Topic: Alphastrike Invitational - Schedule and Information
The first Invitational officially kicks off with the Alphastrike Invitational. The Alphastrike Invitational will consist of 3 seperate formats to determine the winner and subsequent lead for the next invitational. So, without further ado, I present to you the schedule and formats for the Alpastrike Invitational.
Schedule
Date and Time - Saturday September 6th - 5:00 p.m
Dinner - This will be hosted by myself and will most likely consist of a spaghetti feed with bread and salad followed by dessert. The only things that you will need to provide is a beverage if you prefer something other than water and perhaps a snack for the evening.
Event - As soon as we have finished dinner we will proceed upstairs for the event. You will need to bring a Pauper EDH deck, which we will discuss below, some dice, and a desire to have fun. The event will take approx. 6 hours to complete, though this is just an approximation and the duration could be plus or minus an hour.
Formats
BigBox
We will play a large melee free-for-all match of BigBox. For those of you who are unfamiliar with the BigBox format, there are 6 large libraries that each person can play from. There is a library for each color and one library for colorless and multi-color cards. Each player will also have a "land library" what will consist of 12 basic land that he or she chooses before the round begins. Each player will draw their opening hand by drawing card by card, one at a time from any library that they have access to. During the draw step or any other time that you would be required to draw a card, you may choose which library to draw from. If you are to draw mulitple cards from one spell or ability, you may choose different libraries for each card drawn. Play from there goes as normal multiplayer melee where you may attack any individual and target any player or other legal target. The winner of the event will determine the seating for the Pauper EDH round, which will be a very important task as seating will be a huge factor in the round.
Pauper EDH
For this round players will be playing with a Pauper Deck. A Pauper Deck is construsted using a uncommon creature for your general (does not have to be legendary) and the remaining 99 cards must be common or have been printed as a common in a set. Players life totals will start at 30 and the general damage rule will be 15 and the poison rule will be 15 as well. This will be a traditional multiplayer game and not a melee free-for-all. Players will only be able to attack the person directly to their left or right and spells can only affect up to 2 people to the left or right of you. The seating will be determined by the winner of the BigBox round. Scoring will constist of points for kills as well as BigBoard Accomplishments which will be listed on the big board and will also we added to this forum as soon as they are set. Points will be important as they will hold value for the final format which will determine our Invitational Winner.
Achievements ($$$ values to be posted at a later date)
Command and Conquer
Deal 15 points of General Damage to a Player
Amass an Army
Control 10 or more creatures from more than 1 source
Overkill
Deal 15+ more damage than required to kill opponent
TWOfer
Kill 2 creatures with 1 spell
Assasin8
Kill 8 or more creatures in 1 turn
Saving Grace
Save a Creature and a Player from dying
General Consensus
Play your General 5 times
Backfire
Have a spell you control be redirected to you or 1 of your permanent
King of the Stack
Cast a spell with at least 3 spells on the stack
Defector
Steal someone's creature and deal damage to them with it
Heads of State
Kill 3 or more different Generals
Focus of Ire
Become attacked by 4 or more opponents
At Death's Doorstep
Survive 3 turns at 5 or less life
Player Hater
Kill an opponent
Trifecta
Kill the same general 3 times
Monster Hunter
Kill an ogre, cyclops, basilisk, efreet, gargoyle, hellion, hydra, kavu, kraken, orc, troll, vampire, werewolf, or zubera
Aerial Assault
Attack with 5 or more flying creatures in one turn
Back from the Dead with a Vengeance
Return a creature from the graveyard to play & attack with it
Summoning Spree
Cast 4 or more creatures in one turn
Spell Slinger
Cast 4 or more spells in one turn
Early Exit
Be the first player eliminated
Pile of Corpses
Have 15 or more cards in your graveyard
First Blood
Be the first player to deal damage to an opponent
First Blood, Part Duex
Be the first player to deal damage to an opponent with their general
Second to None
Be the last player standing
Left for Dead
Have your life total dropped to 1 after a single attack
Last to the Party
Be the last player to cast your general
I See Your Counter and Raise You Another
Counter a counter spell
Draw'n For Dayz
Draw 5 or more cards in a single turn
I Prefer Vanilla
Play a creature with no abilities
Encyclopedia Britannica
Have 10 or more separate keywords on the battlefield at once
I'll Have One of Everything
Control an enchantment, artifact, creature and land and cast both and instant and sorcery in the same turn
Taste the Rainbow
Control a land of each type and 1 permanent of each color(must be separate permanents)
Wife Swap
You and an opponent each exchange control of a permanent
Two Can Play That
Cast a spell an opponent has already cast
Auction Draft
New to the group is Auction Draft. Each player will start the auction with $100 plus any added money that they earned via points in the Pauper EDH round. The auction board will consist of 1, 3, and 5 card packs as well as a Starter Kit that, will have a set amount of cards from a specific Shard, that will all be bid upon by the players. Once a player has spent his money he or she will be able to begin deck construction which will be a 60 card deck and all cards purchased will be available for sideboard. Players will be seeded based upon their tournament performance and we will play a best of 3, single-elimination tournament to crown the champion of the Alphastrike Invitational.
More Information To Come
Last edited by cardboard_connoisseur (2014-08-30 18:44:43)
