
It was another major Modern scene tournament as last weekend concluded the Grand Prix Toronto. With the wide variety of the deck archetypes in the format, it is no surprise that the Top 8 players played at least 7 different decks. Continue reading
Author Archives: Mark Ian Alloso
Concept of Brainstorming

Brainstorming is a group creativity technique by which efforts are made to find a conclusion for a specific problem by gathering a list of ideas spontaneously contributed by its members. The term was popularized by Alex Faickney Osborn in the Continue reading
Return of Sunday MtG Tournaments

I think we are bringing the Sunday tournaments in our Magic: the Gathering tourney schedule for the Iloilo community as more players have committed to participate. In the previous years, we held a few events such as Standard Pauper, Duel Commander and Modern tournaments in Continue reading
Modern Deck Feature: Traverse Shadow

One of the decks that gained a high percentage finish in the recent Modern Pro Tour in Bilbao, Spain was the Black Green version of the Death’s Shadow deck which they called as Traverse Shadow. The deck was played by Jean-Emmanuel Depraz which garnered him a Top 8 rank whereas Immanuel Continue reading
Lantern Control Wins Pro Tour RIX

It is a Modern Pro Tour weekend which I really enjoyed watching the coverage of Wizards and that the outcome was pretty much overwhelming. Lantern control played by Luis Salvatto was able to take the crown and title of Rivals of Ixalan champion with Continue reading
Grixis Pirates RIX Update

While I am back to a hectic schedule with my spare time used for doing my paper works for the graduate school, I decided to do a quick visit at the Standard decks page in MTG Top 8, looking for a possible deck update from the Pirates build that Continue reading