I wasn’t able to come to the LXG meeting this month due to illness, but fortunately Eddie C was able to step in and run this round for me. Thanks Eddie! We had eight players this month, and the round ended with no winner as three players were still alive. Alex Sp managed 2 kills,..
At Winter Retreat we always have a larger than usual melee, with 18 or so people competing last year. The format changes from year to year at the winner’s behest. Last year’s winner, Courtney J, as indicated her changes to this year’s format: Decks will be made to the normal grand melee building rules (see..
This was the special Earth Day round, with players restricted to mono-green and land cards in their decks. Anthony H emerged the winner at a 10-player table, getting two kills. David K managed three kills, Adrian R got two and Eddie C got one before stalling early with a very large Kavu Predator in play…
Twelve players showed up for the final qualifying round of this year’s Grand Melee, meaning we played with 2 tables of six players. Table 1’s game finished quite rapidly, as Mal’s repeated nuking of everybody’s lands meant only Jeremy was able to get up and running, as the only player out of range of Mal’s..
The finals are almost upon us! One more qualifying round and we will be done! After today the prize pool stands at 71 packs. We had fourteen players this months, with things divided into two tables of seven. This worked out as one of the top 8 didn’t show today, so all the top 8..
Fifteen players turn up for round 8 of 11, and were divided into two tables. On table 1, Eddie claimed victory for the second month in a row, this time by crashing through the other opponents for the win. He also picked up three achievements on his way to victory. Steve T picked up one..
The melee library decks have been rather popular, and I have sold every single one yet made. So, I’ve made six more, and these will be available from the August 2013 meeting, until sold. And then I shall make still more! The decks cost $6 and come with a Magic booster. Each deck has a..
The Winter Retreat melee challenge will be played again on the Sunday at this year’s Winter Retreat. This is not connected to the grand melee league and anyone is welcome to enter. There is always one table regardless of how many players we have. Last year we had 17 players and things got quite crazy!..
Wizards of the Coast have made a couple of important rules changes to Magic: the Gathering that will have an effect on games played in our Grand Melee League. The changes in question apply from July 13, so our July round of the league will be played with these rules. The main changes affect legendary..
The melee library decks series is an LXG initiative. We take cards from the club library, make decks from them. These decks are available to LXG members and come with a Magic booster for $6. Each deck is legal to play at the grand melee that runs each month. These decks make good starting points,..
