Brasslands III Tournament Report

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>>> SESSION LOG <<<

On Saturday, September 26, 2026, Toronto's Geocities of Brass hosted the third annual Brasslands old school Magic: The Gathering tournament and best friends get-together at 918 Bathurst St. In total, 60 wizards gathered for six rounds of Boreal (plus unlimited Plague Rats) shenanigans.

Folks came from far and wide, including exotic locations such as Oshawa, the Couv, Rochester, Ottawa, the east end, Kitchener, Waterloo, Montreal, Boston and probably some other places.

Event_Name:	Brasslands III
AKA:	The Rick Blaschke Memorial Classic*
Date_Time:	Saturday, September 26, 2026 // Doors @ 11:00
Location:	918 Bathurst St, Toronto, ON - 918bathurst.com
Format:	Boreal w/ unlimited Plague Rats
Wizards:	60
Rounds:	6
Victor:	Matthew Parker (Ottawa), 6-0
Raised:	CA$2,000 for the Parkdale Community Food Bank

* Rick is alive and well. He went 3-3 and helped setup the event.

/// PREPARATION & CRAFT NIGHT ///

Toronto events are a community organized thing. We've been doing this for the better part of a decade now, and every year everyone comes together to do what needs to be done. Insurance, liquor licence, prize cards, raffle prizes, venue, etc. It takes a village, and we have a big one.

Logistics aside, one of the best parts of getting ready for a tournament is craft night. This is the night that I (Tristan) stay up until 3am making buttons, magnets, stamping cards, cutting pieces of paper, stamping paper, making packs, gluing paper, crimping paper and making a huge mess that will take me weeks to recover from. Some say there's still a mess on my counter and kitchen table to this very day.

Yellow Brasslands III buttons and art buttons arranged on a stainless steel fridge — **FRI 14:42** // magnets

FRI 20:06 // stamped lands, button press in the back

A long table covered in rows of hand-stamped Magic cards — **FRI 22:42** // the stamp run

Two kraft paper booster packs stamped Brasslands III, Toronto Canada 2026 — **FRI 22:33** // kraft paper, stamped + crimped

Dozens of finished kraft paper Brasslands III packs on a cutting mat — **SAT 01:53** // packs.

--- THE EVENT ---

Playing Magic is fun too. This year we got to play in the beautiful space that is 918 Bathurst.

Wide shot of the 918 Bathurst hall: rows of players under paper lanterns and a vaulted wooden ceiling — **SAT 11:59** // 918 Bathurst, under the lanterns

Illegal raffle prizes this year included three amazing playmats, artist proofs, handcrafted trike arm tokens and more!

Raffle table with red cups in front of playmats, and Toronto Old School t-shirts — **SAT 12:01** // raffle table

Prize cards in a row: four City of Brass, four Top 8 cards and a Furthest Travelled card, with sneakers below — **SAT 12:01** // the prize line. feet for scale

Players mid-game at long tables, one in a blue floral shirt in the foreground — **SAT 13:56** // mid-round

The hall from the other side, full of players and lit by red uplighting — **SAT 13:56** // same minute, other side of the room

::: STANDINGS :::

>>> VICTOR <<< MATTHEW PARKER OTTAWA // 6-0 // undefeated

The top four players holding up their prize cards in front of the stage, Matthew Parker on the far left — **SAT 18:30** // top 4, cards in hand. the champ is on the left

Final_Standings:

> grep

#	WIZARD	W-L	RECORD	DECK

win loss round not played

Reward_Protocols:

Top_8:

Furthest_Travelled: James Onions

Dead_Last: Jason Rombouts

Chaos_Orb: Paul Barrett // found in one of the packs

Paul Barrett in a Propagandhi shirt holding up his Chaos Orb prize — **SAT 17:15** // Paul Barrett found the Chaos Orb in one of the packs

Prize cards: four altered City of Brass, two Red and two Blue Elemental Blast marked Top 8 Brasslands III, and a Wanderlust marked Furthest Travelled — **THE LOOT** // City of Brass x4 for top 4, Top 8 Blasts, Furthest Travelled Wanderlust

Embroidered Dead Last patch: a grinning skeleton between two posts — **DEAD LAST** // Jason Rombouts' patch

/// DECK ARCHIVE ///

Deck pics are a big part of this community, so here's every deck that got sent in, in standings order. Click one to see it big and arrow through the rest.

> grep

::: THE AFTERMATH :::

20:45

When two tournament organizers are hungry, they go to Squirly's and have a mezcal margarita.

Two tournament organizers toasting with margaritas at Squirly's — **SQUIRLY'S**

22:16

The Couv folks showed up to have a celebratory drink at world famous Hank's.

Selfie with four people at a table at Hank's, pinball machine in the back — **HANK'S**

22:29

Shortly after, the Ottawa folks showed up and tried to kill me by liver empicklement.

A long table at Hank's full of people raising bottles — **HANK'S** // ottawa arrives

EOF

All in all, a good night.

::: DONATIONS & THANK YOUS :::

The Toronto events are a community driven DIY effort and wouldn't be possible without the time, money and effort from:

Derfington, Brian Bogdon, Mike Yam, Rick Blaschke, Joel Bowers, Tristan Bates, Cameron Gilpin, Jason Shaw, Eric Do.

After our very thorough accounting and a little bit of rounding, we raised $2k for the Parkdale Community Food Bank. Thank you all for your generous donations, beer purchases and raffle ticket purchases.

> TRANSFER COMPLETE CA$2,000.00 > DEST: PARKDALE COMMUNITY FOOD BANK

Donation receipt: Thank you for your CA$2,000.00 donation, Parkdale Community Food Bank — **RECEIPT** // proof of transfer

>>> WHAT'S NEXT <<<

Next stop is Ottawa for ChaosCon on November 14th. See you there.

Event_Name:	ChaosCon 5
Date:	November 14, 2026
Location:	Ottawa, ON
Uplink:	>>> ottawaoldschool.com/chaoscon5 <<<