 32 players to sign up.

ENTRY FEES

We're breaking down the event entry fees so you can get more bang for your buck. Slots fill up fast, and we usually sell out before the weekend events begin, so be sure to sign up as soon as you can so you don’t miss out.

Details as follows:

All prices include sales tax

All Prices Good Through September 18

Tournament Fees

All Weekend Pass

You may sign up to enter all 6 tournaments by signing up for a weekend pass for the special price of $132.00. There will only be 10 of these slots available, so register early.

All Day Pass

Then, there will be 10 all day tournament passes. These can be used to enter all 3 events for a single day for the cost of $72. You are not limited to signing up for a single day, so for example if the all weekend passes sell out before you get a chance to register for a slot, you may sign up for all three events Saturday, and all 3 events Sunday.

Single Tournament

You can also sign up for any single event for $26.00.

After September 18 Until September 23

Entry fees go to $28.00 per tournament

At The Door

$30 per tournament

REFUND POLICY FOR PRERELEASES

If you find you cannot attend a prerelease we can either hold your prerelease pack until day of and release it to you then, or depending on how many events you entered, issue you a refund.

If you entered a single event, you will be refunded the amount you paid. If you entered multiple events, you will be issued a refund based on the deal you would have received had you entered the event at the time as if you signed up for them as such. For example:

Signed up before September 18

Entered all 6 events ($132.00), couldn't make 1 of them- This means you instead entered 1 full day, and 2 single events ($72.00 plus $26.00 plus $26.00=$124.00) and will receive a refund for your single missed event of $8.00

Entered All day ($72.00), couldn't make one of them- This means you entered 2 single events ($26.00 each=$52.00) and will receive a refund for your single missed event of $20.00

Entered all 6 events ($132.00), couldn't make 1 event each day-This means you entered 4 individual events ($26.00 each= $104.00) and will receive a refund for your 2 missed events of $28.00

Having a great time playing Magic the Gathering at Leisure Time Games

TOURNAMENT STRUCTURE

Sealed Format

40 card minimum including land

No 4 card maximum

No cards from outside the tournament allowed

All cards not in the main deck will considered to be in your side board

Basic land will be provided

Approximately 50 minutes for deck construction

No deck lists will be used

Games are best 2 of 3 matches

3 50 minute Swiss Rounds regardless of attendance

Two Headed Giant Format

All boosters to be considered a pool for both players to build decks

Each player's deck will have a 40 card minimum including land

No 4 card maximum

No cards from outside the tournament allowed

All cards not in the main deck will considered to be in your side board

Basic land will be provided

Each team will start with 30 life

Approximately 50 minutes for deck construction

Deck lists will not be used

Games are 1 match

3 50 minute Swiss Rounds regardless of attendance

Open Dueling Events

Over the course of each day, we are opening up our Prerelease Weekend for a free open dueling event. This event is for casual play, and anyone who wants to can join in. You can use a deck you brought, a deck you built at the pre-release, or you can pick up one of the Kaladesh Intro Packs that we will have in stock especially for this event. We will be selling the intro packs for a special price during the whole weekend: $13.86 + tax, which comes to $15.00. This deck comes with a 60 card deck, a foil rare, and 2 booster packs.

START TIMES

Sealed Tournaments

Times are both days

10:00 AM Deck Construction

11:00 AM Round 1 Begins

2:00 PM Deck Construction

3:00 PM Round 1 Begins

Two Headed Giant Tournament

Times are both days

6:00 PM Deck Construction

7:00 PM Round 1 Begins

Open Dueling

All day on both days

Each event will be 3 rounds regardless of the attendance.

PRIZE SUPPORT

Prize support will be in the form of gift certificates to Leisure Time Games**. The total credit in the prize pool will be equivalent to 2 MtG booster packs per individual in a particular tournament, to be divided among the top 1/3 of the number of players (rounded up). Further, prize support will be adjusted to reflect the 3 round ceiling to assure the top players get prize support equivalent to their modified standings. For example:

8 players:

1st 8 boosters

2nd 5 boosters

3rd 3 boosters

9 - 12 players:

1st and 2nd 6 - 8 boosters each

3rd and 4th 3 - 4 boosters each

13 - 16 players:

1st and 2nd 7 - 8 boosters each

3rd and 4th 4 - 5 boosters each

5th and 6th 2 - 3 boosters each

17 - 24 players:

1st through 4th 6 - 8 boosters each

5th through 8th 3 - 4 boosters each

25 - 32 players:

1st through 4th 6 - 8 boosters each 5th through 8th 4 - 5 boosters each 9th through 12th 2 - 3 boosters each

These numbers are approximate. Actual breakdown will vary on attendance. See Tournament Organizer for further details.

THE PRE-ORDER WINDOW HAS OPENED

Pre-order to get:

Booster Boxes-

1Booster Box of Eldritch Moon

1 Foil alternate art promo card (TBD)

$104.95 plus tax

Pre-order between now and September 25 to get:

1 With Everything Bundle-

1 booster box

1 of each of the 5 Intro Packs,

1 Fat Pack

1 Foil alternate art promo card (TBD)

$190.00 plus tax

Any other questions, just let me know

See you soon

The Fine Print:

**Special prices, special offers, discounts, and sales prices are not valid when redeeming store credit. Anything can happen and it usually does. Other conditions may apply, see store for further details, and so forth. We reserve the right to make changes of any kind for any reason without notice; good, bad or indifferent. We also reserve the right to refuse service to ANYONE.

ELDRITCH MOON LAUNCH WEEKEND KICKS OFF WITH FNM, THEN DRAFTS ON DEMAND, ALL WEEKEND LONG

Starting Friday, 5:00 PM, Ending Sunday At 3:00 PM Top Of The Hour Drafts Tournaments To Be Hosted

Starting this Friday, and through the weekend, we will be hosting the Eldritch Moon Release Weekend Event, here at Leisure Time Games. Every hour on the hour, we will be hosting draft on demand tournaments, as well as the usual FNM tournaments that we host here every Friday.

This Friday, the promo card for our FNM Tournaments throughout the month of July will be:

Foil alternate art Spatial Contortion

Plus, any event you enter through the weekend will also get you (while supplies last):

Foil alternate art date stamped Identity Thief

Here's how the Tournaments On Demand will work:

FRIDAY

Starting at 5:00 PM, then 6:00 PM,then 7:00 PM, as soon as a pod of 8 participants can be put together, a draft will begin. This will be the usual $12.00 entry. We will also be hosting the usual tournaments as well; Standard, Competitive Standard, Commander, Modern and whatever else there are enough players for. Prize support for all free tournaments will be in the form of the FNM card for first and second, as well as 1 given to a random player. Each tournament that has an entry fee will have prize support based on the type of tournament it is (Competitive Standard, 1 booster for each round win, excluding byes. Drafts, 4 boosters to the winner, 2 to second and 2 to third). All numbers are based on an 8 person pool, and will be adjusted accordingly.

SATURDAY

Starting at 10:00 AM, and every hour on the hour until 4:00 PM, drafts will begin. 8 participants will not be necessary, but 8 will be able to be sanctioned. All drafts will be $12.00. All prize support for the tournaments will be determined by the number of participants.

SUNDAY

Starting at 11:00 AM, and every hour on the hour until 3:00 PM, drafts will begin. 8 participants will not be necessary, but 8 will be able to be sanctioned. All drafts will be $12.00. All prize support for the tournaments will be determined by the number of participants.

If you gotta get some MTG on this weekend, Leisure Time Games will definitely be the place to be.

We'll see you this weekend folks

July 9, 2016

SPECIAL PRICING PREREGISTRATION WINDOW EXTENDED TO THIS SUNDAY

Early Registration Pricing Extended From Friday July 8, to Sunday July 10

Eldritch Moon Prerelease Preregistration And Preorder Window Has Opened

Innistrad has been descending into madness, and the true reason has been discovered; The Eldrazi.

July 16 and 17, Leisure Time Games will be hosting 4 Sealed Prerelease Tournaments, 2 Sealed Prerelease Two Headed Giant Tournaments, and 2 Open Dueling Events throughout the weekend for the newest set, Eldritch Moon.

Each Sealed Tournament Pack will contain 4 Eldritch Moon and 2 Shadows over Innistrad booster packs, a spin down life counter, and a random specially marked premium foil card of one of the rare or mythic cards from the set. On top of this, each pack will also contain a new item, a premium foil token card.

The event will be here in the shop, and in the overflow room. All sealed events will be limited to the first 32 players to sign up.

ENTRY FEES

We're breaking down the event entry fees so you can get more bang for your buck. Slots fill up fast, and we usually sell out before the weekend events begin, so be sure to sign up as soon as you can so you don’t miss out.

Details as follows:

All prices include sales tax

All Prices Good Through July 8

Tournament Fees

All Weekend Pass

You may sign up to enter all 6 tournaments by signing up for a weekend pass for the special price of $132.00. There will only be 10 of these slots available, so register early.

All Day Pass

Then, there will be 10 all day tournament passes. These can be used to enter all 3 events for a single day for the cost of $72. You are not limited to signing up for a single day, so for example if the all weekend passes sell out before you get a chance to register for a slot, you may sign up for all three events Saturday, and all 3 events Sunday.

Single Tournament

You can also sign up for any single event for $26.00.

After July 8 Until July 15

Entry fees go to $28.00 per tournament

At The Door

$30 per tournament

Tournament structure:

Sealed Format

40 card minimum including land

No 4 card maximum

No cards from outside the tournament allowed

All cards not in the main deck will considered to be in your side board

Basic land will be provided

Approximately 50 minutes for deck listing and construction

No deck lists will be used

Games are best 2 of 3 matches

3 50 minute Swiss Rounds regardless of attendance

Two Headed Giant Format

All boosters to be considered a pool for both players to build decks

Each player's deck will have a 40 card minimum including land

No 4 card maximum

No cards from outside the tournament allowed

All cards not in the main deck will considered to be in your side board

Basic land will be provided

Each team will start with 30 life

Approximately 50 minutes for deck listing and construction

Deck lists will not be used

Games are 1 match

3 50 minute Swiss Rounds regardless of attendance

Open Dueling Events

Over the course of each day, we are opening up our Prerelease Weekend for a free open dueling event. This event is for casual play, and anyone who wants to can join in. You can use a deck you brought, a deck you built at the pre-release, or you can pick up one of the Eldritch Moon Intro Packs that we will have in stock especially for this event. We will be selling the intro packs for a special price during the whole weekend: $13.86 + tax, which comes to $15.00. This deck comes with a 60 card deck, a foil rare, and 2 booster packs.

START TIMES

Sealed Tournaments

Times are both days

10:00 AM Deck Construction

11:00 AM Round 1 Begins

2:00 PM Deck Construction

3:00 PM Round 1 Begins

Two Headed Giant Tournament

Times are both days

6:00 PM Deck Construction

7:00 PM Round 1 Begins

Open Dueling

All day on both days

Each event will be 3 rounds regardless of the attendance.

