Be careful out there folks, we had a lot of sick ones this week. So many were sick in fact that we weren't able to hold a tournament this time around. That didn't stop us though! We still managed to have some pretty exciting group games and casual games! So, no 2 bits tourney this week, however there will always be another time around. Good luck to everyone in the community. We hope you all get better soon...
Also, we're holding standard tournaments at the next 2 events. So, as soon as everyone's well, bring your A game...;-)
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This week we had enough folks show for the "Tribes a War" tourney, but not everyone had the means to enter the tournament. So, what do The Player Slayers do in this situation??? Why Play the Game of course! We had a heck of a time with several "Tribes at War" 6 person free for all games!!! It was pretty cool too, because we all had different types of tribes. Zombies, Vampires, Goblins, Beasts, and even INSECTS!?!?! We all had a great time and look forward to rolling this format tourney out soon...
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This weeks tourney has an interesting story to it. We were supposed to hold a Zendikar only tourney. But, since no one ever reads the blog (and I'm not bitter about that...xD), no one knew that it was Zendikar only this Sunday. So, of course we defaulted to Standard format. Aaron (who actually read the blog...Thank you Aaron...:-)) came prepared with his Zendikar only deck and had to make a few changes to it. And guess who won this week?! Aaron won his first ever Player Slayer tourney with a deck he had to put together on the fly!!! Gotta love those Zendikar Vampires!...Muahahahah Now let this be a lesson to everyone, if they would have just read the blog and made a deck, this wouldn't have happened!!...But, I'm not bitter...Not me...:-P Big Congrats Aaron, you are the man this week sir!
And he takes a BA Photo too...Hell's Yeah!!!
Don't forget, this Thursday is "Tribes at War"...Check out the latest events update here.
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This week's 8 person Tourney came down to 2 founders duking it out for the number 1 spot! Clint vs. Chris... And the winner is... Clint! His 2 - 0 victory has proved to most here that his new Bant deck is a force to be reckoned with! Congrats Clint!
Disturbing...xD
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This weekI was actually able to play in the tourney for the second week in a row....hehehe And this week I won! My vampire Grixis deck won out against Cisco in the top 2 with a score of 2 - 1. We still split the prize though...:-D Here's the main combo for this deck. Better luck next week guys...;-)
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After a long and hard fought 8 person tourney, this week it came down to 2 founders for the top spot. Nate's Vampire Grixis deck, and Clint's newly formed Bant deck! I lost this weeks tourney to Clint, but it's ok, because all that mattered was that I 2-0'd Cris in the final 4....xD Congrats Clint on your decisive victory!
I'm looking forward to next Sunday's Standard Tourney!
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All of the votes have been counted and the October 25th tourney will officially be a "2 bits" competition! So get those commons and uncommons ready to roll!
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We (The Founders) have been toying with the idea of having a 3rd day of events through out the week at the Sub Shack. This is a pretty big decision for all of us, and we would like to have input from all in our community about the idea. What day should it be? Does it sound like something you'd personally be interested? Or should we just not do it at all? We value all that come to our gatherings and we would really like some feed back on this one. So, we ask that next time you're at one of our events, pull one of us aside and let us know what you think about the idea. Something really cool just might happen from it...;-)
The Founding 5
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Here it is, the events update for the next few weeks...
Sunday October 11th @ 3 p.m.: Today we will be holding the first ever "Cycle Back" tournament. This tourney will be the same as a standard tournament, but will allow all cards from the last cycle (Lorowyn, Shadowmoore, Even/Morning tides). But you guys knew about this one already, right??? :-D
Thursday October 15th @ 7:30 p.m.: Tonight is a Standard Tournament.
Sunday October 18th @ 3 p.m.: Today we'll be holding a Zendikar block tournament, so Zendikar only on this one guys...;-)
Thursday October 22nd @ 7:30 p.m. This Thursday will be a new tournament style. It's called "Tribes At War"! The idea is simple. Same standard format rules apply, however your deck has to have a "Tribal Theme". Meaning, that 75% of your creature cards (and yes you must have creature cards for this one) must be of the same type. For example, Vampires, Dragons, Angels, Demons, Goblins, Elves, Soldiers, Wizards, Merfolk, Artifact, or any other type. The only exception to this rule is that you can not have an "Ally" deck for this one. As allies would have a distinct advantage over all the other types. Good luck on this one guys, I hope it streches your deck building skills a bit...:-D
Sunday October 25th @ 3 p.m.
UPDATE: THE VOTES HAVE BEEN COUNTED, AND WE WILL BE HOLDING A "2-BITS" TOURNAMENT THIS SUNDAY!!!!
This Sunday will come down to a vote from the Player Slayer community! You will have the opportunity to vote on this one at either the October 11th or October 15th event. No more voting after those two days, as folks need time to prepare their decks. We can either hold a team tournament this Sunday (The rules for which are here.) OR We can hold a "2-bits" tournament. The idea behind this tournament is the same standard rules apply except that you can only use common cards and uncommon cards to build your decks! Also, if you can't make either of the October 11th or 15th events to let us know your vote, you can email us at ...
