Winter Legends 2012

Winter Legends is almost upon us! For 2012 we have a lot of organised events and a lot of prizes too!

Both days
Event: Warhammer Fantasy Battles Tournament
Times: 9.00am – 5.00pm
Details: 2500 point armies, special characters allowed. 5 rounds plus prize giving.
Cost: $30 or $25 if payment is organised at least one week prior to the event.
Prizes: Prize support comes from WarPuppy

Saturday 18 August
Event: Puerto Rico
Cost: Gold coin donation to MS
Prizes: Gift basket of coffees

Event: Memoir 44
Cost: Gold coin donation to MS
Prizes: Exclusive trophy plus prize support from Days of Wonder

Event: Settlers of Catan
Cost: Gold coin donation to MS
Prizes: Plush toy versions of the Settlers resources

Event: Ticket to Ride
Cost: Gold coin donation to MS
Prizes: tbc

Event: Robo Rally
Cost: Gold coin donation to MS
Prizes: tin wind-up robot

Event: Ra
Cost: Gold coin donation to MS
Prizes: book about Egypt

Event: Dominion
Cost: Gold coin donation to MS
Prizes: book on the Middle Ages, plus Family Pass to Abbey Museum

Event: Twilight Imperium
Cost: Gold coin donation to MS
Prizes: spaceship model

Event: Magic: The Gathering, Pack Wars (using Magic 2013 packs)
Cost: $5 per pack purchased from LXG
Details: Play pack wars throughout the day! Simply pick up a pack of Magic 2013, basic land will be provided free. After each match, the winner receives 4 foil cards of his or her choice, the loser receives 2, while they last. Play again with the same pack or buy another, your choice.
Prizes: Foil gateway promo cards.

Sunday 19 August
Event: Games Champion
Cost: $0
Details: At 4.00pm on Sunday we will total everyone’s Game of Game scores for the day. The highest will be crowned games champion of the day and receive a framed certificate. Entry for this is open to members and non-members.

Viewpoint League
Cost; Gold coin donation to MS
Details: Round Robin format (Swiss Draw). You must play every opponent twice (1x standard game/1x Reflections)
Prize: $50 Myer Voucher plus Viewpoint Merchandising

Grand Melee League round 8
Top 8 Cube Draft – details to follow

Planeswalkers in Grand Melee part 25: Liliana of the Veil

Your opponents will hate seeing you bring this Planeswalker down on turn 3, and that’s a great recommendation to have Liliana of the Veil in your deck. This version of Liliana costs just three mana to cast, two of which must be black. She enters the battlefield with three loyalty counters and has three abilities.

Liliana of the Veil’s first ability adds a loyalty counter, and each player discards a card. As early as turn three, chances are your opponents will be discarding cards they would rather keep. You discard too, but black has so many cards that want to be discarded, from Madness to creatures that can be cast out of the graveyard, you have a lot of choices that mean this ability actually strengthens your position.

The second ability costs two loyalty counters, and target opponent sacrifices a creature. The target of this ability is a player, so it gets around protection from black. Also the effect is sacrifice, which means it can force someone to get rid of their indestructible creature. The opponent you target chooses which creature he or she sacrifices.

The final ability costs six loyalty counters and will spoil someone’s party. You divide all the permanents one opponent controls into two piles. That opponent chooses one pile to save and sacrifices everything in the other pile. You don’t have the make the two piles the same size. This ability allows you to force some hard choices on someone. Just make sure it is you who can capitalise on this player’s sudden weakness!

Verdict: Strong. Liliana of the Veil needs a correctly built black deck, but will shine with the right deck around her. This card has some uses in multicolour decks, especially those that want to use flashback spells.

Connections: Like Liliana of the Veil? You may also like [Nicol Bolas, Planeswalker] [Gideon Jura] [Sorin, Lord of Innistrad]
Don’t like Liliana of the Veil? You may prefer [Venser, the Sojourner] [Tezzeret, Agent of Bolas] [Ajani, Caller of the Pride]

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