(Reposted from MagicIloilo.com. It’s somewhat late to share but wth.) Here are the Top 8 decklists of the recently concluded Magic The Gathering Iloilo Championships 2011. The top was comprised of several aggro decks, two midrange decks and a lone control deck. Continue reading
After four days, three formats of intense Magic competition in Worlds 2011, Jun’ya Iyanaga and Team Japan dominated the individual Worlds 2011 Champion and Team Worlds Champion respectively. Iyanaga’s Wolf Run Ramp version worked successfully with the aggro-expected Metagame popularized by the Token Town, UW Humans and Team Fireball’s innovative build of Tempered Steel Aggro. Continue reading
The culminating and the biggest event on this Magic Year will happen this weekend. The most awaited 2011 Magic: The Gathering Worlds Championships to be held in San Francisco, California is the gathering of player from more than 50 countries, qualified via Nationals, on Pro Tour or via DCI rankings. Continue reading
Yes and No. Yes, it is the ‘world’s famous card game’ inspired movie and no, it is not about the Magic storyline of epic battles and Planeswalkers duels but it is about the story of friendship in the Magic: the Gathering scene. The title is Tap: Max’s Game. Continue reading
The Magic: the Gathering Philippine Nationals will be in this coming weekend and my excitement is, well, quite indefinite. This is actually my second time qualifying for this event (the first one was way back in 2003) and the first time I’m actually going there. I’m quite happy because Iloilo’s attendance for this year, as compared to the previous years, is fairly high with seven players qualified. Continue reading
The banning surely had opened up the Magic: the Gathering Standard metagame to new decks and punished a few old ones. Cawblade is the one primarily affected though based on the recent results of big events in the US and various National Championships, the deck is still a powerhouse even without the mind sculptor and the mystic. That would be another topic though as this article is about the other deck affected by the banning, the Boros aggro.
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