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Live from The Star of Kings, London: FogCon, an Alpha to Alliances Old School Magic tournament hosted by Other Worlds Club.
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The Gathering
Twenty Seats in the Fog
FogCon is a one‑day Old School Magic tournament in central London. Five rounds of Swiss, played with cards from the first three years of the game.
No cut to top 8. Bring a deck you love, play five games, stay for a drink afterwards. Newcomers to Old School are welcome.
At a Glance
The Essentials
What We’re Playing
Alpha to Alliances
Fourteen legal sets
Alpha to Alliances may consist of any cards from sets printed from Alpha to Alliances (with the exception of Collectors’ Edition and International Edition which have never been legal for tournament play). The format originated and is maintained by Music City Old School.
Deck construction
Minimum 60‑card deck, up to 15‑card sideboard. Four copies maximum of any card unless restricted below. A card is legal if both its art and its frame match a printing from one of the legal sets. Real cards only.
Legal sets
- Alpha / Beta / Unlimited
- Arabian Nights
- Antiquities
- Revised
- Legends
- The Dark
- Fallen Empires
- Fourth Edition
- Ice Age
- Chronicles / Renaissance
- Homelands
- Alliances
Not legal: Collectors’ Edition, International Edition.
Restricted — one copy per deck
- Ancestral Recall
- Balance
- Black Lotus
- Braingeyser
- Chaos Orb
- Channel
- Demonic Consultation
- Demonic Tutor
- Library of Alexandria
- Mana Crypt
- Mana Drain
- Mind Twist
- Mox Emerald
- Mox Jet
- Mox Pearl
- Mox Ruby
- Mox Sapphire
- Recall
- Regrowth
- Sol Ring
- Time Vault
- Time Walk
- Timetwister
- Wheel of Fortune
No card from Alliances is restricted or banned.
Legal promotional cards
- Arena
- Giant Badger
- Mana Crypt (restricted)
- Nalathni Dragon
- Sewers of Estark
- Windseeker Centaur
No copy limit
- Aurochs
- All Rats — Bog Rats, Diseased Vermin, Plague Rats, Pestilence Rats
Banned — all ante cards
- Amulet of Quoz
- Bronze Tablet
- Contract from Below
- Darkpact
- Demonic Attorney
- Jeweled Bird
- Rebirth
- Tempest Efreet
- Timmerian Fiends
FogCon is not an ante event.
No proxies
Every card in your deck and sideboard must be a real card whose art and frame both match a printing from one of the legal sets above. Foreign‑language, white‑bordered and heavily played copies are all fine, as are Revised Plateau and Revised Serendib Efreet. Proxies and printouts are not.
Example decklists: musiccityos.com.
What People Are Playing
Example Decks
Alpha to Alliances decks from recent MusicCityOS tournaments.
Decklists and photos courtesy of Music City Old School.
Before the Event
The Brewing Challenge
Build an Alpha to Alliances deck for under €150 and send us the list. Old School does not have to be expensive.
The prize
The best brewer takes home this Zuran Orb, hand‑altered with MASTER BREWER across the art. One of one.
The rules
- The deck must be legal for FogCon: the fourteen sets above, the restricted list, no ante cards, no CE or IE.
- Deck and sideboard together must total under €150, priced by Moxfield at the moment you submit.
- Use standard printings. Summer Magic and anything Moxfield has no price data for shows as €0 and does not count as free. Screenshot your total if you are close to the line.
- Submit as many decks as you like.
- Entry does not require attending FogCon.
- Judging and prizes at the event.
How decks are judged
Each deck is scored on three axes, and your strongest one is weighted highest. A deck does not need to compete on all three.
Competitive
How well it would do across five rounds of Swiss.
Innovative
An unseen brew. A line, an engine or a card nobody plays.
Spicy
A strong theme. Iconic cards. A deck with a story.
Example deck
A mono‑red list built to the brief: view it on Moxfield. Every entry is published after the deadline, so you can play your own deck at FogCon or borrow someone else’s.
Enter
Brew received
Good luck. Entries close 1 September and every deck gets published afterwards.
The Entries
Sixteen decks, every one legal for FogCon and under €150. Tap any deck to open the list on Moxfield. Voting for your favourite happens in the WhatsApp group.
What’s On The Line
Prizes
Every prize is a real card, hand‑altered for FogCon. None of them exist anywhere else.
- 1st – 4th Place Zuran Orb, altered as a trophy and marked with your finishing position.
- Brewing Challenge Zuran Orb, hand‑altered with MASTER BREWER across the art.
- Best Unpowered Fog, with the art extended to the edges of the card.
- Best Spice — non‑Necro Karma, altered. For the best deck that isn’t leaning on Necropotence.
- Everyone who turns up A FogCon‑stamped Fog, to carry as a duelist’s ledger — collect a signature from each of your five opponents.
Tap the image for a closer look.
Doors at Noon
Running Order
- Doors, check‑in and deck registrationGet there early. The good tables go first.
- Registration closes, pairings posted
- Round 150 minutes, best of three
- Round 2
- Round 3
- Round 4
- Round 5
- Standings and prizesNo cut to top 8.
Rounds run back‑to‑back with a short turnaround.
King’s Cross
The Star of Kings
Star of Kings
126 York Way
London N1 0AX
Getting there. King’s Cross St Pancras is a seven‑minute walk — Victoria, Northern, Piccadilly, Circle, Hammersmith & City and Metropolitan lines, plus National Rail and Eurostar. Easy if you’re travelling in for the day from anywhere in the country.
Buses. The 390, 17 and 259 stop on York Way or Caledonian Road.
Food and drink are available at the bar all day. Please support the venue.
Twenty Only
Tickets
Twenty seats at £15 each — to cover room hire.
When they are gone, they are gone.
Tickets on sale 9am, Saturday 22 August
Questions, deck‑borrowing requests and offers to help run the day all go to the WhatsApp group.
Before You Ask
Questions
- I’ve never played Old School. Can I come?
- Yes. Say hello in the WhatsApp group and we’ll help you put a deck together.
- Are proxies allowed?
- No. Every card must be a real printing whose art and frame both match a legal set.
- What's your reprint policy?
- A non-proxy, non-foil card is legal if both its art and its frame match a printing from one of the legal sets, Alpha to Alliances. Gold border cards are not legal. So Revised, 4th Edition, Foreign Black Border and Summer Magic are all fine, as are Revised Plateau and Revised Serendib Efreet. A modern-frame reprint is not legal even when it carries the original art.
- Can I play Collectors’ Edition or International Edition cards?
- No. CE/IE cards were printed with squared corners, gold-tinted/distinct backs, and explicit labels as collector's display items, making them ineligible for standard and sanctioned tournaments.
- Is there a cut to top 8?
- No. Five rounds of Swiss decides the standings and everyone plays all five.
- What are the prizes?
- Hand‑altered cards, one of a kind. Trophies for the top four, an orb for the Brewing Challenge winner, and awards for Best Unpowered and Best Spice. Everyone who turns up gets a FogCon‑stamped Fog to use as a duelist’s ledger. See them all.
- Do I need a decklist?
- No. But if you want to participate in the Brewing Challenge, you must submit your decklist by 1 September.
- Is the venue accessible?
- Ask in the WhatsApp group and we’ll confirm the current access arrangements with the venue. TBC
- Can I turn up on the day?
- Only if a seat is free. With twenty places, it usually won’t be.
- Do I have to enter the brewing challenge?
- No, it’s optional. All entries are published after 1 September. See the rules.
- Do I have to attend to enter the brewing challenge?
- Not at all — more entries are welcome. However, judging and prizes will be awarded at the event.
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