New blog page

Well this is the last post for this forum page. We have been running it for a year but now it has become possible to run an active blog on our main page. So From this point forward you can check out all that is happening at the Player Slayers. The link is http://www.theplayerslayers.com/ and it will be on the main page.

This weeks tournaments will be posted on the main page but here is what happened last Sunday. We had an eight man event that featured two of the founding five. Caesar and myself (Chris) made the cut to top four and were faced against challenging matchups. I had to attempt to stall the goblin horde controlled by Gary. Somehow the goblins were delayed enough for Blue white control to get a foothold and emerge victorious. Caesar and his Grixis blood deck faced down Cory and his Jund deck. In an epic contest of skill and a whole lot of luck (jk caesar) Caesar edged out Cory and went to face me in top two. We anticlimatically split top 2 to do battle another day.

Rise of the New Set

Welcome to a world in chaos. Welcome to the world post Rise of the Eldrazi. Thursday night at 12:01 the masses crowded around for the first available packs of Rise of the Eldrazi. There were shouts of joy and cries of triumph as packs littered the tabletops. Before the midnight madness we did have a constructed block tournament. Cory Hall took first place and carried that momentum into the largest draft tournament we have ever held at The Player Slayers. Thirteen people cracked packs and battled out with only four emerging into the finals. Unfortunately it was late in the evening and a diplomatic resolution was found as they all split the prizes.

This past Sunday we had our post release tournament. A few of the new cards received play time but the most impactful seemed to be the new counterspell deprive helping me pilot blue white control to a split with Caesar and his Grixis burn.

Check our facebook page for pictures of the event.

FNM!!!!!

Starting May 7th Next Level Lan will be hosting Friday Night Magic Events.

April Showers Rise Eldrazi...

Well we are two weeks away from Rise of the Eldrazi. Big monsters loom in the horizon and the tournament scene should prepare for 4/3 hasters who return from the dead and giant monsters that punish late game. But before we look to the future lets check what has been happening here at NLL.

The last few tournaments have shown the quality of players we have. New champions are crowned each tournament and nobody has been able to dominate as in the past. We've seen Alex and mono Black vampires run rampant, Jund has won two Sundays in a row but one was piloted by Kiel and the other by Mark. We've seen a rise in Bant play and Blue/White control is trying to gain its foothold in the format.

We continue to increase our quantity of players as well which is great and we welcome the new players to test their mettle in our Thursday and Sunday tournaments. If you aren't looking to compete in the sanctioned events come in on Wednesday nights and play in our Pauper events. The rules are simple, commons only in Standard format.

Looking to the future once again, we are pruod to announce we will begin hosting FNM here at NLL. As soon as I get a set date I will do a post so keep your eyes peeled.

Also want to say Happy Birthday Frank! It was not a Lie!

More good times at NLL

This has been another fun week at NLL. On Wednesday we held our first pauper tournament. That's right folks, people played decks without any of the fancy cards in it (except of course for Lightning Bolt and Blightning, seriously wizards why are these common?) Try as we might we were unable to escape from the power of Jund. Piloted by Cory Hall, pauper Jund powered through the fights to emerge undefeated. Grats Cory and prepare yourself for this weeks batch of challengers.

Thursday we had a bit of a scare. Halfway through our tournament David left on his motorcycle to go get a car since it was going to rain. He was taken to the hospital. Thankfully he is doing well and we all wish him a speedy recovery. The tournament finished with Cory taking the victory with pro Jund.

Sunday saw the return of some of our old friends and once again Gary and his mono red goblin deck proved too fast and too furious for anyone to handle. Gary what happened you get tired of the Number two moniker you had adopted? Who can stop this mono red monster? Who can challenge the goblins? Why is this deck continuing to win? Why do I ask so many questions? All these questions answered and more next week on the Player Slayers Blog!

BTW pictures will be coming soon

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The week that was

This week saw more new faces and more new winners in our biweekly tournaments. Thursday had a good showing of players challenging each other for the coveted tokens of glory. The top 4 saw Stephen and his mono white menace vs. Chris and his mono white agro/control/ally/??? deck. The fight was epic but Stephen's top deck of Conqueror's Pledge pushed him over the top and into top 2.
Kiel and his nemesis Kyle battled in the other matchup. Kiel is piloting a new R/G Dragon deck and Kyle is still trying to achieve domination with Naya "lightsabre". The dragons soared to victory and prepared themselves for battle...then they shook hands and called it a draw. Seriously people it is difficult to write epic blogs when you end the tournaments in a draw. However we did capture a well known phenomenon of the Magic area...Kiel raging!
vs -----> ?? Be afraid!

Sunday we had several new faces which worked out because most of our old faces were at Megacon. Only eight competed for token rights this Sunday but coming out on top was Cory. Congrats Cory and nice shades. I'd go into detail about the deck he ran but it rhymes with mund and it needs no further acclaim to how awesome it is.

