Mirrodin Besieged Prerelease Information

The Mirrodin Besieged Prerelease events will take place this weekend, January 29 and 30. There will be no on-site FITSSFF event this weekend to encourage people to attend the Pre-Releases. However, if you can, please try to schedule your Prerelease attendance around Open Game Day, which is also on January 29 throughout the day.

For those of you who have never played in a Prerelease event before, it is a special event where you can play in Limited events with cards from the new set a week before it is officially released. Additionally, you will have the opportunity to receive league points and a foil promo alternate-art mythic rare from the next set.

Normally, there is only one Prerelease promo, but this time there are two. The one you get is dependent on the faction you choose before the event starts. If you choose the Mirran faction, you will get a promo Hero of Bladehold (and your Mirrodin Besieged packs will be aligned with the Mirrans), and if you choose the Phyrexian faction, you will get a promo Glissa, the Traitor (and you will get Phyrexian-aligned Besieged packs).

I have decided to award more League Points this time for attending events, since there has been some League Point "inflation" due to the increased attendance at events. You will receive 2 points for the first event you attend at each store, and 1 additional point for attending another event at the same store. So, you will still be rewarded for supporting multiple stores in our area, but you will also receive more points for attending even just one event. The schedule of events for each store is as follows:

Wizard's Wall:

Saturday, January 29 @ Noon: $10 Unhinged Draft (this is just for fun, nothing to do with Besieged, but I'll still give you points for going)

Saturday, January 29 @ 5 P.M: $25 Sealed

Sunday, January 30 @ Noon: $25 Sealed

Dogs of War:

Friday, January 28 @ Midnight: $25 Sealed

Saturday, January 29 @ 1 & 4 P.M.: $12 Draft*

Saturday, January 29 @ 7:30 P.M.: $25 Sealed

Sunday, January 30 @ Noon: $12 Draft*

Sunday, January 30 @ 4 P.M.: $25 Sealed

Get Your Fun On:

Friday, January 28 @ Midnight: $25 Sealed

Saturday, January 29 @ Noon: $25 Sealed

Saturday, January 29 @ 3 & 7 P.M.: $12 Draft

Sunday, January 30 @ 3 P.M.: $25 Sealed

Sunday, January 30 @ 7 P.M.: $12 Draft

*Dogs of War is not giving out promo cards for participating in drafts.

To get credit for attending events, ask the tournament organizer for the FITSSFF Sign-In sheet. They should be at each of the three stores for the weekend. After the weekend is over, I will collect these sheets and award points based on the names that appear on them. Therefore, if you do not sign in, you will not receive league points for attending these events, so make sure you do so. I will remind the tournament organizers at each location to offer the sheet to you before the event starts, but you should take the responsibility upon yourself in case they forget.

If you have any questions about the Prerelease, feel free to call or email me and I'll do my best to help you out. After Prerelease weekend, I'll post FITSSFF events for February. I can tell you that the first weekend of February will be the format that everyone but me seems to enjoy: Two-Headed Giant Sealed. I'll post everything else in a few days. Have a great week and good luck at the Prereleases!

- Dom