Yu-Gi-Oh! Duelist Revolution Sneak Peek Events on August 7 & 8 at all three AU stores!
July 29th, 2010Alternate Universes will be hosting theYu-Gi-Oh Duelist Revolution Sneak Peek Events August 7th & 8th at all 3 locations: Holmes, Blue Bell & Wilmington. The dueling will begin on Saturday, August 7th at 9:30AM and run until 5:00PM. Dueling will resume on Sunday, August 8th at Noon through 5:00PM. These dates and times are for all 3 locations!
Entry fee for the event is $20.00. Each participant will receive 5 packs of Duelist Revolution to build a 40 card deck for casual play through out the day. Each duelist will also receive a foil promo card. Additionally, Duelist Revolution Sneak Peek playmats will be randomly given away throughout the day while supplies last. (must be present to win).
Side events will be held at each location as follows:
Holmes
Constructed tournaments at 2PM Saturday & Sunday. $5.00 entry fee. All players receive a Turbo Pack 3 upon entering.
Blue Bell
Saturday, August 7th
Noon: Box tournament – $10.00 entry fee – single elimination (8 person)
2PM: Constructed Tournament $5.00 entry fee.
Sunday, August 8th
2PM: Constructed Tournament $5.00 entry fee.
Wilmington
Saturday, August 7th
11AM Constructed Tournament (Duelist Revolution cards will be legal). $5.00 entry fee
2PM Box Tournament: $10.00 entry fee. Single elimination. (8 person)
Sunday, August 8th
2PM Constructed Tournament $5.00 entry fee.
Yu-Gi-Oh! Apple IPad Tournament at AU, Blue Bell July 31st
July 8th, 2010AU, Blue Bell will be hosting a Yu-Gi-Oh Tournament on Saturday, July 31st with a 1st place prize of a brand new Apple Ipad computer. Registration will begin at 10AM with the tournament to start at 11AM. Entery Fee is $20.00 and the format is advanced constructed. Decklists will be required and there will be qualified Yu-Gi-Oh judges present. Rules enforcement will be the same as for Regionals. This tournament is limted to 80 players so come early to make sure you don’t get shutout.
Prize Structure
1st place: Apple IPad
2nd place: $150 store credit
3rd & 4th: 24 packs
5th – 8th: $50.00 store credit
Magic Grand Prix Trial July 17th at AU, Blue Bell
July 4th, 2010AU, Blue Bell will be hosting a Magic: the Gathering Grand Prix Trial on Saturday, July 17th. Registration will begin at 9:30AM with the tournament starting at 10AM. The entry fee is $25.00. The tournament will be Legacy format. Winner receives 3 bye wins at Grand Prix Columbus. Packs will awarded as prizes as well.
The structure for Grand Prix trial tournaments will be modified-Swiss style, with a cut to top players playing in single elimination for prizes and byes based on attendance. The correct number of Swiss rounds is based on the number of players playing in the tournament.
Magic 2011 Prerelease Schedule for all AU stores
July 2nd, 2010Blue Bell
Saturday July 10th & Sunday, July 11th
Doors open at 9:00am
Play starts at 10:00am
Main event:
Magic 2011 Prerelease Tournaments are Sealed Deck format. Each player receives 6 Magic 2011 booster packs to build a deck. The tournaments are run using Swiss rounds with four rounds.
Prizes: 2 Magic 2011 boosters per tournament participant for the overall prize pool. Each participant will receive 1 Sun Titan promo card (while supplies last)
Entry is $25 if you preregister ($30 at the door)
Side event:
Two Headed Giant Sealed pack
2:00pm (or as soon as Main event is finished)
product mix is 8 Magic 2011 booster packs per team
Entry is $20 per player ($40 per team)
Holmes
Friday, July 9 at Midnight (Saturday morning)
Registration opens at 11PM
Play starts at Midnight
Saturday, July 10th
Registration opens at 5:00PM
Play begins at 6:00PM
Magic 2011 Prerelease Tournaments are Sealed Deck format. Each player receives 6 Magic 2011 booster packs to build a deck. The tournaments are run using Swiss rounds with four rounds.
Prizes: 2 Magic 2011 boosters per tournament participant for the overall prize pool. Each participant will receive 1 Sun Titan promo card (while supplies last)
Entry is $25 if you preregister ($30 at the door)
Wilmington
Saturday, July 10th
Registration at Noon
Play starts at 1PM
Magic 2011 Prerelease Tournaments are Sealed Deck format. Each player receives 6 Magic 2011 booster packs to build a deck. The tournaments are run using Swiss rounds with four rounds.