March on Slayers

Well this month is off to a great start. This past Thursday we held a 12-man tournament. Everybody was gearing up for Saturday's Gameday event. Top four saw some regular faces and several of the founders were among them. Top honors were split between Clint and Chris after several hours of battling through the slew of Jund decks. So congrats guys for splitting top 2.

Saturday was a great day for The Player Slayers. We marched in force to Cool Stuff to challenge the best for the foil full art Kalastria Highborne. We started strong but only Kiel and Justin were able to crack top 8 and take home the prize. So my thanks to Cool Stuff for hosting such a great event. We all had a blast and we will see you again at the next tournament.

Sunday brought two new faces to our weekend tournaments, so welcome Seth and Brandon hope to see you guys again and congrats on your second and third place finishes in your first event at our shop. Not surprisingly only one mono red menace was able to halt the bant goodness that was dominating the tournament. Gary and his feared goblin deck survived the noble heirarchs and knights of the reliquary to claim top prize once again.

See everyone this week at Next Level Lan on Thursday and Sunday for the tournaments or stop by during the week for some casual play.

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PIctures of the Victors

Hey Steve its a card!!!

Just noticed the swat shirt...not to observant

Yes Ladies he is available

February, twas a good month

The Olympics were in full swing in Canada but here in central Florida we had some colors being represented in intense competition. February 18th saw a top 4 of Esper, Naya, mono green, and America control. America jammed the mill in a close match and mono green elves took revenge on the Naya machine for St. Valentine's Day. When the dust settled America Control piloted by Clint exterminated the elven population. So congrats to Clint for winning another tourney.

Sunday the 21st was a small gathering. Eight gladiators entered the tournament arena. Fierce competition left two men standing in the battle for eternal glory. Aaron faced his nemesis Gary for top honors but the goblin horde marched to victory. Enjoy the spoils of war one more time Gary.

Thursday the 25th brought several new tournament players into the player slayer fold. The Duke made his first appearance as did Bowman and Canada, although prior engagements kept the last two from finishing. The Top 4 saw the Duke facing Clint in a match that only one would walk away from...we will miss you John Wayne. Kyle and Kiel had the other top 4 matchup. Jund v Naya in the most classic matchup of PTQ's. Fortunately for Naya, Knight of the Reliquary is amazing and helped Kyle make his third top 2 appearance in three weeks. He and Clint shook hands and split the top honors in an act of charity by the champ.

The last day of the month saw a ten man tournament with a strong field of competitors. Steve "Chops" dominated the scene with his rererererererererevised Jund deck. His top 4 matchup against Nate sent the vampires running back to the cover of darkness and he awaited the victor of Gary and Steele. Mr. Poo couldn't quite reach his customary top two position as the grixis control of Steele put the goblins down. Jund v Grixis who would win. Could the ultimate agro mechanic match the unprecedented removal and control of Grixis? This question will have to remain unanswered since they drew out the match...fortunately for the readers I must know the answer. So stay tuned for next week's update where I let you know how Grixis fared at gameday on March 6th or come see for yourself.

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The St. Valentine's Day Massacre (and the week that led to it)

Hope I didn't keep anyone waiting in suspense for this next post but it will certainly be worth the wait. We were once again able to host two tournaments during the week of romance. Thursday's event saw a first time winner for the Player Slayers. Congrats to Kyle and his Naya deck for overcoming Marldain and the Mill Deck of Doom!! Show us how you feel about that win

Truly in the spirit of the holiday Kyle. Share the love.

Valentines Day was when the true massacre began. Twelve people ditched their loved ones (keep quiet if your single we will pretend you did) to join us in friendly competition. The top four saw some love as Cj and Kyle rematched their earlier game which ended in a draw. Some kindness and selfless sacrifice allowed Kyle to sneak past CJ and face the former blogwriter Nate in top 2. The Vampires took to the air but failed to slay the Naya machine. So Congrats again to Kyle on two wins in one week. I'm not posting that pic again because it creeps me out. So if you enjoy the pain, check just above for another dose. Thats all for now, check back in a few days for last weeks updates and look for this weeks news on Sunday.

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The founding 5

New Blogger & stuff thats happening

First want to say thanks to Nate for keeping this going for awhile and I hope I can continue in the tradition of your thrilling recaps of events.

Second, a quick update on whats going on at NLL with the Player Slayers. We are happy to announce our own special counter space!! Fully lit glass display cases now house our vast selection of goods (when our delivery actually arrives). Also every week we are hosting three separate sanctioned events. Tuesdays at 8pm are our sanctioned booster drafts and we hold sanctioned constructed tournaments on Thursdays at 8pm and Sundays at 4 pm. We also have instituted a bounty program for our constructed tournaments, if you are the first to beat the previous weeks winner you can collect the bounty of 1 booster pack placed on their heads. (As a side note, Boba Fett is not permitted to collect on bounties since he has a terrible habit of ignoring the wanted alive portion) As for the actual Lan center they have begun hosting gaming tournaments. Check out http://www.nextlevellan.com/ for more info.