PRIZE SUPPORT

Prize support will be in the form of gift certificates to Leisure Time Games**. The total credit in the prize pool will be equivalent to 2 MtG booster packs per individual in a particular tournament, to be divided among the top 1/3 of the number of players (rounded up). Further, prize support will be adjusted to reflect the 3 round ceiling to assure the top players get prize support equivalent to their modified standings. For example:

8 players:

1st 8 boosters

2nd 5 boosters

3rd 3 boosters

9 - 12 players:

1st and 2nd 6 - 8 boosters each

3rd and 4th 3 - 4 boosters each

13 - 16 players:

1st and 2nd 7 - 8 boosters each

3rd and 4th 4 - 5 boosters each

5th and 6th 2 - 3 boosters each

17 - 24 players:

1st through 4th 6 - 8 boosters each

5th through 8th 3 - 4 boosters each

25 - 32 players:

1st through 4th 6 - 8 boosters each 5th through 8th 4 - 5 boosters each 9th through 12th 2 - 3 boosters each

These numbers are approximate. Actual breakdown will vary on attendance. See Tournament Organizer for further details.

SPECIAL WEEKEND EVENT

On top of the tournaments, every prerelease weekend event has a special activity associated with it, and this weekend is no exception.

Innistrad, the realm of the Planeswalker Liliana, is being threatened to be overrun by the Eldrazi. Only by defeating Emrakul, will the flood of destruction be stopped. Liliana leads the vanguard with her zombie army.

Over the course of the weekend, the top 8 finishers will be given zombie stickers to affix to a poster of Emrakul. If Emrakul manages to be covered by the zombie stickers, she is unable to resist the zombie hoards, saving Innistrad from certain doom.

THE PRE-ORDER WINDOW HAS OPENED

Pre-order between now and July 15 to get:

Booster Boxes-

1Booster Box of Eldritch Moon

1 Foil alternate art promo card (TBD)

$104.95 plus tax

1 With Everything Bundle-

1 booster box

1 of each of the 5 Intro Packs,

1 Fat Pack

1 Foil alternate art promo card (TBD)

$190.00 plus tax

Any other questions, just let me know

See you soon

The Fine Print:

**Special prices, special offers, discounts, and sales prices are not valid when redeeming store credit. Anything can happen and it usually does. Other conditions may apply, see store for further details, and so forth. We reserve the right to make changes of any kind for any reason without notice; good, bad or indifferent. We also reserve the right to refuse service to ANYONE.

June 21, 2016

ELDRITCH MOON PRERELEASE WEEKEND

Please enjoy this trailer, customized at the end with permission from WotC.

More info, coming soon:

June 9, 2016

ETERNAL MASTERS LAUNCH WEEKEND KICKS OFF WITH FNM, THEN DRAFTS ON DEMAND, ALL WEEKEND LONG

Starting Friday, Drafts on Demand To Be Hosted

Starting this Friday, and through the weekend, we will be hosting an Eternal Masters Draft On Demand Event, here at Leisure Time Games. Whenever there is a pod of 8 players available, we will host a draft, as well as the usual FNM tournaments that we host here every Friday.

This Friday, the promo card for our FNM Tournaments throughout the month of June will be:

Here's how the Draft On Demand Tournaments will work:

ALL WEEKEND, STARTING FRIDAY

Anytime there is a group of 8 players able to start, we will sanction and then begin a Draft Tournament. They will be $40.00 each. This cost will cover 3 Eternal Masters Booster Packs, as well as $10.00 store credit into the prize pool for the top players- $40.00 credit for 1st, $20.00 credit for 2nd, and $20.00 for 3rd.

FRIDAY

Then, Starting at 5:00 PM, then 6:00 PM,then 7:00 PM, as soon as a pod of 8 participants can be put together, a draft will begin. These drafts will be the either the usual $12.00 entry, or will be an Eternal Masters Draft. We will also be hosting the usual tournaments as well; Standard, Competitive Standard, Commander, Modern and whatever else there are enough players for. Prize support for all free tournaments will be in the form of the FNM card for first and second, as well as 1 given to a random player (depending on participation levels). Each tournament that has an entry fee will have prize support based on the type of tournament it is (Competitive Standard, 1 booster for each round win, excluding byes. Drafts, 4 boosters to the winner, 2 to second and 2 to third). All numbers are based on an 8 person pool, and will be adjusted accordingly.

SATURDAY

Starting at 10:00 AM, and any time there are 8 players until 4:00 PM, Eternal Masters Draft On Demand Tournaments will begin. 8 participants will be needed for all tournaments except for the 4:00 PM Final Call, which will need a minimum of 4.

SUNDAY

Starting at 11:00 AM, and every hour on the hour until 3:00 PM, Eternal Masters Draft On Demand Tournaments will begin. 8 participants will be needed for all tournaments except for the 3:00 PM Final Call, which will need a minimum of 4.

If you gotta get some MTG on this weekend, Leisure Time Games will definitely be the place to be.

We'll see you this weekend folks

SHADOWS OVER INNISTRAD LAUNCH WEEKEND KICKS OFF WITH FNM, THEN DRAFTS ON DEMAND, ALL WEEKEND LONG

Starting Friday, 5:00 PM, Ending Sunday At 3:00 PM Top Of The Hour Drafts Tournaments To Be Hosted

Starting this Friday, and through the weekend, we will be hosting the Shadows Over Innistrad Release Weekend Event, here at Leisure Time Games. Every hour on the hour, we will be hosting draft on demand tournaments, as well as the usual FNM tournaments that we host here every Friday.

This Friday, the promo card for our FNM Tournaments throughout the month of October will be:

Foil alternate art Blighted Fen

Plus, any event you enter through the weekend will also get you (while supplies last):

Foil alternate art date stamped Angel of Deliverance

Here's how the Tournaments On Demand will work:

FRIDAY

Starting at 5:00 PM, then 6:00 PM,then 7:00 PM, as soon as a pod of 8 participants can be put together, a draft will begin. This will be the usual $12.00 entry. We will also be hosting the usual tournaments as well; Standard, Competitive Standard, Commander, Modern and whatever else there are enough players for. Prize support for all free tournaments will be in the form of the FNM card for first and second, as well as 1 given to a random player. Each tournament that has an entry fee will have prize support based on the type of tournament it is (Competitive Standard, 1 booster for each round win, excluding byes. Drafts, 4 boosters to the winner, 2 to second and 2 to third). All numbers are based on an 8 person pool, and will be adjusted accordingly.

SATURDAY

Starting at 10:00 AM, and every hour on the hour until 4:00 PM, drafts will begin. 8 participants will not be necessary, but 8 will be able to be sanctioned. All drafts will be $12.00. All prize support for the tournaments will be determined by the number of participants.

SUNDAY

Starting at 11:00 AM, and every hour on the hour until 3:00 PM, drafts will begin. 8 participants will not be necessary, but 8 will be able to be sanctioned. All drafts will be $12.00, all sealed events will be $24.00. All prize support for the tournaments will be determined by the number of participants.

If you gotta get some MTG on this weekend, Leisure Time Games will definitely be the place to be.

We'll see you this weekend folks

Edit, January 14 2016

We are quickly running out of slots for the Saturday 10:00 AM event. I recommend getting in and pre-registering in this event as soon as possible if you want to play in that event, or if you want to get the special price of a 1 day all event pass on Saturday, or an all weekend event pass.

March 9, 2016

MTG SHADOWS OVER INNISTRAD

The Time Has Come

Shadows Over Innistrad pre-orders, as well as pre-release And Open Dueling Events pre-registration has begun

The latest set for Magic the Gathering, Shadows Over Innistrad, releases on April 8, and we have opened the pre-registration window for the Shadows Over Innistrad Prerelease and Open Dueling Events Weekend. The fun all happens on April 2 and 3 for this what will assuredly be a sold out event. Also, we are also taking pre-orders on all Shadows Over Innistrad product at this time as well.

Now, the details. First off:

SHADOWS OVER INNISTRAD

PRE-RELEASE WEEKEND

Open Dueling, Sealed Format And Two Headed Giant Format Tournaments To Be Held Both Days Of The Event

On April 2 - 3 we will be holding 6 pre-release tournaments along with 2 all day Open Dueling Events. Due to the popularity of the Oath of the Gatewatch Pre-Release Weekend format (completely sold out), once again we'll be hosting 2 sealed events, and 1 Two Headed Giant Sealed Deck Event each day. See below for start times and other information.

The event will be here in the shop, and in the overflow room.

All sealed events will be limited to the first 32 players to sign up.

Start Times Will Be:

Sealed Tournaments

Times are both days

10:00 AM Deck Construction

11:00 AM Round 1 Begins

2:00 PM Deck Construction

3:00 PM Round 1 Begins

Two Headed Giant Tournament

Times are both days

6:00 PM Deck Construction

7:00 PM Round 1 Begins

Open Dueling

All day on both days

Entry Fees:

Sealed Tournaments

We're breaking down the event entry fees so you can get more bang for your buck. Details as follows:

All prices include sales tax. All prices are valid through April 1. After that, all entries will be the At The Door Price of $28.00 per event. All entries are limited to stock on hand. We sold out last time, so get registered early.

Preregistration Prices

2 Day Pass

Enter all 6 Events for the special price of $22.00 each ($132.00 total)

1 Day Pass

Enter all events for a single day, Saturday or Sunday- 2 sealed events and 1 Two Headed Giant for the special price of $24.00 each ($72.00 total)

Individual Event

Entry per pre-release tournament will be $26.00.

At The Door Prices

Sign up on April 2 or 3 for any event will be $28.00.

Open Dueling Event

Free, unless you wish to purchase an Intro Deck for $15.00, which will be available for the Intro Pack Event.

Each prerelease pack contains:

To Be Determined

Tournament structure:

Sealed Format

40 card minimum including land

No 4 card maximum

No cards from outside the tournament allowed

All cards not in the main deck will considered to be in your side board

Basic land will be provided

Approximately 50 minutes for deck listing and construction

No deck lists will be used

Games are best 2 of 3 matches

3 50 minute Swiss Rounds regardless of attendance

Two Headed Giant Format

All boosters to be considered a pool for both players to build decks

Each player's deck will have a 40 card minimum including land

No 4 card maximum

No cards from outside the tournament allowed

All cards not in the main deck will considered to be in your side board

Basic land will be provided

Each team will start with 30 life

Approximately 50 minutes for deck listing and construction

Deck lists will not be used

Games are 1 match

3 50 minute Swiss Rounds regardless of attendance

Prize Support:

Prize support will be in the form of gift certificates to Leisure Time Games**. The total credit in the prize pool will be equivalent to 2 MtG booster packs per individual in a particular tournament, to be divided among the top 1/3 of the number of players (rounded up). Further, prize support will be adjusted to reflect the 3 round ceiling to assure the top players get prize support equivalent to their modified standings. For example:

8 players:

1st 8 boosters

2nd 5 boosters

3rd 3 boosters

9 - 12 players:

1st and 2nd 6 - 8 boosters each

3rd and 4th 3 - 4 boosters each

13 - 16 players:

1st and 2nd 7 - 8 boosters each

3rd and 4th 4 - 5 boosters each

5th and 6th 2 - 3 boosters each

17 - 24 players:

1st through 4th 6 - 8 boosters each

5th through 8th 3 - 4 boosters each

25 - 32 players:

1st through 4th 6 - 8 boosters each 5th through 8th 4 - 5 boosters each 9th through 12th 2 - 3 boosters each

These numbers are approximate. Actual breakdown will vary on attendance. See Tournament Organizer for further details.

