It’s showtime folks!
Welcome to the first installment of the StarCityGames.com 2017 Season One
Invitational countdown blog! For those unfamiliar, this series of blogs
will go over anything and everything concerning Season One Invitational
weekend, which, if you’ve ever been to an Invitational before, is a lot!
This first entry is simply an overview to give you the rundown about the
StarCityGames.com 2017 Season One Invitational weekend and start building
the excitement for what’s going to be a truly unforgettable handful of
days. Over the next few days, I’ll be going over side event information,
artists and cosplayers who will be in attendance, food and lodging options,
and much more!
Let’s Talk About The Main Event!
Do you have what it takes to become the next Jacob Baugh? The next Caleb
Scherer? The next Tom Ross or Gerry Thompson?
Each Invitational winner receives $20,000, a qualification and flight to
the
Magic: The Gathering Pro Tour
, a custom-made token by StarCityGames.com featuring their likeness, as
well as a bye and free entry for the
StarCityGames.com Open
and one
StarCityGames.com Classic
at each SCG Tour Weekend in the following season.
That’s a lot for winning a single tournament, but as you can see below,
there’s plenty of prizes to go around!
|
Place |
Prizes |
SCG Points |
Invtitational Qualification |
|
Winner |
$20,000 |
50 SCG Points |
Season Two Invitational Qualification |
|
Finalist |
$10,000 |
40 SCG Points |
Season Two Invitational Qualification |
|
Top 4 |
$5,000 |
35 SCG Points |
Season Two Invitational Qualification |
|
Top 8 |
$3,000 |
30 SCG Points |
Season Two Invitational Qualification |
|
Top 16 |
$2,000 |
20 SCG Points |
Season Two Invitational Qualification |
|
Top 32 |
$1,000 |
15 SCG Points |
|
|
Top 64 |
$500 |
10 SCG Points |
|
|
Day 2 |
– |
5 SCG Points |
|
|
Participation |
– |
2 SCG Points |
The Season One Invitational has a 4x Planeswalker Points Multiplier.
These points can earn you byes in future Grand Prix Main Events. For
more information on Planeswalker Points, visit the
Planeswalker Points information page
.
What Else Ya Got?
Didn’t qualify for the main event? No big deal! Our Invitationals are about
making sure everyone who wants to attend can have an experience they’ll
never forget, so we’ve got plenty of other things for you to do! Our
Infinite Challenge packages continue to be a huge hit, so we’ve brought
that back for the Season One Invitational in both three-day and two-day
packages. We’ll have a Modern Open on Saturday, a Modern and Standard Classic
on Sunday, and the return of the ever-popular Ultimate Commander package
for fans of 100-card formats. Throw in On-Demand side events and anyone who
attends the Season One Invitational this weekend will have no shortage of
things to do!
Guest of Honor
One of the best parts of any Magic tournament? Special guests! Now we’ve
got quite a few amazing guests lined up for the Season One Invitational,
but when Rob Alexander is a part of the fun, you know something special is
going down. Rob is one of the original 25 artists of Magic, has illustrated
hundreds of cards for the game we know and love, and his unique style has
won him fans all over the globe. From
[card name="Badlands"]Badlands
[/card]
to Polluted Delta and Breeding Pool to Shivan Reef, Rob Alexander is
one-of-a-kind when it comes to Magic artwork, and it is our pleasure to say
that he is the Guest of Honor for the Season One Invitational.
Player Party? Sponsors? What’s The Deal?
Well that’s easy to explain! When we decided to move all the Invitationals
to Roanoke, we did so for many reasons. But chief among them was because we
would have access to resources that we wouldn’t have otherwise. That’s one
of the advantages of keeping things local!
As an example, on Thursday, June 29th, downtown Roanoke’s
FPS Cafe & Spirits restaurant
will welcome all Magic: The Gathering fans for a special pre-Invitational
gathering featuring live music, a special Magic: The Gathering-themed menu,
and more!
With regards to the sponsors, they know that we here at StarCityGames.com
know how to put on one heck of a show and they wanted to be a part of it!
So how does that benefit you? Simple! You get access to some pretty cool
stuff!
-
Commemorative Invitational t-shirts printed on-demand
while you wait - Massage chairs staffed by a team of licensed massage therapists
-
An on-site arcade featuring 8-10 full-size arcade machines (all
FREE to play!) - FREE mobile device charging stations
Playmats!
Lastly, an SCG Tour event wouldn’t be an SCG Tour event without the chance
to acquire some sweet swag, and Season One Invitational weekend attendees
will be amongst the first to be able to get their hands on all-new SCG Tour
2017 Season Two exclusive playmats featuring Amonkhet
Masterpieces
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[/card]
,
[card name="Spell Pierce"]Spell Pierce
[/card]
, and
[card name="Daze"]Daze
[/card]
!
Daze.
What Tomorrow Brings
The StarCityGames.com® 2017 Season One Invitational is going to be an
amazing event, so one little overview from yours truly simply isn’t going
to be enough. Tomorrow I’ll be going over each of our events, registration
options, the rewards that go along with them, and making sure that you know
which one is the best option for you. See ya then!