Alright, on to the good stuff. The last few weeks have seen several tournament winners both familiar faces from the Sub Shack and some of the new slayers at Next Level. Way back when on January 31st a new face dominated the tournament scene. Steve 'the chops' battled Mr. poo himself Gary for top honors and true to form Mr. poo finished #2 to 'Chops'. Gary tried to control his goblin horde but the prowess of Jund and Hell's Thunder propelled Jund to yet another tournament victory. February 7th we had a surprise Sunday visitor, Clint, who decided to show and challenge the other Player Slayers. In case you are not familiar Clint is a reclusive magic dominating creature who we bring out every so often to crush the hopes of aspiring Magic players. True to form he allowed hope to rise and then crushed it. Sneaking in to top 4 Clint then destroyed his competition with the America control deck. Only the previous weeks champion stood in his way but even Steve was not enough to stop Clint from claiming another tournament victory. Check back for pictures and more updates to catch us up to the present events.

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The Founding 5

The Week of January 24th!!!

This week we had a first ever for a Player Slayers event! This week was a mirror rematch for top 2 of the week before!!! Gary vs. Cisco once again...and this time, Gary wasn't so easy to defeat! In a decisive 2 - 0 victory, Gary has claimed yet another win at a Player Slayers event!!!

GARY...DUCK!!!

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The Week of January 17th!!!

This week we had an insanely fun event! We had a great turnout, with lots of good times... This Sunday's top 2 wound up being Gary's Speedy Red Goblin Deck vs. Cisco's Speedy White Wheenie Deck! In a surprisingly speedy set (You were expecting that one right?...:-D) Cisco's Wheenie's ended up on top! Congrats Cisco, you got this one!!!

Ya, he's that hungry for a win...;-)

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By the Players, For the Players
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The Week of January 10th!!!

This Sunday's 12 man tournament came down to 2 folks after 5 rounds of action! Caeser with his new Blue/White Shroud deck vs. Randy and his Mono-White Soldiers. After 3 rounds of craziness, Caeser came out on top with a 2 - 1 victory over Randy. I guess this just goes to show ya, Caeser doesn't need a mill deck to win a tournament! Bouya!!! Also, this is Randy's second, 2nd place standing in a recent tournament. Is there a new trend? Could it be that Gary's Buffalo Bill's Curse has moved to another Slayer?!?! Find out next week, as we put the theory to the test!!!

Bouya!!!

Also, I wanted to give a quick congrats to Randy for FINALLY pulling his first Elspith from his prize pack this week. That card will most definately make him more formidable this Sunday. Next up...BANESLAYER!!! ;-)


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The January 3rd Event!!

This weeks winner was none other than Clint himself. His Jund Deck faced off against Caeser's Mill Deck. In a decisive 2 - 0 victory, Clint has won yet another tourney for The Player Slayers!

Bouyaaa!!!

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The December 27th Event!

This week I was actually able to make it out for a tourney...hehehe I had one heck of a good time. So good in fact, that I was able to score a win over Randy's Mono-White Soldier deck in top 2 (Yes Randy actually made it to top 2 this week!)...;-) All I have to say is "Vamp's are Awesome!"...

Nocturnus, Nighthawk, and Nate...A winning combination...

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www.theplayerslayers.com

The December 20th Event!

Well, this week was the first event at our new location! Everyone had a great time, and we're all looking forward to hanging out at The Next Level a little more often...;-) With the change in venue, also came a change in luck for one lucky Player Slayer. This week Chris and Gary went at it in the top two spots of the tournament. Chris with his Grixis Deck and Gary with his Mono Red...And Gary WON!!!! No more second place jokes for Gary folks. He's now officially rolling with the big boys! Congrats Gary, you have DEFINITELY earned this one!

Because This is Thriller...Thriller Night!!!

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Worldwake

The rumbles are being felt across Zendikar as the release of Worldwake approaches. We will start taking preorders for Worldwake boxes, fat packs and intro packs immediately. Please either stop by our location at 6947 University Blvd Winter Park, Fl, 32792 or email us at founders@theplayerslayers.com. As always we will be holding a Sunday sanctioned tournament at Next Level lan center. Starting next week we will be having a sanctioned draft event Tuesday at 9pm.

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www.theplayerslayers.com

January 3rd

This Sunday, January 3rd 2010, will be the official opening of our full time store at 6947 University Blvd. Our hours will be posted on our actual website so check that this weekend. Also as you know Sunday will be our standard format sanctioned tournament so good luck to everyone who attends

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