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Pokemon Lost Thunder Prereleases – Saturday 10/20 at AU Blue Bell and Sunday 10/28 at AU Wilmington

September 26th, 2018

Alternate Universes is holding Pokemon Sun & Moon Lost Thunder prerelease events on Saturday, October 20th at AU Blue Bell* and Sunday, October 28th at AU Wilmington!

*Blue Bell/East Norriton players: Please do not park directly in front of any other store in the shopping center. Additional parking is available behind the stores and on Penn Square Road. Your cooperation will allow us to continue to run these events at this location.*

Format: Sealed
Each player receives a Lost Thunder Prerelease Pack to use to build a deck! It includes 4 Lost Thunder booster packs, a 22-card evolution pack, plus a Lost Thunder Prerelease Promo card!

Players will build a deck and then play for three rounds. Afterwards each player will get 3 MORE Lost Thunder boosters as a participation prize!

Energy will be available at the event. New players are more than welcome!

Entry: $28 if you pre-register online, $30 at the door.  Pre-registration is available online at PhiladelphiaPokemon.com!

Note: Pre-registration is available up to the Thursday night before the event! If pre-registration is closed, you can still register at the door when you get here!

Saturday, October 20th
Alternate Universes Blue Bell*
Penn Square Shopping Center
211 West Germantown Pike
East Norriton, PA 19401
610-277-7251

1st Session
Registration 10:00 AM – 10:30 AM
Deck Construction @ 10:40 AM
2nd Session
Registration 12:30 PM – 1:00 PM
Deck Construction @ 1:10 PM
(players are welcome to play in both sessions!)

Sunday, October 28th
Alternate Universes Wilmington
Talleyville Shopping Center
3615A Silverside Road
Wilmington, Delaware 19810
302-482-3480

1st Session
Registration 12:00 PM- 12:30 PM
Deck Construction @ 12:40 PM
2nd Session
Registration 2:30 PM – 3:00 PM
Deck Construction @ 3:00 PM
(players are welcome to play in both sessions!)

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MTG Ravnica Weekend – Saturday, November 10th

October 19th, 2018

 

Alternate Universes is hosting MTG Ravnica Weekend at all three stores on Saturday, November 10th!

We’ll be offering 4-pack Guilds of Ravnica Drafts, where each player will get a foil basic land on top of our usual prizes! We’re doing Guild Kit Battles all weekend long! And if you play D&D, or are curious about learning, we’re hosting special Guilds of Ravnica-themed adventures at each of our stores where you’ll get Guilds posters for playing!

Guild Kit Battles will be free all weekend after the cost of your Guild Kit!

Draft entry: $20
Players will be placed in 6-8 person pods for drafting. Drafts will use 4 Guilds of Ravnica booster packs per person. Each player who enters will get a foil basic land!

AU Holmes and AU Blue Bell
Registration: 5:00 PM
Drafting begins: 6:00 PM

AU Wilmington
Registration: 2:00 PM
Drafting begins: 3:00 PM

PRIZES (per 8-person pod)
3 – 0: 5 booster packs of Guilds of Ravnica
2 – 0 – 1: 3 booster packs of Guilds of Ravnica
2 – 1: 2 booster packs of Guilds of Ravnica
All others: 1 booster pack of Guilds of Ravnica

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MTG Standard PPTQ – Saturday, November 24th at AU Wilmington

October 19th, 2018

PPTQ

Alternate Universes is hosting a Standard
Preliminary Pro Tour Qualifier (PPTQ) for PT London
on Saturday, November 24th at Alternate Universes Wilmington

Here are the details:

Format: Standard
Entry fee: $25 (there is no preregistration for this event)
Registration opens: 11:00 AM
Tournament begins: Noon

Alternate Universes Wilmington
Silverside Center
3615A Silverside Rd.
Wilmington, DE 19810
302-482-3480

PRIZES
1st place: 1 booster box of Guilds of Ravnica + Invite to RPTQ for Pro Tour London!
2nd place: 2 booster boxes of Guilds of Ravnica
3rd & 4th place: 18 packs of Guilds of Ravnica each
5th – 8th: 9 packs of Guilds of Ravnica each

Swiss rounds (expect 6-7 rounds); best of 3 games; Cut to Top 8

All players are eligible to play in a Preliminary Pro Tour Qualifier for this season except the following:

  • Players who have already won a Preliminary Pro Tour Qualifier during the current qualification season
  • Players with a Pro Tour Players Club Platinum Level, Gold Level, or Silver level (as of the date of the Preliminary Pro Tour Qualifier).
  • Players that are members of the Pro Tour Hall of Fame.
  • Players who are otherwise already qualified for that season’s Regional Pro Tour Qualifier
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MTG Guilds of Ravnica Standard Showdown – Every Week 10/14 Thru 12/29

September 26th, 2018

 

Alternate Universes is holding Guilds of Ravnica Standard Showdown tournaments at all of our stores! Standard Showdown events are Standard Format tournaments in which players can win Standard Showdown: Guilds of Ravnica Booster Packs!  They also have a Planeswalker Points multiplier of 2x.

We’ll be holding a Standard Showdown tournament at each store every week, beginning the week of October 14th and ending the week of December 29th! (Excluding November 4th-11th) We will have a number of Standard Showdown Booster Packs to give away as prizes at each tournament!

