About this Event
BACKGROUND: For a decade, mages from all over the world have gathered for Eternal Weekend and slung ancient cardboard while surrounded by friends. This has been a hell of a year for us in our personal lives, but we are pleased to announce the North American Old School Cup is back in Pittsburgh, and by popular demand has an earlier start time... It took a while to to pin down the fine folks at the Elks Lodge to host us, but the tradition of holding it there lives on!
This event is designed to marry the #mtgunderground tradition of off-site booze-friendly unsanctioned 93/94 play with a desire by the T.O. to remember why we all started playing Old School at Eternal Weekend anyways -- EW is the greatest official Eternal Magic event of the year, and its hosts work hard to put it on for the community. Our goal is to honor the tradition that Jason Jaco began and complement itself.
FORMAT & TOURNAMENT STRUCTURE: This is a 93/94 old school tournament with modern rules; except, mana burn still happens. Swiss rounds will scale with attendance but are capped at six. There will be no Top 8. We intend to run a tigher schedule this year, with a quick award ceremony at ~11PM. Tournament Organizers will be on site to make judge calls. Draws are not allowed and players who go to time in a round without a winner declarable will resolve would-be draws via a Chaos Orb flip-off.
We know Thursday night can't work for everyone -- but we listened to feedback and have moved up the start time a bit so this doesn't go as late in the night. Instead of 6 PM doors, 6:45 players meeting we are now planning for 4 PM doors and 5 PM player's meeting/Round 1 start.
If you can't make it for the official event on time, don't worry, this year we are adding a larger casual play area --- come by and join the party at anytime and jam games. OS, Sorcery, scribble ante, R40, Alpha40, 7 points singleton, Premodern, you name it -- we would love to have drop in for a game. Card Titan themselves are also planning EC rules OS tournaments on site at the David L. Lawrence Convention Center throughout the weekend.
DECKLISTS: photos of your deck are required in lieu of dekclists, and must be submitted by 5 PM Thursday to ensure legality of decks and help us determine spicy prizes. Submit via email to [email protected]
DECK CONSTRUCTION / CARDS ALLOWED: Deck Construction Rules and Legal Sets can be found at ...Yes, gold-bordered cards from Collector's Edition, International Edition, retro-frame M30, and Pro Tour decks are legal, as are non-foil reprints with the original frame and art that was originally featured in a 1993 or 1994 set. Artist Proofs are welcome. Proxies, counterfeits, and playtest cards are not allowed.
PRE-REGISTRATION: Registering thru Eventbrite is required to guarantee a seat for this event. The entry fee of $50 + whatever processing fees Eventbrite charges will be used to cover venue reservation costs, special guests, staff/overhead and unique pool of prizes and Old School swag. The entry fee is non-refundable.
THE VENUE, FOOD, AND DRINK: The NAOS Magic Cup will be held at in downtown Pittsburgh. It's a 10-15 minute walk from the David L. Lawrence convention center where EW is taking place.
SPECIAL GUEST & PLAYMAT: We are pleased to announce that legendary Legends thru Urza's Saga-era Magic artist -- who gave us Hymn to Tourach, Icatian Javelineers, Axelrod Gunnarson, Zelyon Sword, Goblin Recuriter, Smokestack, Fog Bank, Bone Dancer, Manakin, Forbid, and many of the early Slivers -- will be making a rare public appearance as our guest of honor. Scott will be altering, signing cards, selling proofs and prints that are rarely seen by the public. He's also preparing an exclusive NAOS Cup / Eternal Weekend 2024 playmat that evokes some of his famous art as seen in Duelist and Scrye Magazine.
SOCIAL MEDIA: feel free to tag #eternalweekend9394 , and #NAOScup on X/twitter, facebook, and discord. There's a pending, and posts regarding the event will be shared in .
PRIZES & DECKBUILDING CHALLENGES:
Prizes in ancient, altered cardboard will be awared to the Top 8 winners and a special prize to the declared Champion. Prizes for Spiciest Deck and Best Unpowered Deck will also be awarded (best upowered deck includes no Power 9 or Mishra's Workshop, but may contain other powerful restricted cards like Library of Alexandria, Wheel of Fortune, Sol Ring, etc.). "Everybody wins" some signed OS memento cards to take home but we are only doing these 10 top heavy prizes this year so that people can go home at a decent hour!
STREAMING & PHOTOGRAPHY: We do not currently have a streaming partner but we are open to streaming this event. If we do, we will be providing commentary and eventually displaying the videos on Youtube. Event staff will be photographing the event for posterity and social media. By attending you consent to have your name, likeness, deck list, etc. recorded for this content; however we will not tag photographs of anyone without their consent. If you are interested in streaming this or future events please reach out to
EVENT SAFETY & COVID POLICY:
Didn't get the jab? that's OK. This is not a mega-sized event and neither our event management team nor the Elks Lodge will require proof of any vaccination for entry. There is no shame in being masked or in not wearing one, and all are welcome. However, if you are sick, please stay home. As always, the number one rule in Old School is "don't be a dick."
Remember to tip your bartender and the artist, and to patronize our exclusive vendor, .
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Allegheny Elks Lodge #339, 400 Cedar Avenue, Pittsburgh, United States
USD 38.09 to USD 53.64