Prizes: 2 Magic 2011 boosters per tournament participant for the overall prize pool. Each participant will receive 1 Sun Titan promo card (while supplies last)
Entry is $25 if you preregister ($30 at the door)
4th of July Weekend Schedule
June 27th, 2010Here is the 4th of July weekend schedule:
AU, Holmes
Closed Sunday, July 4th
Open regular hours for Monday, July 5th (MTG Draft will held at 7:00PM)
AU, Blue Bell
Open Sunday, July 4th (Yugioh tournament will be held at 2:00PM)
Open Monday, July 5th (Noon to 8:00PM)
AU, Wilmington:
Closed Sunday July 4th & Monday July 5th
Yu-Gi-Oh Gold Series 3 has arrived!!
June 23rd, 2010Now availalble at all 3 AU stores!
Gold Rare Cards are back for another round, with Gold Series 3! Gold Rares are the shiniest, rarest, and most blinged-out cards you can get.
This time around, you can get your hands on Gold Rare versions of cards like Infernity Archfiend, Judgment Dragon, Thunder King Rai-Oh, Plaguespreader Zombie, Blackwing Armor Master, and Blackwing Armed Wing.
As a super-special bonus, Gold Series 3 is the first place you can get a hold of Jack Atlas’ Vice Dragon monster – available for the first time, AND as a Gold Rare!
Gold Series 3 is possibly the best investment in Yu-Gi-Oh you can make!
If you’re looking to hop on board the latest and hottest Decks, Gold Series 3 can help get you started. The 32 Common Cards in Gold Series 3 include most of the Blackwing monsters from 2009, so it’s easy to get your Blackwing Deck together just with Gold Series 3 and the new Blackwing cards available in The Shining Darkness packs.
Gold Series 3 also includes most of the Amazoness cards, originally released way back in 2003, so you can take advantage of the new Amazoness monsters in August’s Duelist Revolution set.
Other Common Cards in Gold Series 3 include Destiny Hero – Malicious, Goblin Zombie, Destiny Draw, and many more.
Gold Series 3 50-card set Contains:
18 Gold Rare Cards
32 Common Cards
Blue Bell MTG Game Day #5!
June 18th, 2010Blue Bell MTG Game Day #5!
Saturday, June 19th
Vintage Event
Start Time: 12:00 Noon (Registration @ 11:00 AM)
Entry Fee: $25
Format: Vintage
K-Value: Unsanctioned, 10 proxies allowed for free. You can purchase up to five more proxies at $1 each.
REL: Competitive (like a PTQ)
Decklists will be required (and published).
The Prizes:
1st Place: Beta Mox Jet
2nd Place: $250 in credit
3rd + 4th Place: $100 in table credit
5th-8th Place: $50 in table credit
9th Place: a Three Wolf Moon T-Shirt
Highest player with no proxies: $25 in table credit
Side Events:
Sanctioned Vintage: (YES that means no proxies!)
Start Time: After the last swiss round.
Entry Fee: $5
Format: Vintage
K-Value: 16k
Prizes:
1st Place: $50 in table credit. (minimum of 8 players)
2nd-8th: Based on the number of players.
Magic – Archenemy Multiplayer Release Events
June 18th, 2010AU, Holmes and Wilmington will be hosting release events for the latest Magic: the Gathering multiplayer game - Archenemy this Saturday, June 19th. The Wilmington event will begin at 3PM and the Holmes event will begin at 6PM. The cost is $20.00 per player which includes an Archenemy game pack!
ArchenemyRelease Events are a great way to experience and celebrate the release of the newest way to play multiplayer Magic – Archenemy! All participants receive a Plots That Span Centuries promo scheme card (while supplies last).
Release Event Format
- Each player will receive one of the four Archenemy Game Packs. The game pack contains a 60-card Magic deck and a 20-card scheme deck.
- Archenemy Release events will use an open play format. Players will be placed into game groups of 3-5 players. When a game finishes, players can play again or be regrouped into another game with new players.
- Each player will receive a Plots That Span Centuries promo scheme card (while supplies last).
New Tournament Schedule for AU, Wilmington
June 6th, 2010AU, Wilmington will have a new tournament schedule begining Monday, June 7. The new schedule is as follows:
Wednesday: Magic, the Gathering – Draft at 6:30PM, entry fee: $15.00
Thursday: Yu-Gi-Oh! – Advanced Constructed format at 6:30PM, entry fee $5.00
Friday: Friday Night Magic – Standard at 7:00PM, entry fee: $5.00
Magic: the Gathering – Legacy at 7:30PM, entry fee $5.00.
Saturday: Yu-Gi-Oh! – Advanced Constructed format at 10:30AM. Entry fee $5.00
Magic: the Gathering – Standard at 3:00PM, entry fee $5.00
Sunday: Yu-Gi-Oh! – Advanced Constructed format at 2:00PM. Entry fee $5.00 (begins June 20th)
New Store Hours for AU, Wilmington
June 5th, 2010AU, Wilmington will be changing its hours effective Monday, June 7th. The new hours are:
Monday & Tursday: Noon to 8PM
Wednesday: 11AM to 9PM
Thursday: 11AM to 10PM
Friday: 11AM to 10PM
Saturday: 10AM to 7PM
Sunday: noon to 6PM