Chicago (Niles), April 4–6

At Pastimes

8351 West Golf Rd.

Niles, Illinois 60714

 

Schedule and Prizes

Friday April 4th

Silver Age Tournament

Entry Fee: $10.00
Time: 6:30pm Registration 7:00pm Start
Format: Silver Age Constructed
Structure: Swiss no cut

Prizes:
     1st place: Nintendo DS Light
     2nd - 8th Packs based on attendance

 

Saturday April 5th

Saturday, 10:00 am
Silver Age Tournament

Entry fee: $20.00

Format: Silver Age Constructed

The following sets are legal:

The X-Men (includes The X-Men TCG starter set)

Infinite Crisis

Heralds of Galactus

Legion of Super Heroes

Marvel Team-Up (includes the Hellboy Essential Collection)

World’s Finest

Marvel Legends (includes Age of Apocalypse MAA, The Coming of Galactus MCG, MEX)

DC Comics Legends (includes DC Exclusives DCX)

Structure: Swiss, with cut to Top 8

 

Prizes:

1st Place: Playstation 3, Extended Art Savage Beatdown, DCX set

2nd Place: 8 GB iPod Touch

3rd–4th Place: 4 GB iPod Nano

5th–8th Place: $50.00 Best Buy gift card

Participation Card: Extended Art Signal Flare

Door Prizes: Original art, non-foil Marvel Legends set, uncut sheets

 

Saturday, 3:00 pm

Super-Crossover Sealed

Entry fee: $15.00

Format: Players will receive one pack from each of the following sets to create a thirty-card deck:

Marvel Origins

DC Origins

World’s Finest

Marvel Legends

DC Comics Legends

Affiliated characters and character cards have all affiliations. Note: Cards that count affiliations, such as Ethan Edwards, Visitor from Another World and Lyja, Mrs. Johnny Storm, count the number of printed affiliations instead.

Structure: Straight Swiss, no Top 8.

Prizes:

1st Place: DCX set, foil Marvel Legends set

Door Prizes: Original art, uncut sheets

Note: Pack prizes are based on attendance.

 

 

Sunday, 10:00 am

Modern Age Tournament

Entry fee: $20.00

Format: Modern Age Constructed. The following sets are legal:

Marvel Team-Up (includes the Hellboy Essential Collection)

World’s Finest

Marvel Legends (includes Age of Apocalypse MAA, The Coming of Galactus MCG, MEX)

DC Comics Legends (includes DC Exclusives DCX)

 

Structure: Swiss, with cut to Top 8

Prizes:

1st Place: Nintendo Wii, foil set of Marvel Legends, Extended Art Enemy of My Enemy

2nd Place: 4 GB iPod Nano

3rd–4th Place: 2 GB iPod Shuffle

5th–8th Place: 18 packs of DC Comics Legends

Participation Card: Extended Art Have a Blast!

Door Prizes: Original art, uncut sheets

Note: Pack prizes are based on attendance.

 

 

Sunday, 2:00 pm

Bring Your Own Set

Entry fee: $10.00

Format: All cards in your deck must be from the same set (in other words, all cards in your deck must have been printed with the same three-letter set code).

Structure: Swiss, with cut to Top 8

Prizes:

1st Place: 48 packs of Marvel Legends or 48 packs of DC Comics Legends

Door Prizes: Original art, non-foil Marvel Legends set, uncut sheets

Note: Pack prizes are based on attendance.

 

 

Side Events (Throughout the Weekend)

Giant-Size VS: The Coming of GalactusSilver Age Constructed

Entry fee: $5.00

Prizes: Teams of three take on Galactus; all players must have Silver Age–legal decks. Beat Galactus, and everyone on the team receives a Giant-Size VS: The Coming of Galactus bonus pack

 

Giant-Size VS: The Coming of GalactusModern Age Constructed

Entry fee: $5.00

Prizes: Teams of three take on Galactus; all players must have Modern Age–legal decks. Beat Galactus, and everyone on the team receives a Giant-Size VS: The Coming of Galactus bonus pack.

 

Random Punks

Entry fee: $6.00

Format: Constructed, no rares allowed.

Structure: Single elimination

Prizes:

1st Place: Six booster packs

2nd Place: Four booster packs

3rd–4th Place: One booster pack

 

Eight-Person Constructed

Entry fee: $6.00

Format: Constructed, varying formats

Structure: Single elimination

Prizes:

1st Place: Six booster packs

2nd Place: Four booster packs

3rd–4th Place: One booster pack

 

Eight-Person Drafts

Entry fee: $15.00

Format: Marvel Legends or DC Comics Legends

Structure: Single elimination

Prizes:

1st Place: Six booster packs

2nd Place: Four booster packs

3rd–4th Place: One booster pack

 

Each of the four major events (10 am and 3 pm on Saturday, 10 am and 2 pm on Sunday) at the Mega Weekend will distribute PC points that can be used to enter the World Championship event later this year.

 

The points will be distributed as follows:

 

1st–4th: 10 points

 

5th–8th: 6 points

 

9th–16th: 4 points

 

Ten points will be required for a Worlds qualification, and any existing points you may have (from previous PCs, $10Ks, and PCQs) are valid for this redemption.

Hope to see everyone there!