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FINAL FANTASY PRERELEASE SCHEDULE

Wednesday, June 4th, 2025


Battleground Games & Hobbies is hosting our Final Fantasy Prerelease at each of the 4 locations this coming weekend, June 6th – June 8th.

Below you’ll find a flyer for each store’s event. Please make sure to call or stop by to preregister. Seating and prerelease kits are limited.

Abington – 781-261-9669
Norton – 508-316-1195
Saugus – 781-558-2916
Framingham – 508-202-9178


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Saugus RCQ

Tuesday, August 9th, 2022

If you have not reserved your spot in our big Regional Championship Qualifier event which takes place this Sunday in Saugus it’s not too late! Click here to register: RCQ Ticket

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MTG Card Of The Day: Teferi’s Puzzle Box

Tuesday, December 8th, 2015

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There exists a card in Magic that some people despise. A card that can mess with someone’s game plan so bad that when you play it, you become target number one. That card is Teferi’s Puzzle Box. I can’t tell you the number of times that this has cause people to make me their number one priority in Commander games. Well, either you love me or you hate with me all of your passion.

 

Obviously, on a personal level, I love this card. It allows you to dig through your deck in a matter of a few turns. Now when you’re playing with a deck that consists of 100 cards, how could you not love that? Well, I guess if you have a hand you really like and then you’re forced to throw it away. It’s not like the cards go into your graveyard though. Oh well.

 

I highly recommend giving this card a shot. The best part is that since it’s an artifact, it doesn’t matter what colored mana you have out. And it only costs four mana. Seriously, people, how can you hate this card? Learn to love it. Learn to embrace it.

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Magic Card of The Day: Firecat Blitz

Friday, December 4th, 2015

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Sometime in 2003, I entered my first real Magic: The Gathering tournament. And by real, I mean it wasn’t your local FNM. It was the New England Regional. This was back when Regional events still existed and when these events were actually limited to a certain area. This wasn’t States where you could go to any state and play. People from all over the region came to play, and it was a serious event.

 

This format for the event was Standard, and this was the season that decks like Astral Slide, Roar of the Wurm, and Mirari’s Wake ruled the scene. The format was pretty healthy, actually as other decks like Elves, Clerics, and Mono Black Control also did well, but not as well as the previously mentioned.

 

As for the Wake decks, the most popular choice was to play the three-colored, Cunning Wake version of the deck. However, I had chosen to play the more obscure four-colored Burning Wake version of the deck. For those of you who don’t know. Cunning Wake relied on Cunning Wish which was part of a cycle of cards that could get a single card from “outside” the game and put it in your hand. By outside, they meant Side Board, but casual players would take it to extremes and literally drive home for a card and bring it back to the store or wherever they were playing at the time. More specifically, Cunning Wish could only get you an Instant. Burning Wish was a card that got you a Sorcery.

 

Cunning Wake was the better of the two decks since timing was everything. You could use Cunning Wish during your opponents turn or yours. Where as with Burning Wish you were limited to your turn. However, Burning Wish was able to grab a fun little card called Firecat Blitz, and this card was a monster. Combined with the mana producing power and pumping ability of Mirari’s Wake, this spell would kill hundreds of opponents.

 

That’s why it’s today’s card of the day.

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Weird Spoilers Hit The Internet. Are They Real?

Tuesday, November 17th, 2015

new eldrazi mana
 

Some strange news has been hitting the internet today regarding the next set for Magic: The Gathering. Take a look at these two cards that are supposedly in the next set. There are some features that should start ringing alarms. The first thing is a new “color.” The land “Wastes” produces some kind of special Eldrazi mana. Further more, it seems you going to need this kind of mana to cast the new version of Kozilek.

 

new kozilek
 

Before you start screaming at the top of your lungs, you also need to remember that, as of right now, these cards are:

 

totally unconfirmed

 

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So until then, enjoy the speculation that is going around, have some fun planning out your next deck, but do not set your plans in stone.

 

Source: MTG Focus Podcast Twitter

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Magic Card of the Day: Oath of Druids

Friday, November 13th, 2015

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Alright folks. Check it out in all it’s glory. The MTG card of the day is Oath of Druids. This card is very near and dear to my heart. It’s been the only vintage deck I’ve had the pleasure of playing, and it will be the only one I’ll play. This card just feels like cheating with out the whole cheating thing. Sometimes I wish they would reprint this card, but if they did, all hell would break loose. Could you imagine something like Dragonlord Atarka or Ulamog coming into play on turn three? It’s bad enough we’re able to ramp both creatures out faster than normal, but to get them out that fast without having to pay as much mana is absurd.

 

Earlier this year, the vintage championships were held. The winning deack – Oath of Druids. If memory serves me correct, it came down to the final game of the match. After a mulligan to six cards, the eventual winner won on turn one. It was very anti-climactic, but that’s how powerful the card is.

 

When I ran the deck, it was playing creatures like Akroma, Angel of Wrath and Spirit of the Night to beat down your opponent. Now it plays more like a combo deck setting up a way to stick Griselbrand on the board and protecting him once he’s out there. Typically, once he’s there, it’s hard to overcome his power as well.

 

If you have any suggestions for a card we should feature, then let us know in the comment section below!

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