Eye of Judgment tourney starts Aug. 14

I'll bet the winner doesn't even use legit cards.

What will they do in the very likely event that not enough participants show up?

World Series of Poker this is not.

Wait people still play this game? I'm shocked.

Btw, for those wanting to fill out their card collections cheaply play.com is running a 5 theme decks for 5GBP offer currently.

This is actually a great game, which you'd soon find out if you played it.

And the card duplication thing isn't as big a deal as people make out. For one thing, it's not possible to stack your deck with heaps of really powerful cards because the rules of the game impose balance.

For example, there are restrictions on the numbers of cards you can have. You're only allowed one "Hero" card per deck, for instance.

Also, you only get 2 mana per turn and the powerful cards tend to require many more to cast. This forces you to include lots of weaker, low-mana cards.

Skill and card variation play more part in the game than having a few ultra-rare cards that you've copied. Luck plays a part too, of course.

Like I said, this is really a great game. It's not even as expensive as people (who most likely have never played it) make out.

I played in the PAL-region tournament a few months ago. There were at least 4000 participants IIRC (I came something around 2500th) so I doubt there will be any worries about nobody "turning up".