Pair-A-Dice Hobbies

Below are the items for the month of June that members of the Great River Gaming Guild will receive a 25% discount on if the pre-order by June 27th. To place an order, stop by during our normal business hours and make your payment in full. Thanks!
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Here’s a look at the top four decklists from last Friday’s FNM (01/15/2010):

1st Place - Chris Wolfmeyer

MAIN DECK
4 - Goblin Guide
4 - Goblin Bushwhacker
4 - Goblin Ruinblaster
4 - Warren Instigator
4 - Goblin Chieftain
2 - Voracious Dragon
3 - Siege-Gang Commander
4 - Lightning Bolt
4 - Dragon Fodder
4 - Burst Lightning
1 - Valakut, the Molten Pinnacle
3 - Teetering Peak
19 - Mountain

SIDEBOARD
1 - Siege-Gang Commander
4 - Panic Attack
3 - Manabarbs
4 - Earthquake
3 - Dragon Claw

2nd Place - Jonathan Norfolk

MAIN DECK
4 - Bloodbraid Elf
4 - Sprouting Thrinax
4 - Putrid Leech
3 - Broodmate Dragon
4 - Terminate
3 - Maelstrom Pulse
2 - Sarkhan Vol
4 - Blightning
3 - Bituminous Blast
4 - Lightning Bolt
2 - Exotic Orchard
4 - Savage Lands
3 - Dragonskull Summit
4 - Verdant Catacombs
4 - Rootbound Crag
3 - Swamp
2 - Mountain

SIDEBOARD
3 - Acidic Slime
3 - Malakir Bloodwitch
2 - Garruk Wildspeaker
1 - Bituminous Blast
1 - Chandra Nalaar
1 - Maelstrom Pulse
2 - Jund Charm
2 - Thought Hemorrhage

3rd Place - Sean Secrease

MAIN DECK
4 - Baneslayer Angel
4 - Ajani Vengeant
3 - Chandra Nalaar
4 - Path to Exile
3 - Lightning Bolt
2 - Terminate
4 - Blightning
4 - Day of Judgment
1 - Obelisk of Alara
2 - Grim Discovery
4 - Sign in Blood
2 - Rupture Spire
4 - Arid Mesa
4 - Marsh Flats
3 - Dragonskull Summit
3 - Mountain
3 - Swamp
6 - Plains

SIDEBOARD
2 - Sunspring Expedition
2 - Relic of Progenitus
4 - Malakir Bloodwitch
2 - Earthquake
2 - Banefire
3 - Oblivion Ring

4th Place - Josh Dearing

MAIN DECK
4 - Hellspark Elemental
2 - Bloodghast
6 - Swamp
4 - Blightning
4 - Dragonskull Summit
4 - Earthquake
4 - Burst Lightning
3 - Bloodchief Ascension
4 - Akoum Refuge
9 - Mountain
4 - Lightning Bolt
2 - Vampire Nighthawk
4 - Terminate
3 - Volcanic Fallout
2 - Hell’s Thunder
1 - Teetering Peeks

SIDEBOARD
2 - Thought Hemmorrhage
4 - Anathamancer
1 - Punishing Fire
4 - Goblin Guide
4 - Vampire Lacerator

Hi everyone,

As a reminder, we will be closed from December 24th through December 29th for the Christmas Holiday. We will reopen on Wednesday, December 30th, at 11:00 am.

We hope all of you have a wonderful holiday season!

Hi everyone,

We here at Pair-a-dice Hobbies want to take a moment to wish all of you a very Merry Christmas, and we hope you have a great 2009.

We also wanted to let you know about our holiday hours.

On Wednesday, Christmas Eve, we will be open our usual hours, from 11:00 am - 6:00 pm. This is also the day the new comics arrive this week.
We will be closed on Thursday, Christmas Day.
We will reopen on Friday, Dec. 26th, at 11:00 am and will have our usual hours again in effect.
The following week, we will be open our usual hours on New Year’s Eve and on New Year’s Day.

If you have any questions, please feel free to contact us.

Thanks!
Mike, Keri, and Arianna

Hi everyone,

As 2008 comes to an end, it’s out with the old and in with the new. Here at Pair-a-dice Hobbies, it’s much the same. Here’s a list of the things that are changing in 2009 for us:

– Beginning in January, we’re going to be closed on both Monday and Tuesday. This will be evaluated each month. We’ll let you know if this changes.

– Our “Customer Rewards Program” is going to have some changes. The current batch of cards (with your rewards marked in Green) will expire on Friday, January 9th. Up until this date, we will still be marking and redeeming these cards. Starting Friday, January 2nd we’ll begin our new batch of reward cards. When these cards are filled, you will receive a coupon for $5.00 off of any future purchase of $25.00 or more (before tax). Marks will be given on this card for any regularly priced items, excluding candy or beverage purchases.

– For our pull-and-hold customers, any comics you have subscribed to held over the 30-day limit may not receive your subscription discount.

If you have any questions or comments about these new changes, please email us at info@pair-a-dicehobbies.com or call us at 217-222-3660.

Thanks!
Mike, Keri, and Arianna

Hi everyone,

Due to the Thanksgiving Holiday, Pair-a-dice Hobbies will have the following changes to their hours over the next few days:

Wednesday, November 26th:  We will be closing early at 4:30 pm.

Thursday, November 27th:  We will be Closed.

Friday, November 28th:  We will be Closed.

Saturday, November 29th:  We will be opening late at 1:30 pm.

We here at Pair-a-dice Hobbies are sorry for any inconvenience this may cause you.  We hope you all have a safe and happy Thanksgiving!

Mike, Keri, & Arianna

Stephen Colbert, fresh off of the news that he lost the Presidential election in the Marvel Universe to Barack Obama, has issued a challenge to our President-elect. He wants Obama to come on his show. And to persuade him, he’s offering a pretty nice prize.

See, Colbert did a little searching on the series of tubes we all like to call the “Internet”, and he discovered that Obama is a comic collector. So Colbert is offering a copy of the variant cover of Amazing Spider-Man # 573 that recreates the cover of Amazing Fantasy # 15 but replaces Spider-Man with Colbert, and shows him rescuing none other than Spidey himself. But wait, there’s more! The issue will be a one-of-a-kind collectable item that is signed by Colbert and Marvel Editor-In-Chief and cover artist Joe Quesada. Pretty cool, huh?

For the full story, please take a look at this video from The Colbert Report.

In a dramatic turn of events, the Daily Bugle has admitted that they made a mistake in declaring Stephen Colbert the winner of the 2008 Presidential Election.  Here’s the new, corrected headline:

When Marvel Editor-In-Chief, Joe Quesada, was questioned about this heinous mistake, his reply was a flippant: “We completely forgot the Marvel Universe reflects what happens in the real world…Ooops, our bad.”

Marvel Comics has released this image declaring the real winner of the Presidential election.  According to their press release, many states stil have yet to report their official numbers, but Stephen Colbert has declared his victory over Obama and McCain.

David Tennant has confirmed that he will be leaving Doctor Who after the 2009 season. It’s not known for certain how many episodes of the 2010 season he will appear in, if any at all.

It’s also not known yet who will replace him. Some of the names being thrown around are: David Morrissey, Robert Carlyle, Patterson Joseph, Catherine Tate, Rhys Ifans, and John Simm.

One thing is for certain. David Tennant will definitely be missed by his many adoring fans.