Modern Horizons Events

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Modern Horizons - Prerelease Weekend

Saturday and Sunday, June 8th and 9th

Three Events!

Modern Horizons hits with a bang! The first full set to skip Standard straight into Modern features splay tyles and mechanics for some of the most complex sets ever made. Those that can get a handle on this format will be rewarded with one of the deepest, most satisifying Magic experience available!

For the prerelease weekend, Bell Book and Comic will be hosting THREE events:

  • Noon Saturday Sealed
  • 7PM Saturday Two-Headed Giant Sealed
  • Noon Sunday Drafts

Event Details

For the Noon Single-Player Sealed Event:
  • Cost for the single player event is $50.
  • Once the tournament begins, each player will receive 6 packs of Modern Horizons. All Magic cards within the packs will be part of the player's card pool for the event. Additional basic lands will be provided by the store.
  • Using the provided card pool, players will construct a minimum 40-card deck. Prerelease events are considered 'Continuous Build,' meaning players can change their decks using their card pool to any configuration after the event has started. They do not have to register their deck or return it to its original configuration at the start of each round.
  • Once players have constructed decks, players will be paired against one another in Swiss Rounds. The number of rounds will be determined by the number of players (Note: Midnight events have a hard cap of 4 rounds). There will be no Top 8/4 for any prerelease event. Rounds are best 2 out of 3 games in 50 minute timed rounds. Players will receive 3 points for winning a round, 1 point for a draw, and 0 points for a loss.
  • For each player participating in the event, 3 packs of Modern Horizons will be added to the prize pool. Additional random prizes will also be added, including gaming accessories and store credit.
  • At the end of the tournament, equal pack prizes will be awarded to players with equal points; if a player goes 3-1, they will receive the same prize as any other player with the same record. All players that stay until the end of the tournament will receive 1 pack as a prize. Random prizes will also be handed out at that time.
For the 7PM Two-Headed Giant Sealed Event:
  • Cost for the event is $100 per TEAM.
  • Once the tournament begins, each team will receive 12 packs of Modern Horizons. All Magic cards within the packs will be part of the team's card pool for the event. Additional basic lands will be provided by the store.
  • Using the provided card pool, teams will construct two minimum 40-card decks. Prerelease events are considered 'Continuous Build,' meaning teams can change their decks using their card pool to any configuration after the event has started. They do not have to register their deck or return it to its original configuration at the start of each round.
  • Once players have constructed decks, teams will be paired against one another in Swiss Rounds. The number of rounds will be determined by the number of teams. There will be no Top 8/4 for any prerelease event. Rounds are single game matches in 50 minute timed rounds. Teams will receive 3 points for winning a round, 1 point for a draw, and 0 points for a loss.
  • For Two-Headed Giant, a few additional rules:
    • Teams start with a shared life total of 30.
    • Each player has a 'free' mulligan; for each player's first mulligan, they draw back to 7 cards. From then on, for any additional mulligans, the player draws one less card. Teams take turns deciding mulligans. (See below for details about the new 'Vancouver Mulligan' rule)
    • Even though this is a multiplayer format, the team going first DOES NOT draw for their first turn.
    • Attacks and blocks are done as a team. If there is a relevant effect that is being used (or could be used), it must be made clear which creatures are attacking which player; ie, if an effect states that all creatures that deal combat damage to a particular player at the end of combat, the attackers must declare which player they are attacking.
  • For each team participating in the event, 4 packs of Modern Horizons will be added to the prize pool. Additional random prizes will also be added, including gaming accessories and store credit.
  • At the end of the tournament, equal pack prizes will be awarded to teams with equal points; if a team goes 2-1, they will receive the same prize as any other player with the same record. Random prizes will also be handed out at that time.
For Sunday Drafts:
  • Entry for this event is $30 per player.
  • Each draft pod will be 8 players. These pods will be single elimination matches.
  • Win 1 match and receive 1 pack; 2 wins receive 3 packs; 3 wins receive 5 packs.
  • Drafts will continue until we decide to stop!
Event Discounts:

With Modern Horizons, I am phasing out the 'multi-event' discounts. Instead, all sealed prerelease events will provide TWO punches on our frequent gamer cards. Only one discount can be used per event.

Box Sales of Modern Horizons

There will not be any preorders for this set. Product and Buy-a-Box promos will be distributed as follows:

  • Boxes, packs and singles of Modern Horizons will be available starting Friday, June 14th. We will not be opening for midnight sales on Thursday.
  • A Buy-A-Box promo will be available to purchasers of a booster box of Modern Horizons while supplies last.
  • Buy-A-Box promos will be limited to one per person per day.

War of the Spark Standard Showdown

Saturday, June 1st and Saturday, June 15th @ Noon

FREE!