Here are each store’s details:

Holmes
Saturdays October 20th–December 29th
Entry: FREE
Registration begins: 5 PM
Tournament begins: 6 PM

Blue Bell
Tuesdays October 16th–December 24th
Entry: FREE
Registration opens: 5 PM
Tournament begins: 6 PM

Wilmington
Mondays October 15th–December 24th
Entry: $5, booster packs awarded in addition to Standard Showdown packs
Registration opens: 6 PM
Tournament begins: 7 PM

Each Standard Showdown booster pack contains:

  • 2 rare or mythic rare cards from a currently legal Standard set
  • 1 foil basic land from Guilds of Ravnica
  • 1 foil card of any rarity from a currently legal Standard set

*Standard Showdown: Guilds of Ravnica booster packs do not include double-sided cards

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Pokemon Lost Thunder Prereleases – Saturday 10/20 at AU Blue Bell and Sunday 10/28 at AU Wilmington

September 26th, 2018

Alternate Universes is holding Pokemon Sun & Moon Lost Thunder prerelease events on Saturday, October 20th at AU Blue Bell* and Sunday, October 28th at AU Wilmington!

*Blue Bell/East Norriton players: Please do not park directly in front of any other store in the shopping center. Additional parking is available behind the stores and on Penn Square Road. Your cooperation will allow us to continue to run these events at this location.*

Format: Sealed
Each player receives a Lost Thunder Prerelease Pack to use to build a deck! It includes 4 Lost Thunder booster packs, a 22-card evolution pack, plus a Lost Thunder Prerelease Promo card!

Players will build a deck and then play for three rounds. Afterwards each player will get 3 MORE Lost Thunder boosters as a participation prize!

Energy will be available at the event. New players are more than welcome!

Entry: $28 if you pre-register online, $30 at the door.  Pre-registration is available online at PhiladelphiaPokemon.com!

Note: Pre-registration is available up to the Thursday night before the event! If pre-registration is closed, you can still register at the door when you get here!

Saturday, October 20th
Alternate Universes Blue Bell*
Penn Square Shopping Center
211 West Germantown Pike
East Norriton, PA 19401
610-277-7251

1st Session
Registration 10:00 AM – 10:30 AM
Deck Construction @ 10:40 AM
2nd Session
Registration 12:30 PM – 1:00 PM
Deck Construction @ 1:10 PM
(players are welcome to play in both sessions!)

Sunday, October 28th
Alternate Universes Wilmington
Talleyville Shopping Center
3615A Silverside Road
Wilmington, Delaware 19810
302-482-3480

1st Session
Registration 12:00 PM- 12:30 PM
Deck Construction @ 12:40 PM
2nd Session
Registration 2:30 PM – 3:00 PM
Deck Construction @ 3:00 PM
(players are welcome to play in both sessions!)

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MTG Ravnica Weekend – Saturday, November 10th

October 19th, 2018

 

Alternate Universes is hosting MTG Ravnica Weekend at all three stores on Saturday, November 10th!

We’ll be offering 4-pack Guilds of Ravnica Drafts, where each player will get a foil basic land on top of our usual prizes! We’re doing Guild Kit Battles all weekend long! And if you play D&D, or are curious about learning, we’re hosting special Guilds of Ravnica-themed adventures at each of our stores where you’ll get Guilds posters for playing!

Guild Kit Battles will be free all weekend after the cost of your Guild Kit!

Draft entry: $20
Players will be placed in 6-8 person pods for drafting. Drafts will use 4 Guilds of Ravnica booster packs per person. Each player who enters will get a foil basic land!

AU Holmes and AU Blue Bell
Registration: 5:00 PM
Drafting begins: 6:00 PM

AU Wilmington
Registration: 2:00 PM
Drafting begins: 3:00 PM

PRIZES (per 8-person pod)
3 – 0: 5 booster packs of Guilds of Ravnica
2 – 0 – 1: 3 booster packs of Guilds of Ravnica
2 – 1: 2 booster packs of Guilds of Ravnica
All others: 1 booster pack of Guilds of Ravnica

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MTG Standard PPTQ – Saturday, November 24th at AU Wilmington

October 19th, 2018

PPTQ

Alternate Universes is hosting a Standard
Preliminary Pro Tour Qualifier (PPTQ) for PT London
on Saturday, November 24th at Alternate Universes Wilmington

Here are the details:

Format: Standard
Entry fee: $25 (there is no preregistration for this event)
Registration opens: 11:00 AM
Tournament begins: Noon

Alternate Universes Wilmington
Silverside Center
3615A Silverside Rd.
Wilmington, DE 19810
302-482-3480

PRIZES
1st place: 1 booster box of Guilds of Ravnica + Invite to RPTQ for Pro Tour London!
2nd place: 2 booster boxes of Guilds of Ravnica
3rd & 4th place: 18 packs of Guilds of Ravnica each
5th – 8th: 9 packs of Guilds of Ravnica each

Swiss rounds (expect 6-7 rounds); best of 3 games; Cut to Top 8

All players are eligible to play in a Preliminary Pro Tour Qualifier for this season except the following:

  • Players who have already won a Preliminary Pro Tour Qualifier during the current qualification season
  • Players with a Pro Tour Players Club Platinum Level, Gold Level, or Silver level (as of the date of the Preliminary Pro Tour Qualifier).
  • Players that are members of the Pro Tour Hall of Fame.
  • Players who are otherwise already qualified for that season’s Regional Pro Tour Qualifier
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