Last Saturday’s Magic: the Gathering Iloilo Arena weekly Standard tournament got the attendance of local players who are having this event as their training ground for major Magic Arena tournaments scheduled in the coming weeks. With Zendikar Rising legal to play, we saw a new batch of deck archetypes with new card components utilized.
Ramp type decks are probably on the Tier 1 bracket along with several decks that keep them in check. Omnath has opened a whole new level of gameplay and which can now be considered as the elephant in the room for Standard metagame.
The tournament was set at 8:00pm so as the players have their vacant time to join. Here below are the Top 4 finishers along with the decks they played:
1st, Mark T. – Sultai Control
2nd, Ace – 4-color Omnath Ramp
3rd, Ralph – RG Adventures
4th, AJ – Mutate combo
12 players, 4 rounds gameplay
Each will receive the M21 Promo packs along with the regular boosters which they can claim at Pro Rei’s place game store. Congratulations to the winners!