Magic The Gathering - Malaysia

Sadly Terry Soh fell short by a game to reach the finals, but won a cool US$15,000 for his troubles anyways.

Congratulations Terry Soh!

With the Eternal City of Rome providing an unforgettable backdrop, the 2009 Magic World Championships delivered thrilling games throughout the entire Top 8 and National Team competition. When the dust settled, André Coimbra of Portugal had completed the journey of a lifetime to be crowned Magic World Champion. Coimbra, armed with a Naya deck designed to beat Jund, defeated Austria’s David Reitbauer and his Jund deck in the finals.

The individual portion of Sunday was filled with recognizable names all looking for their career-defining performance, but for the National Team final, it was all about a nation-defining moment for Magic The fresh-faced team from China made up of Bo Li, Wu Tong, and Zhiyang Zhang took home the title with a victory over Austria. This marks only the second time Chinese players have made it to the Sunday stage, but it certainly could be a harbinger for a Magic explosion in China.

Congratulations are also extended to Yuuya Watanabe as the 2009 Player of the Year and Lino Burgold as the 2009 Rookie of the Year, as well as the three new inductees to the Magic Pro Tour Hall of Fame: Antoine Ruel, Kamiel Cornelissen, and Frank Karsten. Thanks to all the players, judges, and staff for making the 2009 season and World Championships so memorable, and we’ll see you again at Pro Tour–San Diego in February!

- Official Wizards World Championship Coverage, DailyMTG.com

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Terry Soh returns to the spotlight of the brightest stage of highest level Magic-playing as he succeeded in breaking through the top 8 at the Rome 2009 World Championships in the first Pro Tour top 8 in the 77 event history of the Tour without an American or Japanese player!

David Reitbauer, William Cavaglieri, André Coimbra, Terry Soh, Manuel Bucher, Marijn Lybaert, Bram Snepvangers, and Florian Pils have their sights set on Worlds glory, along with National Teams from the Czech Republic, China, the Netherlands, and Austria. Tune in for the live Top 8 webcast at 3:45 a.m. ET on Sunday!

- Official Wizards World Championship Coverage, DailyMTG.com



Meanwhile Team Malaysia finished 15th on the Team World Championships on the back of some solid finishes from the National Team members of Bryan Chen, Joe Soh, Wong Weng Sheng but the team failed to do well in the Team rounds, missing out on crucial points to break past the top 4.

Nonetheless, Team Malaysia will return with US$3,000 (for the team) and 2 Pro Points (per player) for their finish while Terry Soh will be fighting for US$45,000 and 25 pro points, in the the top 8 single elimination rounds that will happen not very long from now.

MagicMalaysia.net wishes the very best to Terry Soh! Make Malaysia proud!

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Watch our national team as they strive to improve from last year's heartbreaking 5th place finish as Malaysia barely missed the top 4 cut by a 0.1% difference in tiebreakers as well as cheering our Malaysian representatives at worlds - Joe Soh, Terry Soh, Bryan Chen and Wong Weng Sheng as they set on a quest to lift and claim the title of World Champion for themselves!

Follow the official coverage here: http://www.wizards.com/Magic/Magazine/Article.aspx?x=mtg/daily/eventcoverage/worlds09/welcome !

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Magic's April 2010 small set, code-named "Prosper," is called Rise of the Eldrazi.


And Carnage Shall Follow



Set Name Rise of the Eldrazi
Block Set 3 of 3 in the Zendikar block *
Three-Letter Abbreviation ROE
Number of Cards 249
Release Date April 23, 2010
Prerelease Events April 17-18, 2010
Launch Parties April 23-25, 2010
Previews on magicthegathering.com starting: April 5, 2010

Design Team

Brian Tinsman (lead)
Aaron Forsythe
Graeme Hopkins
Gregory Marques
Bill McQuillian
Devin Low

Development Team

Matt Place (lead)
Mark Globus
Erik Lauer
Gregory Marques
Mark Rosewater


* Rise of the Eldrazi is part of Zendikar block, which means that it will be part of Zendikar Block Constructed. But it's a large set, which means that it will be drafted on its own; drafts will be either Zendikar-Zendikar-Worldwake or Rise of the Eldrazi-Rise of the Eldrazi-Rise of the Eldrazi.



