Magic: The Gathering events at PAX East 2011

Tom Shea has posted the schedule for Magic: The Gathering events that will be going down at PAX East 2011 in Boston, March 11-13. As always, there's a bundle of interesting formats and events, play-all-day leagues, and some serious prizes ranging from backpacks to foil sets and sheets!

It looks like quite a few changes were made to reduce some of the tournament sizes to ensure things flow smoothly over the course of the day. As any PAX goer knows, these gaming areas can get hectic in a hurry! Here's the full schedule, as posted over on the Penny Arcade forums.

Ongoing Events - Available all weekend

Mirrodin War League!!! Will you choose Mirran or Phyrexian? Play ALL DAY!!! Entry fee is $15.00 per person. Choose a Mirran or Phyrexian Intro Pack and play all day at your leisure! Earn a Magic card after every match, win or lose! In addition, there will be a Magic back pack awarded to the biggest winner for each faction!

8-Man Mini-Master: This is an 8-man version of our popular Mini-Master event! These events will run whenever we have 8 players to fill the event. Entry fee is $10.00 per player. Booster pack prizes are 6, 4, 2, 2.

8-Man Booster Drafts: We will run 8-man single-elimination booster drafts whenever we have 8 players to fill the event. Cost is $15.00 per player, and there will be booster pack prizes as follows: 1st place, 6 packs, 2nd place 4 packs, 3rd and 4th place 2 packs each.

Friday:

GO INFINITE Mini-Master:Every time we have 32 players, we'll launch GO INFINITE Mini-Master! Cost is $10.00 per player. Each player receives a Mirrodin Besieged booster pack and three of each basic land. Players shuffle all cards together and play. This is a single elimination style event. The winner of each match receives another booster back to add to the deck and continue playing. Last man standing is the winner! Prizes: 1st place will receive 8 booster packs and a complimentary entry for another GO INFINITE Mini-Master event to be used at Pax East 2011! 2nd place will receive 10 packs, 3rd and 4th receive 6 packs each, and 5th thru 8th receive 2 packs each! (Prize payout is based on 32 players.)

12:00 pm SEALED DECK! Win a Netbook Computer! Entry fee: $30.00 per player

Each player will receive 3 boosters each of Scars of Mirrodin and Mirrodin Besieged. Players will build a 40 card deck from those boosters, adding as much basic land as they wish. THere will be 4 Swiss rounds with a cut to the top 8 players. First place wins a Toshiba netbook computer, with booster pack prizes to 2nd thru 8th place.

2:00 pm SUPER Mini-Master Entry fee: $15.00 per player. Win a FOIL SET of Mirrodin Besieged!

This event is capped at 64 players, so register early! Each player receives a Mirrodin Besieged booster pack and three of each basic land. Players shuffle all cards together and play. This is a single elimination style event. The winner of each match receives another booster back to add to the deck and continue playing. Last man standing is the winner! 1st place wins a Mirrodin Besieged Foil set, Second place receives a Mirrodin Besieged set, and 3rd thru 16th will receive booster pack prizes!

4:00 pm SUPER Mini-Master Entry fee: $15.00 per player. Win a FOIL Sheet of Mirrodin Besieged!

This event is capped at 64 players, so register early! Each player receives a Mirrodin Besieged booster pack and three of each basic land. Players shuffle all cards together and play. This is a single elimination style event. The winner of each match receives another booster back to add to the deck and continue playing. Last man standing is the winner! 1st place wins a Mirrodin Besieged Foil set, Second place receives a Mirrodin Besieged FOIL sheet, and 3rd thru 16th will receive booster pack prizes!

7:00 pm Super FRIDAY NIGHT MAGIC (FNM)! Entry Fee: $30.00 per player Format: SEALED DECK

Players receive 3 Scars of Mirrodin and 3 Mirrodin Besieged boosters. Players build a 40 card deck and then play 4 Swiss rounds. Players will receive March 2011 FNM Promo card. Prizes will be based on points after 4 rounds. 12 points receives 3 additional promo cards (no duplicates and 4 boosters. 9-11 points receives 2 additional promo cards and 2 boosters. 6-8 points receives 1 additional promo card and one booster.

7:30 pm Commander (EDH) Entry fee: $5.00 per player

Bring your Commander (EDH) deck to play at tables of 4. Earn a booster pack for each player you eliminate! The winner will receive an additional draft set!

8:00 pm GO INFINITE Mini-Master: Entry fee: $10.00 per player

Each player receives a Mirrodin Besieged booster pack and three of each basic land. Players shuffle all cards together and play. This is a single elimination style event. The winner of each match receives another booster back to add to the deck and continue playing. Last man standing is the winner! Prizes: 1st place will receive 8 booster packs and a complimentary entry for another GO INFINITE Mini-Master event to be used at Pax East 2011! 2nd place will receive 10 packs, 3rd and 4th receive 6 packs each, and 5th thru 8th receive 2 packs each! (Prize payout is based on 32 players.)