Open Dueling Events :

Over the course of each day, we are opening up our Prerelease Weekend for a free open dueling event. This event is for casual play, and anyone who wants to can join in. You can use a deck you brought, a deck you built at the pre-release, or you can pick up one of the Shadows Over Innistrad Intro Packs that we will have in stock especially for this event. We will be selling the intro packs for a special price during the whole weekend: $13.86 + tax, which comes to $15.00. This deck comes with a 60 card deck, a foil rare, and 2 booster packs.

Any other questions, just let me know

The Fine Print:

**Special prices, special offers, discounts, and sales prices are not valid when redeeming store credit. Anything can happen and it usually does. Other conditions may apply, see store for further details, and so forth. We reserve the right to make changes of any kind for any reason without notice; good, bad or indifferent. We also reserve the right to refuse service to ANYONE.

Next:

THE PRE-ORDER WINDOW HAS OPENED

Pre-order between now and January 21 to get:

Booster Boxes-

1Booster Box of Shadows Over Innistrad

1 Foil alternate art promo card (TBD)

$104.95 plus tax

1 With Everything Bundle-

1 booster box

1 of each of the 5 Intro Packs,

1 Fat Pack

1 Foil alternate art promo card (TBD)

$190.00 plus tax

We'll see you January 16 and 17

OATH OF THE GATEWATCH GAME DAY WEEKEND THIS SATURDAY AND SUNDAY

Who likes free stuff? Yeah, me too.

Who like Magic the Gathering? Yeah, me too.

Well now you get two things you know you like, a Magic the Gathering Tournament that won't cost you anything, and you get stuff for just showing up. How awesome is that?

Oath of the Gatewatch Game Day Weekend kicks of both Saturday and Sunday at 11:00 AM. Entry into these events are free.

The Details:

Saturday

Sign Ups begin at 11:00 AM

Round 1 begins at 11:30 AM

Sunday

Sign Ups begin at 11:00 AM

Round 1 begins at 11:30 AM

Both days

Swiss Tournament

Standard Format

All participants will receive a full art Immolating Glare

The top 8 players will receive a full art foil Jori En, Ruin Diver

The top player will receive a special Oath of the Gatewatch Game Day Champion play mat

Sound good? Great. We look forward to seeing you Saturday and/or Sunday

January 21, 2016

OATH OF THE GATEWATCH LAUNCH WEEKEND KICKS OFF WITH FNM, THEN DRAFTS ON DEMAND, ALL WEEKEND LONG

Starting Friday, 5:00 PM, Ending Sunday At 3:00 PM Top Of The Hour Drafts Tournaments To Be Hosted

Starting this Friday, and through the whole weekend, we will be hosting the Oath of the Gatewatch Release Weekend Event, here at Leisure Time Games. Every hour on the hour, we will be hosting draft on demand tournaments, as well as the usual FNM tournaments that we host here every Friday.

This Friday, the promo card for our FNM Tournaments throughout the month of October will be:

Foil alternate art Nissa's Pilgrimage

Plus, any event you enter through the weekend will also get you (while supplies last):

Foil alternate art date stamped Endbringer

Here's how the Tournaments On Demand will work:

FRIDAY

Starting at 5:00 PM, then 6:00 PM,then 7:00 PM, as soon as a pod of 8 participants can be put together, a draft will begin. This will be the usual $12.00 entry. We will also be hosting the usual tournaments as well; Standard, Competitive Standard, Commander, Modern and whatever else there are enough players for. Prize support for all free tournaments will be in the form of the FNM card for first and second, as well as 1 given to a random player. Each tournament that has an entry fee will have prize support based on the type of tournament it is (Competitive Standard, 1 booster for each round win, excluding byes. Drafts, 4 boosters to the winner, 2 to second and 2 to third). All numbers are based on an 8 person pool, and will be adjusted accordingly.

SATURDAY

Starting at 10:00 AM, and every hour on the hour until 4:00 PM, drafts will begin. 8 participants will not be necessary, but 8 will be able to be sanctioned. All drafts will be $12.00. All prize support for the tournaments will be determined by the number of participants.

SUNDAY

Starting at 11:00 AM, and every hour on the hour until 3:00 PM, drafts will begin. 8 participants will not be necessary, but 8 will be able to be sanctioned. All drafts will be $12.00, all sealed events will be $24.00. All prize support for the tournaments will be determined by the number of participants.

If you gotta get some MTG on this weekend, Leisure Time Games will definitely be the place to be.

We'll see you this weekend folks

Edit, January 14 2016

We are quickly running out of slots for the Saturday 10:00 AM event. I recommend getting in and pre-registering in this event as soon as possible if you want to play in that event, or if you want to get the special price of a 1 day all event pass on Saturday, or an all weekend event pass.

December 26, 2015

MTG OATH OF THE GATEWATCH

Oath of the Gatewatch Preorders, Prereleases And Open Dueling Events Registration Has Begun

The latest set for Magic the Gathering, Oath of the Gatewatch, releases on January 22.

We have opened registration for the Oath of the Gatewatch Prerelease and Open Dueling Events happening on January 16 and 17, and we are also taking pre-orders on all Oath of the Gatewatch product.

First off:

OATH OF THE GATEWATCH

PRE-RELEASE WEEKEND

Open Dueling, Sealed Format And Two Headed Giant Format Tournaments To Be Held Both Days Of The Event

On January 16 - 17 we will be holding 6 prerelease tournaments along with 2 all day Open Dueling Events. This time, we'll be doing things a bit differently than usual. Instead of hosting 3 Sealed Deck events both days, We'll be hosting 2 sealed events, and 1 Two Headed Giant Sealed Deck Event each day. See below for start times and other information.

The event will be here in the shop, and in the overflow room.

All sealed events will be limited to the first 32 players to sign up.

Start Times Will Be:

Sealed Tournaments

Times are both days

10:00 AM Deck Construction

11:00 AM Round 1 Begins

2:00 PM Deck Construction

3:00 PM Round 1 Begins

Two Headed Giant Tournament

Times are both days

6:00 PM Deck Construction

7:00 PM Round 1 Begins

Open Dueling

All day on both days

Entry Fees:

Sealed Tournaments

We're breaking down the event entry fees so you can get more bang for your buck. Details as follows:

All prices include sales tax. All prices are valid through January 15. After January 15, all entries will be the At The Door Price of $28.00 per event. All entries are limited to stock on hand. We ran out last time, so get registered early.

Preregistration Prices

2 Day Pass

Enter all 6 Events for the special price of $22.00 each ($132.00 total)

1 Day Pass

Enter all events for a single day, Saturday or Sunday- 2 sealed events and 1 Two Headed Giant for the special price of $24.00 each ($72.00 total)

Individual Event

Entry per prerelease tournament will be $26.00.

At The Door Prices

Sign up on January 16 or 17 for any event will be $28.00.

Open Dueling Event

Free, unless you wish to purchase an Intro Deck for $15.00, which will be available for the Intro Pack Event.

Each prerelease pack contains:

To Be Determined

Tournament structure:

Sealed Format

40 card minimum including land

No 4 card maximum

No cards from outside the tournament allowed

All cards not in the main deck will considered to be in your side board

Basic land will be provided

Approximately 50 minutes for deck listing and construction (deck lists will only be used in any tournament with more than 32 players)

Games are best 2 of 3 matches

3 50 minute Swiss Rounds regardless of attendance

Two Headed Giant Format

All boosters to be considered a pool for both players to build decks

Each player's deck will have a 40 card minimum including land

No 4 card maximum

No cards from outside the tournament allowed

All cards not in the main deck will considered to be in your side board

Basic land will be provided

Each team will start with 30 life

Approximately 50 minutes for deck listing and construction (deck lists will only be used in any tournament with more than 32 players)

Games are 1 match

3 50 minute Swiss Rounds regardless of attendance

Prize Support:

Prize support will be in the form of gift certificates to Leisure Time Games**. The total credit in the prize pool will be equivalent to 2 MtG booster packs per individual in a particular tournament, to be divided among the top 1/3 of the number of players (rounded up). Further, prize support will be adjusted to reflect the 3 round ceiling to assure the top players get prize support equivalent to their modified standings. For example:

8 players:

1st 8 boosters

2nd 4 boosters

3rd 4 boosters

9 - 12 players:

1st and 2nd 6 - 8 boosters each

3rd and 4th 3 - 4 boosters each

13 - 16 players:

1st and 2nd 8 - 9 boosters each

3rd and 4th 4 - 5 boosters each

5th and 6th 1 - 2 boosters each

17 - 24 players:

1st through 4th 6 - 8 boosters each

5th through 8th 3 - 4 boosters each

25 - 32 players:

1st through 4th 6 - 8 boosters each 5th through 8th 4 - 5 boosters each 9th through 12th 2 - 3 boosters each

These numbers are approximate. Actual breakdown will vary on attendance. See Tournament Organizer for further details.

Open Dueling Events :

Over the course of each day, we are opening up our Prerelease Weekend for a free open dueling event. This event is for casual play, and anyone who wants to can join in. You can use a deck you brought, a deck you built at the prerelease, or you can pick up one of the Oath of the Gatewatch Intro Packs that we will have in stock especially for this event. We will be selling the intro packs for a special price during the whole weekend: $13.86 + tax, which comes to $15.00. This deck comes with a 60 card deck, a foil rare, and 2 booster packs.

Any other questions, just let me know

The Fine Print:

**Special prices, special offers, discounts, and sales prices are not valid when redeeming store credit. Anything can happen and it usually does. Other conditions may apply, see store for further details, and so forth. We reserve the right to make changes of any kind for any reason without notice; good, bad or indifferent. We also reserve the right to refuse service to ANYONE.

Next:

THE PRE-ORDER WINDOW HAS OPENED

Pre-order between now and January 21 to get:

Booster Boxes-

1Booster Box of Oath of the Gatewatch

1 Foil alternate art promo card (TBD)

$104.95 plus tax

1 With Everything Bundle-

1 booster box

1 of each of the 5 Intro Packs,

1 Fat Pack

1 Foil alternate art promo card (TBD)

$190.00 plus tax

We'll see you January 16 and 17

October 19, 2015

BATTLE FOR ZENDIKAR GAME DAY WEEKEND THIS SATURDAY AND SUNDAY

Saturday at 5:00 PM, Sunday at 11:00 AM, we'll be hosting the Battle For Zendikar Game Day Weekend. Saturday at Halloween Horror Games Day, and Sunday at Leisure Time Games.

