Wow, the prerelease was amazing! We had 52 people playing, only 5 of whom dropped before morning. Starting at 12am (midnight), the tournament ended at 6:30 the next morning. The sunrise was lovely.

Congratulations to the top three:

1st – Andy Wellisch, who walked away with a gold Ion Deck Box, Dragon Playmat, Sliver premium deck, and 11 boosters.

2nd – Jeremy Hansen, who walked away with a gold Ion Deck Box, Dragon Playmat, and 11 boosters. Jeremy also won one of the bounties and got a clear Eldrazi deck box as well.

3rd – Jerry Jong, who walked away with a clear Eldrazi deck box and 10 boosters.

Grats to everyone else who placed as well. I hope, after you take naps, that you look back on last night as a ton of fun! I’m sure I will after another 12 hours of sleep.

In the meantime, these pictures are, more or less in order: James decorating mana cookies (mountains, to be exact), my daughter, Samantha, decorating mana cookies (islands), the mana cookies, the check-in station, and lots of tournament pictures. Enjoy!

The newest Magic: The Gathering set, Rise of the Eldrazi, releases on 4/23. In the meantime, prerelease goodness will be going on all weekend this week!

I am happy to report that our sealed deck prerelease tournament is completely full! 48 players will be joining us at midnight on the 16th/17th to play all night. For those of you who wanted to play but weren’t able to get a spot: sign up earlier next time. Because of the great turnout, we’re hoping to have room for even more next time.

In addition, the launch party will be the night of April 23rd. Sign in starts at 6:00pm, and the booster draft begins at 6:30pm. $15 entry fee. Sign up before it’s too late!

Lastly, if you still want preorder prices for Fat Packs and booster boxes, please get us your order and your money this week.

In other news, Mystery Express is finally here. We had a few the week of release that sold out pretty quickly, but the restock will be in tomorrow. And for those of you waiting for more Wasgij puzzles from Ravensburger, we will have more sometime this week (they don’t give me enough info about shipping to know exactly when).

See you all soon!

Dawn