Ultimate Sylex Slam 3: Now with Sorcery!

                          


About the Sylex Slam:
This event is an annual celebration of Old School card
games, and the community that surrounds them. Though the competition may be fierce, the main goal is to to have a good time. If you are only in it to win it, you may find yourself rather disappointed! Community! Culture! other "C" words! Come have some fun.
-Joven

This year's location:
THIS IS A PRIVATE EVENT, IF YOU ARE NOT ON THE LIST, 
YOU WILL NOT BE ALLOWED IN!
"THE BARN"
A BEATUFUL 2 FLOOR BARN WITH TONS OF ROOM!
348 Newton Swartswood Road, Newton NJ 07860
Parking is available on the property.

A beautiful two floor barn on private property.

VIP SIDE EVENTS
Friday, October 9th, 2026
(TIME TBD)
Friday Night Old School Magic
Free Play Sorcery
TRADES!?
*Contact TO for information*
"Twas the Night before Sylex Slam III"


MAIN EVENTS:
Saturday, October 10, 2026
Doors will open at 10:00 AM
Sylex Slam III (ATL OS MTG) Round 1 Starts at 12:00 PM
SorcerySlam (Sorcery) Round 1 Starts at 1:00 PM

The Sylex Slam III: NJOS CHAMPIONSHIP!
Get your Lobstercon practice in!


Sign up link: SIGN UP FOR THE SYLEX SLAM III MAIN EVENT HERE!

There are 40 spots available.

This will be an Atlantic Rules Old School tournament.
Atlantic Rules: https://sentineloldschoolmtg.com/atlantic-93-94/

Entry fee will be $20, Each player will receive Joven approved swag.
(Don't forget to bring a card for the signing pool, something you would want!)

*Food Included, BYOB*

Each round will be 50 minutes.

There will be no draws, if you go to time, you flip orbs.

There will be prizes for:

-1st Place

-Top 4

-Dead Center

-Spice Lords (Playoff for KING OF SPICE!)

-King of Spice

-Terrible 2 (Playoff for the right to concede for DEAD LAST!)

-DEAD LAST

-Whatever else I come up with.

(Prizes TBA)

Round 1 Starts at 12:00 PM

Deck photo due by the start of the event (If its not submitted, you can't win the Spice prize).

Sylex Slam Proxy Policy: If you plan to use any proxies they should be at least somewhat interesting! Drawn, altered, or painted. Put some effort into it, DO NOT JUST PRINT THEM OUT!  Giv'em a little "Pizazz"! Here are some examples of GOOD PROXIES:

Show your opponent you care <3

Current Old school main event player list:

1.Tom B

2.Josh A.

3.Alex W.

4.Chris Nemeth

5.Cause

6.Darin Weisner

7.Chris M.

8.Liwen Li

9.Tom Swindell

10.Matt M.

11.Ben B.

12.Matt M.

13.Brian P.

14.Josh D.

15.Jordan R.

16.Andy B (Farb)

17.Nils Erickson

18.Mikey (Mindtwisted)

19. Jeremy M.

20. Peter Mangus

21. Jonathan Lai

22. Fred Knight

23. Chris Richards

The Sorcery Slam! Our 1st annual Sorcery Event
There are 20 spots available.

Sorcery sign up link: SIGN UP FOR THE SORCERY SLAM EVENT HERE!

This will be a standard rules Sorcery tournament.
You must have a 60 Card minimum Spell book, 30 card Atlas, and 0-10 card Collection.

Each round will consist of a single, 40 minute game. (Best of 1)

Entry fee will be $10, Each player will receive a special promotional token.

*Food Included!*

There will be prizes for:

1st Place, Top 4, Most thematic Deck, Dead Last

(Prizes TBA)

Round 1 Starts at 1:00 PM

Additional Awesomeness:

Charity Raffle

There will be some raffles going on, ALL donations will be made directly, by you, to JK animal rescue.

https://jkrcrescue.com/

Just Keep Rescuing Canines and Cats (JKRC) a North Jersey based group dedicated to rescuing homeless, stray, and owner-surrendered animals, with a focus on dogs at risk of euthanasia. This is a LOCAL organization, and if you have any questions about them, or are interested in possible adoption, speak with Cause (Parker), as he works directly with them.



                Guest Artist Scott Kirschner

Scott will be signing, altering, selling prints and proofs!

Scott's Sorcery Art <-----Link


Scott's MTG art <-----Link
 



Strongman Extravaganza
OLD SCHOOL BUFF DUDES UNITE! GET IN SHAPE!
Face contests of strength and endurance to win Old School prizes!
Sylex Slam II's weightlifting champ Dom DiFebo with a legendary 
FIFTY-F*CKING-SIX HAMMER CURLS!

Goblin Hero Cup 2026 Push up contest (Same location!)

Need some inspiration? 
Want to know what you can expect?

Here's last year's tournament report!
https://njoldschool.blogspot.com/2025/07/sylex-slam-ii-to-report.html

Check out last years end-of-year-report zine!


































































Joven's secret "Unretirement Party" 
(Not a real thing)
aka: "I'm a big clown who just needed a break!"





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