US Nationals 2000 Fact Sheet

JUNE 8-11, 2000
Disney’s Wide World of Sports Complex
Lake Buena Vista, Florida 32830

Directions:

If you are traveling west, take I4 West to HWY 192. Follow the Magic Kingdom Park signs and exit right onto Osceola Parkway, go to Victory Way, located on your right.

If you are traveling each, take I4 East to exit 25B. Exit right onto Osceloa Parkway, go to Victory Way, located on your right.

Admission to the Sports Complex is $9 for adults, $7 for children.

Featured Side Events

Grand Prix–Pittsburgh Trial (Friday)

First- and second-place teams will each receive a second-round bye at Grand Prix–Pittsburgh in this Team-Limited event.

Junior World Open (Friday)

Top 25 players qualify for the Junior Super Series Championship. For players ages 15 and under. Constructed tournament using Standard-format rules.

Pro Tour–New York Qualifier (Saturday)

Two invitations for the next $150,000 Pro Tour are up for grabs in this Team-Limited tournament. The first-place team wins $750.

Adult/Junior Team-Limited Tournament (Saturday)

Limited format with two Mercadian Masques tournament packs, one Nemesis booster, and one Prophecy booster per team. All matches are played one-on-one (adult vs. adult, junior vs. junior). Juniors must be 15 years old and under.

2001 Junior Super Series Challenge (Sunday)

Up-and-coming Magic® stars can get a jump on the upcoming Junior Super Series season! Players 15 years old and under are invited to compete in this Standard-format event. Each entrant receives an exclusive premium foil card, and the winner will receive a $1,000 college scholarship and free "Magic for a year."

$1,000 Standard Tournament (Sunday)

Constructed tournament using the Standard-format rules. Top 4 players will share a $1,000 purse.

Artists Schedule and Features

D. Alexander Gregory

Just twenty-four years young, D. Alexander Gregory brings a wealth of worldly experience to his paintings. As the son of a former CIA communications director, Gregory couldn’t help but get his fair share of overseas travel early in life. Born in Nicofia, Cypress, he and his parents lived there until Gregory was five, when they moved to Europe. Gregory and his family landed stateside when the future artist was eight. Gregory’s relationship with Wizards of the Coast started two years ago, when he illustrated ten Jyhad cards. He has also painted paperback book covers, as well as comic book covers for industry heavyweights Marvel Comics and DC Comics. Gregory now resides in New York City with his wife Maho, also an artist.

Rebecca Guay

Rebecca Guay, twenty-six, never wavered in her pursuit of capturing art as a dream job. Always drawn toward classical illustrations and mythological subject matter, Guay grew up in Ipswich, Massachusetts. A 1992 graduate of the prestigious Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, New York, Guay currently resides in Amherst. She considers the work she does for Wizards of the Coast to be her favorite.

Tony DiTerlizzi

The award-winning illustrator, Tony DiTerlizzi, was born in California in 1969. He has studied under several art schools including Florida School of the Arts and The Art Institute of Fort Lauderdale. He works for both White Wolf Games Studio and Wizards of the Coast. For Wizards of the Coast, he painted many of the Magic: The Gathering cards and also contributed on a 1998 Magic calendar. Tony continues to work on various fantasy projects and released a children’s picture book in 1998. He resides in Park Slope, Brooklyn, with wife, Angela, and their pug Goblin.

Mark Zug

Mark Zug spent his early childhood getting schlepped around the world before coming to rest in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, where he still lives trying to get his bearings. Along with walking upright, he learned to draw. Success came when he illustrated Harlan Ellison’s I, Robot Screenplay adapted from the Asimov cycle. He then moved into games, lured by Last Unicorn’s Dune collectible card game. Since then, Zug’s work has been published by FASA, Magic, Dragon Magazine, Amazing Stories, and other outlets, mostly under the vast wings of Wizards of the Coast. He currently lives in a tiny town with treacherous rollerblading and a stunning view of the Susquehanna River.

Friday, June 9

10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. D. Alexander Gregory
Rebecca Guay

12:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. DiTerlizzi
Mark Zug

2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. D. Alexander Gregory
Rebecca Guay

4:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. DiTerlizzi
Mark Zug

Saturday, June 10

10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. D. Alexander Gregory
Rebecca Guay

12:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. DiTerlizzi
Mark Zug

2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. D. Alexander Gregory
Rebecca Guay

4:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. DiTerlizzi
Mark Zug

Sunday, June 11

10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. D. Alexander Gregory
Rebecca Guay

1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. DiTerlizzi
Mark Zug

Special Features

The Wall of Opportunity

Fun for the whole family! The Wall of Opportunity is a mix of game trivia and easy physical challenges. Come play and win some great prizes!

Friday, June 9, and Saturday, June 10 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.

Sunday, June 11 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.

Play the BIG Magic game with Richard Garfield!

Think you have what it takes to take on the great one? Enter the drawing to win an opportunity to play against Richard Garfield in a game with BIG Magic cards. Proceeds from the drawing will be donated to the Boys & Girls Club.

Learn to Play (for parents and kids!)

What is your kid playing? Let us teach you! Wizards of the Coast, Inc. has a game for everyone, like the ever-popular Magic: The Gathering TCG . . . the new sensational, Pokémon™* TCG . . . the feudal-Japan inspired Legend of the Five Rings™ TCG . . . the action-packed MLB™ Showdown 2000™ card game . . . or the family-friendly What Were You Thinking? game. Come try out these games in our Learn to Play demonstration area.

Friday, June 9, and Saturday, June 10 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.

Sunday, June 11 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.

Gunslinging

Match your wits against Wizards of the Coast® staff, Pro Tour players, and best of all, Richard Garfield. Bring your best deck and try to beat them, if you dare.

Saturday, June 10 12:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.

Sunday, June 11 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.