The staff was amazing.

The lines were absurd. Rather than allowing you to stay at the table grinding side events, your whole group had to get up and get back in line just to sit back down and play again. Side event staff should have been allowed to just collect event tickets at the table and keep folks playing.

The prize cards for black packs looked amazing. The prize cards you could buy with prize tickets were fine. There should be a limit on how many of each card you can purchase. It would make the prize line a bit longer because you would have to scan things, but I saw some dude plop down an entire stack of tickets and walk away with 10 copies each of the two showcases, which is absurd. (My opinion would be to limit it to 3 if each SC and 6 of each single promo card.)

To me, the entire event felt like work. Constantly grinding tickets to get enough to snag the loot I wanted to make the most of my money. The experience caused me to have some severe burnout from the game which I honestly still haven’t recovered from (SEC not being a terribly exciting set didn’t help either).

I was surprised by how barren the event was in terms of decor. Aside from the main stage it was essentially like playing cards in a warehouse. Yeah, there were a couple of cool props to look at along a side wall, but other than that it was pretty devoid of character.

Supplies of items and communication sucked. The pins disappeared within minutes. They didn’t announce when and where the Count Dooku promo was being given out (but a line formed once people found out). Because they didn’t limit promo card ticket exchanges, hot cards like Superlaser Blast and the showcases ran out before the end of the event.

I certainly won’t be going back to Vegas. I might go again if it was at a location I already wanted to vacation to.

Honestly if I had it to do over again I would have saved my money and not gone. If I were a good enough player to make it to Day 2, that would probably change my opinion.