Friday Update – Spellbound

Welcome to a round up of the week. Merry Melee Epic Spell Warz returns and more:

Greetings, Hexers! The end of our 5th Ladder season of 2019 is on the horizon. At midnight Pacific time on October 31st, our top 64 players from both the Constructed and Limited ladders will be locked in for their shot at taking top prize in our Cosmic Crown Showdown! If you haven’t already secured your spot, start climbing now. Your place in the stars is just a few games away.

Our Showdown this season will take place on November 16th and 17th at 9am Pacific. Be sure to save the date for your chance at prizes, glory, and the exclusive Cosmic Crown Showdown sleeve!

HEX Mondays

Come join the team for some friendly games of HEX! If you haven’t stopped by already, be sure to log in between 4pm and 9pm Pacific on Mondays to match wits and decks against some members of the team.

Our good friend Snake also streams around that time, so drop by his channel and hang with the community! He’ll also have a few Draft Codes to give away, so anyone can get in on the action. Check him out, and let’s all have some fun HEXing together.

Merry Melee Rotation

EPIC SPELL WARZ returns this Friday! As you may recall, this mode starts both players as Frenzied Zakiir:

But that’s not all! You also get a smattering of thresholds and… an empty deck.

So, game over, right? Well, not quite. Frenzied Zakiir has an ability that makes it so that you don’t draw cards. Instead, if you would draw a card, you get two random actions put into your hand. Also, at the start of your turn, you get a charge and an extra resource point. Your charges can go towards building up a Skarn army while you leverage all of the free actions you’re getting to beat up on your opponent. It’s a wild time!

Merry Melee Epic Spell Warz

Format: Frenzied Zakiir

Cost: Free!

Length: Gauntlet (5 wins / 3 losses)

Match: Best of one

Prizes:

3 Wins – Random Standard Rare

4 Wins – Current Set Booster Pack

5 Wins – Current Set Booster Pack and Random Standard Rare

Winning ten games of this week’s format will earn you the animated Scion of Lyvaanth Sleeve! Come grab it while it’s hot:

Epic Spell Warz is live now and will run for 1 week (ending Friday 11/1 at 10am PT). So, limber up your wands and keep a bead on your opponents! It’s spell-slinging time.

VIP Weekend

VIP weekend has come once more. We are rerunning our Emsee, Etcher of Nulzann and Graven Geist AAs for a limited time so that players who still have VIP tickets can use them while we reevaluate the program. In the meantime, please enjoy our classic VIP tournaments for a little while longer. The format this month is Constructed. Tournament times are as follows:

Start times listed in US Pacific below:

Friday: 10:00 AM, 6:00 PM

Saturday: 1:00 AM, 10:00 AM, 6:00 PM

Sunday: 1:00 AM, 10:00 AM, 6:00 PM

Start times listed in US Eastern below:

Friday: 1:00 PM, 9:00 PM

Saturday: 4:00 AM, 1:00 PM, 9:00 PM

Sunday: 4:00 AM, 1:00 PM, 9:00 PM

Start times listed in Central European Time below:

Friday: 19:00

Saturday: 03:00, 10:00, 19:00

Sunday: 03:00, 10:00, 19:00

Monday: 03:00

Our new Bash & Clash structure continues! Come join our new, short-form tournaments for your chance to win platinum, prizes, and exclusive alternate arts.

Here is the full prizing and schedule breakdown:

Schedule:

Saturdays at 8am PT – Bash

Saturdays at 4pm PT – Clash

Sundays at 8am PT – Clash

Sundays at 4pm PT – Bash

Bash:

Format: Standard Constructed

Cost: 700 Platinum

Length: 4 rounds, swiss pairings

Match: Best of three

Prizes:

1-0 Wins – n/a

2 Wins – 5 current set booster packs, AAA card

3 Wins – 12 current set booster packs, AAA card, AAA sleeve

4 Wins – 10,000 platinum, AAA card, AAA sleeve, Battleboard

Clash:

Format: Standard Sealed

Cost: 1500 Platinum (or packs + 300 Platinum entry fee)

Length: 4 rounds, swiss pairings

Match: Best of three

Prizes:

1-0 Wins – n/a

2 Wins – 5 current set booster packs, AAA card

3 Wins – 12 current set booster packs, AAA card, AAA sleeve

4 Wins – 10,000 platinum, AAA card, AAA sleeve, Battleboard

Door prizes will still be granted to a few lucky participants. We will be giving out a total of 2 random Battleboards to players without 4 wins, 4 random AAA sleeves to players without 3 wins, and 4 random AAA cards to those favored by Kismet.

See you in the Battlegrounds,

The HEX Team

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