Of the variance of the White Red aggro decks in the Top 8 of the recently concluded Pro Tour Guilds of Ravnica, my personal favorite was the build of Team ChannelFireball and was played by LSV Continue reading
The recently concluded Pro Tour Guilds of Ravnica showed the White Red Aggro dominance in the Top 8 and the Pro Tour metagame. With the championship title achieved, we would expect people to play more of this deck archetype in the coming weeks. The local metagame is not exempt from this one. But first, let us see what the people have been playing as per the recent tournament. Continue reading
I have thought of having a Year-Ender tournament again for the Magic: the Gathering Iloilo community. I would have this to be better than the previous years and that would need cooperation and help from my fellow players. The event Continue reading
I am happy to report that the recent MTG local tournaments here in Iloilo City show an increase in the number of players, which started with the Wednesday Standard Showdown event at Critical Hit in Festive Mall. This may be Continue reading
Here is another take on the budgeted deck builds for Guilds of Ravnica Standard. The deck archetype is Blue Red Izzet Spells, which has creatures that benefit from your casted Instant and Sorcery spells. Crackling Drake (and is probably the most expensive here, along with Niv-Mizzet) is the main player here, given the situation of an open attack in the air when combined with Maximize Velocity. The rest of the creatures’ roles are to chip on the life total of opponents while we set up our hand with cantrip spells.
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I can say that Mono Blue can be considered as a budget deck that has been gaining success in the recent MTG Standard tournaments. Another aggro deck that I would consider is Mono White Aggro which also made a top finish in the latest MOCS. Continue reading