Area 52 - Magic: The Gathering - Saturday Morning Magic

Magic: The Gathering, Saturday Morning Magic

Area 52 will be joining in on the popular Magic: the Gathering regular Tournament style, Friday Night Magic. It allows players the chance to play in a weekly event, and have a shot at cool FOIL prize cards in the process. The program is designed to keep the play style casual. For example;

FNM events have significantly less impact on players' ratings than most tournaments;
prize cards are available to participants in other ways than just to the winners; and
for rules enforcement, the emphasis is on teaching players the correct ways to play.

To make it easier to participate, Friday Night Magic events may only be Standard Constructed, Sealed Deck or Booster Draft. Keeping these formats makes it easier for new players to participate. Area 52 hold Saturday Morning Magic, on alternate Saturday mornings to the Arena League (as the store is not open at nights). See the calendar for the most recent dates.

Friday Night Magic Rules:

1st and 2nd place receive one prize card each.
Door prize - Area 52 will randomly award the remaining two prize cards to two players that did not place first or second.
All Friday Night Magicevents must have at least 8 players participate for it to take place, and for prize cards to be awarded.
FNM events are all 8k tournaments, and have a Rules Enforcement Level (REL) of 1.
All 4-prize cards associated with each Friday Night Magic event must be awarded to the players.
If fewer than 8 players participate, the event does not count toward player ratings, and prize cards must be returned.

Guidelines
These guidelines are valid for all constructed league formats:

Each player must have a deck of at least 60 cards.
A players deck may not contain any more than 4 of any individual card, by card title, with the exception of basic lands (including snow covered variants.)
Sideboards must contain exactly 15 cards or 0 (zero) cards. Before the beginning of the second or third game in a match, players may change the composition of their decks by exchanging cards from their deck with cards from their sideboards.
Any card changes made this way must be done on a one for one basis to ensure the sideboard remains exactly 15 cards at the start of each game.
New card sets become legal form league play as soon as they are available.
Only one of a given card found on the restricted list may be used in a players deck.
Any cards on the banned list are not allowed in a players deck.
All banned and restricted lists are subject to change. For the most current lists, please check the Wizards of the coast website here.