So as many may remember last year was the first time that the Magic Celebration was held, a Mini Master event that drafted the core set last year, well good news for those waiting for it again it has returned for another year. Let's see here, Mini Master is a small draft variant that drafts only a single pack of the latest set, this being the core set of course, which will be Magic 2013 this time around, the event takes place on September 8th, 2012, at your local game store, check with them if they are holding one. Each win in this event will grant you another booster pack to add to your deck, 3 wins, gives you a grand total of 4 boosters, what is the cost of the event though, it's free, yes a event where you can enter, not pay a dime and get some sweet sweet cards from the latest core set, a neat oppourtunity if you do ask me, for more information see the link below.
http://www.wizards.com/magic/tcg/events.aspx?x=mtg/event/mcelebration-facts
So how about them Grand Prix's this month, with june there's a slight lack of em, unfortunately there are only 2 to talk about Grand Prix Yokohama and Grand Prix Vancouver which is the only canadian stop on the schedule before the invitational event, Congratulations goes out to David Stroud for winning the GP in vancouver and Juyn'ichi Miyajima for the win in Yokohama, both were fantastic events to say the least and i enjoyed reading every bit of the coverage for that particular event, good luck in the next pro tour boys.
Unfortunately not all news is good i am afraid to admit, there was yet another Star City Games open scandal in Detroit the 2nd last weekend of the month, during a legacy match in one of the Legacy open rounds there was a bit of a cheat, by a player named John Elden, he had just played Stoneforge Mystic, but he got Vendillon Clique'd and sent Batterskull to the bottom of the library, this is not the cheat, just a standard play Elden responses with a Clique of his own, of course a natural play. The cheat happens when he sets his hand down next to his library, which at this point is a mere 2 cards, somehow he adjusts his deck and makes it so the Batterskull gets into his hand, all within a very short period of time, for video of this cheat please see the link below.
. http://www.twitch.tv/scglive/b/322528713?t=8h10m40s
Now if you missed it i will show off the photo below.
Notice the current board state as to the still of this video, he has a Stoneforge Mystic in play, cracks his Polluted Delta, puts the land into play from it, shuffles and all that, leaving the bottom card of his library on the table, presenting it and of course placing it back on the table. Now allow me to explain the cheat a bit further, using one hand he is adjusting his graveyard and deck while the other hand he is tapping the lands required to equip the sword onto his mystic and attack, a few seconds later somehow a Batterskull gets into his hand, he plays it and Friedman scoops, Blatant cheating right there, even if your trying to hide it a cheat is still a cheat and that deserves a lifetime ban from the game, this is the 3rd time a cheater has been caught in the act on this particular type of event, once with Alex Bertocheater, another of course with the infamous Edgar Flores, not related to Michael Flores of course, both whom were suspended from the game for a long time. For a full blog on the subject i'd suggest going here.
http://blog.andreashubert.com/?p=22.
Folks, cheating is still cheating i don't care who you are, if you cheat in the game of Magic, you are showing you have 0% skill in the game and deserve to be kicked outta the game, this goes for you Alex Bertocheater, you don't deserve to be playing magic period, anyways that's it for this edition of the emporium, remember we are only a few days away from the Magic 2013 prereleases, so have fun, enjoy and all that, this is vergil signing off.
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