Skip to main content

The Brothers War - A brief introduction to EPIC Ipswich and the new MTG Prerelease


It may not be Urza's Saga but Urza is back baby and this time he has a Planeswalker card (kinda).

Whilst I could hype up the things Im excited about in this upcoming set this blog post is not a fluff piece but made to inform you about Prerelease at EPIC Ipswich. EPIC Ipswich will be running two Prereleases with the first happening on Friday Night as Sealed and on the Saturday day with Jumpstart.


Sealed Prerelease (Friday)

EPIC Ipswich is running a sealed prerelease on Friday the 11th of November at 6:00 PM. Entry is $45 includes a prerelease kit in addition to a set booster from the new set. Announcements are held at 6:15 PM with deck construction happening from 6:15 - 7:00 PM (7:15 PM if more time is needed). Pairings will be run on  event link with an additional set booster added to your prize pool for each round you won. Ideally four rounds due to time constraints but will depend on turn out. Remember to see us before leaving for your prizes.

Jumpstart Prerelease (Saturday)

We trialled this with Dominaria United and have learnt from that experience. We are very excited to declare we will be continuing Jumpstart Prereleases moving forward. Our Jumpstart prerelease is scheduled for Saturday the 12th of November and will start at 12:00 PM. Entry is $35 and covers the cost of the Jumpstart packs. Players will be issued 3 packs at random and may build a deck with 2 of the 3 packs. No deck alterations after you start playing. Games will start at 12:30. Prizes will be awarded however with the recent announcement of Player List only Jumpstart Prereleases, we are still finalising the details on prize distribution.

What can I buy on Prerelease week?

Throughout the week of Prerelease, EPIC Ipswich can sell all products, from Bundles and Commander Decks to Set and Collector Boosters. We can even sell Booster Pack products in any increment and patrons may buy and sell singles. This is the first time a prerelease week has allowed sales outside of whole boxes and the first time bundles, commander decks and singles have been able to be sold. This does not mean that these cards are legal in formats this week. 

Your Friend and Ally,
Lachy
Labels:

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

The website got a facelift

 It has been busy busy busy behind the scenes here at EPIC Ipswich over the past fortnight. Prep work for the Benevolent Owners shared vacation, juggling the change in the store's layout, new til systems, new television menus, and becoming increasingly popular. This isn't even factoring in the change in menu, or the upcoming events planned. We have been busy and you can trust I'll give you, loyal readers, a store update once we get time. In the meantime, our website has been updated by yours truly. When I first did the original website home page I had the essential elements, with a lot of my working hours, I've been making the website more streamlined and more friendly to our bandwidth. Please note, that the game pages are still to be updated to provide you more information about what we do here. In the mean time, anticipate big things on the horizon. I saw some streaming gear in the offices.... I suspect it will have something to do with videos on the social media end....
1 comment
Read more

Team Cupcake and Why they run Bingo

Bingo has been a staple at EPIC Ipswich since it first opened, originally running 6 Games a week (3 in the morning and 3 at night during weeknights), now it sees over 100 people weekly for our Friday night Bingo and our end-of-month Speed Bingo, a late session after the normal Bingo held on the last Friday of each month. To the surprise of many, EPIC Ipswich merely provides the staff and venue for BINGO, it's actually organised by Shell's Team Cupcake, a not-for-profit organisation. But what is Team Cupcake and what is their mission? How did Team Cupcake come about? Team Cupcake Inc started out with a couple of friends and some family raising money to pay for a beloved friend's secondary cancer treatment. Along their journey, we discovered that there were many other people in Ipswich that need a little helping hand and sometimes just needed to know that someone was thinking of them and cared. And so Team Cupcake became incorporated so that they could help to ease the burden...
Post a Comment
Read more

Phyrexia All Will Be One - A summary of Mechanics and Archetypes

  Once again I find myself in the position of watching everyone else have fun at Prerelease for the new set and this time I cannot put into words how disappointed I am to be unable to partake. Everyone who plays against me in MTG jokes that I'm "a Phyrexian Simp". To help you wrap your head around it and help with deck building for prerelease I have compiled the Mechanics and Archetypes into a single blog post you may scroll through to help. Mechanics Toxic Toxic is the new infect- applying Poison counters to an opponent when a creature with Toxic deals combat damage. The damage applied to an opponent’s life total is reduced with the combat damage and the number of Poison counters applied is determined by the number next to Toxic in that creature’s text box. Corrupted Corrupted is a new MTG mechanic in Phyrexia All Will Be One that adds value to Poison counters. Upon an opponent having 10 Poison counters, the game is ended. The Corrupted mechanic allows permanents to have...
Post a Comment
Read more