After registrations are now in and we have a staggering 30 players registered for Saturday’s MEFCC Cup. Am extremely glad to see so many of you interested in this exciting event. We were only 2 people shy of our limit so we didn’t even have to turn anyone away.

Without further ado, time to see the competition:

1. Ace DG Casipit
2. Aleksandar Stjepanovic
3. Alex Kimble
4. Alexander David
5. Amiel Ricalde
6. Amir Hassan
7. Arwinn Bautista Meriales
8. Chester Pamintuan
9. Christian Maniago (Tammy)
10. Descarga Espera (Zak)
11. Elmer Ramenda
12. Girish Balasubramanian
13. Glenn Caratao
14. Gray Beggs
15. Jason Morrow
16. Jasper Nitura
17. Jay-ar Egalla
18. Jeo Labasan
19. Joe Barsik
20. Johndrew Catalan
21. Jonathan McKee
22. Mark Louie Ocampo
23. Marvin Sadsad
24. Michael John M. Espiritu
25. Milad Mazaheri
26. Omar Ahmad Sharif
27. Tarek Alatrach
28. Verson Matugas
29. Xavier Baldwin Ro-Am R. Palma
30. Xavier de Guzman

Please make sure to be at the location at 10 SHARP to gain entry and begin the tournament. You will only need to hold a regular ticket (AED 55) to enter or a regular two day ticket (AED 100) if you want to go to both days. Loads of tickets are available at the event itself so don’t worry if you haven’t got one yet.

The event will begin with registration followed by an induction. For those of you who haven’t been to a large event before, please bring only what you will need which includes:

• Your Standard Deck (60 cards minimum) with complete 15 card sideboard (if used)
• Extra Sleeves for the Draft Portion – you don’t want to be de-sleeving your Standard deck
• Paper and Pencil/Pen – Even though most players use dice or other methods of tracking score, at an event such as this it is recommended for both players to maintain life totals (and poison totals) on their own in case of any disputes. Dice can be knocked over far too easily
• Tokens for your Standard decks – any object that can satisfactorily represent a token can be used so long as there is an obvious way to distinguish it from other tokens and it has a meaningful and easy way to signify a tapped/untapped state
• Your DCI number – I should have most of your DCI numbers but for those that I do not, please bring them along. Players without numbers will be assigned new ones for the tournament

Additional accessories and other merchandise will be available for purchase at the tournament as well a heaps of extra boosters and Magic The Gathering product.

Please try and refrain from bringing anything excesive as it will be a very busy day and you will need to keep an eye out on all your personal items. Keep your bag close as Magic tournaments have had incidents around the globe and I would prefer that no one takes any chances.

So here’s the exciting news that you’ve all been waiting for…

Wizards of the Gulf Coast will be at the first Comic Con in the Middle East for a full day tournament. With the capabilities bestowed upon us, we will be having a 32 player full day tournament on the 21st of April. See all the info you’ll need to get yourself into the tournament.

Format
The tournament will be comprised of 3 parts, starting with a 3 round Booster Draft (INN-INN-DKA), followed by a 3 round Standard Constructed event. The top 8 ranked players from both parts combined will advance through to a Top 8 knockout in order to be crowned Champion of this years MEFCC Cup.

Entry Fee
Tournament registration will require an entry fee of AED 25 plus the cost of the 3 boosters needed for the draft (AED 18 per booster = AED 54). Boosters will be available at the event for those of you who do not already have the required 2 x Innistrad Boosters and 1 x Dark Ascension needed for the Booster Draft portion of the tournament. The entry fee will be collected on the day when you register for the event.

Registration
Pre-registration for the event is a must! In order to gain access to the venue you will need to have pre-registered with WotGC in one of the following manners:

• Directly via e-mail to nyth (at) hotmail.com
• Via private message in the forums on this website
• Via private message on the Facebook page of WotGC (for those of you unaware, you can message WotGC on the Facebook page just under the cover photo)

Regardless of how you submit your registration, please include your full name, DCI number (if you know it) and your mobile number. Registration will close on the 18th. Without pre-registration you will not be able to enter the venue in time to register for the event. Regular entry to the event begins at 11AM however you will need to be able to gain access at 10AM in order to register. Please note that if pre-registered with WotGC, you will only need to pay the regular entry fee of AED 55 to enter the venue at 10AM with all the VIP tickets. Otherwise you’ll be stuck forking out a lot more for the VIP tickets. For more information on ticket bundles for the event as a whole, please see the following Ticket Information

Event Timing

10:00 – Doors Open, Registration Opens
10:30 – Registration Closes
10:45 – Induction
11:00 – Booster Draft
14:15 – Lunch Break
14:45 – Standard Constructed
18:15 – Top 8 Knockout Portion
21:30 – Prizes Ceremony

Prize Donation (donated by the MEFCC)

• Winner will receive 1 Booster Box
• Runner-up will receive half a Booster Box

The champion will be crowned in a closing ceremony on stage at the end of the tournament and will hold the title until next year’s event.

Additional accessories and other merchandise will be available for purchase at the tournament as well a heaps of extra boosters and Magic The Gathering product.

So Register Now!

Just in case you’ve been hiding under a rock, you’ll know that the third set of this year’s block is called Avacyn Restored. We know that Avacyn got trapped in the Helvault in the process of vanquishing Griselbrand but we have yet to learn how Thalia opens the Helvault releasing all the demons within it including Avacyn herself.

Today, Mark Rosewater lovingly teased the first thing out of the vault, Avacyn, Angel of Hope. This legendary angel is not to be messed with. An 8 mana 8/8 with flying, vigilance and is indestructible along with every other permanent you control. Feast your eyes on the beautiful Jason Chan art on this card. Then drool some more and remember that opening an Avacyn is only a month away.

Just a quick note to mention that the event on Friday 9th March will be a booster draft run by George as I will be attending the Snow Patrol concert. Please get in touch with him on 050-6004283 if you need any info regarding the event.

I’ll be back to my usual tricks next week and should be able to tease or fully announce something very exciting that will be sweeping our Magic community next month. Fingers crossed.

For those of you who haven’t seen the boxes in posts on our Facebook page, the Dark Ascension boxes for our release event are here. Landmark Hotel will be the scene where we crack open those tantalizing boosters and hope to open a Sorin.

For those of you who haven’t been to Landmark before, please contact me for directions and allow for time so as not to arrive late. We will be starting promptly at 7:30. Please also do recall that the buffet is AED 30 and mandatory for those of you attending whether playing or not…

All you need is yourselves, some sleeves, some pen and paper to keep track of life totals and hopefully some silver to protect yourselves from the monstrosities that will be unleashed.