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February 2-3

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Event Info

StarCityGames.com Open Series

The StarCityGames.com Open Series is a full weekend of gaming with two main events and a robust schedule of side events. Each main event offers $10,000 in cash prizes, Open Points and 8 direct qualifications for your choice of four StarCityGames.com Invitationals. Check out our full schedule of events for 2013, and make plans to join us!

STARCITYGAMES.COM
STANDARD

OPEN
Saturday - 10AM - Entry: $40
Registration: 8AM - 9:50AM*

1st Place: $2,400 - 20 Open Points
2nd Place: $1,200 - 15 Open Points
3rd-4th Place: $600 - 10 Open Points
5th-8th Place: $300 - 8 Open Points
9th-32nd Place: $100 - 4 Open Points
33rd-64th Place: $50 - 2 Open Points
65th+: 1 Open Point
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STARCITYGAMES.COM
LEGACY

OPEN
Sunday - 10AM - Entry: $40
Registration: 8AM - 9:50AM*

Free with Each Open Series Entry!

Receive a set of 5 StarCityGames.com Open Series exclusive tokens, a FREE deckbox, and a voucher good for one month of StarCityGames.com Premium EACH time you register to compete in a StarCityGames.com Open!

Artwork by Kristen Plescow. Click to enlarge.

1st-8th also earn a qualification to any of the next four Invitationals!

Both the Saturday and Sunday Opens are modified Swiss with a cut to single-elimination Top 8. The Standard Open quarterfinals will be held on Saturday night after the Swiss, while the semifinals and finals will be held on Sunday morning at 8am.

Competitive REL; 3x Planeswalker Points Modifier

This StarCityGames.com Open Series weekend will feature a Standard Open on Saturday and a Legacy Open on Sunday. Both events will start at 10 am and be Swiss format with a top 8.

* You may register after the end of registration with a round-one match loss. You cannot register after round two has been paired.

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Saturday Side Events

Two-Headed Giant Sealed

Saturday - 3PM
Entry: $30/team

Registration: 2PM - 2:50PM

Current Sealed format Two-Headed Giant.
8 packs total - two 40-card minimum decks.
Four rounds of Swiss.

Prizes
4-0: 8 Booster Packs per Team
3-0-1: 6 Booster Packs per Team
3-1: 4 Booster Packs per Team
2: 2 Booster Packs per Team

Legacy Challenge

Saturday - 5PM
Entry: $10
($5 for Standard Open entrants)

Registration: 4PM - 4:50PM

Four rounds of Swiss.

Prizes
4-0: $50 Dealer Credit
3-0-1: $25 Dealer Credit & 3 Booster Packs
3-1: 6 Booster Packs
2: 1 Booster Pack

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Sunday Side Events

Two-Headed Giant Sealed

Sunday - 12PM Noon
Entry: $30/team

Registration: 11AM - 11:50AM

Current Sealed format Two-Headed Giant.
8 packs total - two 40-card minimum decks.
Four rounds of Swiss.

Prizes
4-0: 8 Booster Packs per Team
3-0-1: 6 Booster Packs per Team
3-1: 4 Booster Packs per Team
2: 2 Booster Packs per Team

Draft Challenge

Sunday - 3PM
Entry: $20

Registration: 2PM - 2:50PM

Current Draft format. Three rounds of Swiss, paired into Pods.

Prizes
3-0: $50 Dealer Credit
2-0-1: $25 Dealer Credit & 3 Booster Packs
2-1: 6 Booster Pack

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Weekend-Long Events

Single-Elimination
Booster Drafts

Entry: $10

Prizes
1st: 3 Booster Packs
(or entry into the next draft)

Single-Elimination
Constructed Tournaments

Entry: $15
Formats: Standard, Modern, Legacy

Prizes
1st: 36 Booster Packs

Four-Players Commander
Chaos Games

Entry: $5

Prizes
1st: $20 Dealer Credit

Special Guests

Clint Cearley
Magic Artist Clint Cearley trained in traditional media Clint now works as a freelance digital artist with such companies as Wizards of the Coast for their game Magic: The Gathering.

You can find his art featured on these popular cards: Curse of Death's Hold, Geist-Honored Monk, Intangible Virtue, Putrefy (Izzet v. Golgari), Sever the Bloodline, Syncopate (RtR), Vampire Outcasts.

His art also appears on the following Gatecrash cards: Bane Alley Broker, Stolen Identity, Thrull Parasite, and Whispering Madness.

You can find more about his work at: http://clintcearley.daportfolio.com/

Eric Claar

Eric Claar brings his unique style of alters to the StarCityGames.com Open Series. Know for his minimalist 'blueprint' style as well as full art pieces, you can check out his work on facebook (www.facebook.com/claarbar) and Deviant Art. (claarbar.deviantart.com/) For commissions, you can contact him through facebook or e-mail cbalters@gmail.com.

Ron Faris of Black Wing Studio

Ron Faris will be painting custom card alterations at the event! Check out his unique alters by following him on facebook at http://www.facebook.com/BlackWingAlters or his blog at http://blackwingstudio.blogspot.com/ and as always, you can e-mail him at blackwingalters@yahoo.com for commission information!

Chris King

You can see examples of Chris King's alters and place custom orders at his http://magicalteredartcards.webs.com/apps/photos/.

Travel Info

Gwinnett Convention Center
Hall B
6400 Sugarloaf Parkway
Duluth, GA 30097

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For our location in the venue itself, please refer to the following map:

Hotel

Hampton Inn - Sugarloaf

6010 Sugarloaf Parkway

Lawrenceville, GA 30043

678.407.0018

Distance from venue: 0.8 miles, complimentary shuttle service to Gwinnett Center

Free parking

Free hot breakfast

Rate: $85/ night

Use the following link:

http://hamptoninn.hilton.com/en/hp/groups/personalized/A/ATLDMHX-SCG-20130201/index.jhtml

Rate guaranteed until January 18, 2013

Trading

Although trading is both allowed and encouraged, please note that the following things are not permitted at this event.

Buying/selling cards with anyone except for our authorized dealers(s)
Soliciting to buy/sell cards nearby (including via social media such as Facebook, Twitter, etc.)
Advertising without receiving permissions from StarCityGames.com's on-site Event Manager
Offering to "alter" cards in exchange for some form of compensation
Utilizing an excessive amount of space when trading
Using suitcases, handcarts, luggage carts, etc. for the purpose of transporting excessive amounts of trade stock.

Please note that failure to obey these rules may result in all involved parties being both removed from the event without refund, and banned from attending future events.

Contact

Hiring

We hire sales associates and coverage runners at every Open Series. If you're interested in working an event, go to our event staffing page.

Judging

Judges interested in working at this event, including candidates interested in testing, should submit an application through magicjudges.org. Judges who are on staff for StarCityGames.com events qualify for our Judge Rewards Program.

Judge certification for Level One and advancement to Level Two is available at this event. Candidates should note their interest in their application and arrange for testing with Nicholas Sabin (nicholas.sabin@starcitygames.com) at least two weeks prior to the event.

More Information

Your question may already be answered in our tournament FAQ.

However, if you still have questions, please feel free to email us at events@starcitygames.com or call (540) 767-GAME (4263). We want your experience to be as enjoyable as possible, and will do our best to assist you in any way we can.