Source: http://www.wizards.com/Magic/Magazine/Article.aspx?x=mtg/daily/arcana/321

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The Decards Enterprise Standard Constructed 5K Open!

Over RM3,000 in cash prizes and almost 200 booster packs in prizes for a total of way over RM5,000 in prizes!

Decards Enterprise RM2.4K MTG Showdown 2008

1st - RM 1,500 CASH
2nd - RM 750 CASH
3rd to 4th - RM 300 CASH
5th to 8th - RM 100 CASH

9th to 16th - 8 booster packs
17th - 32nd - 4 booster packs
33rd - 64th - 2 booster packs

Entry Fee: RM 50
Date: 13th December 2009

Time:

10 AM (Registration starts)
11 AM (Round 1 starts)

Venue:

Ground Floor (Next to Black Canyon Coffee Shop),
The Summit USJ Shopping Complex,
Persiaran Kewajipan USJ 1,
47600 UEP Subang Jaya,
Selangor, Malaysia

http://wikimapia.org/1639702/The-Summit-Subang-USJ

Format: Standard Constructed (Swiss rounds followed by a cut to a top 8 single elimination rounds)
http://www.wizards.com/Magic/TCG/Resources.aspx?x=judge/resources/sfrstandard

The following card sets are permitted in Standard tournaments:

Shards of Alara
Conflux
Alara Reborn
Magic 2010
Zendikar

SIDE EVENTS:

RM25 Drafts - 3 packs each player with 8 promos for prizes (including the new WPN Vampire Nighthawk and Kor Duelist and Extended Art Impervious Perfects!

ZENDIKAR / M10 drafts available!

Each 8-man pod will fire once filled all day long!

Please support the event by joining the main event or even just the side event if you wish to see more major cash events like these!

For more information, email decards.enterprise@gmail.com or call Mr. Tea at 016-9699727

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The 2010 GP Schedule is announced!

Whether you're a Friday Night Magic regular or a big name on the Pro Tour, Grand Prix provide an opportunity to join the Magic community, earn big prizes, take home a cool foil card, and be a part of the biggest Magic festival in your area!

And as if having a GP right here in KL isn't enough, you get this for participating in the GP!



More information, full schedule and details below!

The 2010 Grand Prix season features 18 stops across 12 different countries, highlighted by stops in Madrid, Kuala Lumpur, Sydney, Toronto, and Florence. Along with playing Magic next to hundreds of other players in your region, Grand Prix offer Pro Tour invitations to the top 16 finishers and a $30,000 prize purse. This season's schedule features Grand Prix located in the same region as each Pro Tour a week prior to the big event to make it easier for traveling players to combine both tournaments into one trip.

The first six Grand Prix of the year provide invitations to Pro Tour–San Juan (May 28-30). Kicking off the 2010 season is Grand Prix–Oakland, taking place one week before Pro Tour–San Diego to make for an easy GP-PT combination trip. Madrid, Kuala Lumpur, Yokohama, Brussels, and Houston round out the rest of the San Juan set of Grand Prix from February to April, featuring Extended, Legacy, and Standard formats.

The middle set of Grand Prix feeds Pro Tour–Amsterdam (September 3-5) and runs from May to early August. Lyon, Baltimore, Sendai, Manila, and Columbus host Grand Prix in this stretch, with the event in Baltimore the week before Pro Tour–San Juan for easier travel coordination. Formats in this set include "Prosper" Sealed Deck/Booster Draft, Standard, and Legacy.

The final set of Grand Prix in 2010 runs from late August to November and feeds the first Pro Tour of 2011 (date and site to be determined). All seven of these Grand Prix are Limited, split between Magic 2011 and "Lights". For travelers en route to Pro Tour–Amsterdam, stop over in Gothenburg, Sweden the week before to make it a two-week Magic adventure. Portland, Sydney, Toronto, Bochum, Nashville, and Florence round out the season.