Entry into the Saturday event if free with your paid admission to Halloween Horror Games Day, and Sunday is free.

The Details:

Saturday

Sign Ups begin at 4:00 PM

Round 1 begins at 5:00 PM

Sunday

Sign Ups begin at 11:00 AM

Round 1 begins at 11:30 AM

Both days

Swiss Tournament

Standard Format

All participants will receive a full art Stasis Snare

The top 8 players will receive a full art foil Radiant Flames

The top player will receive a special Battle For Zendikar Game Day Champion play mat

See you Saturday at Halloween Horror Games Day and Sunday at Leisure Time Games

October 1, 2015

BATTLE FOR ZENDIKAR LAUNCH WEEKEND KICKS OFF WITH FNM/TOURNAMENTS ON DEMAND, ALL WEEKEND LONG

Starting Friday, 5:00 PM, Ending Sunday At 3:00 PM Top Of The Hour Drafts/Sealed Format Tournaments To Be Hosted

Starting this Friday, and through the whole weekend, we will be hosting the Battle For Zendikar Release Weekend Event, here at Leisure Time Games. Every hour on the hour, we will be hosting draft on demand tournaments, sealed deck tournaments, as well as the usual FNM tournaments that we host here every Friday.

This Friday, the promo card for our FNM Tournaments throughout the month of October will be:

Foil alternate art Ultimate Price

Plus, any event you enter through the weekend will also get you (while supplies last):

Foil alternate art date stamped Blight Herder

Here's how the Tournaments On Demand will work:

FRIDAY

Starting at 5:00 PM, then 6:00 PM,then 7:00 PM, as soon as a pod of 8 participants can be put together, a draft will begin. This will be the usual $12.00 entry. We will also be hosting the usual tournaments as well; Standard, Competitive Standard, Commander and Modern. Prize support for all free tournaments will be in the form of the FNM card for first and second, as well as 1 given to a random player. Each tournament that has an entry fee will have prize support based on the type of tournament it is (Competitive Standard, 1 booster for each round win, excluding byes. Drafts, 4 boosters to the winner, 2 to second and 2 to third). All numbers are based on an 8 person pool, and will be adjusted accordingly.

SATURDAY

Starting at 10:00 AM, and every hour on the hour until 4:00 PM, any tournament that all participants agree to enter will begin. 8 participants will not be necessary, but 8 will be able to be sanctioned. All drafts will be $12.00, all sealed events will be $24.00. All prize support for the tournaments will be determined by the number of participants.

SUNDAY

Starting at 11:00 AM, and every hour on the hour until 3:00 PM, any tournament that all participants agree to enter will begin. 8 participants will not be necessary, but 8 will be able to be sanctioned. All drafts will be $12.00, all sealed events will be $24.00. All prize support for the tournaments will be determined by the number of participants.

If you gotta get some MTG on, Leisure Time Games will definitely be the place to be.

We'll see you this weekend folks

September 24, 2015

IMPORTANT NOTE:

1. The Saturday 10:00 AM tournament is officially full. We have no more room for any more sign ups in that time slot. As of the writing of this post (3:00 PM Friday) there are 14 slots in total left for the weekend, and going quick. If you're on the fence as to when you'd like to play, your choices are getting limited in a hurry, so act fast.

2. This Saturday is going to be BUSY. We've got a board game group meeting in the morning, a video game tournament in the afternoon, a Cardfight!! Vanguard tournament and this Magic the Gathering Pre Release tournament going on all day long. If things fall behind schedule, please be patient. We'll get to you in a timely manner. I don't foresee an issue, just be aware

September 17, 2015

MTG BATTLE FOR ZENDIKAR

Battle for Zendikar Preorders, Prereleases And Open Dueling Events Registration Has Begun

The latest set for Magic the Gathering, Battle for Zendikar, releases on October 3.

We have opened registration for the Battle for Zendikar Prerelease and Open Dueling Events happening on September 26 - 27, and we are also taking pre-orders on all Battle for Zendikar product. First off:

THE PRE-ORDER WINDOW HAS OPENED

Pre-order between now and October 2 to get:

Booster Boxes-

1Booster Box of Battle for Zendikar

1 Foil alternate art Ruinous Path

$104.95 plus tax

1 With Everything Bundle-

1 booster box

1 of each of the 5 Intro Packs,

1 Fat Pack

1 Foil alternate art Ruinous Path

$190.00 plus tax

Next:

BATTLE FOR ZENDIKAR

PRE-RELEASE WEEKEND

On September 26 - 27 we will be holding 6 prerelease tournaments; 3 on Saturday and 3 on Sunday, along with 2 all day Open Dueling Events, also on Saturday and Sunday. The exact location has yet to be determined, but will be here in the Mall. Most likely here in the shop, and in the overflow room.

Start Times Will Be:

Sealed Tournaments

Times are both days

10:00 AM Deck Construction

11:00 AM Round 1 Begins

2:00 PM Deck Construction

3:00 PM Round 1 Begins

6:00 PM Deck Construction

7:00 PM Round 1 Begins

Open Dueling

All day on both days

Entry Fees:

Sealed Tournaments

If you sign up before September 26, entry per pre-release tournament will be $25.00.

On September 26 and 27, entry will be $28.00.

If you enter all 6 of the pre-release tournaments, entry will be for the special price of $22.00 each ($132.00 total).

All prices include sales tax

Open Dueling Event

Free, unless you wish to purchase an Intro Deck for $15.00, which will be available for the Intro Pack Event.

Each prerelease pack contains:

6 Magic Battle for Zendikar booster packs

A randomized, date-stamped promo card

1 insert with deck building advice

1 Spindown life counter

Tournament structure:

Sealed Format

40 card minimum including land

No 4 card maximum

No cards from outside the tournament allowed

All cards not in the main deck will considered to be in your side board

Basic land will be provided

Approximately 50 minutes for deck listing and construction (deck lists will only be used in any tournament with more than 32 players)

3 50 minute Swiss Rounds regardless of attendance

Prize Support:

Prize support will be in the form of gift certificates to Leisure Time Games**. The total credit in the prize pool will be equivalent to 2 MtG booster packs per individual in a particular tournament, to be divided among the top 1/3 of the number of players (rounded up). Further, prize support will be adjusted to reflect the 3 round ceiling to assure the top players get prize support equivalent to their modified standings. For example:

8 players:

1st 8 boosters

2nd 4 boosters

3rd 4 boosters

9 - 12 players:

1st and 2nd 6 - 8 boosters each

3rd and 4th 3 - 4 boosters each

13 - 16 players:

1st and 2nd 8 - 9 boosters each

3rd and 4th 4 - 5 boosters each

5th and 6th 1 - 2 boosters each

17 - 24 players:

1st through 4th 6 - 8 boosters each

5th through 8th 3 - 4 boosters each

25 - 32 players:

1st through 4th 6 - 8 boosters each 5th through 8th 4 - 5 boosters each 9th through 12th 2 - 3 boosters each

These numbers are approximate. Actual breakdown will vary on attendance. See Tournament Organizer for further details.

Open Dueling Events :

Over the course of each day, we are opening up our Prerelease Weekend for a free open dueling event. This event is for casual play, and anyone who wants to can join in. You can use a deck you brought, a deck you built at the prerelease, or you can pick up one of the Battle for Zendikar Intro Packs that we will have in stock especially for this event. We will be selling the intro packs for a special price during the whole weekend: $13.86 + tax, which comes to $15.00. This deck comes with a 60 card deck, a foil rare, and 2 booster packs.

Any other questions, just let me know

The Fine Print:

**Special prices, special offers, discounts, and sales prices are not valid when redeeming your credit. Anything can happen and it usually does. Other conditions may apply, see store for further details, and so forth. We reserve the right to make changes of any kind for any reason without notice; good, bad or indifferent. We also reserve the right to refuse service to ANYONE.

We'll see you on September 26 - 27

June 26, 2015

MTG ORIGINS

Origins Preorders, Prereleases And Open Dueling Events Registration Has Begun

The final core set, Origins, releases on July 17. To celebrate this historic occasion, we have opened registration for the Origins Prerelease and Open Dueling Events happening on July 11 - 12, and we are also taking pre-orders on all Origins product.

Preorder between now and July 12 to get:

booster boxes- $104.95 plus tax, or

1 With Everything Bundle- 1 booster box, 1 of each of the 5 Intro Packs, and 1 Fat Pack- $190.00 plus tax

Of course the really big news is the Origins Prerelease Weekend. On July 11-12 we will be holding 6 prerelease tournaments; 3 on Saturday and 3 on Sunday, along with 2 all day Open Dueling Events, also on Saturday and Sunday. The exact location has yet to be determined, but will be here in the Mall.

Start Times Will Be:

Sealed Tournaments

Times are both days

10:00 AM Deck Construction

11:00 AM Round 1 Begins

2:00 PM Deck Construction

3:00 PM Round 1 Begins

6:00 PM Deck Construction

7:00 PM Round 1 Begins

Open Dueling

All day on both days

Entry Fee:

Sealed Tournaments

If you sign up before July 10, entry per prerelease tournament will be $24.00. If you enter all 6 of the prerelease tournaments, entry will be for the special price of $22.00 each ($132.00 total)*. If you sign up at the door, entry will be $28.00.

Open Dueling Event

Free, unless you wish to purchase an Intro Deck for $15.00, which will be available for the Intro Pack Event.

What you get:

Players will be able to choose from one of five different Prerelease Packs, themed after a specific Planeswalker and their color:

White (Gideon)

Blue (Jace)

Black (Liliana)

Red (Chandra)

Green (Nissa).

The pack's theme does not guarantee a specific Planeswalker card

Each prerelease pack contains:

6 Magic Origins booster packs

A 7-card seeded booster pack including a stamped promo card themed to your Planeswalker choice

Story booklet

1 Spindown life counter

Tournament structure:

Sealed Format

40 card minimum including land

No 4 card maximum

No cards from outside the tournament allowed

All cards not in the main deck will considered to be in your side board

Basic land will be provided

50 minutes for deck listing and construction (deck lists will only be used in any tournament with more than 32 players)

3 50 minute Swiss Rounds regardless of attendance

Prize Support:

Prize support will be in the form of gift certificates to Leisure Time Games**. The total credit in the prize pool will be equivalent to 2 MtG booster packs per individual in a particular tournament, to be divided among the top 1/3 of the number of players (rounded up). Further, prize support will be adjusted to reflect the 3 round ceiling to assure the top players get prize support equivalent to their modified standings. For example:

8 players:

1st 8 boosters

2nd 4 boosters

3rd 4 boosters

9 - 12 players:

1st and 2nd 6 - 8 boosters each

3rd and 4th 3 - 4 boosters each

13 - 16 players:

1st and 2nd 8 - 9 boosters each

3rd and 4th 4 - 5 boosters each

5th and 6th 1 - 2 boosters each

17 - 24 players:

1st through 4th 6 - 8 boosters each

5th through 8th 3 - 4 boosters each

25 - 32 players:

1st through 4th 6 - 8 boosters each 5th through 8th 4 - 5 boosters each 9th through 12th 2 - 3 boosters each

These numbers are approximate. Actual breakdown will vary on attendance. See Tournament Organizer for further details.

