Magic: The Gathering Amonkhet Game Day Event comes to St. Augustine
From May 20th to May 21st, Magic: The Gathering fans swarmed to their local game shops to attend Amonkhet Game Day. This official MTG event was organized by MTG: Wizards of the Coast and promoted on their website and their multiple social media accounts. This event allowed players to showcase their Standard decks and win exclusive prizes from Wizards of the Coast.
Magic.Wizards.com describes Game Day events as a “great opportunity to test your skills against your local Magic community in a fun, relaxed environment.” In St. Augustine, Amonkhet Game Day events were hosted at D20 GameSpot and at Big Daddy Games. St. Augustine has a third game shop, Urban Anthropology, but the Wizards of the Coast’s shop locator does not list the shop. Urban Anthropology’s Facebook page does not have an event list and no posts were made on their Facebook page about Amonkhet Game Day*.
A screenshot of the Wizards of the Coast shop locator showing the 10 shops closest to St. Augustine, FL 32084.
There were multiple prizes up for grabs at Amonkhet Game Day events. Each participant received a full-art promo card. The Top 8 Finishers at every shop received a premium foil full-art promo card. The winner from each shop received a special playmat. Rules for the Standard play style are available on Magic.Wizards.com.
As Foretold, Dakota Smith's favorite Standard Magic: The Gathering Card. May 21, 2017. (Photo: Mal Carney)
Big Daddy Games and D20 GameSpot hosted their Amonkhet Game Day events on Saturday, May 20th. The two shops are a little over 13 miles apart which means that gamers in St. Augustine and the surrounding areas had options on where to play.
A map of St. Augustine, pinpointing Big Daddy Games and D20 Gamespot and showing the distance between the two game shops. Created with Google maps. (By: Mal Carney)
D20 Gamespot’s Amonkhet event had 6 competitors. After the Amonkhet event, an 8-person draft took place, giving the players a full night of gameplay.
If you missed Amonkhet Game Day visit a local shop for more opportunities to play. Some shops are currently participating in the Magic: The Gathering Amonkhet Buy-a-Box Promotion. This promo began on April 28th and will continue while supplies last. During this promo, patrons who purchase an Amonkhet booster box receive an alternate-art premium promotional card. For those without a Standard deck, this promotion might be the push you need to go out and make one. Once you have your deck head over to Magic.Wizards.com to find a shop near you. The Wizards of the Coast shop locator shows 10 game shops within 30 miles of downtown St. Augustine, which gives St. Augustine and Jacksonville gamers a variety of locations at which to play Magic: The Gathering and other trading card games.
What was your most memorable Amonkhet Game Day moment? If you live in St. Augustine share your experience with the #StAugGaming hashtag for a chance to be interviewed by Malscontent.
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*As of 5/21/2017 Malscontent has been unable to reach Urban Anthropology regarding Amonkhet Game Day due to the shop’s hours of operations. Check back for updates.
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