Founders@theplayerslayers.com
Good luck and happy voting!
Thursday October 29th @ 7:30 p.m.: This Thursday we will be holding a Standard format tournament.
Sunday November 1st @ 3 p.m. This Sunday we will be holding a Standard format tournament.
Well that's it for this months schedule. I'm really looking forward to some of the new formats we haven't done yet...:-D Now, there has been some talk of us doing a Legacy tournament soon. However after some debate on the subject, the general concensus was that we should probably not do a legacy tourney until we have grown enough to offer some of the older cards to our community. The main reason for this decision is that we don't want to run a tournament where Slayers with vintage cards have a distinct advantage over those who don't. As there are some pretty nasty cards out there in the older sets. Some day we will hold an "Old School" tournament, but we're just not quite there yet...;-)
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Just a friendly reminder to all of the Player Slayer community. We are still fully stocked on ALL Zendikar products! And of course while the competition has jacked up the price on the new cards, just like they always do, we here at The Player Slayers have continued to refuse to charge extra just because we can. We have had to make a concession when it comes to Zendikar boxes though, and we wanted to make everyone aware of it. We are being charged slightly more for the boxes from our distributor (because of the vintage cards that have been popping up in some Zendikar packs), so we are unable to offer a "Box Discount" at this time for Zen boxes. However, $99 (our current box price for Zendikar) is the cost of 36 packs if bought individually, and our pack price still remains the same at $2.75 each. We do expect this to end when the second wave of Zen cards comes out, as they will not contain the valuable Vintage cards in them. We appreciate your understanding on this, as we continue on our quest to truly be "By the Players, For the Players"...
The Founding 5
Also, you can find our prices on every item we sell in store at the newly updated "Market Place" section of our website here.
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I've been posting quite a few articles recently about all the crazy upsets and interesting outcomes that have been happening recently at the Player Slayer events...This week was again, no exception. This weeks first ever Zendikar standard tournament was quite impressive. There were quite a few changes in deck ideas because of the shift in sets. Most folks stayed with their traditional colors, but the strategies were dramatically different. It was quite refreshing to see honestly. This weeks winner went against Clints new "Bant" deck. As I stated earlier, there were quite a few new strategies employed this week and Caeser was no exception. He actually won the tournament with a mono black draw deck! That's right folks, Caeser actually won a tournament without his mill deck!!! In a 2 - 1 victory Caeser defeated Clint in the top 2 this week. Congrats Caez... :-D
ALL HAIL CAESER!!! (That line never gets old...:-D)
Don't forget folks, this Thursday we're holding a Zendikar draft at the Sub Shack. Hope to see you there...
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And finally, the moment we've ALL been waiting for...Zendikar has been released!!! This Thursday the party started at 8 p.m. and didn't stop till 4 in the morning!! There were 2 big tournaments tonight, as well as a whole lot of Zendy fun! The first was the final Lorowyn Pre-Con tourney. And Clints infamous 5 color control won it's final standard tournament... Cisco came in a close second with his mono white spectral procession deck. Congrats Clint!
After the tournament was the biggest event of the evening. We finally tore into the "Zendikar Pyramids"! And oh so much fun it was....:-D
Mmmm....Zendikar....
And the final event of the evening was the first ever Zendikar Draft!!! We'll leave it up to Caeser to make a mill deck out of drafted cards and come out with a win...xD Good Job Ceaz!...
Here's another pic of tonights event...
Gary likes the Pepper...:-D
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Lot's of big upsets going on at the Player Slayer events as of recent, and this one was no exception! After a long, hard battle with his White/Red haste lifelink deck. As well as several appearances in top 2...GARY has won his first ever Player Slayers tournament!!!!!! He defeated Cisco in the final 2 this week! His constant focus and persistence just goes to show everyone that if you work hard at something it will eventually pay off! Here's Gary (and the Gang) in our first ever group photo...:-D
Who let the Goblins out?!?!?!
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I'll keep this one simple...I (Nate) got lucky with my packs and all the rare's were Red/Green. I was also passed a Red/Green rare when drafting. So, it's natural that I would win the tournament. No good deck building ideas, no great strategy, just good luck...hehehe I'm looking forward to building a damn good Red/Green deck now for the "Cycle Back" tourney...oh yeah!!! Oh, and I beat Chris 2 - 0 for the final match...:-D
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First off, I just wanted to tell everyone I haven't been able to update the blog recently, because I lost my camera with the pictures on it temporarily. But, I found it today, and now we're back in business! Don't expect it to take this long to update normally...xD Anyhow, this week it was all about RANDY!!! "Mr. I"m gonna 2 - 0 everyone except Chris in the top 2"! Randy came out very much on top this week with a 2 - 0 win over everyone but his top 2 rival Chris (whom he 2 - 1'd). Good Job Randy and GO WHITE WHEENIES!!!!
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