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Topic: Opinion on weekly booster draft
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flavor_of_the_weak
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posted February 24, 2014 09:40 AM
      
Is it common for Mtg group that holds FHM & Prerelease events to only have two formats,Standard and weekly booster draft? The group host thinks it's cheapest formats & not many players can afford Modern or Legacy__________________
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hilikuS
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posted February 24, 2014 10:28 AM
  
Draft is very common for FNM around here. Constructed never draws, especially not Legacy.
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Azuriae
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posted February 24, 2014 10:47 AM
My LGS used to do Legacy/Modern, but there simply wasn't enough people attending, so they don't host them anymore. It's just too hard to get new people to join the format. We have Standard and Drafts (And Commander nights!) only now, but those always have 30-35 players.
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chaos021
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posted February 24, 2014 12:43 PM
In short, yes.I'm lucky that my LGS does draft and constructed for FNM. The crowd for constructed show up in numbers over time, but they're less regular than the draft crowd. __________________
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Magiclydelcious
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posted February 24, 2014 02:09 PM
There are like 12 stores here in Vegas that run weekly tournements. Draft, Sealed, 4 pack Sealed, Standard, Modern, Legacy.. sometimes Vintage w/ proxys.We're talking Sunday-Saturday alomost any format you want daily.
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KIP_NZ
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posted February 24, 2014 02:49 PM
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Originally posted by flavor_of_the_weak:
Is it common for Mtg group that holds FHM & Prerelease events to only have two formats,Standard and weekly booster draft? The group host thinks it's cheapest formats & not many players can afford Modern or Legacy
Very common for FNM, in fact Legacy isn't legal as a FNM format:
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From the mothership:
To make it easier to participate, Friday Night Magic events are open to anyone and feature the Standard Constructed, Modern Constructed, Sealed Deck, Booster Draft, Block Constructed, or Two-Headed Giant (Standard or Sealed) formats.
Our LGS does draft and standard every week and is thinking Modern for the last Friday of the month. __________________
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caquaa
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posted February 24, 2014 08:45 PM
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Originally posted by flavor_of_the_weak:
Is it common for Mtg group that holds FHM & Prerelease events to only have two formats,Standard and weekly booster draft? The group host thinks it's cheapest formats & not many players can afford Modern or Legacy
even if you get enough to play modern, you'll almost certainly gather more for standard or drafts. Its not to the store's advantage to run modern. Our store runs an occasional legacy tourney and throws up a dual land or other random prizes and gathers 8-12 where our FNMs are in the 18-25 range typically. Our numbers aren't great, but we work with what we've got.
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Sidian
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posted February 24, 2014 09:40 PM
havent seen legacy around here in quite some time...love the format but its easier for new players to get their hands on the newer cards. its still played most by casual groups here though.
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mm1983
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posted February 25, 2014 04:24 AM
About the extent of Legacy in my area is done by doing Commander tournaments. Most local stores outside of the big city areas just don't run Legacy or Vintage tournaments. Commander is a fun, somewhat easier way for newer players to get their foot in the door of legacy as you only need 1 copy of any given card that's not basic land. Still expensive to get into, but can also be built on the cheaper end when you play 1 or 2 colors.
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