Event Details:

  • Entry for this event is ZERO dollars!
  • Players will be entered into swiss pairing rounds, similar to FNM.
  • For each round won, you'll receive 1 booster pack! Win all your matches, and receive a special Standard Showdown pack as well!
  • Additional Standard Showdown packs will be given out as random prizes as well!
  • NOTE: These are likely the LAST Standard Showdown events. Wizards of the Coast is moving to Universal promo packs (similar to the Standard Showdown packs), and the Standard Events 'have not been popular.'

Core Set 2020 Open House

Saturday June 29th @ Noon - FREE!

Want to learn to play Magic? Got questions about Core Set 2020? Want to learn more about the Prereleases? Just want to hang out? Come on down to the Open House!

Event Details:

  • This event is FREE!
  • This is a causal meet-up event for players of all levels to come down to the store and check out the game. Intro decks will be available for new players to try out the game!

Core Set 2020 - Prerelease Weekend

Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, July 5th - 7th

Seven Events!

It's prerelease time again! Core Sets Return! Again!

For the prerelease weekend, Bell Book and Comic will be hosting SEVEN events:

  • 6pm Friday Sealed
  • Midnight (12:01 am) Saturday Sealed
  • Noon Saturday Sealed
  • 7PM Saturday Two-Headed Giant Sealed
  • Midnight (12:01 am) Sunday Sealed
  • Noon Sunday Sealed
  • 6PM Sunday Two-Headed Giant Sealed

Event Details

Wait, what's this about a Friday event?

Starting with Core Set 2020, Wizards of the Coast is allowing stores to begin running Prerelase events on Friday at 3pm. This is more relevent to Non-US countries, but it doesn't mean we aren't going to take advantage.

We will CANCEL the FNM event for that evening, and start a Sealed Prerelease at 6pm. This will give us enough time for a 5-round tourney (if needed) before the traditional midnight event. More details below:

For 6pm, Midnight, and Noon Single-Player Sealed Events:
  • Cost for each single player event is $25.
  • Once the tournament begins, each player will receive a prerelease kit . All Magic cards within the kit (including any valid promo cards) will be part of the player's card pool for the event. Additional basic lands will be provided by the store.
  • Using the provided card pool, players will construct a minimum 40-card deck. Prerelease events are considered 'Continuous Build,' meaning players can change their decks using their card pool to any configuration after the event has started. They do not have to register their deck or return it to its original configuration at the start of each round.
  • Once players have constructed decks, players will be paired against one another in Swiss Rounds. The number of rounds will be determined by the number of players (Note: Midnight events have a hard cap of 4 rounds). There will be no Top 8/4 for any prerelease event. Rounds are best 2 out of 3 games in 50 minute timed rounds. Players will receive 3 points for winning a round, 1 point for a draw, and 0 points for a loss.
  • For each player participating in the event, 3 packs of Core Set 2020 will be added to the prize pool. Additional random prizes will also be added, including gaming accessories, store credit, and IOUs for boxes of product (redeemable when the set releases).
  • At the end of the tournament, equal pack prizes will be awarded to players with equal points; if a player goes 3-1, they will receive the same prize as any other player with the same record. All players that stay until the end of the tournament will receive 1 pack as a prize. Random prizes will also be handed out at that time.
For 6PM & 7PM Two-Headed Giant Sealed Events:
  • Cost for each event is $50 per TEAM.
  • Once the tournament begins, each team will receive two prerelease kits. All Magic cards within the kits (including any valid promo cards) will be part of the team's card pool for the event. Additional basic lands will be provided by the store.
  • Using the provided card pool, teams will construct two minimum 40-card decks. Prerelease events are considered 'Continuous Build,' meaning teams can change their decks using their card pool to any configuration after the event has started. They do not have to register their deck or return it to its original configuration at the start of each round.
  • Once players have constructed decks, teams will be paired against one another in Swiss Rounds. The number of rounds will be determined by the number of teams. There will be no Top 8/4 for any prerelease event. Rounds are single game matches in 50 minute timed rounds. Teams will receive 3 points for winning a round, 1 point for a draw, and 0 points for a loss.
  • For Two-Headed Giant, a few additional rules:
    • Teams start with a shared life total of 30.
    • Each player has a 'free' mulligan; for each player's first mulligan, they draw back to 7 cards. From then on, for any additional mulligans, the player draws one less card. Teams take turns deciding mulligans. (See below for details about the new 'Vancouver Mulligan' rule)
    • Even though this is a multiplayer format, the team going first DOES NOT draw for their first turn.
    • Attacks and blocks are done as a team. If there is a relevant effect that is being used (or could be used), it must be made clear which creatures are attacking which player; ie, if an effect states that all creatures that deal combat damage to a particular player at the end of combat, the attackers must declare which player they are attacking.
  • For each team participating in the event, 4 packs of Core Set 2020 will be added to the prize pool. Additional random prizes will also be added, including gaming accessories, store credit, and IOUs for fat packs of product (redeemable when the set releases).
  • At the end of the tournament, equal pack prizes will be awarded to teams with equal points; if a team goes 2-1, they will receive the same prize as any other player with the same record. Random prizes will also be handed out at that time.
Event Discounts:

With Modern Horizons, I am phasing out the 'multi-event' discounts. Instead, all sealed prerelease events will provide TWO punches on our frequent gamer cards. Only one discount can be used per event.