Along with the excitement and big prizes of the Grand Prix, each of these weekends features all types of Magic activity. From Pro Tour Qualifiers and other major public events down to 8-man pick-up drafts, it's wall-to-wall Magic when a Grand Prix comes to your town. You can also meet prominent Magic artists at each Grand Prix and have them sign your cards for an unforgettable memento of your tournament experience. Plus, every participant in each Grand Prix receives a special foil promotional Umezawa's Jitte (while supplies last).

If you're excited about the Grand Prix season, it's never been easier to play the game, see the world—and take your shot at Pro Tour glory! Become a part of the Pro Tour community by joining the Pro Tour Facebook group and share your experiences traveling the world playing Magic with your friends.

For more information about Grand Prix, click here.

- 2010 Grand Prix Schedule Announced, Wizards of the Coast

Complete 2010 Grand Prix Schedule

Dates City Country Format Feeds PT
Feb. 13-14 Oakland USA Extended San Juan
Feb. 27-28 Madrid Spain Legacy San Juan
March 13-14 Kuala Lumpur Malaysia Standard San Juan
March 20-21 Yokohama Japan Extended San Juan
March 27-28 Brussels Belgium Standard San Juan
April 3-4 Houston USA Extended San Juan
May 8-9 Lyon France "Prosper" Limited Amsterdam
May 22-23 Baltimore USA Standard Amsterdam
June 5-6 Sendai Japan Standard Amsterdam
June 12-13 Manila Philippines Standard Amsterdam
July 31-Aug. 1 Columbus USA Legacy Amsterdam
Aug. 28-29 Gothenburg Sweden M11 Limited PT 2011 #1
Sept. 11-12 Portland USA M11 Limited PT 2011 #1
Oct. 9-10 Sydney Australia "Lights" Limited PT 2011 #1
Oct. 23-24 Toronto Canada "Lights" Limited PT 2011 #1
Oct. 30-31 Bochum Germany "Lights" Limited PT 2011 #1
Nov. 13-14 Nashville USA "Lights" Limited PT 2011 #1
Nov. 27-28 Florence Italy "Lights" Limited PT 2011 #1

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Hey there magic players, from the month of November onwards, MTG-Malaysia will be hosting a monthly basis article writing contest for ya’ll! You can choose to write anything at all that is magic related, whether it be your thoughts towards the game, your reports regarding a tourney, your favorite card or even how you dominated last nite’s FNM!

To participate in this contest, all you’ve gotta do is create a topicwith your article title in this Site Articles Discussion sub-forum, and publish your work that must be 100% you (i.e. no plagiarism) with a minimum of 400 words per article! You are allowed to inserted pictures or images into your article to make them more interesting, and can also submit more than 1 article for this contest!

Closing dates of each contest would be on the last day of the month (according to Malaysian time, +8:00), and after that, a new topic would be open for readers to vote for 2 weeks for their favorite article that would be published on the main page of Mtg-malaysia.com!

And of course, no winner would walk away unrewarded. The prize for the best article of November would be 10 boosters of Zendikar, and the winners can collect their prizes from any magic shop closest to you! or you can opt for shipping but pay for the cost.

So what are you waiting for? Put your passion into words, and start writing!

- Moose, MTG-Malaysia.com

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Here's a treat for you EDH fans in Malaysia!

Eternal Magic is organizing weekly tournaments for EDH!

Elder Dragon Highlander (EDH) tournament at Eternal Magic (EM)

When: Starting November 3rd (every tuesday)

Time: 8.30 pm start

Where: Eternal Magic Millennium Square

Entrance Fee: RM6.00

Format: EDH constructed
(all EDH rules applied. Pls see http://www.dragonhighlander.net)

Proxy: 5 Proxies allowed
(General may not be proxied , the proxied cards must be a computer print out of the cards that have been glued onto another
magic the gathering card. Simply writing the card name and etc is not acceptable.)

Rounds: Swiss format best of 3 rounds.( 1 match per round )
1 hour per round. After times up, player with the higher total life count wins the round.

Prize : Top half wins a booster pack.
Winner gets a Legend Card sponsored by the shop(No.1 on the swiss standing)


Pop by the shop any time to find our more or to get cards for your deck.

Announcement Post: MTG-Malaysia.com Forums

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