Friday Night Magic

Friday Night Magic (or FNM) is a format of tournaments, held on Friday nights in gaming stores and associations all across the world. [ [http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=events/fnm/usa Friday Night Magic Participating Stores ] ] They are designed to be a beginner-friendly introduction to organized play.

To make it easier on newer players, FNM tournaments are run at 8K and Regular rules enforcement level, and can be one of four formats: standard constructed, booster draft, sealed deck, or Two-Headed Giant. The Two-Headed Giant format varies by month, but is usually sealed deck.

As an incentive to encourage regular participation into FNM, Wizards of the Coast releases a new promotional foil card every month,List of FNM cards. These are typically reprints of cards that already possess some value, and consequently become sought-after collectibles in their own right, as only FNM participants are eligible for a copy, according to the following guidelines.

* "Winning Prizes" - A copy of the current month's promotional card is awarded to the winner and runner-up of the tournament.
* "Door Prize" - Two copies of the promotional card are awarded at random to players who didn't place first or second.
* "Tournament Prizes" - At times, if the tournament holder is a player, he/she may receive Player Rewards promotions for coordinating the tournament. (The tournament organizer, however, is strictly forbidden from playing in events that he/she has organized.

References

External links

* [http://www.wizards.com/fnm/ Friday Night Magic at www.wizards.com]
* [http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=events/fnm/usa Friday Night Magic Participating Stores]