More details about Prereleases can be found on the WotC Website. If you have any other questions, ask Dave!

Core Set 2020 Draft Weekend

Saturday & Sunday, July 13th & 14th

Play begins at Noon

New set, let's Draft! The new Draft Weekend gives players an opportunity to meet up and draft the new set. Also included are special promos for winning your draft pod!

Event Details:

  • Entry for this event is 4 packs of Core Set 2020 per player. 3 packs will be used for the draft, and 1 pack will be included in the prize pool. The store will add 2 packs, for 10 packs total.
  • Each draft pod will be 8 players. These pods will be single elimination matches.
  • Win 1 match and receive 1 pack; 2 wins receive 3 packs; 3 wins receive 5 packs and the special promo.
  • Drafts will continue until we decide to stop!
FNM

Every Magic Player's Favorite Day of the Week

tl:dr - MODERN Tourneys every week, casual events as requested.

Every Friday, BBC will host a regular Modern tournament. We run our event the same way every week:

  • $5 to Enter - Starts at 7pm.
  • The format for this event is MODERN. The current ban list for this format is available here.
  • 8 to 16 players, 3 Rounds | 17 to 31 players, 4 rounds | 32+ players, 5 rounds
  • 2 packs per player in the prize pool, and the same record always gets the same amount of prize.
  • Pack prizes will go to players with a BETTER than 50% record, and we will also have random prizes at the end of the tourney as well.
  • ** NEW INFO ** Wizards of the Coast is now combining all of their seasonal promos into a single 'Promo Pack'. With Core Set 2020, I'll need to ration these packs for each event for 3 months. I guarentee at least TWO packs per FNM, more if I can handle it. Additional random prizes will also be awarded based on random draw.
  • Promo Pack information, as well as 'new WPN' stuff: WPN for Core Set 2020
    • Top two finishers minimum will receive a promo card. If we have more than two with first-place records, all players with that record will receive a promo.

We will also offer FNM Casual Side Events. The way these will work is as follows:

  • We'll take sign ups for casual events at the counter. Sign in your name and what type of event you would like to play (examples listed below).
  • If we get close to enough players interested in an event, we'll announce that a game is forming, and sign people up from there.
  • The minimum number of players for any casual event will be 4 players. Sealed events like draft will need 8 players.
  • Once a group has been made, players will need to make a choice on whether they would like to play for a promo pack only, or additional pack prizes as well. If players want to play for a promo ONLY, then there will be no fee. If players want to play for packs, then there will be an appropriate fee (details below).
  • All casual events need to begin before 10pm*.
  • * Traditionally, there is a booster draft after FNM for players in the Modern tournament. If there is a draft that will begin after the Modern tournament finishes, a promo pack will be given to the first place finisher of that draft.

Examples of casual tournaments available are as follows:

  • Booster Drafts (4 packs of product required as entry fee)
  • Cube Drafts ($5 entry for pack prizes: 8 players, 3 rounds, 1 pack per win. Players can only play for packs with a BBC provided or approved cube. Ask Dave for details.)
  • Commander Pods (minimum 4 players, max 6; no entry fee, no pack prizes (this may be reviewed later)
  • 8-Man Constructed (8 players, 3 rounds. $5 for packs, 1 per win. $20 for Win-a-Box format)

Please realize that is a new take on FNM, so things are still pretty fluid on how to handle this. This is a basic guideline for events, and could change based on player feedback.

Commander Tuesdays

Every Tuesday starting around 6pm - FREE!

Meet up for some casual fun every week! Commander is Magic's most popular casual format, and we have a dedicated night to shuffle up and play! We recognize the official Wizards of the Coast sponsored rules for deck construction and play. Details about these rules can be found here at MtG Commander Dot Net.

As an official WPN affiliated store, playing with proxies is not permitted at our in-store events. Even though this is a causal format and this event is unsanctioned, WotC does not permit any counterfeit or proxied cards at its WPN affiliated stores.

Remember, this is event is FREE every week! Just meet up in the game room and have fun!

In-Store Trading

Bell, Book and Comic is happy to trade with you! Bring your cards in to us and we will take a look and see if we can make a deal!

As some general guidelines, most often we will trade for in-store credit only. We will make cash offers for large collections, or specific older cards for Legacy and Vintage formats.