Open Dueling Events :

Over the course of each day, we are opening up our Prerelease Weekend for a free open dueling event. This event is for casual play, and anyone who wants to can join in. You can use a deck you brought, a deck you built at the prerelease, or you can pick up one of the Origins Intro Packs that we will have in stock especially for this event. We will be selling the intro packs for a special price during the whole weekend: $13.86 + tax That comes to $15.00. This deck comes with a 60 card deck, a foil rare, and 2 booster packs.

Any other questions, just let me know

The Fine Print:

*In order to get the special price of $132.00 for all tournament entries, you may double up on only 1 Planeswalker Kit. All other chosen kits must be from the remaining 4 choices. If you wish to enter each tournament with the same Clan choice, you may, but you must pay the regular pre-purchase price, or the at the door price depending on when you sign up.

**Special prices, special offers, discounts, and sales prices are not valid when redeeming your credit. Anything can happen and it usually does. Other conditions may apply, see store for further details, and so forth. We reserve the right to make changes of any kind for any reason without notice; good, bad or indifferent. We also reserve the right to refuse service to ANYONE.

May 27, 2015

FNM EARLY BIRD SPECIAL-

Leisure Time Games Dishes Up Early Tournament Time For The Magic The Gathering Fans:

For those of you who don't know, Leisure Time Games is an Advance Plus location for Wizards of the Coast. This designates our store as a place that goes the extra mile to promote game play to the local community.

One such way we show our support is to provide not only a variety of games to play, but a variety of designated times to play them. For instance, we understand that not everyone can be here on Friday night during Friday Night Magic until 11:00 PM or even later some times. So, we have an earlier tournament for those of you who can make it.

Every Friday, starting at 12:00 PM, we start taking sign ups for a FNM Standard Tournament. The tournament begins at 1:00 PM, is considered a Casual Event, therefore entry will be free. Prize support comes in the form of that month's FNM Promo Card, which will be given to the first place player, the second place player and 1 to a random participant. This assumes a tournament of at least 8 players.

We'll see you folks then

May 16, 2015

MODERN MASTERS II RELEASES, DRAFTS ENSUE

LEISURE TIME GAMES HOSTING DRAFTS ALL WEEKEND, STARTING FRIDAY

The latest and highly anticipated set for Magic the Gathering, Modern Masters II, releases on Friday, May 22. To mark this occasion, Leisure Time Games will be hosting multiple drafts starting that Friday, and through the weekend.

First, on Friday, during Friday Night Magic, there will be a FNM Draft. Sign ups for this event will start at the usual FNM sign up time of 5:30 PM with a draft time of 6:30 PM - 7:00 PM.Then, on Saturday at 2:00 PM, sign ups will begin for that day's event, with a draft start time of 3:00 PM. Sunday will have a sign up time of 11:00 AM, with a draft start time of 12:00 PM. All draft entry fees will be $30.00, with prize support to the top players which will be determined at the time of the events.

Further, while supplies last, we will be doing on demand drafts or sealed events. As long as the event is able to be sanctioned, that is has at least 8 players, and can end by the time the shop closes on whatever that respective day is (typically 8:00 PM, 11:30 PM on Friday, and 7:00 PM on Sunday,), drafts will be $30.00 and sealed events will be $60.00.

This is a limited release set, and once it's gone, it's gone. Come on in and take part in the action. We look forward to seeing you soon.

May 11, 2015

FNM GETS A FACELIFT

LEISURE TIME GAMES ADDS MULTIPLE TIMES AND FORMATS TO THE FRIDAY NIGHT MAGIC SCHEDULE

Since the beginning of the year, Wizards of the Coast, makers of Magic the Gathering, has allowed game stores to host up to 6 Magic the Gathering Tournaments for their Friday Night Magic events. This is up from their previous limit of 2. Also, they've increased the number of formats that are able to be sanctioned, including some never before sanctioned formats, such as Commander.

Leisure Time Games is happy to run with this. Since the beginning of the year, we've been sanctioning the full lot of events. Further, starting this week, we will also be hosting an early FNM as well, for those who cannot stay for the late night event.

Our new FNM schedule is going to look like this:

With the exception of the afternoon casual standard tournament, all FNM tournaments begin sign ups at 5:30 PM, with a start time of 6:30 PM. Please allow a 15 - 30 minute variance on all tournament start times due to extenuating circumstances

1. Standard Format

Casual*

Free Entry

12:00 PM sign ups, round 1 at 1:00 PM

2. Standard Format

Competitive*

$5.00 entry

3. Draft Format

Competitive*

$12.00 entry

4. Modern Format

Competitive*

Free entry

5. Commander Format

Casual*

Free Entry

6. Limited

Casual*

Free Entry

All FNM tournaments will have prize support in the form of at least 2 FNM monthly promo cards, 1 to first place and 1 to second place. More may be given out at random depending on participation in that particular tournament. The tournaments that have an additional cost to enter will have additional prize support in the form of store credit.

*Competitive tournaments have a higher Planeswalker Point value than the casual formats.

More options, more fun. We'll see you this Friday.

May 1, 2015

CHAOS DRAFT, MAY 3

This Sunday, the day after Con De Mayo!!/Free Comic Book Day Game and Comic Event, Kris B. will be hosting a Chaos Draft.

Sign ups at 11

Draft starts at 12

$30 cash to enter

Limited to 16 people

What's a Chaos Draft? It's like a regular draft, but the 3 boosters you will receive will be from a large variety of different boosters. No two people will have the same pool. There will be sets like Modern Masters, Alliances, Unhinged, and many others.

Kris will be at FNM, and of course the PPTQ on Saturday if you want to reserve your spot.

See you thenApril 16, 2015

DRAGONS OF TARKIR GAME DAY WEEKEND

This Saturday and Sunday, Leisure Time Games is hosting the Dragons of Tarkir Game Day Weekend.

These free events that will be held here in the shop will be Standard Format tournaments. Sign ups for the Saturday Event will begin at 3:00 PM, and round 1 will begin at 4:00 PM. The Sunday event will start sign ups at 11:00 AM, and round 1 will begin at 12:00 PM.

This will be a Swiss Tournament. The number of rounds will be determined by the number of players, with a minimum of 3 rounds. All participants will receive (while supplies last) 1 full art, alternate art Scaleguard Sentinels promo card. The top 8 finishers will receive 1 foil ful. art, alternate art Thunderbreak Regent. The winner will get a sweet Dragons of Tarkir Game Day "Champion" play mat.

Once again, this Standard Format tournament is free to enter.

April 12, 2015

LEISURE TIME GAMES TO HOST MAGIC: THE GATHERING ADVANCED LEAGUE AND TOURNAMENT PLAY

As announced at the Grand Prix Trial Las Vegas on Saturday April 11, starting this Thursday, Leisure Time Games will be hosting league and tournament play for advanced players of Magic the Gathering.

This weekly event will be for players who are interested in taking the steps they need to improve their game, as well as for those who are on their way, but would like extra game play time to improve their overall skills.

For now, this weekly event will be tied to the next major Magic the Gathering event sponsored by Wizards of the Coast, that we here at Leisure Time Games are hosting pre-events for. Since the next major event will be Grand Prix Las Vegas, which is a Sealed Modern Masters Event, our events here on Thursdays will focus on, but will not be limited to, the Modern Format. Games will be either free play format, or tournament format (Planeswalker Points X1) if there are 8 or more participants.

If you are a skilled player of Magic the Gathering, or would like to become one, come to Leisure Time Games every Thursday. Game play will begin at 5:00 PM and run until 8:00 PM. You are welcome to come in earlier if you wish.

See you then

DRAGONS OF TARKIR

LAUNCH WEEKEND

March 27 - 29

The latest set for Magic the Gathering, Dragons of Tarkir, releases this Friday. To celebrate, this weekend starting on Friday with Friday Night Magic at 6:30 PM, then on into both Saturday at 3:00 PM and Sunday at 11:00 AM, we'll be hosting a variety of tournaments for the launch.

We'll be giving promo cards to all who participate in any of these events; a foil promo Deathbringer Regent while supplies last. This will be on top of the usual FNM/Sealed event prize support we give out.

The weekend (starting Friday) will look like this:

FRIDAY

Friday Night Magic

6 FNM Tournaments of various formats

Various to no entry fees

Sign ups begin at 5:30 PM

All events begin at 6:30 PM (or so)

Various prizes depending on tournament

See below for details

SATURDAY

Sealed Deck Tournament

$25.00 to enter

Construction begins at 3:00 PM

Round 1 begins at 4:00 PM

Prizes to top players

See below for details

SUNDAY

Sealed Deck Tournament

$25.00 to enter

Construction begins at 11:00 AM

Round 1 begins at 12:00 PM

Prizes to top players

See below for details

THE DETAILS

Friday March 27, 2015- Friday Night Magic

All FNM tournaments will be Swiss Rounds

All FNM tournaments will have 1 FNM promo card to the winner, 1 to second place, and 2 to be given to random participants

(to be eligible for the FNM promo, the tournament in question MUST have at least 8 participants)

Tournaments-

Booster Draft Competitive Tournament

$12.00 entry

1 booster pack equivalent in store credit will be in the prize pool for each participant. Prize pool will be divided among the top players to be determined once we know how many will officially be enrolled

Standard Competitive Tournament

$5.00 entry

Win a round, get a prize- Each round you win will get you 1 booster pack equivalent in store credit. 3 rounds maximum. Any player that does not win any of the 3 rounds will get an FNM promo card as consolation.

Modern Competitive Tournament

$5.00 entry

Win a round, get a prize- Each round you win will get you 1 booster pack equivalent in store credit. 3 rounds maximum. Any player that does not win any of the 3 rounds will get an FNM promo card as consolation.

Commander Casual Tournament

Free to enter

Prize support will consist of the FNM promo for that month

Standard Casual Tournament

Free to enter

Prize support will consist of the FNM promo for that month

Vintage Casual Tournament

Free to enter

Prize support will consist of the FNM promo for that month

Saturday and Sunday March 28 - 29

In addition to the information above, each tournament will have 1 booster pack in the prize pool equal to the number of participants, to be divided among the top players. Your booster packs that you will use to build your deck will be 4 Dragons of Tarkir boosters and 2 Fate Reforged boosters*.

*If the Fate Reforged boosters are in limited supply, we may make the tournament 6 Dragons of Tarkir boosters at our discretion.

Need more details? Let me know. Go to the Contact Us page for info on that.

See you soon

March 23, 2015

What a great weekend,

Another Prerelease Weekend is in the books. This was without a doubt the largest turnout for a prerelease weekend since going to the 6 tournament format. I'll be posting video and stills before too long. Please bear with me, I'm still new to that whole Videographer thing.

