Avacyn Game Day + TCG Qualifier 1K Top 8

Matthew Sebastian takes the top prize last Saturday and qualifies for the TCG Player 1K Tournament.  Jeremy Barbeau takes second and secures his millionth bye, I think.  We have two more chances for you to win TCG points in June.

June 9th – Sealed GPT + TCG Bronze Qualifier
June 23rd – Standard $1,000 Silver Qualifier

Matthew Sebastian
1st Place

2 Doomblade
4 Snapcaster Mage
3 Mana Leak
2 Slagstorm
4 Olivia Voldaren
2 Forbidden Alchemy
4 Desperate Ravings
1 Ancient Grudge
2 Grave Titan
1 Sorin’s Vengeance
4 Pillar of Flame
1 Sever the Bloodline
2 Whipflare
1 Black Sun’s Zenith
1 Go for the Throat
4 Darkslick Shores
1 Copperline Gorge
2 Swamp
3 Island
3 Mountain
1 Ghost Quarter
4 Blackcleave Cliffs
2 Dragonskull Summit
4 Sulfur Falls
1 Drowned Catacomb
1 Shimmering Grotto

Sideboard
2 Cavern of Souls
1 Ghost Quarter
2 Nihil Spellbomb
2 Phantasmal Image
1 Whipflare
1 Ancient Grudge
2 Dissipate
1 Consecrated Sphinx
2 Manic Vandal
1 Slagstorm

Jeremy Barbeau
2nd Place
6 Forest
1 Plains
1 Mountain
4 Razorverge Thicket
4 Copperline Gorge
3 Gavony Township
3 Sunpetal Grove
2 Rootbound Crag
1 Oblivion Ring
1 Garruk Relentless
3 Birthing Pod
1 Borderland Ranger
4 Strangleroot Geist
4 Huntmaster of the Fells
1 Wolfir Silverheart
1 Daybreak Ranger
4 Avacyn’s Pilgrim
3 Blade Splicer
1 Acidic Slime
2 Restoration Angel
4 Birds of Paradise
2 Thalia, Guardian of Thraben
1 Phyrexian Metamorph
1 Fiend Hunter
1 Zealous Conscripts
1 Inferno Titan

Sideboard
2 Incinerate
2 Celestial Purge
2 Ancient Grudge
1 Naturalize
1 Thalia, Guardian of Thraben
1 Daybreak Ranger
1 Fiend Hunter
1 Slayer of the Wicked
1 Zealous Conscripts
1 Sigarda, Host of Herons
1 Wurmcoil Engine
1 Elesh Norn, Grand Cenobite

Ben Emery
3rd Place
4 Geralf’s Messenger
4 Gravecrawler
4 Diregraf Ghoul
4 Brimstone Volley
4 Falkenrath Aristocrat
4 Blood Artist
3 Fume Spitter
3 Tragic Slip
3 Geth’s Verdict
2 Phyrexian Metamorph
2 Mortapod
4 Dragonskull Summit
4 Blackcleave Cliff
1 Mountain
1 Evolving Wilds
13 Swamps
Sideboard
2 Whipflare
2 Ratchet Bomb
2 Sever the Bloodline
3 Human Frailty
3 Manic Vandal
1 Liliana of the Veil
1 Wrack with Madness
1 Artillerize

Travis Towns
4th Place
2 Runechanter’s Pike
1 Sword of War and Peace
4 Delver of Secrets
3 Invisible Stalker
4 Snapcaster Mage
3 Geist of Saint Traft
1 Dungeon Geist
3 Gitaxian Probe
4 Ponder
2 Gut Shot
4 Vapor Snag
4 Thought Scout
4 Mana Leak
4 Seachrome Coast
4 Glacial Fortress
3 Moorland Haunt
9 Island
1 Plains
Sideboard
2 Surgical Extraction
2 Revoke Existence
2 Celestial Purge
3 Mental Misstep
2 Phantasmal Image
2 Dissipate
2 Dungeon Geists

Danny Weinstock
5th Place
3 Skithiryx, the Blight Dragon
4 Phyrexian Crusader
4 Whispering Specter
4 Plague Stinger
4 Lashwrithe
4 Dark Favor
4 Predator’s Gambit
4 Doomblade
2 Go for the Throat
4 Tragic Slip
4 Inkmoth Nexus
19 Swamp
Sideboard
4 Nihil Spellbomb
3 Surgical Extraction
4 Spellskite
4 Black Sun’s Zenith

Paul Totzke
6th Place
4 Rootbound Craig
4 Copperline Gorge
2 Kessig Wolf Run
3 Inkmoth Nexus
4 Glimerpost
3 Mountains
5 Forest
4 Sphere of the Suns
4 Rampant Growth
4 Green Sun’s Zenith
2 Beast Within
4 Slagstorm
4 Solemn Simulacrum
2 Huntmaster of the Fells
4 Primeval Titan
3 Inferno Titan
1 Wurmcoil Engine
1 Garruk Relentless
1 Viridan Corrupter
1 Birds of Paradise