8:30 pm GO INFINITE Mini-Master: Entry fee: $10.00 per player

Saturday:

ONGOING, starting at 10:30 am GO INFINITE Mini-Master: Entry fee: $10.00 per player

Every 32 players, we'll launch another GO INFINITE Mini-Master event!
Each player receives a Mirrodin Besieged booster pack and three of each basic land. Players shuffle all cards together and play. This is a single elimination style event. The winner of each match receives another booster back to add to the deck and continue playing. Last man standing is the winner! Prizes: 1st place will receive 8 booster packs and a complimentary entry for another GO INFINITE Mini-Master event to be used at PAX East 2011! 2nd place will receive 10 packs, 3rd and 4th receive 6 packs each, and 5th thru 8th receive 2 packs each! (Prize payout is based on 32 players.)

1:00 pm SUPER Mini-Master Entry fee: $15.00 per player. Win a FOIL Set of Mirrodin Besieged!

1:30 pm GO INFINITE Mini-Master: Entry fee: $10.00 per player

3:00 pm SUPER Mini-Master Entry fee: $15.00 per player. Win a FOIL Set of Mirrodin Besieged!

This event is capped at 64 players, so register early! Each player receives a Mirrodin Besieged booster pack and three of each basic land. Players shuffle all cards together and play. This is a single elimination style event. The winner of each match receives another booster back to add to the deck and continue playing. Last man standing is the winner! 1st place wins a Mirrodin Besieged Foil set, Second place receives a Mirrodin Besieged FOIL set, and 3rd thru 16th will receive booster pack prizes!

4:30 pm GO INFINITE Mini-Master: Entry fee: $10.00 per player

5:00 pm SUPER Mini-Master Entry fee: $15.00 per player. Win a FOIL Set of Mirrodin Besieged!

This event is capped at 64 players, so register early! Each player receives a Mirrodin Besieged booster pack and three of each basic land. Players shuffle all cards together and play. This is a single elimination style event. The winner of each match receives another booster back to add to the deck and continue playing. Last man standing is the winner! 1st place wins a Mirrodin Besieged Foil set, Second place receives a Mirrodin Besieged FOIL sheet, and 3rd thru 16th will receive booster pack prizes!

6:00 pm GO INFINITE Mini-Master: Entry fee: $10.00 per player

7:00 pm TEAM MINI_MASTER! Entry fee: $20.00 per TEAM

Two person teams will receive 2 Scars of Mirrodin boosters, 1 Mirrodin Besieged booster, and basic land. Teammates each play another player of an opposing team. Each teammate builds a 40 card deck. This is a single elimination style event. Each team remaining in the event will receive 2 additional boosters at the start of each round to improve their decks. PRIZES: 1st place team: Each member receives a Scars of Mirrodin FOIL sheet. 2nd place team: Each member receives a From the Vault: Relics set. 3rd thru 8th: Booster pack prizes.

7:30 pm GO INFINITE Mini-Master: Entry fee: $10.00 per player

7:30 pm Commander (EDH) Entry fee: $5.00 per player

Bring your Commander (EDH) deck to play at tables of 4. Earn a booster pack for each player you eliminate! The winner will receive an additional draft set!

8:00 pm GO INFINITE Mini-Master: Entry fee: $10.00 per player

8:30 pm GO INFINITE Mini-Master: Entry fee: $10.00 per player

And Sunday:

ONGOING, starting at 10:30 am GO INFINITE Mini-Master: Entry fee: $10.00 per player

11:00 am SEALED DECK! Win an iPod Nano 8gb! Entry fee: $30.00 per player

Each player will receive 3 boosters each of Scars of Mirrodin and Mirrodin Besieged. Players will build a 40 card deck from those boosters, adding as much basic land as they wish. There will be 4 Swiss rounds with a cut to the top 8 players. First place wins an iPod Nano 8gb, with booster pack prizes to 2nd thru 8th place.

12:00 pm SUPER Mini-Master Entry fee: $15.00 per player. Win a FOIL Set of Scars of Mirrodin!

This event is capped at 64 players, so register early! Each player receives a Mirrodin Besieged booster pack and three of each basic land. Players shuffle all cards together and play. This is a single elimination style event. The winner of each match receives another booster back to add to the deck and continue playing. Last man standing is the winner! 1st place wins a Scars of Mirrodin Foil set, Second place receives a Scars of Mirrodin set, and 3rd thru 16th will receive booster pack prizes!

LAST EVENT at 1:30 pm GO INFINITE Mini-Master: Entry fee: $10.00 per player

Every 32 players, we'll launch another GO INFINITE Mini-Master event!
Each player receives a Mirrodin Besieged booster pack and three of each basic land. Players shuffle all cards together and play. This is a single elimination style event. The winner of each match receives another booster back to add to the deck and continue playing. Last man standing is the winner! Prizes: 1st place will receive 8 booster packs and a complimentary entry for another GO INFINITE Mini-Master event to be used at Pax East 2011! 2nd place will receive 10 packs, 3rd and 4th receive 6 packs each, and 5th thru 8th receive 2 packs each! (Prize payout is based on 32 players.)

Of particular interest are the Team Mini-Master and Super FNM formats, but all the events look like a blast to play and participate in if you can find the time to break away from the main floor of PAX East for a bit and crack some cards.

You might even run into yours truly there, forcing infect and discussing the merits of a Phyrexian lifestyle.

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