Until then, here's a little insight as to how it all went:

The Good:

1. Huge turn out- see The Bad #2 for further details

2. Most of the tournament packs went evenly-Usually of the 5 different Prerelease Packs, 1 goes fast, 2 go slower, and 2 barely get chosen at all. This time only 1 was the black sheep of the set (I'm looking at you Silumgar)

The Bad:

1. Late start both days- Anything can happen and it usually does. No excuses, I'll work on this folks.

2. So may people came we had to turn people away at the final tournament on Sunday due to lack of product. I suppose that's a good problem, but a problem nonetheless. Sorry about that.

The Ugly:

My laptop crashed, causing an already delayed Saturday event to get delayed even longer. That was a real bummer, but I hope to have this glitch taken care of by the next big MTG event.

Speaking of our next big MTG event:

THE NEXT UPCOMING BIG MTG EVENTS

1. Dragons of Tarkir Release Weekend

This will be this weekend, March 27 - 29, starting with FNM on Friday. Then we'll also be hosting sealed deck events on both Saturday at 3:00 PM and Sunday at 11:00 AM. We'll be giving promo cards to all who participate in any of these events; a foil promo Deathbringer Regent while supplies last. This will be on top of the usual FNM/Sealed event prize support we give out.

2. Grand Prix Trial Las Vegas

Then, after that, we'll be hosting another Grand Prix Trial Las Vegas, on Saturday April 11. You can find more details here:

Grand Prix Trial Las Vegas II

3. Dragons of Tarikir Game Day Weekend

Next, on April 18 - 19 will be the Dragons of Tarkir Game Day Weekend. This will be Standard Format, and more info will follow soon.

4. PPTQ Milwaukee

As if that isn't enough, during our next Games Day Event; Con de Mayo/Free Comic Book Day on May 2:

Pre Pro Tour Qualifier Milwaukee

5. Grand Prix Trial Las Vegas

Finally, on May 16 all these major events will be followed up by our last of the Pro Tour Qualifiers for the Las Vegas Grand Prix:

Grand Prix Trial Las Vegas III

Once again everyone, thanks for coming. It seems all of our events are getting bigger and bigger, and none of this is possible without all of you.

See you soon

March 5, 2015

DRAGONS OF TARKIR

PRERELEASE TOURNAMENTS

and

MEGA OPEN DUELING EVENTS

March 21-22

also

DRAGONS OF TARKIR PRE-ORDER

WINDOW OPENS TODAY

THE LOCATION FOR THIS EVENT To Be Determined

6 Tournaments to choose from now

Grand Prix Trial Las Vegas, Round 2 held on April 11, 2015

Prize support for the Dragons of Tarkir

Game Day Weekend Event

The third and final set of the Khans of Tarkir block will be arriving soon, and on the weekend of March 21 and 22 we will be hosting:

6 Prerelease Tournaments

2 Mega Open Dueling Events

Also, starting today we are opening up our pre-order window, taking orders on booster boxes and our special 1 With Everything Bundle.

First-

Dragons of Tarkir

Prerelease Tournaments

What:

6 Sealed Booster Pack Tournaments over the entire weekend

When:

Saturday and Sunday, March 21 - 22

10:00 AM, 2:00 PM and 6:00 PM each day

Where:

Santa Maria Town Center Mall. Location to be determined

Entry Fee:

$24.00 pre-entry

$27.00 at the door

Enter all events for $22.00 each ($132.00 total)*

What you get:

4 Dragons of Tarkir booster packs

1 Fate Reforged booster pack

1 seeded booster pack

1 Activity insert

1 Clan information card

1 (awesome looking) Spindown Life Counter

Tournament structure:

Sealed Format-

• • 40 card minimum including land

  • no 4 card maximum

  • no cards from outside the tournament allowed

  • All cards not in the main deck will considered to be in your side board

  • basic land will be provided

50 minutes for deck listing and construction (deck lists will be used in any tournament with more than 32 players)

3 50 minute Swiss Rounds regardless of attendance

Prize Support:

Prize support will be in the form of gift certificates to Leisure Time Games**. The total credit in the prize pool will be equivalent to 2 MtG booster packs per individual, to be divided among the top 1/3 of the number of players (rounded up). Further, prize support will be adjusted to reflect the 3 round ceiling to assure the top players get prize support equivalent to their modified standings.

For example:

8 players

• 1st 4 boosters

• 2nd 2 boosters

• 3rd 2 boosters

9 - 12 players

• 1st and 2nd 6 - 8 boosters each

• 3rd and 4th 3 - 4 boosters each

13 - 16 players

• 1st and 2nd 8 - 9 boosters each

• 3rd and 4th 4 - 5 boosters each

• 5th and 6th 1 - 2 boosters each

17 - 24 players

• 1st through 4th 6 - 8 boosters each

• 5th through 8th 3 - 4 boosters each

25 - 32 players

• 1st through 4th 6 - 8 boosters each

• 5th through 8th 4 - 5 boosters each

• 9th through 12th 2 - 3 boosters each

These numbers are approximate. Actual breakdown will vary on attendance. See Tournament Organizer for further details.

Next-

Mega Open Dueling Events

Over the course of each day, we are opening up our pre-release weekend for a free open dueling event.

This event is for casual play, and anyone who wants to can join in. You can use a deck you brought, a deck you built for or at the prerelease, or you can pick up one of the Fate Reforged Intro Packs that we will have in stock especially for this event. We will be selling the intro packs for a special price during the whole weekend:

$13.86 + tax

That comes to $15.00. This deck comes with a 60 card deck, a foil rare, and 2 booster packs.

Finally-

THE PRE-ORDER

WINDOW HAS OPENED

We are taking pre-orders on all Dragons of Tarkir product, including:

booster boxes-

$104.95 plus tax

And a 1 With Everything Bundle- 1 booster box, 1 of each of the 5 Intro Packs, and 1

Fat Pack-

$190.00 plus tax

Any other questions, just let me know

The Fine Print:

*In order to get the special price of $120 for all tournament entries, you may double up on only 1 Clan Kit. All other chosen kits must be from the remaining 4 choices. If you wish to enter each tournament with the same Clan choice, you may, but you must pay the regular pre-purchase price, or the at the door price depending on when you sign up.

**Special prices, special offers, discounts, and sales prices are not valid when redeeming your credit.

Anything can happen and it usually does.

Other conditions may apply, see store for further details, and so forth.

We reserve the right to make changes of any kind for any reason without notice; good, bad or indifferent. We also reserve the right to refuse service to ANYONE.

Older Posts

FATE REFORGED

GAME DAY WEEKEND

Saturday and Sunday

February 14 and 15

Free to enter

Standard Format

Swiss Rounds

50 minute time limit per round

Sign ups begin at 11:00 AM

Round 1 begins at 12:00 PM

All entries will receive*

1 full art promo Mardu Shadowspear

Top 8 will receive

1 full art foil Supplant Form

Winner will receive

1 Fate Reforged Game Day Champion play mat

See you here this weekend

*While supplies last

FATE REFORGED

PRERELEASE TOURNAMENTS

MEGA OPEN DUELING EVENTS

JANUARY 17 - 18

FATE REFORGED PRE-ORDER

WINDOW OPENS TODAY

THE LOCATION FOR THIS EVENT WILL BE UPSTAIRS, ACROSS FROM THE COOKIE COOKERY, IN THE OLD INNER STRENGTH MARTIAL ARTS ACADEMY

The second set of the Khans of Tarkir block will be arriving soon, and on the weekend of January 17 and 18 we will be hosting:

6 Prerelease Tournaments

2 Mega Open Dueling Events

Also, starting today we are opening up our pre-order window, taking orders on booster boxes and our special 1 With Everything Bundle.

First-

Fate Reforged

Prerelease Tournaments

What:

6 Sealed Booster Pack Tournaments over the entire weekend

When:

Saturday and Sunday, January 17 - 18

10:00 AM, 2:00 PM and 6:00 PM each day

Where:

Santa Maria Town Center Mall Event Room

4 doors down from Leisure Time Games

Entry Fee:

$24.00 pre-entry

$27.00 at the door

Enter all events for $22.00 each ($132.00 total)

What you get:

4 Fate Reforged booster packs

1 Khans of Tarkir booster pack

1 seeded booster pack

1 Activity insert

1 Clan information card

1 Spindown Life Counter

1 clan identity button

Tournament structure:

Sealed Format-

• • 40 card minimum including land

  • no 4 card maximum

  • no cards from outside the tournament allowed

  • All cards not in the main deck will considered to be in your side board

  • basic land will be provided

50 minutes for deck listing and construction (deck lists will be used in any tournament with more than 32 players)

3 50 minute Swiss Rounds regardless of attendance

Prize Support:

Prize support will be in the form of gift certificates to Leisure Time Games**. The total credit in the prize pool will be equivalent to 2 MtG booster packs per individual, to be divided among the top 1/3 of the number of players (rounded up). Further, prize support will be adjusted to reflect the 3 round ceiling to assure the top players get prize support equivalent to their modified standings.

For example:

8 players

• 1st 4 boosters

• 2nd 2 boosters

• 3rd 2 boosters

9 - 12 players

• 1st and 2nd 6 - 8 boosters each

• 3rd and 4th 3 - 4 boosters each

13 - 16 players

• 1st and 2nd 8 - 9 boosters each

• 3rd and 4th 4 - 5 boosters each

• 5th and 6th 1 - 2 boosters each

17 - 24 players

• 1st through 4th 6 - 8 boosters each

• 5th through 8th 3 - 4 boosters each

25 - 32 players

• 1st through 4th 6 - 8 boosters each

• 5th through 8th 4 - 5 boosters each

• 9th through 12th 2 - 3 boosters each

These numbers are approximate. Actual breakdown will vary on attendance. See Tournament Organizer for further details.

Next-

Mega Open Dueling Events

Over the course of each day, we are opening up our pre-release weekend for a free open dueling event.

This event is for casual play, and anyone who wants to can join in. You can use a deck you brought, a deck you built for or at the prerelease, or you can pick up one of the Fate Reforged Intro Packs that we will have in stock especially for this event. We will be selling the intro packs for a special price during the whole weekend:

$13.86 + tax

That comes to $15.00. This deck comes with a 60 card deck, a foil rare, and 2 booster packs.

Finally-

THE PRE-ORDER

WINDOW HAS OPENED

We are taking pre-orders on all Fate Reforged product, including:

booster boxes-

$104.95 plus tax

And a 1 With Everything Bundle- 1 booster box, 1 of each of the 5 Intro Packs, and 1

Fat Pack-

$190.00 plus tax

Any other questions, just let me know

The Fine Print:

**Special prices, special offers, discounts, and sales prices are not valid when redeeming your credit.

Anything can happen and it usually does.

Other conditions may apply, see store for further details, and so forth.

We reserve the right to make changes of any kind for any reason without notice; good, bad or indifferent. We also reserve the right to refuse service to ANYONE.

