Friday, November 13, 2009

MtG: Friday Night Magic

= MtG: Friday Night Magic
= Friday, November 13th.

I return from the large tournament scene to my normal hosting duties for local FNM. Ten players show up for our standard event, and we go four rounds. Adam T. went undefeated and secured first with vampires. Adam H. came in second running a new breed of five-color-control.

Someone wanted to know if you could pop a fetch land in response to Bloodchief Ascension gaining it's third counter. Since the first ability on the card is a triggered ability, a player does have the opportunity to play instants with it on the stack, or before it resolves.

Sunday, November 8, 2009

MtG: PTQ San Diego in Coraopolis

= MtG: PTQ San Diego in Coraopolis
= Saturday, November 7th.

As a judgeling, (lv 0 judge or rules advisor - take your pick), I have had the opportunity to attend and judge large local events, such as one regionals and two PTQ. This was my second PTQ as a judgeling, and I was fairly confident about working with the full court. Virtually every judge in the region was called into this event, and if I'm not mistaken there were ten of us working the floor.

My first task was actually shared between eight of us or so, and involved tearing into cases of product and separating them into six-pack chunks, and sealing them into our incredibly tech clear plastic sandwich bags. From there the day went relatively smoothly. I was on the deck check team, and swooped in to grab decks to be checked both at beginning and middle of the round.

I feel it's important as a judge to note when and where you make a 'bad call'. There was one call I made that was, quite frankly, a newbie mistake. Player A controlled a Eldrazi Monument and a few creatures. Player B had a Hideous End in hand. Player B called me over and asked (away from table) if Hideous End was cast, would his opponent still loose 2 life. So at this point in time the supposed target for Hideous end was unnamed. So I explained because the creature is indestructible, the destruction event is replaced with nothing, but the 'loose 2 life' part of the effect still occurs.

So I stick nearby the table, anticipating that there may be a further question when this player actually chooses to make this play. A few turns later, he does. and, i stick with my earlier assessment of the situation. Except that I made a mistake. I missed a very important detail. The creature Player B chose for his target happened to be black. In this case the correct thing to do is untap the land used to play Hideous End and put the spell back into hand (handling illegal actions). Because a black creature is not a legal target of Hideous End.

I also however answered more than a few questions - most fairly straightforward, as well as writing up a few Game Play Errors. In all it was a buisy, fun, and productive day.

Oh, and I should also report that this will be my last large tournament as a judgeling. I successfully took and passed the Lv1 judge test.

Friday, November 6, 2009

MtG: Friday Night Magic

= MtG: Friday Night Magic
= Friday, November 6th.

We had fourteen players, and three boxes of Zendikar in the shop, so things were looking up for our weekly constructed play. We skittered quite smoothly through four rounds. When the dust had settled Aaron S. had come in first playing Boros Bushwacker. Scott J. was ranked second playing 'red deck wins' aka: sligh.

I am also glad to report that our retail location has managed to open a priceless treasure. Adam T. purchased a sum of 15 packs, and proceeded to open a Scrubland out of pack #12 or so. Congratulations!