Sideboard
1 Karn Liberated
1 Devil’s Play
3 Cavern of Souls
1 Beast Within
2 Ancient Grudge
1 Tree of Redemption
1 Natural End
2 Surgical Extraction
2 Whipflare
1 Batterskull

Andrew Wagner
7th Place
1 Thought Scour
9 Island
3 Restoration Angel
1 Phantasmal Angel
2 Plains
2 Sword of War and Peace
4 Geist of Saint Traft
3 Moorland Haunt
4 Seachrome Coast
4 Snapcaster Mage
4 Mana Leak
1 Divine Offering
4 Ponder
2 Gutshot
3 Gixatian Probe
4 Vapor Snag
4 Glacial Fortress
4 Delver of Secrets
1 Sword of Feast and Famine

Sideboard
2 Timely Reinforcements

2 Consecrated Sphinx
1 Mutegenic Growth
1 Flashfreeze
2 Surgical Extraction
1 Celestial Purge
1 Divine Offering
1 Batterskull
2 Phantasmal Image
2 Rachet Bomb

Bryan Cole
8th Place
3 Mortapod
3 Cemetery Reaper
3 Fume Spitter
4 Geralf’s Messenger
3 Tragic Slip
2 Black Sun’s Zenith
4 Diregraf Ghoul
4 Gravecrawler
1 Geth’s Verdict
4 Diregraf Captain
3 Phyrexian Metaporph
10 Swamp
4 Darkslick Shores
4 Caraven of Souls
4 Drowned Catacomb
3 Blood Artist
1 Distress

Sideboard
2 Porcelain Legionaries
2 Geth’s Verdict
2 Highborn Ghoul
2 Surgical Extraction
1 Black Sun’s Zenith
2 Perilous Myr
2 Sever the Bloodline
2 Distress

Fire & Ice Events


Win-a-Box Constructed
When: All weekend!
Cost: $13
Bring your constructed decks to Fire & Ice. We’ll launch on-demand events all weekend long. As soon as we have 8 players, we’ll run the event! All win-a-box events shall be single elimination events. Winner wins a box of Innistrad, Dark Ascension or M12.

Magic Draft
When: All weekend!
Cost: $13
We’ll launch on-demand events all weekend long. As soon as we have 8 players, we’ll run the event! Draft formats include M12 and Innistrad Block.

Booster prizes include:
1st: 5 Booster Packs
2nd: 3 Booster Packs
3rd / 4th: 2 Booster Packs

Elder Dragon Highlander
When: Friday 3:00 pm
Cost: Free!

Start out Fire & Ice with a fun casual event! Free to play and each player gets a promo just for playing! If we have a lot of players, we’ll breakup into smaller tables.

Mythic FNM
When: Friday 6:00 pm
Cost: Free!

Atomic brings Mythic FNM to Fire & Ice! Free to play with a mythic rare to the winner. (We’re going to pick a juicy rare from Dark Ascension. Don’t worry – it will be awesome.) 1st and 2nd receive the FNM promo card. Two more promos shall be given as door prizes.

Fire & Ice Cup – Standard
When: Saturday 11:00 am
Cost: $10

Compete for the first annual Fire & Ice cup! Standard swiss tournament with a cut to top 4 or 8 depending upon attendance. Booster packs prizes awarded to top finishers. First prize takes home the Fire & Ice trophy!

Forbidden Island
When: Saturday 2:00 pm
Cost: Free!
Dare to discover Forbidden Island! Join a team of fearless adventurers on a do-or-die mission to capture four sacred treasures from the ruins of this perilous paradise. Your team will have to work together and make some pulse-pounding maneuvers, as the island will sink beneath every step! Race to collect the treasures and make a triumphant escape before you are swallowed into the watery abyss!

Crazy Draft
When: Saturday 6:00 pm
Cost: Free!
Mark Jaeger is getting crazy again. Bring 3 packs of any Vintage-legal Magic the Gathering packs for a 4-round swiss booster draft. All Arabian Nights, Antiquities, The Dark, Fallen Empires and Homelands packs are 8 cards and therefore you must bring 2 to make one normal booster pack. Prizes will be awarded based on record. Everyone who plays will get a random foil card they may use in their draft deck if they like.

Modern Championship
When: Sunday 11:00 am
Cost: $10

Modern swiss tournament with a cut to top 4 or 8 depending upon attendance. Booster packs prizes awarded to top finishers.

BANG!
When: Sunday at High Noon
Cost: Free!
The Outlaws hunt the Sheriff. The Sheriff hunts the Outlaws. The Renegade plots secretly, ready to take one side or the other. Bullets fly. Who among the gunmen is a Deputy, ready to sacrifice himself for the Sheriff? And who is a merciless Outlaw, willing to kill him? If you want to find out, just draw (your cards)!

This card game recreates an old-fashioned spaghetti western shoot-out, with each player randomly receiving a Character card to determine special abilities, and a secret Role card to determine their goal.

2 Headed Giant Sealed
When: Sunday 4:00 pm
Cost: $20 per player ($40 per team)

Two headed giant sealed tournament. Each team get 8 booster packs to build two 40 card decks. Booster packs prizes awarded to top finishers. We’ll have a judge on hand to help with all the 2HG questions!