MtG Team Meeting Minutes 2/10/15

I. Attendance

A. Darren, Ken

II. Old Business

A. Strategy

i. Bounce/Counter

ii. Cryptic Command

B. Reading of the minutes including interview with Corbin L. from the Grand Prix San Jose

III. New business

A. How do we get more attendance to meetings

1. Long Term

i. Win

a. Members who attend bigger tournaments who are able to do well can help show the importance of attending these meetings.

b. Personal strategy discussion

1. Do what we can as a group to address individual’s issues with their game

c. Guest speakers

1. Have more players come in to talk about their experience

2. Short Term

i. Incentive for attendance

a. End of Month Drawing

ii. Emphasize the Thursday MtG Game Night

a. Use the Thursday game to come up with discussion points for the Tuesday meeting

1. What went well, what needs work, etc

B. Discussion of current Standard Format

1. Discussed the upcoming set releases and how they will be releasing

2. Not a lot of of land destruction out there these days

IV. Action Item

A. Tabled to next week

February 9, 2015

MtG Meeting Minutes 2/3/15

I. Attendance

A. Corbin, Darren, Ryan, Ken

II. Old Business

A. Reading of the Minutes

B. Strategy Discussion

1. Sandbag when you have a board wipe in hand

i. Have your next play ready when you board wipe

C. Jeskai combo- yeah, it’s alright

D. During a Competitive Format Event, let your opponent make mistakes

1. Don’t announce prowess triggers

2. Don’t announce damage until it is actually the Combat Damage Step

i. It’s not your job during a Competitive event to assist your opponent with game information

ii. It is your opponent’s responsibility to know the rules, and not yours to correct them when the information is public knowledge.

III. New Business

A. Member of Team Leisure, Corbin L., joins us to talk about how things went that weekend

1. See Below for the full interview

IV. Action Item

1. Bring a friend next week

Interview with Corbin L., Representing Team Leisure at the San Jose Grand Prix Team Sealed Event

LTG- Thanks for coming in and sharing your experience with us today. First off, how was the venue?

CL- When we got there, there was another convention going on- bunch of folks in suits everywhere. The actual event we were in was in a large tent. It was a nice enough place. The ground was a cement slab, so it was designed to be there.

LTG-What did you folks do there for day one?

CL- We got there at 11:45, and there was a practice Sealed Team Event going on at 12:00, so we jumped in on that. We found out after losing round 1 that it was a single elimination event. So, we entered a sealed event.

Later that evening, we went to dinner. One of the members wanted to ask the desk clerk if anything was open and nearby. We told him Denny’s would be the only option, but he wanted to check anyway. Turns out the desk clerk told him there was a Denny’s near by.

With that, we went to Denny’s.

While we were there, another person who rode up with us called his wife to say they were staying at the exact same hotel, and were eating at the exact same Denny’s, and in the exact same booth as the last time he went to this event.

LTG- Wow, Deja Vu. Or would that be synergy? Irony? Anyway, how about the main event for Saturday; I suppose the first question should be how does this whole Team Format work? Let’s start with the rounds, how are they run in this format?

CL- Each team player is assigned a letter, A, B or C. You then face the opponent from another team that mirrors your letter, and you play that opponent best 2 out of 3. The winning team is given a “Win” rather than 2-0, a 2-1 or what have you. All in all I think day 1 was around 9 rounds. those who went X-2 or better moved on to the next day.

LTG- How did deck construction go with the limited resources you had? Not quite sealed deck with 6 boosters each, not quite draft with 3 boosters each, but 12 boosters to be divided as you all see fit. Do you think it went well?

CL- We thought we had put together some pretty good decks. Chris L. built a Jeskai Midrange that was a pretty good Tempo deck as well. Geoffrey put together a Sultai Control deck, and I made a Red Green splash Blue agro deck.

LTG- Alright, off to round 1. Tell us about it.

CL- Our first team we faced was a really friendly group of guys…who crushed us. My multicolored agro deck faced a mono red agro deck. This is when I found out just how good “Dash” is.

LTG-Well, I suppose it was still early in the day. It’s not like you’re gonna be facing any big name magic players or anything until later in the day, right?

CL- Well, round 2 we went up against the team of Ben Stark, Nakamura, and Reaves.

LTG-Oh…Sorry

CL- Yeah, we lost that round pretty hard, although Chris L. managed to pull out the win versus Nakamura. I thought I was doing pretty well against Stark, but when I thought I was one turn away from victory, all I needed him to do was anything but the one thing he did. He looked at my face down morph card, said you have an Awaken the Ancients, and played accordingly.

LTG- What was he running?

CL- He was running a bunch of high toughness creatures that he would then use to clear the board with Grim Contest. Turns out that’s a pretty good strategy.

LTG- Off to round 3 then?

CL- Yup. We were already down 2, and couldn’t afford another defeat, so we spent a good amount of time going, YEAH WE CAN DO THIS! WOO HOO! GO TEAM! and so forth. We actually ended up winning that round.

LTG- That means round 4 was next. How’d that go?

CL- Round 4 we faced 3 12 year olds…maybe younger. 1 of them had been playing for like 4 months. They were so sporadic, to put it nicely. They were opening packs during game play, so Chris had them deck checked. We even considered asking a judge to do the shuffling for them because they were holding the cards in a way that they could see them as they shuffled. Still, when it was all said and done, they beat us. At that point, since we had no chance of going on to day 2, we decided to drop from the main tournament and go to the side events. We did a Sealed event, then a Standard.

LTG- Bummer man. How’d those events turn out?

CL- In the Sealed Event I went 2-1-1. Every round I played in went to turns, and that was because of me. The tournament officials gave everyone 5 packs for their patience.

LTG- Sweet! Nothing like a plus to end a day. So day 3 then. How‘d that go?

CL- We ended up doing another Team Sealed. We missed out on the Sunday Super Series because it turns out we were suppose to sign up the day before. We opened up some good cards. Chris ended up doing Jeskai Control, Geoffrey ran BW Warriors. I was so impressed with Ben Stark’s deck from yesterday, I made an Abzan one.

LTG- How’d that turn out?

CL- We went 2-2-1.

LTG- Anything of interest happen in that event?

CL- We were pretty confident in our decks. We thought we would all play aggressively. If anyone offered us a draw, we figured we’d decline. It happened, we declined. Ended up losing that round.

LTG- Oh well, that’s experience for you. So there you all were, a grip of cards you all bought into, and now you need to divvy them up. How did you all end up splitting your cards in the end?

CL- We decided to keep 3 cards out of the Team Sealed pulls and sold the rest to the vendors there. We ended up making enough to at least pay for the tournaments that way.

LTG- There it is. A full 3 day weekend of MtG. Fun, friends, frivolity, and whatnot. In the end it’s all about the experience, good or bad. What was your take away from all this?

CL- The format is fun, but random. You can be a good player and have a good deck, but you can still lose because it’s a team situation. Deck building can be a challenge. You need to approach this as a group, not as individuals. Otherwise, you’ll end up with cards in your sideboard that would have been better in someone else’s. Other than that, if given the chance, I’d do it again.

LTG- Great information my good sir. Thanks for your time.

CL- You’re welcome

February 3, 2015

TODAY'S TEAM MEETING

This past weekend, Team Leisure went to the Grand Prix San Jose,

This was a team tournament, each team consisting of 3 members. Chris L., Corbin L., and Geoffrey M. represented our humble little group.

Tonight, we'll be asking them about their experience; the good, the bad and the ugly. We'll pick their brain about their overall opinions, as well as see what kind of gems we can mine out of them to make our future endeavors better.

See you tonight

MtG Meeting Minutes 1/13/15

I. Attendance

A. Corbin, Nick, Ken

II. Old Business

A. Favorite Deck Archetype

1. Corbin

i. control or agro plus combo

a. likes cards that are individually good

b. gave many examples

B. Triangle 1- Archetype deck discussion

1. Top decks can switch between archetypes via sideboard

C. Triangle 2- Strategy discussion

1. Mill = Philosophy of fire

2. Virtual card advantage- staying ahead by using a better card than your opponent

i. 3/3 vs. 2/2 for example

III. New Business

A. quick discussion of the new set

1. green warrior

2. dragon’s getting a meh reception so far

B. Possible new archetype strategy

1. Phoenix- Mardu Skies

2. Alicia + hornet queen

IV. Action Item

A. bring another person next week

1/6/15 MtG Meeting for Team: Leisure

I. Attendance

A. Ryan, Ken

II Old Business

A. Reading of the minutes

B. Team’s current needs

1. Dedicated time to play test

2. Team needs to look into time for Massing

C. Usefulness of a Team/Incentive for meeting attendance

1. It’s a matter of time before the team can support it’s member for deck building

2. chance to get better

i. want to win

ii. get good enough to go pro

3. be able to share your personal thoughts and strategies

III. New Business

A. Deck discussions, old and new

1. “Tokens” in a combo/agro deck

2. monastery mentor discussion

i. hammer of purphulos

3. cards as engines

ii. rabble master

B. going deeper into Corbin’s discussion last week

1. Ken’s Discussion point-

Last week, Corbin talked in part about what he referred to as Triangles in Magic. The first of the two focused on what is considered the Archetypes, that is what is considered to be the basis for which most decks are built around.

I found an article that helps break it down another way:

“Aggro, Combo, and Control, as generally described here, form the rock, paper, and scissors of Magic: The Gathering. Aggro tends to beat control because it develops an advantage before control can play its signature cards. Control tends to beat combo because it can disrupt the most important pieces of the card combo, leaving the combo player with weak cards. Combo tends to beat aggro because the combo player can finish his combo, killing the aggro player, while the aggro player is still fighting towards victory. Because of this tendency, elements of aggro, combo, and control are used by wise players in order to build the most effective possible deck.” - MTG Salvation

The discussion of Tempo, card advantage, and Philosophy of Fire are about the theory of winning strategies in Magic. There are other deck ideas, of course, but these are a good place to start.

Tempo, or Timing, is about getting board advantage before your opponent. Card Advantage, probably the first theory postulated in the early days of Magic, is about having more cards, therefore options, than your opponent. The philosophy of fire is the newest of these three ideologies. It is easiest to describe as burn, but it actually goes a bit deeper. Another way to put it is, how much of your opponents life are you trading for your cards?

C. last week’s action item

1. Ryan, agro control-midrange

i. easiest to play

ii. overwhelms

iii. your answeres give advantage to play on your turn as well as your opponents

2. Ken’s play style

I’ve always been a blue player. Beating on someone with creatures just seems a bit too straight forward, just like hitting them with burn spells. I’d rather mess with the other players plans, slowly but surely taking over control of the game turn by turn. As far as the deck archetype, I would consider myself Control/Combo (paper/scissors)

D. Other Discussions

1. whip decks

2. hornet queen

3. treasure cruise

4. decks are going heavy with mana

5. some cards just have giant targets on their foreheads

IV. Action Items

A. Memorize the phases and steps of the turn

12/30/14 MtG Team Meeting

I. Attendance

A. Corbin, Ryan, Ken

II. Old Business

A. Reading of the minutes

B. Do you want to be better at magic or win more

1. Casual vs. competitive

III. New Business

A. Mechanics

1. How the game plays

2. knowing the interactions of deck styles

B. Mindset

1. thinking like a competitive player

2. what are you trying to accomplish?

3. Approach each game as a learning experience

i. if I woulda/shoulda- reflection

C. Massing

1. Play a lot with a single deck

i. learn how it works against various other decks

ii. knowing what the deck can win against and what it will lose against

D. The curve of bluffing

1. New players and pros usually don’t bluff, they are the ends of the curve

E. Use your experience to influence your play style

i. example-draft, know the cards in the format to give you a an idea of what you may face

F. Who’s got “The Beat Down”?

1. Watch the board state for advantage

G. Two triangle diagrams of deck styles- What are you looking for in a deck?

1. Agro, combo, control

i. Midrange is a control/agro deck

2. Tempo, Pillar of Fire, Card Advantage

i. Tempo

a. Pressure from your side while removing pressure from their side

b. trying to attain beat down

ii. Pillar of Fire

a. Attack the player

iii. Card Advantage

a. Looking toward control

1. Card for card=no control

2. card stays on the board

3. quality is as good as quantity

H. What’s the critical turn of the format

1. Standard turn 3 or 4

2. Modern turn 3

3. Legacy turn 2

IV. Action Items

A. Agro, combo, control-what is your favorite and why?

12/16/14 MTG Team Meeting

I. Attendees

A. Corbin, Geoffrey, Darren, Nick, Ryan, Ken

II. Old Business

A. Reading of the minutes

B. Are we looking for more players or competitive players

1. the two aren’t mutually exclusive

2. don’t make it competitive, give incentive for competitive players

i. $5.00 buy in for Standard FNM

a. Prize support to be added to the FNM as well as including the promo cards

b. ask players who play if they would play more or less with a buy in

c. Jan FNM test

C. Ways to increase the team

1. 2 days to play each format

2. post the events to make sure people know it’s happening

3. more in store advertisement of the events

III. New Business

A. Discussion of a competitive team

1. more competitive team = better team

2. Better team + better store = same goal

3. Grand Prix Trial would grow if the team grows

B. Needs of the team

1. team needs the deck pieces

i. Better single selection

ii. need to somehow display the singles better

2. Incentives

i. casual some small prize

ii. sanctioned more prize support

C. Other Discussions

1. brew vs. shell

2. Deck building for “Griefing”

3. what’s modern?

i. Eighth edition to now

4. buy a box tournament for M16

5. record games for social media

6. watch the meta for ideas

IV. Action Items

Download the Comprehensive Rules, Tournament Rules, and the Judging at a Regular Event rules

MTG Team Meeting 12/9/14

I. Attendees

A. Corbin, Darren, Mike, Ken

II. Old Business

A. Personalizing Net Decks

1. Have a purpose

i. better match up to a specific opponent

ii. Personal taste

2. Changing a net deck won’t necessarily make it better

i. playing it as is will show you why it was built the way it was

ii. sideboards are for facing a specific opponent’s deck

iii. Local META may change how the deck works

iv. “Net Deck” should not be a derogatory term

III. New Business

A. FNM

1. Charge for entry- Pro

i. to encourage a more competitive environment

ii. players buy packs which are entered as prizes

iii. Buy in will encourage competition as paying to enter will make people play better decks

iv. makes an environment to help build a competitive “Team”

2. Charge for entry- Con

i. will not be able to get as many players if there is a fee

3. Incentives

i. Give a pack to the winner on top of the FNM card

ii. Larger store

a. no privacy currently

b. no competition

iii. Incentive for Team Meeting Attendance

a. forum for non-attendance discussion

4. Ultimately

i. Are we looking to bring more players in

ii. Are we looking to bring more competitive players in

B. “A” Team example of tournament play

1. Play a variety of decks until tournament time

2. Top players then play the same deck

3. Rest of team plays a variety of decks

i. these players are there to “Clear the Field” of the decks able to take out the top players decks

IV. Action Item

1. How do we get more people to come to play MTG here

MTG Team Meeting 12/2/14

I. Attendees

A. Ryan, Christian, Ken

II. Old Business

A. Reading of the Minutes

B. Team Sealed

1. Get together to play at some point

C. Upcoming PTQ/GPT

1. How points work

2. Look to league for more PW Points

III. New Business

A. Would like to try personal deck against top tier

B. Personalize top tier decks

1. Swift Spear in the Jeskai Deck

C. Mandatory attendance

1. Pros/cons/other

i. know there is attendance for people who come from a distance

a. if you know people will be there, you’ll want to go

ii. set up a skype

iii. show you’ve made a commitment

iv. why give team benefits to people who aren’t putting forth the effort

v. if people can’t make the meeting, they should respond to the minutes at the least

vi. pay your dues

D. Play test suggestion

1. players look at/play someone else’s deck to get input

2. got watch the clock if done during meeting

3. would like to see a consistent play test group especially vs. top tier (see above)

IV. Action items

A. finalize team name

1. post poll in the master class forum

i. Team Leisure

ii. Leisure Time Walkers

iii. Team Master class (was not added last week during meeting, didn’t think of it until later)

MTG Team Meeting 11/25/14

I. Attendees- Ryan, Eddie, Chris, Christian, Jacob, Ken

II. Old Business

A. Reading of the Minutes

B. Current Teams for Grand Prix San Jose

1. Chris Corbin, Geoffrey

2. Ken, Kris, Nick

3. Ryan, Eddie, Christian

C. Pin a poll in the forum to see if others are interested in making/joining a team

D. Discussed the overall format of the GP

1. Prize support

2. Side events

3. Main event format

E. issues to address still

1. Team Name

i. Needs to be media friendly

ii. Team Leisure

iii. Leisure Time Walkers

iv. Team name with some reference to Leisure Time Games on media

I just want to state at this time, that the group is coming up with this without any undo emphasis on my part. As I stated in the meeting, I am a business man, and therefore have a gigantic ego and would love for the team name to be reflected on my store, and am all for all these suggestions. I just don’t want anyone to think I am driving this in the direction it is currently going.

III. New Business

A. Team 1 played 3 team sealed games. These are the notes and observations.

1. Notes

i. Pre choosing archetypes Pros

a. Helpful to structure

b. Provides information as to strengths of a format

c. Allows players of that style to practice

ii. Cons

a. Causes tunnel vision

b. can cannibalize cards out of other good decks

c. training for a deck type that may not be in the pool

iii. Switching players around to get insight on each deck is invaluable

iv. Sideboards are not pooled. Each deck has it’s own sideboard

v. Keep an open mind

vi. Learn each players style

vii. Make sure to vocalize concern

viii. Have a strategy for dividing up rares and money cards beforehand

ix. Morphs are 4 drops

x. notice what you’re opening, not just rares

a. getting an idea of the pools strengths and weaknesses when opening saves time

xi. Make sure all cards opened are put together in easily accessible piles for ease of building

xii. Have fun with it

2. Observations and clarifications made based on notes and review during meeting

i. What archetypes are available to you and who plays them best?

ii. Let everyone check out the decks to get fresh eyes on them

iii. Know which cards work best in what archetype

iv. Know the deck you’re playing

B. J vs. A with sideboard

1. Key cards give away deck type. Decides to side for…

i. J = big creatures

ii. A = creature type, toughness, burn

2. A keep, J keep

3. A tri land, J scrye land bottom

4. A fetch land, J fetch land E.O.T. A cracks fetch

5. A basic- Brimaz, J basic, crack fetch

6. A basic- Attack- EOT J burn 4, J scrye top EOT A draw 2

7. A Urborg- Ajani (countered) attack, J scrye top, mantis rider swing

8. scrye bottom - bile blight - swing, J 3 to brimaz 3 to brimaz

9. A swing- Brimaz, J concedes

10. Debriefing

i. A sided 10 cards, saw 1

ii. J sided 6 cards, saw 3

IV. Action Items

1. Watch for decks that are winning the major tournaments currently (last weeks action item that wasn’t addressed this week. Will address next week).

MTG Team Meeting November 18, 2014

I. Attendees

A. Geoffrey, Eddie, Christian, Donne, Nick, Michael, Chris, Ken

II. Old Business

A. Reading of the minutes

B. Team Name

1. Ties into marketing/advertising

C. Art of Side boarding

1. what stays in what goes out?

2. follow the META game

3. Build it as if you were going against top tier decks

i. Consider the format you are playing in

4. Build it to go against an idea rather than a deck

a. vs. Burn or re-animator rather than Bob’s deck

5. Consider versatility

i. The modality of Charms

III. New Business

A. We as a group need to limit our topics of discussion to stay within our time constraints

B. Strategy tips

1. when playing Magma Jet, do so on your upkeep phase so you can stack your deck

2. Scrye lands are good to set up options

C. Abzan Midrange vs. Jeskai Tempo

1. Pre-Game actions

i. Hands will not be revealed to prevent undo influence on game play

ii. Abzan player likes to have at least 1 creature and 1 removal spell

iii. Jeskai player looks for all 3 colors by turn 3

iv. It is discussed that Jekai needs to go first (and in fact, does on a high roll)

v. Game played as if neither player knows what they are facing

2. Turn 1

i. J-scrye land, sees land, puts to bottom

ii. A- scrye land, Sylvan Carytid, leaves on top

3. Turn 2

i. J- scrye land, [missed the card and action taken], J not worried about A playing a card on turn 2

ii. A- pain land, fleece mane lion, A wants target on board in case facing a burn deck

4. Turn 3

i. J- basic land, drops mantis rider, attacks

ii. A- tri land, attacks; J does not block. J feels deck does not have enough creatures to justify blocking

5. Turn 4

i. J- basic land, drops a second mantis rider, attacks. J wants to get as much damage in as possible before threats hit the board

ii. A- attacks with fml, J takes damage; A has all mana open and doesn’t want to risk a creature, drops seige rhino

6. J- tri land, drops third mantis rider, attacks with all 3, convokes stoke the flames, WIN

7. Debrief

i. A- scrye lands slowed him down, pain lands would have bought him another turn

ii. J- scrye lands got rid of unnecessary cards

iii. Decks are left alone, cards are replaced in the order they were in before, game is replayed, but A uses the removal cards he had instead of aggressive game play. Wins game

8. Will play again next week (or so) with side board changes

IV. Action Items

A. Watch for what decks are winning the major tournaments currently

END OF MEETING

Currently, we discuss these minutes on Facebook in a group called

MtG: Masterclass Forum

Until we get a forum site up and running, we will continue to do so over there, and you are welcome to join us. Please review the minutes and see if there is something you’d like to add, as well as any topics you’d like to see discussed. You can also message me at

kjggames@aol.com

and I’ll pose it at the weekly meeting, or better still you can stop by Leisure Time Games on Tuesday at 7:00 PM and pose your two cents yourself.